British Retail Consortium

Record Food Inflation Figures Putting Pressure on UK Households: McKinsey

The news that food and non-alcoholic beverage inflation is running at 18.2% in the UK is likely to eat into a "significant proportion of disposable in...

UK Retailers Impose Purchase Limits On Certain Fresh Produce Items

British retailers Asda and Morrisons have imposed customer purchase limits on vegetables and fruit as supplies were hit from and north Afric...

Britain, Ireland Facing Tomato Shortage After Overseas Harvests Disrupted

Shoppers in the UK and Ireland are facing a shortage of tomatoes after supermarket supplies were impacted by disrupted harvests in southern Europe and Nort...

UK Retailers Struggle But Consumers Spend On Films And Holidays

Spending by shoppers at British retailers grew less quickly in January but the overall picture looked a bit brighter as consumers treated themselves to cin...

UK Shop Price Inflation Hits Record 8% In January: BRC

Prices in British shops in January were 8.0% higher than a year before, the biggest annual increase since at least 2006 when comparable records started, la...

UK Consumer Spending Fails To Match Inflation In December: Surveys

British consumer spending in December lagged inflation, representing a sizeable fall in real-terms expenditure, despite contributions from Christmas shoppi...

UK Fresh Food Prices Surge 15% In Year To December: BRC

Fresh food prices at British supermarkets in early December were 15.0% higher than a year earlier, the biggest annual increase since at least 2005 when rec...

Britain’s Broken Egg Industry Shows The Price Of Food Inflation

In Britain, the damage wrought by rampant inflation can be seen in the fate of the humble egg with farmers saying what they get paid is no longer enough, u...