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UK shop prices rose last month, according to the latest data from the British Retail Consortium, in a sign that driver shortages and the costs of Brexit-induced red tape are beginning to hit household budgets.more

Nearly a quarter of people are spending more on takeaways and food deliveries now than before the pandemic, according to market research group Mintel. more

A shortage of fruit pickers in the UK is set to spread to warehouse workers in the run-up to Christmas, the boss of toy chain The Entertainer has warned.more

A solicitor accused of using syringes to inject blood into food at three west London supermarkets has appeared in court. Leoaai Elghareeb is charged with contaminating or interfering with goods with intent at three stores – a Tesco Express, Little Waitrose and Sainsbury’s Local - on Fulham Palace Road.more

Businesses have been told to prioritise hiring UK-based workers rather than relying on labour from abroad to fix a shortage of lorry drivers. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng rejected calls from firms to loosen immigration rules, saying it would be a "short-term temporary solution".more

The boss of supermarket chain Iceland has warned that the Brexit-linked supply chain crisis could “cancel” Christmas. more

Bargain hunters face slim pickings this Black Friday as many retailers will be forced to ignore the annual fire-sale completely. In the face of rocketing shipping costs, major delays to orders and a nationwide lorry driver shortage, shops face too many challenges to complete the stocking and restocking necessary for the late-November event.more

Food at three west London supermarkets is suspected to have been contaminated after being ‘injected with needles'. Anyone who bought an item from Tesco Express, Little Waitrose or Sainsbury’s Local on Fulham Palace Road yesterday evening is being told to throw it away.more

Britain’s economy has been plunged into a supply chain crisis, with major retailers’ stock levels at their the lowest since 1983 as a result of worker shortages and transport disruption caused by Covid and Brexit. more

Due to supply problems, McDonald's is temporarily withdrawing milkshakes and some bottled drinks from the menu at all venues in the UK. This is another company in recent days that shows the effects of the deficit of truck drivers.more

A fifth of all gambling premises in the UK are now located in the poorest areas of the country, new research has found.more

Meat processors and others say they must have more day release workers as they cannot find enough staff.more

Waitrose has been rated Britain’s worst large online retailer for grocery freshness, according to research. The consumer group Which? investigated the quality and longevity of fresh produce from British supermarkets. Twelve undercover shoppers ordered more than 1,000 items from six retailers to examine how fresh their food and drink products were.more

Several foods at the Lidl discount store that contain cannabis aroused the interest of the German police. The prosecutor in Heilbronn (Baden-Württemberg) confiscated the goods that were subject to examination.more

It may be only August but that doesn't mean we can't start looking forward to Christmas. more

In July this year. average prices in grocery stores increased by 12 percent. year on year, compared to June this year, prices increased by 3.5 percent. - it follows from the "Price index in retail stores Jan-Jul 2021". During the year, the prices of fat products went up by nearly 40 percent, and meat by over 30 percent. - given.more

Nando's says it will lend some of its staff to its suppliers to help "get things moving" in the supply chain after shortages hit some of its shops. more

There are more and more people in Poland who would like to return to trading Sundays. Despite this, traders and their customers are still under threat of tightening up the current regulations - the Polish daily "Rzeczpospolita" reports.more

Supermarket giant Tesco has created what is set to be its first public-facing store using cashierless technology, as grocers compete to offer more convenience shopping to customers.more

In July this year. shopping malls were visited by 5 percent more people than in June; an upward trend can be noticed when comparing also July this year. until July 2020 - informed the Polish Council of Shopping Centers (PRCH). There is a clear interest in traditional trade as well as in entertainment and gastronomy - added.more

Staff at Ocado Group, the tech firm behind the online grocer, can now work abroad remotely for one month a year.more

Last year, almost 32 bn litres of beer containing alcohol were produced in the EU, according to Eurostat’s latest production statistics released last month. Poland produced 3.8 bn litres of beer containing alcohol making it the second largest beer producer in Europe with 12 percent of total EU production.more

Bakery chain Greggs has said it expects to create 500 new retail jobs in the coming months as it continues to open new outlets.more

Supermarkets could face a “summer of disruption” to milk deliveries if widespread driver shortages amid the Covid pandemic are not addressed, according to the UK’s biggest dairy supplier. more

One in seven shops in Britain are vacant with fashion retail premises in shopping centres the hardest hit of all by repeated lockdowns, the British Retail Consortium said today.more