Stocking-piling! Chaos as shoppers ‘pack in like sardines’ into Manchester’s Trafford Centre to buy Christmas presents before local lockdown Customers rushed to Manchester’s Trafford Centre to buy Christmas presents One member of staff at the shopping centre said people ‘packed in like sardines’ City’s coronavirus infection rate increased more than 15-fold since local lockdown By Bhvishya … Read more
Rip off in aisle 3! How shoppers pay two prices for the SAME item in the SAME store Covid means many shoppers are keen to get out of the store as fast as possible Dried fruit in the health food section often costs more than in the baking section Supermarkets may package products differently or use … Read more
An estimated £97.7million was lost on shopping vouchers that went unused during lockdown, new research has revealed. A quarter of people had a shopping voucher, worth £45.70 on average, that expired during the period when many shops and businesses were forced to close their doors, according to new data from Which?. Around half of those … Read more
The executive director of Waitrose has slammed panic buyers saying their actions ‘inevitably mean someone else will go without’. Panic buying across the UK has resumed amid fears of a second wave of coronavirus and another lockdown with shoppers reporting queuing for 20 minutes to enter shops before similar further delays at checkouts. And online … Read more
The executive director of Waitrose has slammed panic buyers saying their actions ‘inevitably mean someone else will go without’. Panic buying across the UK has resumed amid fears of a second wave of coronavirus and another lockdown with shoppers reporting queuing for 20 minutes to enter shops before similar further delays at checkouts. And online … Read more
The weekly food shop will get more expensive unless a free trade deal is reached with the EU, experts warn. The British Retail Consortium said supermarkets would face an annual £3.1billion tariff bill for food and drink. The BRC said retailers would have ‘nowhere to go other than to raise the price of food’ to … Read more
The weekly food shop will get more expensive unless a free trade deal is reached with the EU, experts warn. The British Retail Consortium said supermarkets would face an annual £3.1billion tariff bill for food and drink. The BRC said retailers would have ‘nowhere to go other than to raise the price of food’ to … Read more
Boden has come under fire from shoppers after unveiling items from its latest autumn collection. Thanks to its colourful peasant dresses and classic styling, founder Johnnie Boden has attained something close to cult status in the homes of middle-class fashionistas. But the quintessentially British brand, worn in the past by the likes of the Duchess of … Read more
Morrisons has reinstated door marshals at its stores to limit the number of shoppers amid fears of Covid-19 panic buying – as supermarkets double their delivery slots to prepare for a second wave. Staff will be stationed at all 494 of Morrisons supermarkets to monitor shoppers and remind them to wear face masks. It comes … Read more
Morrisons has reinstated door marshals at its stores to limit the number of shoppers amid fears of Covid-19 panic buying – as supermarkets double their delivery slots to prepare for a second wave. Staff will be stationed at all 494 of Morrisons supermarkets to monitor shoppers and remind them to wear face masks. It comes … Read more