Mutual reports increase from £28m to £161m, but says ministers ‘layering costs’ on retailers could hit high streetsThe Co-operative Group plans to open at least a further 120 grocery shops this year after...
Read MorePrices of some chocolate products have risen by 50% in a year while many have also shrunk in size, Which? reportsShoppers are shelling out for smaller eggs this Easter as shrinkflation takes a bite out of the favourite seasonal...
Read MoreExclusive: about one in five offers involve meat and dairy and one in ten processed meat despite known health risksSupermarkets are using multibuy promotional deals to encourage shoppers to buy meat and processed meat, despite...
Read MoreBill is likely to include measures such as ending ‘exploitative’ zero-hours contracts and changes to sick payBusiness live – latest updatesUK politics live – latest updatesThe boss of Tesco has called on...
Read MoreExclusive: Several sent home for slow fruit picking face debts as watchdog investigates alleged illegal feesIndonesian workers who paid thousands of pounds to travel to Britain and pick fruit at a farm supplying most big...
Read MoreShoppers at Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Lidl and Aldi have all swung to Labour from Conservative since 2019The election may not yet be in the bag for Labour, but research suggests it is in the shopping basket.The...
Read MoreExclusive: Independent retailers, many running post offices, say wholesale arm Booker is restricting supplies and deliveriesVillage stores have sounded the alarm over what they claim is a battle for survival, accusing the...
Read MoreInspired by French action, British campaigners say they will continue slow tractor protests after Dover roads were blockedFarmers say there will be further French-style blockades following a slow tractor protest at Dover against...
Read MoreExclusive: Latest turnaround plan could see up to 10% of workforce go over five years after group halves its redundancy payThe owner of John Lewis and Waitrose is considering cutting up to 11,000 staff jobs in the next five...
Read MoreStrategy for governing includes taking on firms that contaminate environment and getting supermarkets to pay fair price to farmersLabour’s new environment team says it will take on big businesses and supermarkets in order...
Read MoreAverage food basket down by 0.1% amid fierce supermarket competition, says the British Retail ConsortiumFood prices dropped in the UK in September for the first month in almost two years, according to retail industry figures,...
Read MoreUK business leaders have asked for a meeting with the home secretary to press for a new offence of assaulting or abusing shop staffAlmost 90 retail leaders, including the bosses of Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Boots and WH Smith,...
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