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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ben Chapman

‘Golden era’ of cheap food is over, says former Sainsbury’s boss

Reuters

A "golden era" of cheap food is over and people will have to get used to spending more of their budgets on groceries, the former chief executive of Sainsbury's has warned.

Justin King said that even supermarkets making multi-billion pound profits could not be expected to absorb the cost increases they were facing.

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