The impact of the floods in Queensland on food prices in Australia has been the subject of speculation this week and one leading industry executive expects some groceries to become more expensive. And, as UK retailers report how they performed at Christmas, one analyst said Sainsbury’s had come out on top.

“All in all, we would certainly expect price rises to result from all of these events up and down the east coast mainland states” – Ken Hendrick, head of Australian grocery retail body NARGA, says the Queensland floods will help drive up prices as they follow wet weather elsewhere in Australia in recent weeks.

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“There are so many promotions all year round now that it’s hard for the supermarkets to up it any further in the run up to Christmas” – Jonny Steel, from mysupermarket-insights.co.uk, explains why the latest just-food Promo Tracker showed retailer promotions fell in December.

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