Food prices rose at their fastest rate on record in September, with products such as milk and cakes getting more expensive, the British Retail Consortium says.more
The technology company Proxi.cloud and the analytical and research platform UCE RESEARCH compared the behavior of over 280,000 discount customers from the first half of this year. and from the same period last year. The respondents visited a total of over 5,000 institutions of this type all over the country.more
Retailers in Britain are looking to increase pay and attract staff in a tight labour market, as workers are increasingly taking to strike action amid a cost-of-living crisis in the country.more
Retailers and the hospitality industry have welcomed the planned return of VAT-free shopping for international tourists, saying it would help to boost sales.more
The death of Elizabeth II and the assumption of the throne by her son Charles III will entail not only a redesign of British passports and money. The packaging of the hundreds of products that boast the royal recommendation must also be redesigned.more
Figures published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy show a litre of petrol cost an average of 165.5p on Monday, while diesel was 181.1p per litre.
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Experts commenting on the latest data from stores believe that the peak of inflation in Poland is still ahead of us. However, they disagree as to whether it will come in fall or early 2023, or maybe only in spring.more
UK Prime Minister Liz Truss admitted yesterday that a free trade agreement with the United States - which was cited as one of the main benefits of Brexit - is unlikely in the short to medium term.more
The pound has fallen to a new 37-year low against the US dollar after figures showed UK retail sales fell sharply in August as the rise in the cost of living continued to hit households.more
The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that the Consumer Prices Index inflation (CPI) reached 10.1% last month, putting households under even more pressure as food prices spiked and pushed inflation to yet another 40-year high.
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Sainsbury’s has raised pay for staff again and offered free food during shifts as part of a £25 million package to support workers facing cost-of-living pressures. The UK’s second largest supermarket chain said £20 million of the cash boost will go towards a pay increase.more
Ocado has warned that annual sales will drop because customers are trading down to value products and buying less overall amid a worsening cost-of-living crisis.
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With the cost of living crisis, the price of everything has gone up in recent days and people are struggling to pay for some of the essentials in their weekly shop. Butter has been one item that has caused a stir, as we've seen brands like Lurpak costing as much as £5 for a tub in shops.
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The whiskey giant, which employs over 800 people in its Cork, Dublin, and Belfast operations, sold 10 million cases of Jameson over the 2021/2022 Fiscal Year
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Pub industry experts warn that pub owners will soon be forced to raise prices significantly. The reasons are to be rising energy costs and inflation across the country.more
One of the UK’s biggest chicken producers has warned food security could be under threat and shoppers exposed to a "price shock" after a more than threefold surge in the price of carbon dioxide (CO2).more
According to a study by UCE RESEARCH and the BLIX Group, more than half of Poles fear that stores may soon be out of stock. The reason for this thinking is rising inflation and the war in Ukraine. It is usually talked about by the elderly, as well as by those with the lowest education and those from small towns.more
