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  • Milk, meat and fruit worst affected as supermarket groceries DOUBLED in cost over last year, Which? says

    Food inflation

    The cost of some everyday groceries has more than doubled over the last year, consumer brand Which? has found. The company analysed inflation on more than 25,000 food and drink products at eight major supermarkets – Aldi, Asda, Lidl, Morrisons, Ocado, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose. Which? looked at the average price of the products in the three [...]

  • CMA probes Asda’s £611m Co-op petrol station takeover deal over fears it could hike fuel prices

    Asda petrol pumps

    Asda’s £611m takeover over of 132 Co-op petrol stations has come under scrutiny from the UK’s competition watchdog over concerns the deal was likely to push up fuel prices. After the supermarket snapped up the sites last October the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched a Phase 1 investigation at the start of this year [...]

  • Issa Brothers mull sale of Asda properties as debt rises

    Asda

    Asda has launched a £8.6bn review of its property estate as the billionaire brothers behind the business scramble for options to reduce its debt pile, according to reports. According to reports in The Telegraph, owners Mohsin and Zuber Issa backed by private equity backers TDR Capital, are targeting the sale and leaseback of Asda’s supermarket [...]

  • Almost 300 jobs at risk at Asda and 4,100 staff face pay cut

    January 26, 2023

    Asda has unveiled a major shake-up of store operations, which will put close to 300 roles at risk and reduce pay for more than 4,000 night workers. The supermarket chain has proposed that some overnight restocking shifts at 184 stores are moved to the daytime, putting 211 night shift manager roles at risk. It said the [...]

  • Slow fashion: Retailers embrace second-hand clothing to draw in thrifty eco-conscious fashion lovers

    January 23, 2023

    High street retailers are following in the footsteps of their online rivals, offering more second-hand clothes to lure in shoppers wanting to steer clear of fast fashion and hunt for bargains amid a cost of living crisis. The second-hand clothing market has exploded over the last decade to an estimated £6.5bn last year, largely thanks [...]

  • Asda owners explore £13bn merger with petrol business EG Group

    January 22, 2023

    Asda’s owners are exploring merging the business with petrol forecourts business EG Group before EG’s 2025’s £7bn refinancing, The Times reported on Saturday. The two businesses are both jointly owned by Mohsin and Zuber Issa and private-equity company TDR Capital. The paper said the merger would create a business worth between £11bn and £13bn, with [...]

  • Supermarkets ‘implored’ to lower forecourt fuel prices after steady wholesale drop

    November 28, 2022

    Motoring group the RAC has urged supermarkets for not lowering prices in forecourts despite wholesale fuel going down in price. The car-owners’ organisation appealed to the big four – Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and Asda to make consumers’ lives easier amid the cost of living crisis. In new figures released, the RAC showed wholesale fuel prices [...]

  • Issa brothers’ LEON to more than double number of Asda coffee kiosks

    November 21, 2022

    LEON is to more than double its self-serve coffee kiosks in the UK over the next couple of months, as the Issa brothers’ on-the-go food operator expands. The chain, which sells healthier alternatives of fast-food and is owned by the billionaire brothers behind supermarket Asda and petrol forecourt operator EG group, is to expand its [...]

  • Shoppers continue turning to own label groceries as yearly food bill to leap by £682

    November 8, 2022

    Sales of own-brand groceries shot up last month while fewer consumers forked out for a Halloween pumpkin this year, as households seek to trim down costs. Shoppers are increasingly switching to cheaper alternatives of food essentials, as historically high levels of inflation amp up the pressure on Brits this winter, according to data from insights [...]

  • Asda completes £611m swoop for Co-op’s petrol business

    October 31, 2022

    Asda has completed a £600m deal to buy the Co-op’s petrol business Asda this morning. The deal includes 129 petrol forecourt sites, spread across the UK and represents five per cent of Co-op’s retail estate of 2,564 stores.    Co-op said it would use the proceeds to reinvest in the convenience business and reduce net [...]

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