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Analysis and FeaturesHow can M&S rejuvenate its struggling food business?
With its latest annual figures showing like-for-like food sales down 0.3%, M&S is urgently examining ways to improve pricing, availability and innovation
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Analysis and FeaturesFamilies forking out more for fresh fruit & vegetables
Average supermarket prices for fresh veg have risen 2% year on year across 360 SKUs in the major mults
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Analysis and FeaturesWhat can be done to combat competition-fixing cartels?
In March this year, two leading bagged fuel companies were fined £3.4m for rigging competitive tenders
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Analysis and FeaturesAsda and Sainsbury's lead in cutting down on deals
The two retailers have proven themselves dissimilar when it comes to promotions, with each favouring different mechanics
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Analysis and FeaturesCitrus greening disease sends prices up
The impact of citrus greening disease has reduced the sweetness of oranges in the US
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Comment and OpinionAlgo-trading is a threat grocery has to take seriously
Markets such as cocoa and coffee are being targeted by short-term investors using computer-driven algorithmic trading, warns Violeta Stevens of Union Hand-Roasted Coffee
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Analysis and FeaturesSupermarkets cut prices on BBQ favourites this summer
Beefburgers are on average 3% cheaper than this time last May across 48 SKUs in the mults
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Analysis and FeaturesBooze brands ramp up deals as sunnier weather arrives
Six out of the 10 top promoting alcohol brands ramped up their promotional activity compared with last year
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Analysis and FeaturesMadagascan vanilla prices past the peak
Panic over a vanilla shortage reached fever pitch this week
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Analysis and FeaturesRisk of citrus greening disease in Med produce 'very high'
Reasearchers warned Europe could not remain immune to the disease, which has devastated citrus crops in the US…
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Analysis and FeaturesSoft drinks levy reverses trend of declining inflation
A spike in soft drinks prices since the Soft Drinks Industry Levy came into force on 5 April has pushed up the GPI
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Analysis and FeaturesUS demand for coldwater prawns declines
Sluggish demand from the US caused coldwater prawn prices to decline in April
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Comment and OpinionThe Sainsbury's-Asda merger will hurt suppliers
The comment that big food companies “make spectacular returns and are very, very profitable” is an ominous opening gambit, says Warren Ackerman of SocGen
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Analysis and FeaturesSmaller US maize harvest hikes prices
Maize prices have increased on last month after new data suggested US farmers would plant fewer hectares of maize than was
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Analysis and FeaturesCoke and Pepsi slash deals in the run-up to sugar tax
Coca-Cola reduced the number of featured space promotions in stores by 32.3% compared with the previous four-week period
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Comment and OpinionThe 'art of pricing' is crucial
Staples companies often view pricing as a last resort, only after all internal self help measures have been exhausted
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Analysis and FeaturesHigh demand over Easter pushes up lamb prices
Prices remain higher year on year driven by lower imports from New Zealand
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Analysis and FeaturesAction on cocoa output pushes up cocoa butter prices
The Ivory Coast Coffee and Cocoa Council last month suspended programmes for the 2017/18 season
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Analysis and FeaturesPalm oil prices fall as production rebounds
Palm oil was this week trading near 2,4000 Malaysian ringgit (£463) a tonne
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Analysis and FeaturesUS soybean futures hit by tariffs tit-for-tat
America’s second -biggest crop got dragged into the looming trade war with China