All Inflation articles – Page 89
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NewsGroceries Code Adjudicator reads supermarkets the riot act over inflation
The Adjudicator today published a new set of ’golden rules’ for retailers
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NewsMedia Bites 24 Jan: Unilever, Morrisons, Retail sales
Nelson Peltz’s activist hedge fund Trian Partners has built a stake in Unilever, ratcheting up the pressure on the FTSE 100 company
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Grocer 33Asda is cheapest supermarket for Veganuary shop
Promotions helped to offset inflation, earning Asda its third consecutive win
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NewsCity snapshot: Omicron hits Christmas retail sales
UK retail sales fell back over the crucial Christmas period as Omicron kept shoppers away from stores.
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NewsMedia Bites 21 January: Unilever, Premier Foods, Deliveroo, Associated British Foods
The fallout from Unilever’s disatrous buyout attempt of GSK Consumer Health continues to fill the column inches in this morning’s papers.
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Comment and OpinionWhy grocery prices are set to rise further, with the most vulnerable affected
Soaring inflation levels within the supply chain are set to have a meaningful impact on the price of a weekly food shop
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NewsThousands of Asda workers to be balloted on pay offer
Asda put a higher offer to workers at the end of last week
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NewsNational Food Strategy: government has ‘no date’ for response
Sources have confirmed that the White Paper is not now expected until February at the earliest
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NewsIceland commits to price freeze on £1 value range as food costs rise
The supermarket’s price lock promise includes an array of essentials across store cupboard, fresh household and frozen
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NewsCity snapshot: Premier Foods ups profits guidance on continued branded growth
Premier Foods saw sales edge back from elevated levels last year in its third quarter, but has upgraded its earnings expectations on continued strong trading so far in its financial year. Plus trading updates from ABF and Deliveroo and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsMedia Bites 20 January: Unilever/GSK, inflation, WH Smith
Unilever dominates the headlines once more after saying it won’t pay any more than £50bn for the GSK consumer health arm.
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Comment and OpinionM&S’s letter to the PM has some good ideas… and some optimistic ones
In some of Machin’s proposals to Boris Johnson, pragmatism gives way to optimism
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NewsMedia Bites 19 Jan: THG, Unilever/GSK, MFG
The boss of THG came under renewed pressure yesterday as the ecommerce group warned investors that profit margins would fall short of market forecasts and revenue growth would slow
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NewsCity Snapshot: WH Smith recovery stalls as Omicron hits travel stores
The emergence of the Omicron variant stalled the recovery at the WH Smith travel business, but it still put “a good performance” on the high street in the run up to Christmas. Plus, UK inflation surges in December and trading updates from Science in Sport and Devro.
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Analysis and FeaturesWhat do the latest customs rules changes mean for farm shops and delis?
The change has prompted fears of increased costs, disruption and some EU food producers giving up on supplying into Britain
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NewsFood price inflation could top out in early 2022, say commodity experts
Mintec sees metals and energy steadying first after prolonged surges
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NewsUK food exports to EU plummet for most of 2021
Despite late-year revival in late 2021, sales remained down £2.7bn by November
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NewsMedia Bites 17 Jan: GSK/Unilever, Asda/Boots, WH Smith
Unilever is pursuing an audacious deal for GlaxoSmithKline’s consumer arm after tabling a bid worth £50bn
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NewsCity rewards Sainsbury’s over the big winners of Christmas Tesco and M&S
If Tesco and Marks & Spencer were the big listed grocery winners of Christmas, they received scant reward from the City this week, which sent shares down on their Christmas trading updates
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Comment and OpinionThe results are in and the winner is… grocery
We have Kantar and NielsenIQ to tell us about topline sales momentum, but that’s slim pickings versus the updates from the plcs