Bud Light loses out on featuring transgender influencer Mulvaney The media promotion by the beer maker led to a backlash of transphobic comments and a boycott by some drinkers. Al Jazeera · Jun 14, 2023
Food price rises may have FINALLY peaked in glimmer of hope for shoppers The price of groceries went up by 15.4% in the year to May, down from 15.7% in April, according to the latest British Retail Consortium and NielsenIQ inflation tracker Daily Mirror · May 30, 2023
UK supermarket sales hit £2.8bn in Coronation week as custard and champagne sales soar That compares to £2.7 billion during the week of the Platinum Jubilee Evening Standard · May 15, 2023
Food inflation strikes another record high but clothing price rises ease The latest BRC-NielsenIQ shop price index shows food prices soared by 15.7%, the highest on record, in April. The Independent UK · May 1, 2023
Increasing cost of sugar drives shop prices to record in March Shop prices are now 8.9% higher than they were a year ago, according to the BRC-NielsenIQ Shop Price Index. The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2023
Shop price inflation reaches record high, figures show Shop prices are now 8.4% higher than they were a year ago, up from an 8% increase in January, according to the BRC-NielsenIQ Shop Price Index. The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2023
A golden age for nonalcoholic beers, wines and spirits There are many more drinking options this Dry January if you like the taste of alcoholic drinks but don't like the effects of alcohol. WEKU · Jan 3, 2023
63% of Christmas shoppers ‘plan to spend as much this year as they did in 2021’ Some 27% of shoppers anticipate spending less money on Christmas this year and 10% plan to spend more this Christmas, NielsenIQ said. The Independent UK · Nov 23, 2022
Amazon Has a Problem: Consumers Don't Love It as Much as They Used To For nearly three decades, Amazon.com Inc. has been defined by its obsession over customers. Recent information, however, suggests that consumer enthusiasm about the largest online retailer in the U.S. has slipped. Bangkok Post · Nov 22, 2022
Shoppers paying 10.6% more for food than a year ago as inflation hits record high Shop prices rose by 5.7% in September, up from 5.1% in August. Food price inflation soared past last month's 9.3% to 10.6%, driven by the war in Ukraine which is pushing up prices Daily Mirror · Sep 28, 2022
UK food prices soar by record 10.6% as Russia-Ukraine war pushes up costs Staple products such as margarine, pasta and tinned tomatoes hit new highs in September The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2022
Shoppers hit with record 10.6% food inflation in a year Records continue to be broken as prices carry on rising amid cost of living crisis Wales Online · Sep 28, 2022
Shoppers hit with record 10.6% food inflation – BRC-NielsenIQ Overall shop price inflation accelerated to 5.7% in September, up from 5.1% in August to mark another new record. The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2022
Households slash supermarket spending by £400m as shoppers feel cost of living bite Brit shoppers have tightened their belts and were focused on buying little but more often to help manage rocketing food bills as the price of milk, oil and butter continue to rise Daily Mirror · Sep 21, 2022
Manchester Evening News · Aug 31, 2022 Record food price rise as costs soar at fastest rate since 2008 Basic products such as milk and margarine are seeing the biggest rises
Wales Online · Aug 31, 2022 Food prices expected to continue rapid rise for at least next six months Shop price annual inflation has surged to its highest level for more than a decade
The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2022 UK food prices rise at fastest rate since global financial crash Pressure from war in Ukraine continues to push up costs
The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2022 UK food price inflation hits highest level since global financial crash Prices in shops rose by 5.1% in August, British Retail Consortium finds, as the war in Ukraine pushes up prices up for farmers
The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2022 Food prices rise at fastest rate since 2008, retail group figures show The war in Ukraine, and consequent rise in the price of animal feed, fertiliser, wheat and vegetable oils, is placing mounting pressure on prices.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2022 Camelot loses legal bid to stop National Lottery licence handover; UK petrol price at record – as it happened Camelot loses legal bid to prevent the handover of the National Lottery licence to rival Allwyn
The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2022 Shop prices hit highest rate of inflation in almost 14 years Prices were up 3.1% on a year ago in June, the highest rate of inflation since September 2008, according to the BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2022 Sainsbury’s boss says shoppers are turning to cheaper frozen foods Customers changing their behaviour in response to cost of living crisis, says Simon Roberts
The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2022 Food inflation drives highest UK shop prices rise in more than a decade Fresh food prices leaped 4.5% in May, driven by rising costs of labour since Brexit and fertiliser since invasion of Ukraine
The Times of India · May 2, 2022 Global giants rediscover Chennai: MNCs setting up mega technology centres Quality technology talent, sound infrastructure and relatively lower cost of living keep Chennai on the radar of MNCs that want to set up “back offices” or “offshore” units. But the city lost out to Bengaluru and Hyderabad in the early 2000s when Google, Intel, Qualcomm, Amazon, Facebook, and many others…
The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2022 Sunflower shortage: why cooking oil has become so expensive Shoppers are in for a shock as the cost of kitchen essentials hits record highs