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Analysis and FeaturesCrops flourishing despite record winter rainfall, say farmers
Fears that the wet winter would be disastrous for farmers have subsided…
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Comment and OpinionA world without price tags as we know them
The Internet of Things (IoT) has gone from hype to reality with new products now just a click away from consumers…
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Comment and OpinionWhy are imports of food & drink so much higher than exports?
We’ve just had a very upbeat chancellor telling us that the UK has the fastest recovery of any G8 nation…
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Comment and OpinionShore Capital worried by supermarket price war
Is Britain’s supermarket industry in the foothills of a price war?…
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Comment and OpinionCould a supermarket do 'an SSE?'
SSE stunned the energy sector with its price freeze until 2016. Could a supermarket achieve something similar or would it …
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Category ReportFocus on barbecue
Brits fired up the barbie in record numbers last year thanks to the summer. This year could be hotter, longer, slower…
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Analysis and FeaturesWas Asda's promo blitz the prelude to a price war?
The price war announced by Morrisons CEO Dalton Philips two weeks ago appears to have got off to a slow start…
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Analysis and FeaturesRecord spring flush to push down cheese prices
Tuesday (1 April) sees the start of the new quota year, and by all accounts it’s going to start with a bang…
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Comment and OpinionSalmon's a-leaping
Good news for food and drink exporters yesterday: the world, it seems, is buying more British produce – with food and non-alcoholic drink exports up 5%to £12.8bn.
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Comment and OpinionFood Prices - The Shocking Truth: 'surprisingly intelligent'
The Channel 4 documentary showed a willingness to investigate the issues in a thorough and rigorous fashion…
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Comment and OpinionSupermarket price war is pure folly
Yesterday’s villains have a habit of becoming today’s heroes…
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Comment and OpinionOnline pound shops will have to piggyback
The domain name that I own, poundshop.co.uk, was the first-ever transactional online pound shop…
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Comment and OpinionPrice wars and The Budget: good news for consumers
Who stands to lose most from this price war isn’t yet clear…
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Analysis and FeaturesIs this the big price war we have all been waiting for?
As Dalton Philips ‘got the bazooka out’ there was share carnage. Suppliers fear being caught in the crossfire sooner or later…
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Analysis and FeaturesBeef prices fall as Horsegate factor tails off
When retailers and suppliers made wide-ranging British sourcing commitments after Horsegate, UK beef prices soared…
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Analysis and FeaturesOrganic food price hikes fail to put shoppers off
Shoppers are opting to buy organic despite steep price hikes in many product categories…
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Analysis and FeaturesFuel Save: is Tesco on to a winner with new mechanic?
Tesco says its Fuel Save scheme is an ‘industry first’. But will it give it the edge at the pumps?…
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Comment and OpinionThe unpalatable truth of the costs of food
At what point does society change when faced with unpalatable facts?…
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Analysis and FeaturesUK wheat prospects look good... for now
Farmers and millers say prospects are good for the British wheat crop – but warn there could yet be clouds on the horizon…
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Analysis and FeaturesSupermarkets keeping a tight lid on inflation levels
Inflation across the supermarkets is running at rock bottom levels – below 1% for the second month in a row…