Supermarket sweet! The most sugary festive desserts revealed – with Asda’s Christmas pudding containing more than a can of Coke and a serving of Sainsbury’s sticky toffee pudding HALF of your daily intake Jack and Beyond revealed worst sugar offenders when it come to festive dessert Analysed nutritional contents of tasty treats across the UK’s main … Read more
Shoppers in Wales have been left outraged after supermarkets cordoned off non-essential items days before Christmas under the country’s shock Covid crackdown. Pictures today emerged of Sainsbury’s in Pontypridd which blocked off non-essential sections of the store using large red barricades. Sainsbury’s say the items – including clothing and Christmas decorations – are blocked off … Read more
Over the weekend millions will push a laden trolley along the Covid-compliant one-way system of a supermarket, stocking up for Christmas and against possible Brexit shortages. Determined to celebrate despite the odds, the British are forecast to spend £12billion in supermarkets this month, £1.5billion more than last year, says retail consultancy Kantar. A record amount … Read more
UK supermarkets have been told to start stockpiling supplies of vital foods and other necessities amid panic-buying fears ahead of a potential No Deal Brexit in less than three weeks’ time. There were huge queues in Kent outside Dover yesterday, following similar tailbacks at Calais on Friday, as retailers and suppliers began ‘stock-building’ amid rising … Read more
Supermarkets set for £12bn Xmas bonanza: Families to spend £387m every day By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:53 GMT, 8 December 2020 | Updated: 22:05 GMT, 8 December 2020 Supermarkets are set for a £12billion Christmas shopping bonanza as families stuck at home splash out record sums on food and drink. The … Read more
Tesco and Asda ‘charge more for almost identical food being sold by Lidl and Aldi but under different labels’ Tesco is charging £2.65 (£3.40 per 100g) for its Finest Parma Ham, for example Lidl has priced its Deluxe Prosciutto at £1.99 (£2.21 per 100g) – a saving of more than a third, according to C4 … Read more
Several supermarkets have agreed to waive the business rates holiday and hand over the money saved. Here, we take a look at what it means: – What are business rates? Business rates are paid by every commercial property in the UK. They are similar to council tax for residential properties and are collected by local authorities … Read more
Four supermarkets still resisting calls to hand back pandemic tax breaks despite seeing boom in sales By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 4 December 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 4 December 2020 Four supermarkets are still resisting widespread calls to hand back pandemic tax breaks despite seeing a boom in sales. … Read more
Several supermarkets have agreed to waive the business rates holiday and hand over the money saved. Here, we take a look at what it means: – What are business rates? Business rates are paid by every commercial property in the UK. They are similar to council tax for residential properties and are collected by local authorities … Read more
As three more supermarkets hand back business rates relief, it’s a £1.8bn windfall for the taxman Sainsbury’s, Asda, Aldi and discounter B&M followed Tesco and Morrisons They paid back the windfall after their sales boomed in lockdown Ministers say the action is a ‘real model of good, healthy capitalism’ By Tom Witherow Financial Correspondent For The … Read more