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Tesco has been working with mainly Spanish growers on a breeding programme to produce so-called mandarin hybrids which have fewer pips.more

A number of food products of animal and plant origin and cut flowers imported into the UK from the European Union must have a health certificate. The new regulations in force yesterday may result in increased costs for consumers and problems with deliveries, although the government assures that there will be no disruptions.more

A large farmers' protest has been taking place in Brussels in front of the European Parliament this morning. More than 1,000 Belgian tractors entered the city and blocked access roads to the European Parliament, where the EU summit was scheduled for today.more

Checks on goods imported into Northern Ireland from the rest of the United Kingdom will be almost completely abolished and European Union regulations will no longer automatically apply in Northern Ireland, according to the agreement presented yesterday, aimed at ending the two-year political crisis in the province.more

Beauty giant Avon has come under fire for maintaining links with Russia despite the ongoing war in Ukraine. The BBC has discovered the firm is still recruiting new sales agents in the country and continuing production in a huge plant in the Moscow region. Avon, which has its headquarters in the UK, started doing business in Russia 30 years ago.more

Almost all grocery shop formats experienced a decline in traffic in 2023. Discounters were the only ones in a slight plus, reports today's "Rzeczpospolita".more

From the latest analysis entitled "PRICE INDEX IN RETAIL STORES" shows that in December this year. prices in stores increased by an average of 5.6% y/y. For comparison, in November they went up y/y. by 6.7%, and in October – by 8.1%. Therefore, the pace of price increases is clearly slowing down. This should continue in the coming months, although a decline cannot be expected.more

Retail sales volumes fell by 3.2% in December in the sharpest drop since the UK was in a Covid lockdown. Official figures revealed a sharp fall in demand for goods, but food sales also declined in the run-up to Christmas.more

A recent study found a four-day working week cut levels of stress and illness among staff.more

State-of-the-art anti-shoplifting devices installed at some Morrisons stores are dividing customers. The four-legged pods, which could be rolled out nationwide, watch shoppers through a 360-degree array of CCTV cameras which feed back to a control room.more

A pub has been crowned best in the country for the second time in a row. The Tamworth Tap scooped the National Pub of the Year 2023 award by the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) - the organisation's top honour.more

The 'Not for EU' label on food packaging is causing concern among some British supermarket shoppers, writes Standars.co.uk.more

Greggs has revealed plans to open up to another 160 stores in the year ahead as it cheered a strong end to 2023. The high street bakery chain opened a record 220 new shops over 2023, taking its total estate to 2,473.more

Sainsbury’s won shoppers from all its major grocery rivals this Christmas but sales at its Argos chain dived, in a worrying sign for high street rivals. The UK’s second-biggest supermarket reported an 8.6% rise in grocery sales in the six weeks to 6 January but Argos sales fell 4.2% in the same period as shoppers reined in spending on electrical goods and furniture.more

Shoppers and retailers are set for a "challenging" year ahead, according to a leading trade body. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has warned that higher living costs will continue to squeeze household budgets. Its boss pointed out that firms will also face higher business rates as well as potential disruption to shipments via the Red Sea.more

Asda has announced it will match the prices of 287 items to those sold at rivals Aldi and Lidl. The supermarket chain said matching means five items have gone up in price, 58 are unchanged, and 224 have decreased by an average of 17%.more

Sainsbury's has announced pay rises from March as supermarkets continue their battle to retain workers. It will increase minimum pay for employees outside London to £12 an hour, with wages for staff in the capital increasing to £13.15 an hour.more

Several of the world’s biggest carmakers lobbied the UK government to try to weaken or delay rules to accelerate electric car sales and cut Britain’s carbon emissions. more

Starting on Monday 1 January 2024, so-called "digital platforms" now have to collect extra information about sellers, including – crucially – how many sales you've made and how much income you've generated. more

Supermarkets experienced their busiest Christmas period since 2019, boosted by promotions, new research suggests. Customers made 488 million grocery trips in the four weeks to 24 December, according to research firm Kantar.more

The French authorities want to oblige sellers and producers to inform consumers that, despite the same price, the quantity of a given product has decreased, reported Just Food.more

Discount supermarkets Aldi and Lidl have both reported "record" Christmas trading as shoppers looked to cut the cost of their celebrations. more

UK supermarkets have been banned from selling certain items after calls on the Government from Aldi, Co-op, Lidl, M&S, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose. more

Tesco has started packaging its pocket tissues in recyclable paper to save almost 35 tonnes of new soft plastic being created each year. The UK’s biggest supermarket said the change to its own-brand pocket tissue multipacks would save more than 55 million pieces of soft plastic.more

Another type of cheese has been urgently recalled due to fears of possible E. coli contamination. Health chiefs have urged people not to eat the No.1 Kirkham’s Lancashire product, made using raw cow’s milk and sold at Waitrose.more