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Tesco has revealed that it will be gifting £200 worth of Clubcard points as part of an Easter giveaway campaign. There will be a chance for 500 Tesco Clubcard members to win £200 worth of points, totaling 10 million points valued at £100,000. more

High Street fashion chain Ted Baker is set to be put into administration, putting hundreds of jobs at risk. Authentic Brands Group, the Ted Baker brand owner since 2022, said "damage done" during a tie-up with another firm was "too much to overcome".more

Most Poles expect the war between discount stores - Lidl and Biedronka - to intensify, reports "Rzeczpospolita" today, citing research by UCE Research and the Offerista Group.more

McDonald's is experiencing technical problems with some customers in Japan, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Germany and Austria unable to order food. In the UK, one franchise owner confirmed to the BBC that an IT issue had affected some of her 21 branches on Friday morning.more

There was a rise in new outlets opened by UK chains last year, dominated by coffee drive-throughs, bubble tea shops and fast food restaurants, mostly located outside city centres. But they were not enough to outweigh the places where chains shut up shop, new figures show.more

Despite the sanctions, British luxury cars continue to find their way to Russia via the former Soviet Union, particularly through Azerbaijan, according to Sky News, which analysed foreign trade data.more

Aldi is to hand store workers their second pay rise this year. The supermarket group said it will increase pay for its store assistants and deputy store managers from £12 an hour to £12.40 from June.more

Among consumers who regularly shop online, 64.9 percent is afraid and avoids shopping in foreign online stores - according to the UCE RESEARCH study. They are afraid of, among others: problems with returning goods or language barriers.more

Anyone who buys a lottery scratchcard dreams of winning big – but a major change means that if you do get lucky, you'll need to follow a new process to get your hands on your cash. The alteration in how some prize money is paid comes after Allwyn took over as the operator of the National Lottery from Camelot.more

Aldi shoppers across the UK will notice a change outside the front of some stores with the supermarket giant trialling parcel lockers. Throughout March, InPost lockers will be available outside 22 Aldi stores across the country (a list of which can be found below). more

Tesco has become the latest supermarket to increase pay as retailers face up to the rising minimum wage and try to retain staff. The hourly pay rate for store workers will rise from £11.02 to £12.02 in April, while pay for workers in London will rise to £13.15 an hour.more

People with dairy and fish allergies are being advised not to buy vegan products without checking the label carefully as they may contain animal products due to cross-contamination.more

Food makers should be forced to display “shrinkflation” labels on products that have been reduced in size but retained the same price, shoppers have said. Almost 80pc of customers have said they are concerned over the phenomenon of so-called “shrinkflation”, according to a survey by Barclaycard.more

Marks & Spencer has won the right to demolish one of its flagship stores on Oxford Street after a High Court judge ruled the Government made a series of blunders while trying to block the plans.more

Britain's third-largest supermarket group Asda said on Friday it would give more than 120,000 store workers an 8.4% pay rise from July 1, following a similar move by other large British retailers as the government's national minimum wage goes up.more

The Body Shop is closing a further 75 shops, after the skincare and cosmetics chain announced it was going into administration earlier this month. A total of 489 jobs will be lost as a result of the closures, which will take place over the next four to six weeks. more

Millions of supermarket chickens show skin burns from living in their own waste, a BBC investigation has found. "Hock burn" is caused by ammonia from excrement. A sign of poorer welfare on farms, it can be seen on a third of birds in some supermarkets, data shows.more

Grocery price inflation has dropped to a two-year low after intense 'price match' competition among supermarkets brought down the cost for shoppers. Supermarket prices were 5.3 per cent higher than a year ago in February, the lowest rate since March 2022 and a significant drop from January's 6.8 per cent, according to analysts Kantar.more

Oxford Street has begun to bounce back, with the proportion of vacant shops down by 40% and almost a fifth of its troublesome candy and souvenir shops now closed.more

Waitrose was today crowned Britain's most expensive supermarket of the year - and Aldi the cheapest - in a price comparison of 43 shopping basket essentials. The news will boost sales at the German discounter which - along with rival Lidl - has seen a boom against the background of the cost of living crisis.more

Russia's denunciation of its agreement with the UK on fishing rights in the Barents Sea will not cause shortages of cod and haddock - fish that are used for the most typical English dish, fish and chips - the UK government and industry body NFFF assured yesterday.more

British companies export equipment and machinery - including dual-use goods - worth hundreds of millions of pounds to third countries, from where they almost certainly go on to Russia, Sky News reported yesterday, based on trade figures.more

The market is growing only thanks to higher prices, because in reality Poles' purchases are shrinking. Alcohol still has the largest share in food expenses, reports "Rzeczpospolita" today.more

Poles are increasingly divided on the issue of the Sunday trading ban. Although recently almost 60% of the population was against this solution, now this result has dropped below 50%. Businesses also have different approaches to the ban. Galleries and shopping centers are in favor of its abolition, but grocery chains are far from clear on their opinions.more

Biedronka is launching the sale of goods online, the chain announced on Thursday. 4,000 products are to be available in the e-store, it added, including dairy, meat, beverages and bread, among others.more