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Analysis & Features
Are grocery promotions and prices facing fresh scrutiny?
A new government report puts pricing transparency in the spotlight. What are the implications for grocery?
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Analysis & Features
What’s in the Autumn Statement for the food and drink industry? Your quick guide
Tax credits climbdown aside, the statement was more upbeat than recent versions
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Analysis & Features
Autumn Statement 2015 – industry reactions
Here’s our round-up of how the grocery industry has reacted to today’s Autumn statement
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News
Boost to consumer spending power as Osborne u-turns on tax credits
Osborne said the health of the UK’s public finances had improved so much the cuts were no longer necessary
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Supermarket price war squeezes SME supplier profit margins
The gap between profit margins of Britain’s smallest food producers is widening versus their bigger competitors thanks to the supermarket price war.
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UK only major European fmcg market in decline, reports Nielsen
Supermarket price war makes UK the ‘one big blip’ in growing European fmcg market
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City Snapshot: Supermarket deflation back towards record highs
The Grocer Price Index shows deflation is ractcheting upwards again to move back towards the record high recorded in March, meat producer Stoddarts bought by a group of investors and all the rest of today’s news from the City.
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Analysis & Features
Deflation hitting hard as the mults head into Christmas
Deflation is biting the supermarkets as hard as ever as they head into the vital Christmas trading period.
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Retail sales slump in October
Shoppers are holding fire in anticipation of Black Friday, the latest intelligence from the British Retail Consortium for October suggests.
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Comment & Opinion
Is Dave Lewis the man to get government listening over business rates reform?
Dave Lewis is in some ways an unlikely man to lead the industry into a fresh battle on the unfairness of the business rates…
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News
Defra in provisional agreement to cut day-to-day spending
Defra provisionally among four goverrnment departments to agree to average spending cuts of 30% over the next four years
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Food prices still falling, reveals Shop Price Index
Prices fell 0.4% compared with the same month last year
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Shopper confidence at its highest on record in Nielsen survey
Number of UK consumers positive about making purchases rose five points to 49%
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City Snapshot: UK discretionary incomes up 10.6%
Asda’s latest Income Tracker has revealed that average household disposable income is up 10.6% year-on-year, while Waitrose weekly sales rise 1.1% and Science in Sport raises £8.9m.
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Rugby World Cup promotions drive retail sales
Supermarket price wars and the Rugby World Cup have provided a shot in the arm for retail sales in food stores last month, according to the latest official figures.
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Conditions remain tough for big four as discounters speed up growth again
Trading conditions for the big four supermarkets are showing no signs of improving as Aldi and Lidl ramp up growth again, according to the latest market share data.
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‘Green shoots’ appear for grocery sector – Begbies Traynor
The beleaguered UK grocery sector is showing the first “green shoots” of recovery as levels of failing businesses in the supply chain eased for the first time in more than two years.
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Food sales drop 1.4%, according to BRC/KPMG Retail Sales Monitor
The late August Bank Holiday and strong sales of furniture and clothes boosted the retail sector in September - but food sales are falling significantly as price wars and deflation continue to bite.
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Consumer spending bounces back from summer slump
The new numbers from Barclaycard showed that the spending growth of 3.7% last month is up on the 3% seen in August
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Analysis & Features
Supermarket price deflation at 2% with no sign of easing
The deflation gripping the UK grocery sector shows little sign of easing