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Mother, 38, is stunned to discover giant EIGHT-INCH snack in packet of Asda crisps

Janine Ross from Liverpool made the bombshell discovery while sharing a packet of 69p Asda own brand onion ring snacks with her friend's daughter Izzy.




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Sainsbury's is crowned the cheapest supermarket for the first time - beating Asda and Morrisons 

The average UK trolley of 53 branded groceries cost an average £107.01 over the year, according to Which? The trolley cost 64p more at Asda and £2.12 more at Morrisons.




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Bizarre moment 'Spiderman' shoplifting suspect climbs into rafters of Asda to avoid being arrested

Footage shows a 'Spiderman' shoplifting suspect climbing into rafters at an Asda store in George Street, Wallsall, yesterday. An 18-year-old man was later arrested and remains in custody.




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Free range chicken farm that supplies major supermarkets is STRIPPED of its licence by the RSPCA

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: Hoads Farm near Hastings, East Sussex, was suspended after animal rights activists found rotting corpses, bleeding hens and filthy conditions at the business.




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Woman reveals she saved £173 on her food shopping by snapping an impressive number of items on offer

Lyndsey Graves, from Lincolnshire told the Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK Facebook group that she'd landed 147 items for just over £60, which would have cost more than £230 full price.




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Asda's vegan chocolate egg is dubbed the best Easter egg for 2020

Judges in Good Housekeeping's blind taste test gave top marks to Asda's Extra Special Free-From and Vegan Belgian Dark Chocolate Egg with Vanilla Truffles, which is both dairy and gluten free.




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Junior doctor battles to save career after panic-fuelled meltdown over fears he'd be late for shift

Dr Andrew Sadler from Gateshead referred himself to the General Medical Council.The doctor has continued working in NHS palliative care since the incident.




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Stockpilers pushing trolleys piled high with toilet rolls form enormous queues at Costco

Shocking footage has emerged of checkouts being flooded by frantic stockpilers with trolleys piled high with toilet rolls at a Costco in Chingford, London, amid coronavirus panic.




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Supermarket shelves stripped bare as panic-buying Britons race for essentials amid coronavirus chaos

Pictures from one Asda store in London showed aisles that had been stripped of toilet roll after the Department of Health and Social Care this afternoon confirmed there were 273 positive cases.




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Supermarkets begin RATIONING as Tesco limits pasta, baked beans and hand sanitiser

In a move to ensure the supermarket has enough supply, they have decided to limit the amount of dry pasta, UHT milk and baked bean tins that each customer can purchase.




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Costco and Asda stripped in panic-buying as Tesco boss says there's enough food

Panic-buying has swept through the country with shoppers recording empty shelves in supermarkets including Asda, Costco and Tesco,leading the latter to ration essential products.




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Mother with MS has disability benefits axed after JobCentre staff received fraud claim tip off

A mother who suffers with multiple sclerosis is accusing the DWP of wrongly cutting her off from disability benefits after JobCentre staff received a fraud claim tip-off (pictured, Clare Slater).




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Savvy homeowner transforms unused cupboard into stylish dressing room for just £115

Emma Tootill, 28, from Manchester, has revealed how she transformed a former storage room into a dreamy space to get ready - all for just £115.




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Police are drafted in to guard shops to stop panic buying and enforce social distancing

Officers kept watch outside Lidl and Sainsbury's stores at a shopping centre in Stratford, east London (pictured).




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Asda shopper pretends to FAINT in front of bemused customers

The women were seen at an Asda in Roehampton having an argument with security guards. One tries to escort the daughter from the store and her mother pretends to faint and falls to the floor.




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Parents claim supermarkets have stopped them from shopping with their children

Major stores have limited the number of people allowed inside a supermarket at once, with others asking customers to remain at least two metres apart amid the UK's coronavirus outbreak.




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Now BLIND people say they have been turned away from UK supermarkets

One man alleged he was stopped from entering an unnamed supermarket in Derby because he was 'unable to guarantee' he could remain a distance from the nearest person.




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Huge brawl breaks out in the middle of an Asda cereal aisle in front of horrified shoppers

The commotion kicked off at around 2pm in an Asda store in Dudley, near Birmingham, on Thursday. The footage shows two women tangled in a brawl as another woman tries to separate them.




