Breaking News, World Updates & Headlines
Breaking News, World Updates & Headlines
Substitution with jack mackerel, a different species, because of dwindling stocks is criticised by the consumer group Which?If you’ve recently opened a tin of mackerel and thought there was something fishy going on, you may have been right. An overfish…
Read MoreExclusive: Analysis shows cost of chicken fillets, potatoes and donuts rose during supermarket giant’s three-month promotionFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWoolworths rais…
Read MoreBoss Richard Walker is ‘proud to be backing Britain’ with a store in the capital, StanleyBusiness live – latest updatesThe supermarket chain Iceland has said it will open a shop on the Falkland Islands in early December.The shop, to be launched in part…
Read MoreIn-store inflation rises to an annual 1.5% in August, according to a survey for the British Retail ConsortiumThe pace of price rises in UK shops rose to its highest level in two years in August, a trade body index shows, with higher energy costs pushin…
Read MoreChair Allan Leighton says lower prices and an improved online service are attracting more shoppersAsda has heralded its first quarterly growth in more than two years as the supermarket’s boss said it was attracting more shoppers with lower prices and a…
Read MorePaid employment can boost confidence and wellbeing, says Pat McFadden as jobs guarantee scheme gets under wayWork must be “part of the answer” to the mental health crisis among young people, the work and pensions secretary, Pat McFadden, has said as he…
Read MoreColes full-year results show that despite gaining market share over past 12 months, sales fell over four weeks of ‘competitor’s collectables campaign’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily n…
Read MoreSupermarket’s website and app go offline as customers save more than $100 on some 24-packsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Coles website and app have gone offline hours after a viral Reddit post highlighted a nearly 80% di…
Read MoreConsumers also turn to supermarket deals to save money, helping slow grocery price inflationBusiness live – latest updatesShopping baskets took on a decidedly summery complexion during last month’s heatwaves as consumers filled up on a British picnic s…
Read MoreSupermarkets say they are exploring ways to keep people safe, but experts claim the tech is ‘normalising surveillance’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastConsumer privacy advocates have responded with alarm after Coles and Woolwo…
Read MoreSupermarket chain says ‘human error’, not its Facewatch technology, to blame for ejecting a customerSainsbury’s has paused the use of AI face scanning in one of its stores after a customer was wrongly identified as a shoplifter and ejected from the sho…
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