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UK retail sales slumped last month as cold weather deterred shoppers from buying summer clothing and gardening supplies, despite pressure easing on households amid a slowdown of inflation.more

Poles like to buy online. According to the report of the Central Statistical Office, Information society in Poland in 2023, last year, 64.3% of people aged 16-74 made purchases online in Poland.more

From Tesco, to Sainsbury’s, Asda, and Lidl, there are plenty of supermarkets to choose from when heading out to do your big food shop in the UK.more

Publicans have called on the Co-op to pull a “disgraceful” TV advert that urges the supermarket’s customers to watch the Euro 2024 football tournament at home rather than going to the pub.more

Drivers in the UK have been warned to fill up their tanks ‘sooner rather than later’ after a 10-week price drop comes to an end. Motorists were urged to head to forecourts after the price of a petrol litre fell last week, though it has since stabilised.more

Discounted TVs ahead of the Euros football tournament helped slow price rises in shops in June, new figures show. Shop prices rose at an annual rate of 0.2% last month, down from 0.6% in the year to May, according to retail trade body the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and research firm NielsenIQ.more

Marks & Spencer is launching a new service for clothing repairs and alterations. From August, customers will be able to book through a dedicated online hub and have their fixed items posted back to them within seven to ten days.more

Aldi has its eye on eight London locations where it may open a store. It comes after May saw the supermarket asking shoppers nationwide where they want to see a new store. There are currently over 1,020 stores across the UK, with hopes of hitting over 1,500. But Aldi wants to expand to places it thinks needs one, which includes more than 100 within the M25.more

Poundland is taking on retailers such as Tesco and Boots with the introduction of their own “unbeatable” meal deal, which is the lowest priced at £3.more

Three popular sunscreen lotions offer less protection than they claim, according to consumer organisation Which? Three lotions, from Calypso Sun, Bondi Sands and Asda did not pass all the tests - but others, including some cheaper options from supermarkets Aldi and Lidl, did.more

The Otwarte Klatki Association ordered laboratory tests of chicken meat sold in Lidl. Superbugs, i.e. bacteria resistant to many antibiotics, were detected in 40% of the samples tested. Similar studies were carried out simultaneously in 5 European countries.more

One of the rainiest springs on record boosted warm soup sales while denting those for sun cream, new figures suggest. The wet weather caused the slowest monthly increase in grocery sales in two years as people were "put off from popping to the shops", according to research firm Kantar.more

British motorists are paying 20p more for a litre of diesel than drivers in the European Union – unless they are in Northern Ireland. New figures from the RAC suggest the cost of filling a 55-litre family car in most of Britain is now £11 higher than on the Continent.more

A food manufacturer has recalled a number of sandwiches with salad leaves sold in major supermarkets amid an E.coli scare. Among the 45 products affected are the Asda Chicken Salad Sandwich, Boots Chicken & Bacon Caesar Wrap and Sainsbury’s Peri Peri Chicken Wrap.more

Almost half of adults in the UK have struggled to get medicine they have been prescribed – and more people blame Brexit than anything else for the situation, research shows. Forty-nine per cent of people said they had had trouble getting a prescription dispensed over the past two years, the period during which supply problems have increased sharply.more

Tesco has revealed a “strong” increase in the amount of groceries bought by British shoppers in the latest quarter as inflationary pressures eased. The UK’s largest supermarket firm revealed total retail sales grew by 3.4% to £15.3 billion in the 13 weeks to May 25, compared with the same period last year.more

Supermarkets say they are ready for one of their busiest periods of the year as football fans stock the fridge to watch the Euros from home. Tesco said it expected to sell 33 million packs of beer and cider over the coming month but is also predicting it will sell 5.5 million bottles and cans of “no” and “low” alcohol options – a record for a major football tournament.more

The food item which left more than 113 people infected with E.coli is likely to be a ‘ready to eat’ item which did not require any cooking. At least 37 people have needed hospital treatment, with the UK Health Security agency saying they are most likely linked to a nationally distributed food item.more

Latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that GDP was unchanged during the month, which was marked by weeks of heavy rain that kept shoppers at home and delayed construction work.more

Aldi has revealed five major changes to its operations and stores to mark Great British Green Week. The supermarket has shared five changes it has made over recent years to reduce its environmental footprint, as it marks the sustainability week.more

One in three Asda staff have been attacked at work, according to research that included reports of workers being stabbed, punched and threatened with syringes.more

In May this year, everyday purchases became more expensive by an average of 2.9 per cent y-o-y; sweets and desserts became most expensive, according to the ‘Retail Price Index’ conducted by UCE Research and WSB Merito Universities. In April, prices rose by 2.4 per cent year-on-year in shops.more

A host of pubs across the capital have put pint prices up by more than 20% since the start of last year, an Evening Standard analysis has found, while it can cost more than £3 more for the same beer in different parts of the capital. If a group of four friends each got a round in, that could add as much as £50 to the total bill.more

Amazon has said it will now offer grocery deliveries to all UK customers, after previously only offering the service to Prime members. The retail technology giant said customers in more than 100 towns and cities across the UK would now be able to get same-day delivery without needing to be a member of its subscription service.more

Consumer spending growth is at its weakest in more than three years as higher council tax bills and the rising cost of broadband and mobile phones eat into household budgets, a report has said.more