insight – Page 63
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Comment and Opinion
Learning from the mults can help indies stay independent
I found the article in The Grocer (‘Fair of fascia’, 18 August) very interesting as it described the requirement for convenience stores…
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Analysis and FeaturesOlive oil hikes set to boost sales of rapeseed oil
As olive oil prices soar, British-grown rapeseed oil is well-placed to emerge as an…
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Analysis and FeaturesSupermarket offers keep lunchbox prices in check
Parents who breathed a sigh of relief when the kids went back to school this month might be having second thoughts…
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Comment and Opinion
GSCOP will cut juggling for retailers and brands
Sir: Will Carter articulates well the juggling brand manufacturers must do to succeed (‘Will inflation be the death of brands?’)…
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Analysis and FeaturesThe categories most at risk from soaring grain prices
As suppliers globally are hit by rocketing commodity inflation, which sectors are being hardest hit and will retail hikes result?
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Comment and Opinion
It's dangerous to assume prices always rise with bad weather
Is price inflation back? That is the $64bn question taxing retail and supply executives in the UK (and beyond) right now.
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Comment and Opinion
Will inflation be the death of brands?
The food business I’ve just joined is busy putting through its third significant price increase of the year.
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Analysis and FeaturesOlive oil retail prices to soar after drought
After 18 months at rock bottom, olive oil wholesale prices are soaring and suppliers are warning of inevitable price hikes in-store.
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Analysis and FeaturesTighter supplies of tea set to loosen in 2013
Tea prices hit the headlines at the start of last month as poor weather in key producing…
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Comment and Opinion
Supermarket prices: too complicated by half
The cost of food is one of the top worries for consumers, alongside energy and fuel…
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Analysis and FeaturesInflation kept in check by price-cutting Morrisons
At first glance, the topline inflation figures of the GPI suggest nothing much…
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Analysis and FeaturesRise in glucose prices to have a big impact
Droughts in the US and Russia have already had a devastating effect on grains prices…
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Analysis and FeaturesCan 'simple' vouchers save Morrisons' year?
Morrisons has high hopes for its simple, inexpensive new voucher scheme system…
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Analysis and FeaturesEnergy drinks market drained of power
The price of energy drinks has plummeted in the past 12 months as more and more cheap products have flooded the market…
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Analysis and FeaturesTomato prices bounce back after E.coli crisis
After last year’s deadly E.coli outbreak in Germany, demand for salad vegetables across the EU tumbled…
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Comment and Opinion
Duty should depend on units
Minimum pricing on alcohol now looks like a done deal, and I suspect we must make the best of it and…
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Analysis and FeaturesWheat price worries haven't hit the supermarkets... yet
All the warning signs are there. Wheat prices in London and Paris have leapt by a third in just a month…
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Analysis and FeaturesWheat prices soar to leave bakers fearing rerun of 2010
Bread makers are bracing themselves for a possible repeat of 2010, when failed harvests and export bans sent grains prices soaring…
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Analysis and FeaturesPrice promos slash inflation at big four to a mere 1.6%
The BRC said food price inflation had crashed to a two-year low of 3.1%. Well, it’s even better than that.
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Analysis and FeaturesLower crude oil price eases cost of nappies
Falling crude oil prices have already brought relief to motorists and buyers of plastic packaging…