All Product prices articles – Page 117
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Grocer survey: shoppers unsure on dairy pricing
Heavy promotional activity in the nation's dairy aisles appears to have done little to convince shoppers that the category offers attractive prices.
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Grocer 33: Asda back with sub £60 basket
Asda offered the cheapest basket this week and the only one to come in under £60. It also had the greatest number of exclusively cheapest items (11) nine more than the nearest rivals. Five Rollback deals including Quality Street and the mushrooms...
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Grocer 33: Full basket gives Tesco the edge
This week's winner is Tesco in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. It was the only store to provide a full basket and there was no wait at the tills. Other big plusses were that it was well presented and the staff were able to inform our mystery shopper...
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Retail Prices: Asda deals up by 20% as it puts alcohol in the spotlight
It may have stopped selling booze below cost, but this hasn’t stopped Asda running a fifth of its August promotions in the BWS aisle, reports Elinor Zuke
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Wheat costs threaten to push up price of poultry
Shoppers face rising chicken and egg prices as a result of soaring wheat costs. Sixty per cent of the cost of producing poultry and eggs is feed, and the November futures price for wheat which makes up 60% of that feed has risen £50 per...
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Retail Prices: Tesco responds with cut as Asda sticks to booze pledge
The picture may be mixed, and confused by differing strategies on alcohol, but overall the big four are keeping the lid on inflation, says Ronan Hegarty
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Grocer 33: Asda snatches back top spot
Despite being the only retailer to offer no price-based promotions, Morrisons reclaimed first place this week with a basket costing £2.04 less than its closest rival's. Its Malibu rum was by far the cheapest, at £10.67, helped by an ongoing...
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Grocer 33: Service at Asda proves a winner
Helpful staff and an efficient checkout service helped Asda in Parkhead clinch the award for best overall service this week despite it not having the best availability.
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Scots name minimum price: 45p a unit
The Scottish government has for the first time set out the minimum price per unit it wants charged for alcohol.
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Retail Prices: Deep price promotions woo the stay-at-home salad fans
Promotional activity has brought down the price of salad staples, while the shift to new season has pushed up the cost of root veg, reports Simon Mowbray
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Grocer 33: Asda back on top after two-week absence
Asda snatched back its crown this week after a two-week absence from the top of the table. Its basket was £1.95 cheaper than Tesco's and it had the highest number of cheapest items (5). Asda also recorded the most promotions and was the only...
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Grocer 33: Helpful staff secure win for Tesco
This week's winner is Tesco in Burnage, Manchester. One assistant showed our shopper to the avocados with a big smile while another left her home shopping trolley to take him to the Birds Eye curry. The only downside was the Tilda rice being out of...
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Cost-cutting threatens food poisoning ‘time-bomb’
Britain could be facing a “food poisoning time bomb”, according to a new report that claims food manufacturers are slashing spending on hygiene and safety training.
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British wheat crop set to cool inflation fears
Food inflation fears continue to grip the media but a very promising start to the British wheat harvest should allay fears of a significant rise in food prices, according to experts.
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Retail Prices: Major brands squeezed by own label in fight for space
Several major brands slashed promotional activity in the past month. The big exceptions were Birds Eye, Lindemans and Pampers. Alex Beckett reports
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Ethics: the first casualty in the new banana price war?
After 2009‘s brutal price wars, bananas are again at the heart of the hositilities. As prices again head south, asks Rob Brown, have no lessons been learned?
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Grocer 33: Asda wins thanks to no queue
This week it was a closely fought battle with three supermarkets offering a full basket and only one out-of-stock across the board. In the end, Asda in Gateshead won by a whisker because there was no queue at the checkout. The store was...
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Grocer 33: Morrisons has most cheapest
Morrisons offered the cheapest basket this week, and was £1.20 cheaper than its nearest rival.
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Commodities: Bitter winter turns up the pressure on milk powder prices
Prices for milk powder stabilised in July but they may start to go up again if a cattle feed grain shortfall hits milk supply says Liliana Gonzalez of Mintec
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Grocer 33: Sainsbury’s service wows our shopper
Sainsbury's in Cheadle, Greater Manchester had a full basket this week and a glowing report from our shopper.