"What we'd love to see is a Budget that's pro-growth and pro-jobs which, as a result, will help customers with the cost of living."
"As a food retailer, we operate in a very competitive and very tough environment, and I think our one ask is don't make it harder for the industry to deliver great value for customers."
"In the last budget, the industry incurred substantial additional operating costs. We're doing our best to deal with them but enough is enough."
A major UK supermarket urges the government not to impose measures that would increase grocery sector operating costs and make it harder to keep prices low amid squeezed household budgets. A pro-growth and pro-jobs Budget is requested to help customers with the cost of living. Consumer sentiment is weakening as people worry about what lies ahead. The grocery sector is highly competitive and already faced substantial additional operating costs from the last Budget, raising concerns that further pressure would reduce retailers' ability to deliver value for customers.
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