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Analysis & FeaturesCoffee prices hit by booming Brazilian production
The commodity market has witnessed a steep drop in coffee prices on the Intercontinental Exchange
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Analysis & FeaturesMilk prices falling as spring flush boosts supplies in UK
Fears of post-heatwave shortages failed to materialise, leading supermarkets to lower prices
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Analysis & FeaturesTight lamb supplies boost prices - but deals are up too
Lamb supplies are continuing to feel the impact of 2018’s Beast from the East
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Analysis & FeaturesUK wheat crop recovery set to drive down prices
UK wheat futures have already fallen “quite considerably” from the highs seen last summer
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Analysis & FeaturesConfectionery promotions rocket across the mults
Ambient confectionery accounted for almost 15% of -featured space promotions in the major supermarkets last month
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Analysis & FeaturesBrexit stockpiling foods hit by price rises
Recent cost price inflation has prompted a swathe of price increases in the ambient aisles of the major mults
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Analysis & FeaturesRapeseed crop still to recover from 2018 heatwave
Prices are currently at €358.80/Mt for EU rapeseed, which is 5% higher than last year
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Comment & OpinionSainsbury's-Asda: does the CMA's reliance on GUPPI check out?
The CMA’s threshold for intervention has potentially far-reaching consequences, says Mat Hughes, a partner at AlixPartners
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Analysis & FeaturesSpain to benefit from Italy's olive oil woes as prices soar
Italy’s extra virgin olive oil is now far more expensive than Spain’s, with Spain expecting a bumper crop
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Comment & OpinionSainsbury's-Asda £1bn price pledge is eye-catching but mistimed
Sainsbury’s and Asda have promised to put £1bn back into shoppers’ pockets – but with Brexit and other inflationary pressures on the horizon, is their attention in the right place?
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Analysis & FeaturesBeer and cider brands make move towards multibuy promotions
Last month x for y promotions accounted for 20% of total BWS offers, up from 12% in the same period last year
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Grocer 33Asda wins with cheapest price for two-thirds of our items
It’s been a tough week for Asda with the CMA’s damning provisional findings on its proposed merger with Sainsbury’s
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Analysis & FeaturesSugar prices could rise 'more than 100%' in event of no deal
If the UK leaves Europe with no deal, WTO tariffs could be applied to sugar imports
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Comment & OpinionAre sugary cakes, chocolate and Theresa May’s jam next on the Brexit hitlist?
Sugar is one of many products the UK doesn’t produce enough of to meet domestic demand, and there simply isn’t the capacity or scalability in this country to meet the shortfall
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Analysis & FeaturesEU-grown sushi rice hit by shortage after 2018 heatwave
Wholesale prices for EU-grown sushi rice are in double-digit growth
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Analysis & FeaturesPlant-based diets helping to raise price of almonds
Current almond prices are up 10% year on year as consumers seek plant-based protein
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Analysis & FeaturesGlobal banana glut sees wholesale prices fall
Average prices of imports to the UK are down 11p/kg on the equivalent week to 21 January during the past two years
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat expensive ketchup can tell us about Amazon's grocery strategy
We asked Ray Gaul of Kantar Consulting to explain Amazon’s own-label pricing strategy on ketchup - and what it tells us about its wider grocery ambitions
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Comment & OpinionHow changing promotions can help retailers escape pricing standoffs
Grocery retailers are trapped in pricing deadlocks, but promotions can be a way out, says Stephen Jacobs, insight director at IRI
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Comment & OpinionShrinkflation is a long-term trend, not a Brexit side-effect
According to the ONS, there was no significant uplift in cases directly after the EU referendum