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Campaigner Jack Monroe praises Asda for adding more SmartPrice lines

Jack had previously criticised the store saying the number of SmartPrices choices had decreased

Wales Online

Jack Monroe praises supermarket chain after they dramatically reduce food prices

The campaigner visited her local store today

Manchester Evening News

Jack Monroe praises Asda for increasing Smart Price product availability

The poverty campaigner had complained about price rises and the disappearance of value products in supermarkets.

The Independent UK

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Asda 'smart prices' to be rolled out in all stores from March after Jack Monroe criticism

Grocery giant reacts to poverty activist's concern that low-income customers can't get their hands on cheapest food ranges

Chronicle Live

Asda confirms major change rolling out across all 581 food stores

The supermarket has "taken on board" comments made by anti-poverty campaigner and author Jack Monroe

Liverpool Echo

Asda promises to double Smart Price items as millions face cost of living crisis

Asda has pledged to increase their value Smart Price range throughout all stores and online after being slammed by poverty campaigner Jack Monroe over lack of budget items.

Glasgow Live

Asda to stock budget smart price products in all supermarkets for the first time

The move follows criticism from food writer and anti-poverty campaigner Jack Monroe who raised concerns about the price increases.

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Asda's cheap food promise as it makes big change to its Smart Price range

It comes after a backlash from food poverty campaigner Jack Monroe

Manchester Evening News

Asda brings ‘Smart Price’ value range to all stores following calls from Jack Monroe

The lower-priced groceries will be made available at all 581 stores

The Independent UK

Asda to double number of stores offering 'smart prices' after Jack Monroe criticism

From 1 March, Asda will stock its full Smart Price and Farm Stores ranges in all 581 of its food stores, as well as online, the supermarket's bosses said

Daily Mirror

Asda to make major change to Smart Price range after Jack Monroe complaints

“We are taking steps to put our full Smart Price and Farm Stores ranges in store and online to make these products as accessible as possible”

Wales Online

Asda makes cheapest food pledge after pressure from Jack Monroe

Anti-poverty campaigner says low-income shoppers could not always find its lowest price ranges

The Guardian - UK

Jack Monroe complaints lead to Asda increasing Smart Price products' availability

Asda was acquired by the Issa brothers in 2020

Birmingham Post

Asda to increase Smart Price products’ availability after Jack Monroe complaints

The supermarket faced criticism from the poverty campaigner, who said many of the products from the range were no longer available.

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The Guardian - UK

UK house prices hit record high but slowdown looms; eurozone bond yields rise – as it happened

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The Conversation

Fiction can change the world: five books that made a difference

Activist Jack Monroe recently used Terry Pratchett’s “boots theory” to explain the vicious circle for people on low incomes only being able to afford clothing that constantly wears out. Monroe has now used the Vimes index (named after a Pratchett character) of inflation to persuade the Office of National Statistics…

Daily Record

20,000 Scots children to be plunged into poverty by cost-of-living crisis

Experts. say the Scottish Government has to act now to protect thousands of youngsters.

Evening Standard

Emily Sheffield: Like the MPs’ expenses scandal, Boris Johnson has broken trust in politics

Who cannot admire the poverty campaigner and food writer Jack Monroe? She has a tireless work ethic, coupled with fiery imaginative tenacity to get change done — and her most recent campaign took on the Office for National Statistics and won. While the Tory party and the Prime Minister thrashed…

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Daily Record

Jack Monroe mocks Tory MSP over "insulting" comments about food bank users

Rachael Hamilton MSP has been urged to apologise over remarks that were made in the Scottish Parliament

The Independent UK

Jack Monroe hails victory as ONS announces overhaul to cost-of-living statistics

Statistics body aims to more accurately measure how low-income families are hit by inflation

The Guardian - UK

Cost-of-living crisis: Jack Monroe hails ONS update of inflation calculations

Move by government statisticians follows analysis by UK poverty activist of impact on poorest families

The Independent UK

Statisticians to revise inflation calculations after Jack Monroe pressure

The food poverty campaigner has taken to social media in recent days to highlight increased inflationary pressure on poor families.

The Guardian - UK

Terry Pratchett estate backs Jack Monroe’s idea for ‘Vimes Boots’ poverty index

Campaigner has used the idea drawn from Discworld novels to register the disproportionate effect price rises have on the lower paid

The Guardian - UK

Federal Reserve leaves interest rates on hold, but March rise looks likely – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

Wales Online

Campaigner explains why people in UK are going to starve this year

Jack has shown exactly how bad the situation now is in the UK, and why it is going to get worse

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