Tesco pulls Unilever goods from website

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 European Union has exacerbated 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 per cent, saying it needs to offset the higher cost of imported commodities, two people with knowledg…