Why Britain’s grocers are so weak and foreign investors spot a bargain opportunity in our supermarket shares ALEX BRUMMER Established grocers are weak because of the discounters Lidl and Aldi As they established a foothold in the UK, the native supermarkets had to fight back on price This battle has taken a terrible toll on … Read more
Cheapest and priciest supermarkets to buy a basket of 20 items or trolley-load of 85 goods revealed: Waitrose is 32% more expensive than Lidl 20-item shop came in over £7 more at Waitrose than at Lidl, Which? said For a trolley of 85 items excluding discounters, Asda came out as the cheapest By Jane Denton … Read more
The Cadbury Creme Egg Medium Easter Egg is cheapest at Asda, closely followed by Tesco Cadbury Creme Egg Medium Easter Egg (138g) Asda: 99p Morrisons: 99p (on offer: was £1.50) Tesco: £1 Sainsbury’s: £1.25 Waitrose: £1.50 Ocado: £1.50 Cadbury Crunchie Large Easter Egg (233g) Asda: £3 Sainsbury’s: £3 Tesco: £3 Waitrose: £4 Morrisons: £4 Ocado: £6 The Cadbury Crunchie Large … Read more
Hospitals, GP surgeries and supermarkets could be excluded from any Covid vaccine passport scheme, according to reports, as Boris Johnson prepares to announce more details of on Monday. Ministers could create a list of ‘essential’ public buildings which could be banned from excluding members of the public who have not had a jab, according to … Read more
Welsh supermarkets can return to selling electronics, clothes and toys while garden centres reopen TODAY as national lockdown further eases – but non-essential shops remain closed All non-essential retail was ordered to close in Wales on Christmas Eve last year Supermarkets stayed open, but items like books and DVDs could not be sold Shoppers raged … Read more
Supermarkets warn ministers not to strike Brexit trade deals with countries with poor animal welfare and environmental standards Supermarket bosses said jobs would be at risk if UK flooded with cheap imports They ask No10 to use recommendations of Trade & Agriculture Commission Ministers have been under pressure to enshrine a ban on chlorinated chicken … Read more
Asda boss Roger Burnley departs after the supermarket’s debt-fuelled £7bn takeover By Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 18 March 2021 | Updated: 22:13 GMT, 18 March 2021 Asda’s boss has announced plans to step down just weeks after the supermarket’s debt fuelled £6.8billion takeover. Roger Burnley, who took charge in 2018, … Read more
Boris Johnson today revealed Rishi Sunak is considering rolling out lower rates of alcohol duty for pubs than for supermarkets as the Chancellor prepares to unveil his Budget on March 3. Tory MPs have urged the Government to treat pubs differently to large retailers to stop them being ‘undercut by cheap supermarket booze’. Mr Johnson said … Read more
Supermarkets in Wales will be legally required to provide hand sanitiser to shoppers and limit the number of people in stores or face FINES Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford announced tougher rules for supermarkets All open retailers will be legally required to provide shoppers with hand sanitiser They will also be required to make sure … Read more
Boris Johnson sent a clear warning to the EU that he would bypass Brexit trade rules between Britain and Northern Ireland as he blamed ‘bureaucracy’ for empty supermarket shelves in Ulster. The Prime Minister said ‘teething problems’ were to blame for a lack of fresh fruit and vegetables in Ulster in the past weeks – … Read more