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Prices of sugar and chocolate are rising steeply as heat and reduced rainfall disrupt supply
Discount supermarket to increase investment in UK as it targets expansion of store network
Profit margins in supply chains will limit the spread of downward pressure on prices through exports
Poland says it will apply unilateral curbs after Brussels ignored pleas to extend restrictions
Producers and retailers to hold prices for selected food products and household essentials for three months
Weather event could raise inflation in poorer countries and put pressure on central banks
BRC figures for August show cost of food is biggest driver of rises as annual rate drops to 6.9%
Supply contracts and energy and wage pressures continue to raise producers’ costs
Decline in cost of items in July adds to evidence that high inflation may finally be easing
Cost of rice and tomatoes has soared due to erratic monsoon ahead of crucial elections next year
Retailers claim they are battling to keep costs down for consumers after average punnet price increased 11% in 2022
Competition and Markets Authority calls for pricing policy reform as it finds high inflation not due to weak competition
CEO’s view follows similar remarks from other retailers, raising hopes shoppers will finally see some relief
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt welcomes fall in annual pace of price growth to 14.9% in June
Supermarket group provides further evidence that price rises are easing
Smaller farms at risk as production costs of milk exceed the amount that most farmers are paid
Chancellor will ask Britain’s watchdogs whether there is evidence of price gouging by companies
Finance minister Bruno Le Maire says 75 groups will make reductions in line with falling wholesale costs
Some economists believe that surging food prices in the eurozone could reverse by the end of this year
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Food cost growth eases slightly as lower energy costs filter through supply chains
Initiative aims to curb rampant food price inflation but has split Tory party and angered supermarkets
Food becoming more of a factor than energy in driving stubbornly high level of inflation
High inflation sparks return of controversial measure that retailers say forces them to sell at a loss
UK cannot decide whether food prices are egregiously high or problematically low
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