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People struggling with the soaring cost of living are cutting back on food and car journeys to save money, according to a BBC-commissioned survey. more

Boots advantage card holders have just under a week to make sure they activate their card or they risk losing their advantage points. more

Food prices will rise quickly this summer due to soaring costs, grocery analysts have predicted. more

The company said it has seen a particularly sharp recovery at airport stores, amid a sharp increase in holidaymakers travelling internationally.more

The government has axed the £1500 plug-in car grant (PiCG) with immediate effect - bringing to an end an electric car incentive scheme that dates back to 2011. more

High quality food is going to waste on farms across the UK – as some food banks run out of stock to hand out to mammoth queues of struggling families.more

The cost of filling an average family car with petrol has hit £100 for the first time. more

Morrisons is raising pay for its store workers as UK supermarkets battle for staff amidst increasing competition in the sector. more

This year, Poles shop at discounters more often than a year ago, and at the same time are becoming less loyal to them, according to a report by the technology company Proxi.cloud. According to the authors of the study, customers' search for promotions is the main reason for the decline in loyalty to discounters.more

Retail chains and eateries operating in Spain may be fined up to 60,000 euro for throwing food away - according to the regulations approved by the government of Pedro Sanchez.more

The price of petrol saw its biggest daily jump in 17 years on Tuesday with a rise of more than 2p a litre. more

The price of gasoline in the Netherlands has risen to an all-time high, reports United Consumers. The suggested retail price for a liter of unleaded gas was yesterday € 2,504. This is not the end, it will be more expensive - experts cited by the daily "Algemeen Dagblad" predict.more

British fish and chip shops will ask Norway for support this week as they continue to face costly energy bills and food prices. more

Gun stores in Canada are recording a sharp increase in sales, Canadian media reports. The increase is explained by the government's introduction of a bill restricting access to firearms. Canada's constitution does not guarantee the right to own a gun.more

Greggs is giving away free sausage rolls in celebration of the Queen’s platinum jubilee. The monarch is set to celebrate 70 years on the throne – the longest reign in British history – with a four-day bank holiday this weekend.more

A Primark executive has told the BBC he "regrets" raising prices, as the fashion firm battles with rising costs.more

A government push to boost the use imperial measurements after Brexit will bring British “culture” back into shops, a minister has claimed.more

Supermarket giant Tesco has announced a major change happening in every single supermarket in the UK. The retailer says the change could potentially save tens-of-thousands of shoppers' lives. more

British pub chain Greene King was giving away beer for free yesterday after it found it could not sell it - as it had intended - at the 1952 prices when Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne, or six pence a pint.more

Inflation continued to rise in Germany in May. Consumer prices were 7.9 percent higher than in the same month last year, according to preliminary data from the Federal Statistical Office released today. In April, the figure was 7.4 percent.more

Over the past year in Great Britain, the price of the cheapest pasta has increased by 50%. Other cheap groceries also saw double-digit increases, Bloomberg reported, citing the latest data from the British statistical office.more

The chief operating officer of Westfield has said the company intends to revive plans to build a shopping centre in Croydon. However, they also warned that the plans will be very different from the massive redevelopment promised over a decade ago.more

Fast fashion retailer Missguided is on the brink of collapse after being issued with a winding-up petition by creditors. more

Customers are buying fewer items and turning to cheaper products after witnessing a plunge in their household incomes, the chair of Asda has warned. more

There may be a shortage of kilts in Scotland this summer as their suppliers are already alarming openly that they are not keeping up with demand. The reason is supposed to be the record number of weddings that were previously postponed due to the pandemic.more