All Product prices articles – Page 128
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Comment & Opinion
Saturday Essay: Value-driven shopping isn’t just about price
As well as offering low prices, Asda and Morrisons have improved their ranges - to dramatic effect, says Nick Harrison
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NewsColony Collapse Disorder and thrifty shoppers hit honey sales
Honey sales are down 5.4%, by volume after six consecutive years of growth [TNS 52w/e 4 October 2009]. Own-label honey led the decline, with sales down 7.4% in volume [IRI 52w/e 31 October 2009].
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NewsAsda hails ‘biggest rollback in a decade’
Asda has slashed the price of 3,600 essential products in what the supermarket claims is its biggest price rollback…
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Retail Prices: When promotions became the new normal for brands
The major fmcg brands ramped up their promotional spending in 2009, boosting the total number to 82,000, up 44% on 2008. James Ball reports
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Analysis & Features
The Grocer Price Index: Retail prices are finally falling, but don’t bank on it lasting long-term
Retail prices have fallen almost 2.5% since June, showing deflation is finally arriving in grocery. However, as they increased a massive 8% in the same six-month period last year, prices remain higher year-on-year overall for now at...
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Grocer 33: Full basket puts Waitrose in first place
A full basket, no queue and helpful staff made Waitrose in Rickmansworth the clear winner this week.
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NewsGrocer 33 Six-Month Review: Asda in the lead for price and service
There may have been a sustained battle on pricing and promotions between the major retailers this year, but it's been a one-sided one.
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Festive fizz falls flat as beer and cider deals surge
The washout summer has prompted supermarkets to push more beer and cider offers than ever this Christmas at the expense of deals on sparkling wine and Champagne.
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Commodity Prices: Packaging prices set to rise as aluminium rockets 43%
As the recession recedes and the aluminium industry reopens its smelters, prices are rising. What will it mean for packaging, asks Mintec's Andrew Larkham
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NewsGrocer 33: Stores keep on top of the festive rush
Morrisons in Horndean was the place to bag Christmas goods this week. It not only boasted strong availability, but also a helpful assistant who lent our shopper a pound coin for the trolley.
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Analysis & Features
The Grocer Price Index: Retailers must be wary of impending price deflation
Barring any unexpected spikes, food price deflation is finally upon us - but it may not necessarily be a good thing for UK stores, reports James Ball
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News
Butter prices may go up by a third, say analysts
The retail price of butter could soar by up to a third over the next few months, analysts have warned. The wholesale butter price has leapt from £2,000/tonne in August to almost £3,500 [PTF] twice what it was a year ago as a result of...
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NewsGrocer 33: Waitrose top thanks to its super service
Waitrose's Food & Home branch in Salisbury was one of four retailers to offer strong availability, but its friendly staff went out of their way to assist our shopper, which helped it land our top store award.
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Grocer 33 Online: Driver takes Sainsbury’s to first place
This quarter's G33 Online contest was a close call. All the retailers' websites were easy to use and all had friendly drivers, while four boasted strong availability.
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Retail Prices: Deals and supply issues push down price of fresh produce
The price of The Grocer's fruit and veg basket is down 10% year-on-year as oversupply reduces the cost of peppers, cucumbers and apples. Michael Barker reports
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Retailers resize and reprice in lead-up to ‘consumer recession’
Over 16,000 new SKUs have been introduced into UK supermarkets since May, and 11,000 food and drink lines delisted, as retailers and manufacturers brace themselves for a "consumer recession" in 2010.
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Butter category devalued by ‘promotional junkies’
Deep price promotions are damaging the long-term profitability of the butter and spreads category, retailers have admitted.
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Grocer 33: Waitrose in Newcastle impresses
The battle for the top store award intensified this week. Three retailers had strong availability, but Waitrose in Eldon Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, was the only retailer to entirely satisfy our shopper.
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A Christmas price war? Bah humbug
Supermarket shoppers looking for the record-breaking money-off deals they've read about in the papers are set for a shock, The Grocer can reveal, as new data shows this year's deals offer a smaller saving than 2008.Of the big four...
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NewsBananas up as Christmas approaches
Supermarkets are gradually increasing the price of bananas in the run up to Christmas as the record autumn cuts come to an end. Bananas are currently selling for 77p/kg in the big four, double the 38p/kg price seen in Asda last month but...