High hopes dashed: UK cost-of-living woes snare PM StarmerBritons are unhappy with Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government. Cost of living worries are high. Economic problems persist since 2008. R...
22 May, 2026, 12.28 PM IST
Supermarkets tell Britishers not to panic after survival kit advisoryUK retailers caution against bulk-buying as government advises having 3 days' worth of supplies. Andrew Opie from British Retail Consortium...
23 May, 2024, 08.55 PM IST
UK: Snake found slithering in broccoliNeville Linton in Birmingham, the UK, was shocked to find a ladder snake slithering in the vegetable he had bought from a superstore.
03 Jul, 2023, 07.35 PM IST
UK is grappling with vegetable shortages. How did it happen?Even if energy costs hadn't risen so much, British growers would not come close to making up for the shortfalls in imported produce, Diploc...
02 Mar, 2023, 01.57 PM IST
British supermarkets ration veggies and fruits amid shortageThe shortage has been linked with bad weather in southern Europe and Africa as well as high energy prices in the UK and the Netherlands.
23 Feb, 2023, 11.36 PM IST
British supermarket chain Asda signs £600M deal with The Co-op for 132 Store SitesAsda will acquire 132 stores—129 petrol station forecourts and 3 development sites—for £600 million. The deal amount includes the £162 mill...
31 Aug, 2022, 06.47 PM IST
'United Pingdom': Firms in England fret over staff shortagesThere are also warnings of shortages of goods in supermarkets, cuts in production at factories and potential transport chaos, as illustrate...
19 Jul, 2021, 05.01 PM IST
UK’s Morrisons rejects $7.6 billion takeover offer“The board of Morrisons evaluated the conditional proposal together with its financial adviser, Rothschild & Co, and unanimously concluded ...
21 Jun, 2021, 08.04 AM IST
Retailers, energy stocks push London stocks higherThe benchmark FTSE 100 index gained 0.4%, with general retailers and energy stocks gaining between 2% and 3%.
05 Jan, 2021, 02.27 PM IST
UK grocery sales up 6.9% in October ahead of new English lockdownWith COVID-19 infections rising at an alarming rate the British government imposed a second national lockdown for England, starting last Th...
10 Nov, 2020, 01.49 PM IST
British supermarket Sainsbury's says 3,500 jobs at risk in restructuringThe group reported a loss before tax of 137 million pounds ($178 million) for the 28 weeks to Sept. 19, reflecting 438 million pounds of on...
05 Nov, 2020, 01.36 PM IST
Billionaire British brothers Mohsin, Zuber Issa and TDR buy Walmart's Asda for $8.8 billionThe deal, led by Mohsin and Zuber Issa who founded the petrol station operator EG Group nearly two decades ago, and TDR means Asda will be ...
02 Oct, 2020, 04.40 PM IST
Tesco wins in 'chicken korma' war with Sainsbury'sBritish supermarket giant Tesco has won a battle of words with arch-rival Sainsbury's over price comparisons on products like chicken korma...
31 Jul, 2013, 06.10 PM IST
- D L Kalhan joins issue with Keith Vaz over FDI in retail
Indian Overseas Congress in the UK today joined issue with British Labour MP Keith Vaz for asking Indian parliamentarians to be cautious ab...
23 Sep, 2012, 09.41 PM IST
- Qataris cancel Sainsbury takeover bid
Qatari investment fund Delta Two on Monday terminated a takeover bid for British supermarket group J Sainsbury worth 10.6 billion pounds (1...
05 Nov, 2007, 02.52 PM IST
- 'Tesco to discuss Bangladesh textile protest with suppliers'
British supermarket giant Tesco will discuss the causes of protests by 25,000 textile workers in Bangladesh over the weekend with its suppl...
24 Sep, 2007, 09.20 AM IST
- Tesco profit jumps 20% to $3.8b on strong sales
British supermarket giant Tesco said on Tuesday that net profits soared by a fifth in 2006 to a record £1.892 billion (e2.8 billion, $3.8 b...
18 Apr, 2007, 01.05 AM IST