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Frozen food, own-label and loyalty schemes to the fore as supermarkets face into cost-of-living challenge

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Grocery retailers around the world are having to re-work their strategies to cope with rapidly rising inflation and the pressure on consumers – including ramping up their own-label offers, greater emphasis on loyalty schemes and a “laser-like focus” on price. That was the message from Nick Miles, head of global insight at the IGD grocery …

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