Supermarkets slash cost of basics in price battle to help the jobless this festive season as coronavirus-linked unemployment rises Waitrose say it will cut prices of 200 own-label products by an average of 15% Meanwhile, Co-op is set to launch an ‘honest value’ range with up to 50 products It follows similar efforts by supermarkets, … Read more
Avocados linked to violence, rape and deadly beatings: British owners of vast Kenyan farm supplying UK supermarkets are sued for human rights abuses over brutal attacks on locals Guards working at Kenyan food firm Kakuzi facing 79 claims of extreme violence Allegations including battering a young man to death and raping 10 women Kent-based parent company Camellia is being … Read more
A London council has accused the Government of telling it to ‘back off’ from forcing supermarkets to make sure customers are wearing face masks. Four retailers, Sainsbury’s, Lidl, Morrisons and B&M homeware stores, were handed warning notices by Barking and Dagenham council in east London after officials saw staff failing to enforce the rules. After … Read more
Bulk-buy retailer Costco starts selling GOLD worth up to £24,500 in its supermarkets – but shoppers are warned to be wary because of violent price fluctuations Bulk-buy specialist Costco is now offering bars of gold for up to £24,500 a time Experts warned people could be getting a poor deal after swings in gold market … Read more
Shops have brought in extra stocks of flour to see fans of The Great British Bake Off through potential outbreaks of lockdown panic buying. The return of the popular TV programme is expected to inspire a new wave of enthusiasm for home baking. But fears of further lockdowns have raised the prospect of a shortage … Read more
Waitrose will close four supermarkets with loss of 124 jobs – but one store will reopen as a Tesco in 2021 124 jobs will go as part of the supermarkets shake-up in December this year Caldicot, Ipswich Corn Exchange and Shrewsbury Waitroses will close But Wolverhampton store will be sold – to top supermarket rival Tesco … Read more
Shoppers could have saved themselves nearly £40 buying a trolley-load of goods at Aldi rather than Waitrose last month, new research by consumer group Which? has claimed. Aldi beat all of Britain’s other major supermarkets to come in first place on pricing for the 74 products in question, followed by fellow German discounter Lidl and … Read more
Pret A Manger has rapidly become the corporate emblem of ghost town Britain. With the majority of workers still not back in offices, the sandwich and coffee giant is routinely used as an example of the type of business at risk of disappearing altogether. That was no more apparent than in late August when Pret … Read more
British supermarkets have adapted to the huge spike in demand for online ordering thanks to the coronavirus pandemic with most now offering a same day delivery service – with some promising to get shopping to you within an hour. In response to the coronavirus crisis, where many didn’t leave their homes to go shopping, supermarkets … Read more
‘Use by’ dates on meat to be extended to give supermarket shoppers 11 extra days to eat beef as food bosses get set to extend expiry dates before Christmas Shelf life of beef, lamb and pork has been reviewed by Food Standards Agency Chilled beef, including cuts with plastic wrappings, given ten-day use-by labels But … Read more