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Asda offers 135,000 UK store employees £8.50 per hour as part of new contract
The offered rate is £1 more than the National Living Wage of £7.44.
Tesco to pay back nearly £10m to staff after huge payroll blunder
Supermarket chain say 140,000 workers were mistakenly underpaid under new payroll system.
How Morrisons back-to-bascis strategy led to its first rise in annual profit for five years
Chief executive David Potts warns imported food may rise if the pound continues its slump.
Sainsbury's to cut up to 400 jobs following a review of its operations
Other employees to face major changes to their working hours.
Which? survey reveals best supermarkets in the UK
Aldi and Lidl received top ranks for being value for money.
Waitrose is planning to close 6 stores and restructure management in its supermarkets
The move is said to put 600 Waitrose jobs at risk.
What makes Aldi tick: How a German grocer rose to become Britain's fifth biggest supermarket
Since opening its first UK store in Birmingham in 1990 Aldi has swept all before it.
Supermarkets begin rationing as lettuce shortage hits Britain
Cold weather and floods in Spain and southern Europe blamed for shortage of leafy vegetables in the UK.
Checking the bill: Supermarket winners and losers last Christmas
Households did not hold back on grocery spending last Christmas – before a tougher 2017 sets in.
Tesco to slash 1,000 jobs as part of distribution network shake-up
Supermarket giant looking to optimise operations, resulting in job losses.
The highest paying UK supermarket is German grocer Aldi with new wage rates near £10 an hour
Aldi's new pay rates put it well above the government's minimum wage and national living wage levels.
Tesco cuts price of women's razors to match that of men's
Tesco was charging £1 for a pack of five women's twin-blade razors, twice the price of the men's equivalent.
Co-op to open 100 new stores creating 1,500 UK jobs
Most of the new stores will be opened across London and the south-east.
Tesco's recovery continues as market share grows for third consecutive month
Kantar data shows sales at Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons continue to decline, while discount retailers thrive.
Tesco: Serious Fraud Office will not charge ex-CEO Philip Clarke over accounting scandal, says lawyer
The supermarket had sacked Clarke in July 2014.
Iceland government takes legal action against UK supermarket chain Iceland Foods
The dispute is over the use of the name 'Iceland', which the UK firm owns as a European trademark.
Aldi and Lidl raise prices of milk and bananas as pound value declines post Brexit vote
Price of four-pint milk bottle increased by 4% and pack of bananas to cost 6% higher.
Tesco records fastest sales growth in three years
Kantar Worldpanel figures show food prices are 0.5% lower than 2015 but are expected to rise from December.
Birds Eye and Walkers seek to increase prices following decline in the pound
While Birds Eye is seeking to increase prices by up to 12%, Walkers said it will hike prices by 5% to 10%.
Tesco faces £100m civil lawsuit in relation to its overstatement of earnings two year ago
Tesco's market cap declined by billions in 2014 after it admitted to having previously overstated its profits.
Three of four Brits admit to commiting petty crimes, claim pollsters
They are guilty of stealing plastic shopping bags or misusing self-service tills.
Tesco posts first sales growth in more than 18 months
Kantar Worldpanel figures show FTSE 100 retailer also increased market share for the first time since 2011.
Aldi's new wine collection raises the bar for supermarkets and off-licences
German giant has launched a new range of wines with quite a splash.
Tesco alcohol sales lubricate best performance in two years after summer of sport
Sales at discount chains Lidl and Aldi surge again, but Sainsbury's, Morrisons and Asda suffer decline.
Morrisons notches up third consecutive quarter of growth
Morrisons continues to grow sales amid a fierce price war in the supermarket sector.
Brits have nothing to fear in Brexit talks with EU says JD Wetherspoon chairman
Boss of market-leading pub chain says French winemakers won't tolerate post-Brexit tariffs on the UK.
Tesco pop-up wine bar flatters to deceive but the loos are nice
New temporary supermarket wine bar is an interesting idea but suffers from a somewhat flawed execution.
Yeo Valley yoghurts recalled over fears they contain rubber
The yoghurts are mainly marketed under the supermarkets' own-label brands.
Tesco to give free fruit to children while parents shop in-store
Bananas, oranges and apples will be handed out to children as part of a new healthy eating campaign.
There is a 'Waitrose effect' on house prices which can add 10% to a property's value
Lloyds Bank research shows nearby supermarkets can add thousands to property prices.