Sainsbury's and ASDA are in advanced talks about a merge that would create a more powerful rival to UK market leader Tesco, it has been been confirmed. more
A supermarket on a Scottish island had had to stop offering shopping baskets after a series of thefts that saw 15 going missing every week. The company said that there were more baskets on order for the shop on the Isle of Lewis but it would take six weeks before the baskets would arrive.more
In the coming months, there will be no changes to the law restricting trade on Sunday - said Stanisław Szwed, deputy minister of the family, labor and social policy. more
New stores are opening on UK High Streets at their lowest rate in seven years, research suggests. The Local Data Company, which studied the top 500 British town centres, found there were 4,083 new store openings in 2017, the lowest since 2010.more
Environmentalists have hit out at Sainsbury's for introducing plastic chicken pouches for "millennials who are afraid of touching raw meat". The supermarket giant said it would be selling chicken in straight-to-pan plastic pouches after a survey revealed that many shoppers under the age of 35 were afraid to touch raw meat.more
Carpetright is set to close down 92 stores across the UK, with 300 jobs set to be lost in the process. The carpet specialists have been struggling, with profits falling, and have blamed 'poorly-located' stores for some of their problems.more
The Inspection of Trade Quality of Agricultural and Food Products carried out inspections of food products in order to check whether they met the sanitary requirements and those declared by the producer.more
A food price war is being forecast as the first major supermarket price survey in a decade shows variations of up to 50 per cent in the cost of own-brand goods. Competition on price will intensify in the coming months as the big five food chains fight for market share in a booming economy, according to retail analysts Grant Thornton.more
Yes, one of the Tories' anti-obesity measures is the introduction of a new sugar tax, which will apparently help balance out the impact of obesity on the NHS.more
This week is Good Friday, which means an extra day off for many of us in the UK, but this also means that many stores will be running reduced hours.more
Pubs will be open and serving alcohol on Good Friday after a vote to remove the so-called 'booze ban'. Legislation passed in the Dáil this afternoon will amend the Intoxicating Liquor Act and end the ban on the sale of alcohol.more
Foreigners bought in Poland last year goods and services with an estimated value of PLN 41.5 billion - the Central Statistical Office informed. It's a 6.2 percent value higher than a year earlier.more
Sainsbury's is making it harder for shoppers to sneak goods past their self-service checkouts. The supermarket has beefed up security in its self-service sections by adding CCTV cameras and mirrors in more than 300 of its stores in Britain.more
The price of bread and cereals could rise by up to 30%, while milk, cheese, and eggs prices could increase by 46% if tariffs and trade costs were introduced.more
Bosses at Westfield on Tuesday declared they believe in the "resilience of London" despite Brexit, as they opened the first phase of a £600 million expansion at the White City estate.more
Toys R Us is to shut all 100 of its UK stores after administrators failed to find a buyer for the collapsed retailer, resulting in the loss of 3,000 jobs. The toy chain appointed Moorfields Advisory to oversee an administration at the end of February.more
Toys, cars, motorcycles and clothing are the products most often reported to the European system of early warning about dangerous products - EU consumer commissioner Vera Jourova said yesterday in Brussels.more
