Every little helps: Tesco reboots ‘kids eat for free’ scheme amid cost of living pressures tesco helps Tesco has announced it will be bringing back its Kids Eat Free scheme during the October half-term, as the cost of living crunch continues to batter Brits. The offer means parents can spend as little as 60p to claim one free child’s meal worth up to £3.25 when showing their Clubcard at checkout. To cover [...]
Tesco: Shoppers ‘watching every penny to make ends meet’ COST OF LIVING Tesco has warned of “tough times” as Brits are “watching every penny to make ends meet” this winter. The grocery giant reported a slimmer profit for the first half, after customer behaviour has normalised after lockdown and the supermarket has invested in keeping its prices competitive for shoppers. The country’s largest supermarket posted a £413m [...]
Revealed: These are Britain’s most popular companies to work for Brits' favourite employers New research has revealed the top companies Brits want to work for the most. The data shared with City A.M. analysed the top searches for jobs and careers on Google, to see which private sector companies Brits are keenest to work for currently. Tesco came out as the most popular company, with the multinational supermarket seeing [...]
Discounters Aldi and Lidl keep taking market share as Brits now pay £571 more for groceries September 13, 2022 Discounter Aldi has become Britain’s fourth largest supermarket for the first time while Lidl’s market share is also in the lift, according to new data out this morning. The findings come as Brits are now paying a record £571 more on average for their groceries than last year Grocery price inflation hit 12.4 per cent [...]
Lidl joins Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Primark to shut shops for Queen’s funeral September 12, 2022 Top supermarkets and retailers including Lidl, Waitrose and Sainsbury’s are set to shut their UK stores on the day of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. Major retailers B&Q and Primark will also close shops for the bank holiday to mark the Queen’s state-funeral next Monday. Some supermarkets are also working on plans to cut some of [...]
Cannabis products including oil, chocolate balls and gummies soon to be sold at Tesco September 3, 2022 Medicinal cannabis products including oil drops, chocolate balls and gummies will soon be stocked at Tesco after Love Hemp agreed a deal with the supermarket giant. Six of the brand’s products will be rolled out across more than 200 Tesco stores in the UK and online, it said today. London-listed Love Hemp uses CBD, derived [...]
Morrisons, Tesco and Sainsbury’s suspend sales of disposable barbecues amid heatwave August 12, 2022 Morrisons, Tesco and Sainsbury’s are among a slew of household names to halt sales of disposable barbecues owing to warm weather concerns. There have been warnings about potential fires due to high temperatures this summer, as large swathes of the country have been categorised as drought status. Morrisons said in a statement on Friday: “In [...]
High street names including Tesco and Greggs call on Tory leadership candidates to slash ‘shop tax’ August 9, 2022 A coalition of retailers including Morrisons, Greggs and Tesco, have called on the Conservative party leader candidates to slash business rates. The Retail Jobs Alliance has called on both Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss to pledge to cut business rates, which it said were “killing our high streets”. The group, consisting of Co-op, Greggs, Kingfisher, [...]
Cost of living: Morrisons follows Tesco and Asda in announcing fuel price cut of 6p per litre August 3, 2022 Morrisons is the latest supermarket to announce it is slashing the price of fuel, as households struggle to stay afloat amid a cost of living crisis. The retailer said on Wednesday that it had cut the cost of unleaded and diesel by an average of six pence a litre over the last week at all [...]
Tesco joins petrol pump war with 6.5p cut to unleaded after Asda’s 9p drop August 2, 2022 Tesco has slashed its prices for petrol to help customers manage with the cost of living crisis. The supermarket giant said the price of unleaded is set to fall by 6.5p and diesel by 4.5p, as many consumers and businesses continue to struggle with rising energy costs. “We know how tough rising fuel bills have [...]