Food Prices
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Food prices up but clothes shops shift stock with discounts
Annual food prices have risen for the second month in a row but intense competition among other retailers spelt better news for consumers, figures show. The BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index shows food prices rose year-on-year by 0.2%, up marginally
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Store boss warns of food price rise
The cost of a family food shop could skyrocket this year because of the appalling weather in 2012, the boss of one of Britain's top supermarkets warned. Mark Price, the managing director of Waitrose, predicted the price of basic food items
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Diet foods market fails New Year test
Losing weight is no longer just a New Year resolution according the research that suggests nearly a third of Brits are on a permanent diet. Mintel found one in three (31%) Brits on a more or less permanent diet, causing sales of diet and weight
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Bread prices to rise after bad crop
Consumers have been warned of price rises for bread and cakes after the wet spring reduced crop yields. Bakers are facing a £50-a-ton hike in the price of flour - equivalent to 13% of the cost of the raw material - and some of that increase is
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Quality Street tins shrink
Nestle The food industry is up to its duping tricks again according to a new report that reveals we'll be getting less of our family favourite chocolates this Christmas. Nestle has cut the quantity of Quality Street chocolates in its tins
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Food prices set to rise - again
Prepare for more food price rises, particularly meat, pasta and vegetables. The combination of a severe US drought - corn prices have surged 60% since early summer - and a wash-out UK summer looks likely to work its way through the UK food chain,
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10% 'worry about feeding families'
A tenth of full-time working adults are worried about providing three nutritious meals a day for their families, according to a study. The Salvation Army poll, to establish whether social issues have changed from those identified by the church