Tesco has unveiled its Black Friday 2016 deals: Laptops and tablets and bikes, oh my November 24, 2016 The supermarkets may be suffering from competition from discounters, but on Black Friday that all goes out of the window as they come over all Aldi and go berserk for deals. Tesco is no exception – it's so keen it's already launched some deals. Check out the best ones for Black Friday itself. Read more: [...]
Tech enthusiasts plot Black Friday spending spree, planning £425 of purchases November 23, 2016 Tech enthusiasts are planning to go wild this Black Friday, according to a new study. Some 60 per cent of those surveyed by media company Future said they were planning to make a purchase this year, compared with 34 per cent who did so last year. Read more: Morrisons are getting hunks to help lift [...]
Morrisons are getting hunks to help lift your Black Friday shopping November 23, 2016 Morrisons will have dedicated strong men and women in stores on Black Friday to help you with your heaving bags. Black Friday is set to be bigger than ever this year and has already started online, with several deals available with Amazon. Read more: AO World delivers £1.5m in earnings ahead of Black Friday But Morrisons [...]
Campbell Soup slurps up a spoonful of profit as costs fall November 22, 2016 Shares in US soup maker Campbell have climbed in premarket trading in New York after the company announced a better-than-expected quarterly profit due to falling costs. The world's largest soup maker is in the midst of a cost cutting programme as it battles against falling consumer demand for non-fresh and seemingly unhealthy foods. The numbers [...]
Morrisons is bringing back the Safeway brand for a wholesale range and opening ten new convenience stores November 22, 2016 Morrisons is bringing back the Safeway brand, the supermarket announced today, as well as launching a new convenience store offering. The Safeway brand is to be revived as a range for wholesale to independent retailers – Morrisons said the re-introduction of the brand will enable it to "leverage its sourcing and unique food maker skills to [...]
West Brom 4, Burnley 0: Tony Pulis warns Premier League to be wary of Salomon Rondon threat November 21, 2016 West Brom boss Tony Pulis has warned the Premier League to be wary of the increasingly venomous threat posed by Salomon Rondon after the Venezuela hitman’s all-action showing helped the Baggies thrash Burnley. A rampant West Brom moved into the top half of the table courtesy of strikes from Matt Phillips, James Morrison, Darren Fletcher [...]
Morrisons has cut petrol prices below £1 a litre for the first time since the Brexit vote – sort of November 21, 2016 It seems supermarkets are already getting carried away by Black Friday: today Morrisons said it was cutting petrol prices to below £1 a litre for the first time since the Brexit vote. Well, sort of. The supermarket said it's reducing the price of unleaded to 99.9p at 333 forecourts from today. But there is a [...]
Two thirds of chickens sold in supermarkets are infected with E.coli November 21, 2016 Scientists have found that two thirds of chickens in UK supermarkets are contaminated with E.coli. The study from Public Health England and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) claimed that 78 per cent of chickens sold in high streets in England contained an antibiotic-resistant E.coli strain. This figure dropped to 53 per [...]
John Lewis Partnership chairman Sir Charlie Mayfield admits pay changes in retail aren’t a “genuine move forward” November 16, 2016 The chairman of the John Lewis Partnership, Sir Charlie Mayfield, has admitted that the response to the national living wage from retailers has not been a "genuine move forward" for their employees. Following the introduction of the new national living wage, several retailers have cut staff benefits while increasing basic pay rates. Minutes from a John [...]
Morrisons’ bounce back shapes up with same-day delivery Amazon tie-up (but it’s bad news for Ocado’s share price) November 16, 2016 The dream team is very much in business. Yes, that's right: Amazon and Morrisons have developed their tie-up to launch the aptly named Morrisons at Amazon service. But it's bad news for Ocado: shares were down 9.4 per cent by the early afternoon. Ouch. From today, Amazon Prime customers in selected areas can order a full [...]