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Poor seed harvests have led to empty shelves at supermarkets in France and global shortages

In a recent BBC documentary, entitled Beauty and the Bleach, presenter Tan France (of Queer Eye fame) tackles the issue of colourism. Also known as pigmentocracy, colourism is defined as discrimination that privileges light-skinned people of colour over their darker-skinned peers.

'This period of unprecedented inflation requires us to take further pricing action'

Unilever, whose big brands range from Pot Noodles and Persil to Bovril and Brut, already hiked prices more than 8% in the first three months of this year to offset soaring costs

When Unilever hikes its prices, billions of customers around the world are impacted

Soaring inflation of raw materials is set to push up Unilever’s costs by €4.8 billion this year

Rise in energy and ingredient costs suggests consumers will have to pay more for well-known brands

SAINSBURY’S today accused rivals of ramping up food prices, exacerbating the cost-of-living crisis as inflation bites hard on family finances.

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