UK shoppers spent £13.7bn on groceries in run-up to Christmas Consumers buy more items – including plenty of parsnips and sprouts – to beat last year’s spend by 7% The Guardian - UK · Jan 3, 2024
Best vegan sausages to shop from UK supermarkets, taste tested Plant-based bangers Evening Standard · Jan 2, 2024
'Priorities': Tory MP fumes after seeing Easter eggs on sale at Tesco IT might be a new year but it’s same old, same old from the Tories who, as ever, have their priorities well and truly in order. The National (Scotland) · Jan 2, 2024
Aldi and Lidl report record Christmas sales amid cost of living crisis Shoppers switch to discounters and buy more own-label goods to offset hefty food price inflation The Guardian - UK · Jan 2, 2024
Period pants to get cheaper as tax on product abolished Retailers including Marks & Spencer and Tesco promise to pass on savings to customers after VAT axed The Guardian - UK · Jan 1, 2024
New Year opening hours at major supermarkets including Aldi and Tesco Here are the opening times for most major supermarkets over the New Year period. The National (Scotland) · Dec 31, 2023
Three wines that tell the story of 2023 Cost of living, climate crisis, old vines… These three bottles highlight some of the biggest talking points in wine of the past 12 months The Guardian - UK · Dec 31, 2023
Best vegan sweets to shop in the UK, taste tested A spoonful of sugar Evening Standard · Dec 29, 2023
The biggest corporate gaffes of 2023 It's that time of the year again. Here are 15 of the City desk's best corporate gaffes of 2023 Evening Standard · Dec 29, 2023
Best red wines to drink with steak that will make a tasty pairing Make a meal of it with wine pairings that are a cut above Evening Standard · Dec 28, 2023
Devoted Tesco delivery driver scoops £3.8m Lotto jackpot then returns to work for Christmas shift Jonny Johnston didn’t want to let his colleagues down and so went to work despite becoming an overnight millionaire The Independent UK · Dec 28, 2023
Brexit-backing Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin 'in line for knighthood' BREXIT-BACKING pub tycoon Tim Martin is in line for a knighthood in the King’s New Year Honours list, according to reports ... The National (Scotland) · Dec 28, 2023
Brexit-backing Wetherspoons boss to be knighted in New Year Honours The outspoken founder and boss of Wetherspoons has been nominated for services to business, according to reports The Independent UK · Dec 28, 2023
Tesco switches pocket tissue packaging to paper to cut plastic waste Forest Stewardship Council-certified packs will eliminate almost 35 tonnes of soft plastic waste a year The Guardian - UK · Dec 27, 2023
The Independent UK · Dec 25, 2023 Christmas ruined as shoppers find turkeys ‘rotten’ and ‘stinking’ in festive dinner disasters Customers said some turkeys were found with their necks stuffed with bloody tissues
The Independent UK · Dec 24, 2023 Ducks destined for Tesco and other supermarkets swung by necks and slammed into drawers in harrowing video Exclusive: Secret footage of intensively reared birds at Red Tractor farm for Gressingham reveals repeated cruelty
Evening Standard · Dec 23, 2023 Shocking moment Christmas thieves raid alcohol aisle in northwest London Tesco Four men brazenly fill bags to brim with bottles of alcohol
The Guardian - UK · Dec 23, 2023 Chocolate treats for Christmas 2023 jump in price at UK supermarkets Fun-size packs of bars, Milk Tray and Quality Street up by at least 50% since 2022 as cocoa, sugar and packaging costs rise
The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2023 Pret is the worst – but the lunchtime juggernaut is too big to stop now The British public is falling out of love with Pret A Manger, writes Roisin Lanigan. Once an adored bastion of lunch-hour culture, the chain is suffocating under the weight of extortionately priced egg mayo sarnies and overpriced lattes. Depressingly, though, even ‘hyper-pretflation’ won’t stop us eating there
The Guardian - UK · Dec 23, 2023 Woman making Christmas jumpers for UK turns to sex work to pay bills Story of garment worker’s ordeal in Bangladesh, where she works in a factory producing clothes for brands including Tesco, Matalan and Next, shines light on low factory wages
GoodToKnow · Dec 19, 2023 Quick! Tesco's FREE carrots for Rudolph are back while stocks last Don’t forget to leave a carrot out for Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and Rudolph this Christmas Eve…
The National (Scotland) · Dec 16, 2023 Shopworkers hid in toilet as colleague chased them through store with butter knife A shopworker who snapped after being 'verbally abused' and 'assaulted' chased colleagues around a Port Glasgow supermarket with a butter knife and…
The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2023 Body found in search after ‘fireball’ explosion at South Wales industrial estate The building was said to be ‘totally alight’ and ‘at risk of collapse’
The National (Scotland) · Dec 14, 2023 Tesco recalls Christmas staple due to 'possible presence of moths' TESCO has recalled a staple Christmas food due to a “possible presence of moths” ...
The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2023 Tesco recalls Christmas stuffing mix because of ‘possible presence of moths’ Customers advised not to eat the Finest range apple and cranberry product and return it to stores