All Inflation articles – Page 80
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NewsMedia Bites 28 March: Boots, Sainsbury’s, UK retail sales
Four private equity firms are understood to have given presentations to Boots’ management team and submit second round offers in the coming weeks
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Comment & OpinionHas anyone told Asda’s Issa brothers there’s an existential supply crisis going on?
Asda’s plans for its new Just Essentials range make it look out of touch
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NewsRetailers urged to follow Morrisons in increasing payments for pigs
Morrisons subsidiary Woodhead Bros announced this week it would increase its weekly contribution price by 30p/kg to 180p/kg
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Grocer 33Asda back on top as it readies Just Essentials launch
Asda was the retailer most affected by inflation in this week’s 33
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NewsLidl becomes latest supermarket to contact government over jobs for Ukrainian refugees
The discounter said it had 3,000 live vacancies across the business, with 1,200 more jobs in warehouses to be created by the end of 2025
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NewsArla boss calls for greater financial support for dairy farmers
Struggling dairy farmers need retailers to put “an arm around them” says Ash Amirahmadi, or they could look to sell their products elsewhere
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NewsPeriod products up in price as inflation hits menstrual care sector
As a result, low income households were ‘having to leave behind these necessities’, said period poverty charity Freedom4Girls
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RankingsBritain’s Biggest Brands 2022: the top 100
The data in Britain’s Biggest Brands 2022 is for the period 52 w/e 1 January 2022
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Comment & OpinionBrands vs own label: UK grocery is limbering up for a big prize fight
Having gone the distance with Covid, UK grocery is already facing another punishing prize fight
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RankingsThe great grocery punch-up: Britain’s Biggest Brands 2022
Brands triumphed during the lockdown era. But as restrictions come to an end, inflation soars and the supply chain crisis worsens, own label looks ready to stage a comeback
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NewsCity snapshot: UK retail sales unexpectedly fall in February
UK retail sales fell back unexpectedly in February as increased eating out hit the grocery sector and online sales fell back
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NewsMedia Bites 25 March: Boots, Holland & Barrett, Ocado, Morrisons, McColl's
Apollo Global Management, the New York-based buyout giant, is lining up banks to fund a £6bn tilt to buy Boots, according to reports this morning.
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Comment & OpinionMcCormick move reminds us progress often comes at a cost
McCormick’s new site is good for the company and the planet – but not its 380 Littleborough employees
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NewsCost of living crisis sees family vegetable consumption fall
Some 26% of families are buying fewer fresh vegetables because of the increase in price of groceries
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NewsMorrisons takeover risks higher fuel prices, finds competition watchdog probe
CD&R, owner of the Motor Fuel Group now has five days to offer concessions to the CMA
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NewsMedia Bites 24 March: Spring statement, inflation, food poverty, Nestlé
Rishi Sunak’s spring statement dominates the headlines this morning as inflation continues to surge.
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Promotional FeaturesFive ways Ireland can help navigate current supply chain issues
With a raft of trade bodies warning supply chain issues are set to worsen, could Ireland, a key strategic UK partner and supplier of food, drink and horticulture, offer a solution?
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Comment & OpinionRishi Sunak’s tax tweaks cannot stem the inevitable rise in food poverty
While the Chancellor will hope his tax-cutting pledges dominate the headlines, the reality is rocketing inflation will cause the biggest drop in UK living standards since records began
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NewsSupermarkets cutting fuel prices immediately following Chancellor’s Spring Statement
Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons have all said they will pass on the price reductions to customers from this evening
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NewsMcVitie’s owner Pladis to restructure Manchester factory with 156 jobs at risk
Pladis said the factory’s operating model was “no longer sustainable and must be addressed”