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November 29, 2011 Dear Sir, The cost of basic food staples such as bread, eggs, etc., is really hurting people on this Island. I have a suggestion: Why can’t grocery stores subsidise the cost of basics and recoup the lost revenue by spreading it acro...

Inflation fell to 2.5 percent for the month of August as the cost of healthcare and medicine continued to increase. The Consumer Price Index released yesterday revealed that fuel (12.8 percent increase) and food (2.4 percent) were among the biggest d...

Political pundits could be forgiven for sniffing an election in the air after Premier Paula Cox announced the formation of a committee to look into the pros and cons of price controls on food. The previous week Government announced plans to relax som...

Retailers saw their sales fall by 3.2 percent in December - their most important month of the year - compared to 2009. After inflation was taken into account, retail sales volume fell 5.6 percent in the traditional peak shopping month, figures releas...