All Product prices articles – Page 116
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Analysis & Features
Commodities: Droughts could mean 2012 is a precarious year for tea
Supplies of tea from Kenya, Sri Lanka and India have fluctuated – but prices have been kept down by a fortunate balancing act. Robert Miles reports
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Comment & Opinion
Where will it end?
There’s a power dynamic in any relationship, even those where both parties secretly suspect they could do a bit better.
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NewsPrice ‘neutralised’ by Sainsbury’s till match
Price is no longer a competitive advantage. That was the bold claim made by Sainsbury's commercial director Mike Coupe as the retailer rolled out its Brand Match price-matching scheme across the UK this week.
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Analysis & Features
Big Price Drop doesn’t spell a drop in promotions
Despite its self-proclaimed new focus on base prices, the number of deals at Tesco is on the increase.
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Comment & Opinion
Own label will be star of the ‘golden quarter’
Why? Because it’s a totem of the new consumer mentality, as the success of Asda’s Chosen by you shows, says Andy Clarke
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Analysis & Features
Cadbury promotional push doubles deals
Many major food and drink brands reduced promotional activity in September, but Heinz and Cadbury still pushed hard, reports Vince Bamford
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Analysis & FeaturesSuppliers fear the worst over Tesco's cuts
Tesco’s new Big Price Drop offensive slashes the cost of 3,000 lines. Who’s going to pay - and how?
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Analysis & Features
Tesco cuts will be welcomed
In figures taken as its Big Price Drop was starting, Tesco’s prices went up, while Morrisons and Sainsbury’s made month-on-month cuts.
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NewsTesco's 12% reduction in Price Drop
Unilever and Procter & Gamble head a long list of brand owners targeted in Tesco’s Big Price Drop.
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NewsAsda reignites banana wars with new price cut
The banana price wars are back, after Asda this morning cut the price of 1kg of loose bananas from 68p to 58p.
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Analysis & Features
Commodities: Green, green glass is a clear winner as material costs fall
It’s eco-friendly, safe and now, with raw material prices down, relatively cheap. Can glass stay strong as emerging markets up consumption, asks Robert Miles
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NewsNew dawn in convenience pricing as Budgens takes on Tesco
Musgrave has ushered in a new dawn for convenience pricing in the UK with a pledge that its Budgens stores will price match Tesco on 800 products. The programme represents the first move by a symbol group to match Tesco’s prices since…
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Analysis & Features
Waitrose ramps up its deal activity, acting on impulse
The only retailer to increase its year-on-year promotional activity last month was Waitrose.
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Analysis & Features
Fewer savings to be had, but brands offer deeper cuts
Last month’s fall in average savings seems to have been a blip. The past four weeks show fewer deals, but bigger price cuts.
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News3663 warns customers of product price hikes
Foodservice giant 3663 has written to its customers to warn them to expect price hikes on every single line this month as it looks to offset rising costs.
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Comment & Opinion
The price must be right, and also feel right
Shoppers’ propensity to spend is largely determined by emotional reactions rather than plain logic, says Terry Green
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Analysis & Features
At 4%, food price inflation is stable... but it’s all relative
Prices at the big four are up 4% on average – 3% when deals are taken into account – but only Asda has kept a lid on inflation. Ronan Hegarty reports
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News
Nine out of ten shoppers expect food prices to rise
The vast majority of shoppers are resigned to forking out more cash for their groceries. According to the latest research from IGD ShopperTrack. 90% of those questioned believe that prices are set to get more expensive over the next 12 months.
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Analysis & Features
Commodities: As prices rocket, will British crop help dry onion tears?
Drought in New Zealand has sent onion prices soaring. But suppliers hope they will fall again when the British crop is harvested. Julia Glotz reports
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Analysis & Features
Commodities: Orange juice prices will fall, just wait for the harvests
Orange juice prices have soared after crop failures in key regions, but following two years of price hikes, a fall is now on the cards, says Mintec’s Robert Miles