Cost of Living

Britain's Tesco Raises Store Workers' Pay By 7%

Tesco will raise hourly pay for about 220,000 store workers by 7% from April, another increase that will likely catch the attention of the Bank of England,...

Coca-Cola To Push Ahead With Price Hikes As PepsiCo Hits Pause

Coca-Cola Co has announced that it plans to raise soda prices further in 2023 to combat stubbornly high costs, in sharp contrast to a halt at rival PepsiCo...

10 Grocery Industry Trends To Watch In 2023: Capgemini

Lindsey Mazza, global retail lead at Capgemini, examines some of the trends that will shape the grocery industry in 2023.

Top 10 Supermarket Retail Chains In The UK

Here's an overview of the top ten supermarket retail chains in the UK, according to their most recently-available full-year turnover.

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...

Lidl GB Raises Spending Commitment To UK Food Suppliers

The British arm of German discount supermarket Lidl said it would invest £4 billion (€2.3 billion) in UK food businesses in 2023, as it accelera...

Asda Income Tracker Shows Spend Has Fallen In Every UK Region

Asda has released its latest UK Income Tracker, which shows that household disposable incomes fell in every UK region during the fourth quarter of 2022, co...

Amazon Warehouse Workers At Coventry Walk Out Over Pay In UK First

Amazon workers at a warehouse in central England will walk out on Wednesday in a months-long wrangle over pay, marking the first time the US tech giant's o...