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Ikea’s Tottenham store has closed its doors for the last time on Wednesday evening, bowing out with £1 meatballs and hundreds of sale items.more

The maker of butter brand Lurpak has said it expects dairy prices to remain high due to a decline in global milk production and soaring costs. more

Whipped cream spray may be sold to New York State only to persons age 21 and older. The ban on selling this product to children and adolescents was introduced due to cases of intoxication with nitrous oxide, a gas used in cans of whipped cream.more

Pubs across the UK will be forced to close due to energy costs soaring by as much as 300%, brewery bosses warned. Leaders of six of the country's largest breweries called on the government for "immediate government intervention" on sky-high energy bills this winter.more

Brits are to have a more considered approach to Christmas shopping this year as inflation takes it toll on spending, placing more emphasis on value and meaningful gifting. more

48 per cent of properties sold in Poland are flats, according to a survey conducted by Oferteo.pl. This year, Poles most often bought properties in two price ranges: PLN 201-300,000 and PLN 301-400,000 - each accounting for 17 per cent of the market.more

Shoppers may not be able to get the Christmas goods they want if disruption at the Port of Felixstowe rumbles on into next month, supply chain experts have warned. more

It may only be August, but that doesn't seem to be hampering the festive spirit of department stores in Cork city. Despite it being four months until December, shops including Brown Thomas and Guineys have already begun to set up their Christmas sections. more

Asda is scrapping best before dates on hundreds of fruit and vegetable products to help reduce food waste.more

Oxford Street needs fewer shops and more restaurants and cultural venues to restore its reputation as the UK’s premier shopping street, according to a new council chief.more

The city watchdog has informed buy now, pay later firms such as Klarna and Clearpay that it has seen online ads and posts by social media influencers that break rules by not warning of risks such as taking on unaffordable debt. more

The Tesco Ireland Group will spend EUR 50 million this year on the modernization of stores and the opening of new outlets on the Green Island. It is believed that it will have 165 branches by the end of the year.more

According to a survey of 800 parents, Irish families are clearly moving towards offers and discounts wherever they can get them in order to be able to afford to feed their family healthy meals.more

Supermarket bills in Great Britain will soar by £533, or more than £10 a week, as grocery price inflation hits its highest level since at least 2008.more

Sainsbury's and Tesco have joined other supermarket chains in removing disposable barbecues from their shop shelves during the current heatwave.more

Supermarket shoppers could soon be checking the environmental impact of food before putting it in their trolleys, thanks to new research. more

The Ministry of Climate will not exclude glass from the deposit system, as found out by "Rzeczpospolita". Instead, a provision on a number of bottle collection operators has been left in place, which may undermine the sense of the entire system, it says.more

Asda has defended its new budget range of items after being accused of ‘shaming’ poor people with bright yellow packaging. more

Marks & Spencer has stopped selling disposable barbecues in its stores across the UK. The supermarket said it wanted "to help protect open spaces and reduce the risk of fires".more

In July 2022 - and in the first seven months of the year - fewer new passenger cars were registered than in the previous year. In both cases, the decline is double-digit - reports "Puls Biznesu".more

Producers and stores respond to Poles' interest in plant-based diets. As a result, the offer of products is growing very quickly, although the industry is afraid of inflation - informs Rzeczpospolita on Wednesday.more

A McDonald’s branch will no longer serve kids without an adult after 5pm in a bid to avoid staff getting harassed. The fast food restaurant on Church Street in Liverpool introduced the ban because too many employees were ‘subjected to verbal and physical abuse’. more

All fresh produce sold at Waitrose stores - including vegetables and fruit - will no longer have a best before date. The goal is to combat food waste.more

Telecoms regulator Ofcom has been urged to do more to help broadband and mobile customers who pay a "loyalty penalty" for staying with their provider. more

Supermarket giant Tesco has announced it will be launching a new scheme that will help customers save more money. more