All Product prices articles – Page 114
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Analysis & Features
Tesco and Asda lead way in keeping lid on inflation
The supermarkets kept a tight lid on inflation last month despite growing concerns about drought and rising oil prices.
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News
Musgrave's SuperValu range to be 20 per cent cheaper than brands
Budgens is launching an audacious bid to take on the brands with a new own-label range it claims is 20% cheape
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Category Report
Eau what an opportunity for bottled water!
Could 2012 be the year bottled water stops being a nice to have and becomes a need to have?
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Analysis & Features
Will coffee roasters switch to Arabica as prices fall?
It is the best of times and the worst of times for coffee buyers. Arabica coffee prices have plummeted since the start of the year, but Robusta prices have increased.
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News
Cameron to push ahead on minimum booze pricing
The government will today announce plans to plough ahead with minimum pricing for alcohol in England and Wales, despite huge opposition from the industry.
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Analysis & Features
Bakery prices finally rise after flat 2011
The past 12 months have been a tale of two halves for the bakery category - or three quarters, more like.
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News
Asda unveils petrol price comparison tool online
Asda has launched a price comparison website dedicated exclusively to petrol.
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Analysis & Features
Why are suppliers so keen on PMPs?
PepsiCo recently launched price-marked packs of Walkers Crisps - and it’s not the only one looking to gain from the dopamine rush.
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Comment & Opinion
Retailers need alternatives to price cuts
If the supermarket price wars have taught us one lesson, it is that low prices are no longer enough.
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Analysis & Features
Cheap at twice the price
The packaging is awful. They look and taste terrible. They’re so unloved by the multiples that they hide them away on the bottom shelf where they sell for mere pennies.
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Analysis & Features
Tesco prepares for next phase of Price Drop... by hiking prices
The Big Price Drop? The Big Price Rollercoaster more like. Tesco spent February hiking prices more than any of its big four rivals.
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News
More prices up than down before the Drop
As Tesco kicked off the fourth wave of its Price Drop campaign, an investigation by The Grocer has revealed that it has put up prices on three products for every two that it lowered in the past six weeks.
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Comment & Opinion
It's remarkable that Tesco's £40bn supertanker can turn so quickly and simply
Little details really do count in retail. And they can turn around the performance of a £40bn sales supertanker in a matter of weeks…
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News
Fairtrade Foundation rejects call for single rsp on bananas
The Fairtrade Foundation has rejected the idea of an across-the-board recommended retail price for Fairtrade bananas, claiming it would be open to legal challenge.
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News
Drought set to spark new spike in food prices
Shoppers have been warned to expect a new wave of price rises on food, as areas of Britain face the prospect of their worst drought in decades.
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News
Budgens cranks up its Tesco price match war
Budgens stores are now price matching Tesco on 1000 branded products in the roll-out of the second phase of its lower price campaign.
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News
Shoppers miss out on a big choc drop
The biggest names in chocolate are still hoiking prices and shrinking the size of their bars - despite the falling cost of raw materials.
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Analysis & Features
Baby products static in price... unless they're brand-matched
The baby category has offered two contrasting tales over the past 12 months.
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News
Cases of cheap booze lure indies from C&Cs
Cash & carries missed out on vital Christmas alcohol sales as independent retailers stocked up on “hundreds of cases” of cheap supermarket booze at a time.
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Comment & Opinion
Food policy needs urgent rethink
If things weren’t tough enough for consumers in 2011, they also had to contend with being short-changed in terms of food policy.