Food price inflation has taken some deep bites into family household budgets around the country. It has brought about a level of anger and frustration, yet there seems to be precious little anyone can do about it.
In the days leading up to Wednesday’s meeting of the Retail Forum dubbed the ‘supermarket summit’ by at least one media outlet Neale Richmond appeared frequently on radio and television to tell the public what to expect from the meeting.
Aldi has confirmed that it will follow Tesco and also cut the price of its own-brand bread in the latest salvo in what is becoming a price war over own-brand supermarket staples.