All Inflation articles – Page 90
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Analysis & FeaturesHow supermarket loyalty schemes are aiming to trump inflation
New-look loyalty schemes have embraced everything from gamification to charity donations. How are these helping the mults retain custom amid price rises?
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Comment & OpinionHealthier aisle ends show supermarkets have a key role in ‘levelling up’ health
It’s encouraging to see Tesco and Sainsbury’s already working on making stores healthier
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NewsCity snapshot: Virgin Wines issues profits warning on rising costs
Online wine merchant Virgin Wines has issued a profits warning due to the ’uncertain trading environment’ and ’increased cost pressures’. Plus Nestle buys US-based plant-based player, updates from Compass Group and Cranswick and all the rest of the latest news from the City
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NewsMedia Bites 3 February: KP Snacks, Nestlé, Tesco, Pret a Manger
KP Snacks has warned there may be a shortage of some of its popular crisps and nuts following a ransomware attack and Nestlé confirms closure of factory near Newcastle.
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NewsMeat exporters renew calls for veterinary deal with EU
An agreement could ease post-Brexit cost and red tape burdens, BMPA believes
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NewsRetailers sticking to Fairtrade commitments despite supply chain woes
However, rising consumer inflation could force shoppers into hard choices
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Comment & OpinionOur faceless food chain too often exploits and ignores its workers
One of the challenges with long, nameless supply chains is that those out of sight are too often ignored and exploited, says Dan Crossley, executive director of the Food Ethics Council
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NewsMedia Bites 2 Feb: Tesco, CO2, Grocery market share
Another 1,600 jobs are being cut at Tesco as Britain’s biggest supermarket scrapped night shifts in 85 shops and almost 40 petrol station
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NewsCity Snapshot: Food price inflation continues to surge in January
Surging food prices have contributed to annual inflation in the retail sector almost doubling in January, according to the latest industry data.
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Comment & OpinionDefra must seize the opportunity to transform our food system for good
Government would be wrong to put the National Food Strategy on the backburner, says George Heler, founder of Eatlean and MD at Joseph Heler Cheese
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Comment & OpinionThe only surprise about Jack’s is that it didn’t close sooner
Aldi and Lidl are again growing strongly, and Tesco is keen to keep pace
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NewsCO2: deal struck with CF Industries to continue gas production
A previous agreement for the chemicals giant to continue production expired on 31 January
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Feature SynopsisFocus On Juices and Smoothies: 5 March
After the surprising turnaround of recent years, will juices and smoothies keep getting sweeter?
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NewsCity snapshot: UK grocery sales fall in January despite mounting inflation
Take-home grocery figures from Kantar show that supermarket sales fell by 3.8% over the 12 weeks to 23 January 2022, despite prices continuing to rise as inflation mounts
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NewsMedia Bites 1 February: Jack’s/Tesco, CO2, Co-op, Diageo
News of a major shake-up at Tesco makes the headlines this morning.
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Comment & OpinionWhy homeware is increasingly where the heart is for retailers
With money tight and home increasingly a haven for consumers, everyone from B&M to John Lewis has cottoned on
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy the convenience market is betting big on its future
A new wave of shoppers has brought a raft of extra money into the convenience sector. Now retailers are investing in their stores to upgrade them for the new age
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NewsFood & drink M&A enjoys bumper year in 2021 but inflation could hamper 2022
Deal activity in the UK hit the highest levels recorded for more than a decade in 2021. However, inflationary headwinds look set to hamper dealmaking this year
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NewsMedia Bites 31 Jan: Asda, Price rises, Ocado
Asda has suspended its drawn-out search for a chief executive, with one of the Issa brothers now heavily involved in the day-to-day running of the supermarket chain
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Comment & OpinionSupermarkets are powerless to prevent food price inflation but there's a how and a where
Supermarkets have done an amazing job of keeping price inflation in check for 60 years. They can’t afford to lose their grip