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Supermarkets have not been using high rates of inflation as a cover for making higher profits, the boss of Sainsbury's has told the BBC.more

As the latest analysis showed, "Price index in retail stores", toilet paper in April this year. increased by as much as 63.2% year on year. Among the 100 products most often bought by consumers, it took as much as 3rd position in this ranking. Experts explain this high production costs that are passed on to consumers. However, bad predictions are coming.more

Under proposed new regulations, brands may be banned from using words such as ‘yoghurt’ even if prefaced by ‘vegan’.more

Drinkers will get cheaper wine and greater variety under plans to scrap retained European Union laws affecting the British wine industry, the Government has said.more

Hellmann’s mayonnaise has become the latest victim of shrinkflation. Tesco has pulled 800g jars of the brand from its shelves and replaced them with 600g versions.more

Morrisons has brought back its More Card loyalty scheme to replace its My Morrisons app following a successful trial. The Morrisons More scheme, which replaces the My Morrisons scheme, can be used as a physical card or app and allows customers to earn points from selected products and counters in store and online as well as at Morrisons petrol stations.more

Price increases at Costa have sent certain coffee options soaring past the £6 a cup mark, a Sunday Express investigation has found. more

Supermarket chain Asda is considering whether to cut the pay of 7,000 staff in the south east of England to bring it in line with its other stores. Staff at 39 stores outside the M25 have been paid more for decades to offset a higher cost of living closer to London.more

Best of Poland, a new importer and distributor for Polish branded food and drink products, has secured exclusive distribution rights for Black Energy – the leading energy drink brand in Poland, which has been available in the UK for the last three years. more

The rising cost of living has seen prices increase across the board in the UK.more

The UK will ban the import of Russian diamonds and copper, aluminum and nickel from Russia, the British government announced Thursday night into Friday, ahead of the start of the G7 summit in Japan.more

Revenues rose to £990m last year as people unable to upsize their home opt to pile their possessions elsewhere. more

Strategically located in the middle of the North Atlantic, the Faroe Islands continue to cooperate with Russia in fishing and become independent of Denmark. At the same time, the government, after pressure from Copenhagen, is preparing an analysis of the consequences of a possible termination of the Russian agreement. The islanders are sharply divided on the issue.more

The value of trade between Poland and Ireland amounted to EUR 6 billion in 2022 and we want this value to grow, said Irish Minister of State Dara Calleary. He added that Irish companies can offer solutions e.g. in the field of online business, modern construction or agriculture.more

Supermarkets are tempting customers to buy high-calorie treats by displaying them in the most eye-catching parts of the shop while placing healthy foods on less prominent shelves, a new study has revealed. more

Consumer pessimism is on the rise, as up to 91 percent of Poles are looking for cheaper places to shop, according to the "EY Future Consumer Index 2023" survey. 31 percent rate their situation compared to 3-4 months ago as worse, an increase of 20 percentage points from the previous survey.more

Morrisons is cutting the prices of breakfast essentials by more than half after sky-high food prices were blamed for interest rates hitting 15-year highs. Morrisons chief executive David Potts promised shoppers would see many "deflation dividends" over the coming months, as the supermarket kicked off its fourth wave of price cuts since the start of the year.more

Representatives of the Irish government are counting on another record of trade turnover with Poland this year. after last year mutual trade increased by 10% y/y to a record EUR 6 billion, reported Enterprise Ireland – the Irish government agency supporting Irish companies in innovation and increasing exports on global markets.more

The boss of Tesco, the UK's largest supermarket chain, earned £4.44m last financial year despite halving the company's profit, according to its accounts published yesterday.more

Tesco, Aldi and Lidl have followed Sainsbury's by cutting the price of own-brand butter and bread after criticism over high supermarket prices.more

Reducing prices in stores is one of the main goals of the French authorities in the face of persistently high inflation in the category of food products - 14.9 percent. The government is asking retailers to lower prices, BFM TV reported.more

The UK is a key target for the growth of the group's departure from the Russian market, which represented 20% of its business.more

There is still nothing to count on to start paying less for shopping. The consolation is that prices are rising somewhat more slowly, writes today's Rzeczpospolita.more

Virgin Media O2 has accused rival mobile operators of not doing enough to help customers move onto cheaper monthly tariffs. The phone giant says other firms are "swindling" people by keeping them on rates that cover the cost of a handset, even after they have finished paying for the phone.more

The shopping preferences of compatriots leave no doubt. For 84% of Poles, meat plays a more or less central role in the diet, and even more people, 90%, eat it at least occasionally. Some experts commenting on the results of the survey believe that the growing environmental awareness and the increasing availability of plant-based products do not affect the decline in interest in meat products.more