Tag: supermarkets

Aldi under fire after Kevin the Carrot toy sold online for up to £50

News

Deadline News Journalist - November 20, 2017

ALDI customers are furious that sold-out Kevin the Carrot toys are for sale online for almost 17 times their original price. The supermarket chain made...

UK supermarkets print enough till receipts to wrap around the world- every week!

In Brief

Deadline News Journalist - October 29, 2014

British supermarkets' levels of wastage have reached epidemic levels due to unnecessary printing of till receipts. A recent study has found that over 26,000 miles...

Shoppers fooled by ‘freshly baked’ bread which has been frozen for up to a year

UK & World

Christine Lavelle - March 27, 2011

SUPERMARKETS and coffee shops claiming to sell “freshly baked” bread and cakes could be fooling customers with products that are up to a year...

Farmers feeling the pinch as supermarkets sell milk for as little as 22p a pint

Scottish News

Christine Lavelle - March 13, 2011

SCOTLAND’S dairy farmers say they are struggling to cope as supermarkets sell milk for less than the price of bottled water. Cut-price stores like Aldi...

Supermarkets tricking shoppers into a “bargain”

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - March 6, 2011

SUPERMARKETS are tricking shoppers into a “bargain” by hiking up prices and then running bogus money-off deals. The ploy, called ping-ponging, sees shoppers paying over...