All Product prices articles – Page 116
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Analysis & Features
Wheat 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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Comment & 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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News
Coffee chains react to milk criticism
The UK’s leading coffee chains have defended the price they pay for milk after being criticised…
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Analysis & Features
Wheat 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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News
Price of milk kept 'artificially low' despite hikes elsewhere
As the milk protests rumble on, new data has revealed that the price of milk has fallen 16% over the past three years…
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News
Andy Bond: 'No such thing as supermarket price war'
Andy Bond has dismissed suggestions of a supermarket price war as fantasy, in an outspoken interview with the Daily Telegraph.
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Analysis & Features
Lower crude oil price eases cost of nappies
Falling crude oil prices have already brought relief to motorists and buyers of plastic packaging…
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Analysis & Features
Price 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 & Features
US drought sparks new fears for soya prices
As the drought in the US Midwest continues to worsen, attention is once again shifting back to the soybean market…
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News
Iceland defends its position on milk price
In the week that Aldi and Lidl raised their milk prices, Iceland has hit back at calls for it to do the same, saying it already had…
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Analysis & Features
Promotions fall as multiples get set for Olympic bonanza
The countdown to the Olympics saw featured space promotions elbowed out in three of the top five this week…
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Comment & Opinion
Rainy days for food inflation
The definition of ‘summer’ may have permanently changed in Britain with yet another inclement July…
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Analysis & Features
Cereal makers strive to keep lid on soaring prices
As US farmers battle the worst drought in 50 years, their northern European counterparts contend with the opposite problem.
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Comment & Opinion
More turbulence for booze brands
Sales of the top 100 liquor brands have grown 2.8% in value over the past year, but volume is down…
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Comment & Opinion
Minimum alcohol pricing is a big risk
Politicians argue that alcohol abuse and related antisocial behaviour is a big problem and that minimum pricing is the solution.
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News
Farmers blast Morrisons after new round in milk price war
Morrisons has been slammed by farmers for engaging in a price war with Asda over milk, bringing the price of four pints down to 98p.
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News
Asda risks farmers' anger with latest milk price cut
Asda has risked incurring the wrath of farmers by reducing the price of four pints of milk to just £1.
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Analysis & Features
Tinned goods fail to keep a lid on inflation
You know the economy is in a mess when sales of baked beans fall. Promotions on tinned goods have soared by a third in a year.
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Analysis & Features
Don't rub it in: price hikes hit sunscreen
Sunscreen manufacturers are having a rough time at the moment…
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News
Competition law 'hampers' milk summit talks
A solution to the current milk crisis is being hampered by a culture of fear surrounding competition regulations, retailers and processors have warned.