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| Tesco brand price dispute 'resolved' | Tesco brand price dispute 'resolved' |
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| Issues surrounding the supply of leading brands including Marmite to Tesco have now been resolved, Unilever has said. | Issues surrounding the supply of leading brands including Marmite to Tesco have now been resolved, Unilever has said. |
| The supermarket giant and the UK's largest food manufacturer had been locked in a battle over wholesale prices. | |
| Unilever wanted to raise its prices by about 10% to compensate for the steep drop in the value of the pound. | |
| Brands including Hellmann's Mayonnaise had been removed from Tesco's website. | Brands including Hellmann's Mayonnaise had been removed from Tesco's website. |
| "Unilever is pleased to confirm that the supply situation with Tesco in the UK and Ireland has now been successfully resolved," Unilever said. | |
| "We have been working together closely to reach this resolution and ensure our much-loved brands are once again fully available. For all those that missed us, thanks for all the love." | |
| Supermarkets frequently renegotiate supplier prices, but it is unusual for a dispute to be made public. | Supermarkets frequently renegotiate supplier prices, but it is unusual for a dispute to be made public. |
| Sterling has dropped by about 16% against the euro and 18% against the dollar since the UK's vote in June to leave the EU. | |
| The sharp drop has left suppliers and retailers dealing with the effects of higher bills for imported goods. | |
| Unilever is the UK's biggest grocery manufacturer, but as many of its products are made outside the UK, it had argued it should be getting more. | |
| Supermarket profit margins have already been squeezed by a long-running price war as the big established retailers try to stem the loss of market share to discounters such as Lidl and Aldi. |