The American giant wants to conquer Poland with the new Prime service. However, the Chinese may enter the fight - the Polish daily "Rzeczpospolita" reports.more
Shortages at petrol stations remain “serious” with a tenth of petrol stations in London and the southeast still without fuel, retailers have warned.more
Miguel Patricio, the chief of Kraft Heinz, has said the company is raising prices around the world for a slew of products such as cupboard staples ketchup and baked beans.more
The EU is to set out proposals later to address the row about trade in Northern Ireland. The UK wants to change the deal struck as part of the Brexit process to allow goods to circulate more freely between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.more
In the future, fuel stations will turn into shopping and service centers, believe the majority of participants in the study "Analysis of the perception of fuel stations in Poland". More and more respondents appreciate the non-fuel offer of the station.more
Without wishing to be too “Bah! Humbug”, suppliers of a host of festive essentials have warned that stocks might not be quite at the levels we’re used to.
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Almost nine million people, representing one in six adults in Great Britain, have not been able to buy essential food items in the past two weeks because they were not available, official research suggests.more
Ministers are privately growing increasingly concerned about acute shortages in the run-up to Christmas caused by the ongoing global shipping crisis, i has been told. more
Polish parcel delivery service company InPost will set up parcel lockers at 500 Tesco supermarkets throughout the UK by the end of November, Inpost said in a press release.more
Amazon is to open its first general store in the UK, selling items including books, technology and toys, as the online retail behemoth continues its expansion in physical retail.more
The bakery chain, best-known for its sausage rolls and steak bakes, signals it expects growth momentum to continue despite challenges posed by rising prices and supply chain disruption.more
Just 127 foreign HGV drivers have applied to work in Britain under the Government’s emergency scheme to tackle the petrol crisis, the Prime Minister has said. The figure makes up less than half of the initial 300 visas made available for overseas lorry drivers in efforts to plug a nationwide shortage ahead of the busy winter trading season. more
Footage has emerged of rats nibbling on fresh pastries in the bakery section of a Sainsbury’s store before scuttling away as a shopper approaches them.
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Manufacturers will be forced to create a universal charging solution for phones and small electronic devices, under a new rule proposed by the European Commission (EC).more
As of yesterday, none of the 440 Lidl stores in the Netherlands have been selling cigarettes or tobacco. From 2024, the ban on the sale of tobacco products will apply to all supermarkets in the country.more
The fuel crisis in Great Britain is now under control and more fuel is delivered to gas stations than drivers buy - assured Deputy Finance Minister Simon Clarke. But according to media reports, problems have not been solved everywhere.more
Last year's decline in British GDP - which was caused by the coronavirus pandemic - is no longer the deepest in 311 years, but in just 99 - the revised National Statistics Office (ONS) figures released today show.more
Soldiers will be delivering fuel in the next couple of days in a bid to ease petrol supply issues, the business secretary has said. Kwasi Kwarteng admitted the past few days - which have seen long queues outside petrol stations and some pumps running dry - had been "difficult".more
Fuel sales could be rationed and forecourt opening hours limited to try and tackle panic buying under the government's emergency plans for dealing with fuel crises.more
