Tesco staff are told to clean toilets, shelves and floors in 2,000 of its stores as supermarket bosses axe contract cleaners Staff at Metro and Express supermarkets will take over cleaning from August 24 Move has angered employees, while the timing will come as a surprise to many Tesco insists it will increase cleaning budgets … Read more
Britain’s biggest supermarket was set up in 1919 at the height of the Spanish flu epidemic. Today Tesco has a commanding 26.9 per cent share of the grocery market, thanks to a strategy of offering value under such celebrated slogans as ‘pile-em-high, sell-em-cheap’ and Every Little Helps. During the current pandemic it’s a proposition that … Read more
Checkout time for Tesco Bank customers? Popular current account now pays ZERO interest just a year after it slashed rate from 3% to 1% The bank currently pays 1% a year on balances of up to £3,000 – £30 a year It already cut the rate once last June from 3% It is the latest … Read more
How many supermarkets does one town need? Shop owners in Weymouth say seaside resort is being overrun as FOURTH big name chain prepares to open store within half a square mile Aldi is opening a new supermarket in Weymouth near four existing shop giants Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Lidl are all within five minutes of the … Read more
Customers have slammed supermarkets for switching to plastic egg boxes following a ‘national pulp shortage’, with some claiming the move is an ‘environmental failure’. Eco-conscious customers took to Twitter to share their disappointment over the switch to plastic by Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Tesco, with one claiming it seemed like a ‘backwards move’, amid steps taken … Read more
Hunt is on to trace 300 workers from food factory that supplies Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda after 166 staff tested positive for Covid-19 More than 1,000 people work on site at Rowan Foods in Wrexham, North Wales The food processing site wants to find 300 people who have not been tested Staff walked out over … Read more
Tesco shareholders inflict one of the biggest-ever FTSE 100 pay revolts on the supermarket group By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 22:09 BST, 26 June 2020 | Updated: 22:33 BST, 26 June 2020 Tesco shareholders inflicted one of the biggest-ever FTSE 100 pay revolts on the supermarket group yesterday. More than 67 per … Read more
Supermarket bosses are being urged to commit to not selling imported food that is produced to lower standards after any trade deal with America is agreed. Ten major organisations including the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), Friends of the Earth and food and farming campaign Sustain have written to nine of Britain’s biggest supermarkets, … Read more
Tesco facing investor revolt over pay rules after departing boss is handed a controversial bonus boost By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 19 June 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 19 June 2020 Tesco is facing an investor revolt over a controversial decision to change its pay rules and hand outgoing boss … Read more
Jason Manford kicked off his first day as a delivery driver for Iceland on Tuesday. The funnyman, 39, took to Instagram to share a selfie while sitting in the front of his van in his uniform while sharing a caption alongside the shot reading: ‘I’m guessing this is why mum’s go to Iceland @IcelandFoods’. It … Read more