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
The executive director of Waitrose has slammed panic buyers saying their actions ‘inevitably mean someone else will go without’. Panic buying across the UK has resumed amid fears of a second wave of coronavirus and another lockdown with shoppers reporting queuing for 20 minutes to enter shops before similar further delays at checkouts. And online … Read more
There are fears that a second wave of panic buying has already begun as shoppers have shared pictures of supermarket shelves stripped bare this weekend. Concerned shoppers have taken to Twitter to share photographs of their local supermarkets, showing shelves completely emptied of essential items. One Twitter user shared photographs of an ASDA in London … Read more
A newborn died in his parents’ arms after a hospital turned the mother away three times and ‘disinterested’ NHS staff told her to ‘walk to Tesco‘ while she was in labour. Adele Thomas, 25, was refused from Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr Birth Centre in Caerphilly in July 2018 as it was claimed she wasn’t in sufficient … Read more
Ocado and Sainsbury’s have warned they are running out of delivery slots and there are none available until Monday with Tesco and Asda – as a second lockdown looms over Britain. The online supermarkets pasted notices on their ‘pick a slot’ page warning customers the sites were experiencing high demand. Ocado’s read: ‘Delivery slots are … 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
The Hut Group millionaires: Former Tesco boss Terry Leahy among the big winners in online health and beauty group’s £5.4bn listing By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:11 BST, 10 September 2020 | Updated: 22:30 BST, 10 September 2020 SirTerry Leahy has emerged as one of the major winners from the £5.4billion float … Read more
Tesco bosses plan to trial delivery by DRONE so customers can get orders to their doorstep in minutes Tesco will being trialling the new drones next month at a single store in Ireland Items will be despatched between 30 minutes to an hour after ordering Online food market has doubled since the start of the … Read more
‘Multiple’ Tesco workers are infected with coronavirus at vast distribution centre where 1,800 staff supply 318 stores Livingston Distribution Centre in West Lothian said ‘small number’ test positive Warehouse supplies 318 Tesco branches across Scotland, England and Ireland Around 3.6million boxes of produce reportedly pass through centre each week By Faith Ridler For Mailonline Published: … Read more
Furious Tesco shoppers say supermarket chain is rounding up their bills to nearest pound for charity donation without asking them Shopper Jodie Holtom and her partner Jamie were shopping in a local Tesco She and her partner purchased the same product from the store’s pharmacy Her partner was charged 80p more after the bill was … Read more