Tesco pulls Unilever goods from website over price row
London — Tesco, Britain’s biggest grocery chain, has pulled dozens of Unilever brand products from its website after a disagreement over prices in the wake of a partly Brexit-driven slump in the British currency. The dispute between two of Britain’s best-known companies shows how the UK’s decision to quit the EU has compounded tensions between suppliers and retailers, which are battling for profits as consumers are increasingly savvy about their shopping. Unilever has been trying to raise the prices it charges Britain’s big four supermarkets — Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons — across a wide range of goods by about 10%, saying it needs to offset the higher cost of imported commodities, two people with knowledge of the situation told Reuters. One person with knowledge of the situation at a big-four grocer said they had protested against Unilever’s demands, noting that some of the products they wanted to charge more for were actually made in Britain. "What’s really a problem is ...
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