Britain’s biggest supermarkets have called for a VAT cut to protect customers from price rises in the event of a No Deal Brexit. Waitrose, Marks & Spencer and Amazon have met the Government’s top No Deal planner, Michael Gove, and Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom for showdown discussions. (The Daily Mail)

The boss of Tesco has ruled out the sale of chlorine-washed chicken if the UK strikes new trade deals with the US after Brexit (The Telegraph). The head of Britain’s largest supermarket Tesco said consumers had no interest in lowering food standards to bring prices down after Brexit, and ruled out selling chlorine-washed chicken from the US (The Financial Times £). Tesco will not stock chlorinated chicken even if a future United States trade deal changes UK food standards (The Daily Mail).

Sandwich makers are changing their recipes, stockpiling ingredients and lining up alternative suppliers to Brexit-proof Britain’s favourite lunch. Greencore Group, which makes three out of every five sandwiches sold in the UK and supplies supermarkets such as Marks and Spencer and the Co-op, has prepared extensive contingency plans for a no-deal departure from the EU. (The Financial Times £)

UK farming needs billions of pounds from central government if commitments to tackle climate change and protect the natural environment are to be met. (Sky News)

Falling prices for computer games and clothes dragged inflation down to its lowest level in almost three years last month (The Times £). The Office for National Statistics charted an easing from 2.1% the previous month, attributing the bulk of the shift to falls in computer game costs and weaker rises for clothing than had been seen in the previous year (Sky News).

Brexit has made Britain the best place among developed countries to buy companies and other assets at bargain prices, a top executive at the world’s largest private equity firm has said. (The Times £)

Two years ago Amazon spent $13.4bn buying upmarket US chain Whole Foods – but since there has been no revolution. Price cuts were not big enough to expand the demographic of shoppers. As part of Amazon’s physical stores unit it reported just 1% revenue growth in the last quarter from a year earlier. (The Financial Times £)

Revenues at Science in Sport, the Aim-quoted performance nutrition company whose products are popular with athletes and cyclists, jumped to £24.9m in the six months to the end of June, from £9.9m a year earlier, boosted by the acquisition of PhD Nutrition. (The Times £)

China will auction 10,000 tonnes of pork from its state reserves as surging prices threaten to mar an important political holiday (The Guardian). China is set to release pork supplies from its central reserves as it moves to tackle soaring prices and shortages caused by an outbreak of swine fever (The BBC).

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