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Fury as Asda and Sainsbury's stock up on imported POLISH beef

UK beef farmers told Asda and Sainsbury's that the move to stock Polish beef instead is 'unacceptable', adding: 'Please do not play a part in killing British agriculture. Remember, once it's gone, it's gone.'




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Revealed! Supermarket rules for buying Easter eggs

Ahead of Bank Holiday weekend, Wales Online have reported the current restrictions in place for buying Easter eggs at the likes of Sainsbury's, Tesco, Aldi and Asda.




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Asda shopper is tackled to the ground by staff after 'coughing on them saying he had coronavirus'

A man was wrestled to the ground at the Asda Superstore in Greenhithe, Kent after he allegedly coughed on staff and said he had coronavirus. Police arrested him on April 7 and he has been charged.




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Marcus Rashford reveals his charity work has raised £20MILLION for vulnerable kids in Manchester

Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford has revealed that his charity work has raised £20million for vulnerable children in Manchester.




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Virgin Atlantic air stewardess, 36, takes job stacking shelves at Asda after being furloughed

Cabin crew member Sara, who lives in Brighton, is used to flying across the world but is now stacking chilled food at the store in Lancing, West Sussex after being furloughed by the struggling airline.




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Mother fought off paedophile after he swung a knife demanding car keys as he is jailed for six years

Duncan Johnson, 41, demanded Natalie Grimes' keys at an Asda car park in Liverpool as he tried to rob a vehicle with her daughter, seven, inside. He was jailed for six years after the incident in March.




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Social media users get creative in a new challenge that involves making dresses from shopping bags 

People from across the world have taken to Instagram with creative snaps of outfits they've made using shopping bags as part of a new viral challenge.




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Banks urged to ramp up lending as just 12,000 small firms get loans

Thousands of firms are finding it near-impossible to access cash under the Government's vital Coronavirus Business Interruption Loans Scheme (CBILS).




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Primark sales go from £650m a month to zero as stores remain closed

Primark's owner Associated British Foods said it has furloughed 68,000 Primark workers across Europe and looking to start discussions with landlords to seek help with their lease payments.




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Ousted John Lewis bosses given £1m each

Paula Nickolds (pictured), the former MD of John Lewis's stores, received £940,000 while Rob Collins, former MD of Waitrose, was handed £890,000.




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Laura Ashley rescued: Administrators agree deal with Gordon Brothers

The fashion and homeware store went bust last month after it failed to raise emergency cash from its owners, becoming the first household name to fall victim to the coronavirus lockdown.




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Ocado accused of 'profiteering' from the coronavirus crisis

Online supermarket Ocado removed 11,087 promotions and hiked the base price of 918 products between March 4 and April 8. Founder and chief exec Tim Steiner's stake is worth some £480m




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Just Eat's £6.2bn merger with Takeaway.com is cleared by watchdog 

The online food delivery firm's merger got the go-ahead from the Competition and Markets Authority, who was 'satisfied there are no competition concerns' after its probe of the deal.




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Norton Motorcycles 'will be restored to former glory', says new owner

India's TVS Motor, which bought the British brand out of administration for £16m earlier this month, is reportedly set to invest tens of millions of pounds in the luxury motorbike maker.




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SMALL CAP MOVERS: AIM-listed companies raise £500m to cope with coronavirus crisis

From the market low on 18 March to the start of the Easter weekend on 9 April, junior market-listed firms announced over £500million of funding.




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MARKET REPORT: Pearson pledges to pay dividend

The education group will hand back £102m to shareholders - or 13.5p per share - after boss John Fallon insisted the company was in a 'strong financial position'.




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STOCK WATCH: Fears grow that BP's Alaska sale may prove half-baked

With oil prices tumbling, investors will be glued to the first-quarter results due out from BP and Shell on Tuesday and Thursday respectively.




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American hedge fund Citadel in £275m bet against UK grocers

The move by Citadel suggests Britain's supermarket chains might not be immune to the coronavirus outbreak, even though their shares have held firm so far.




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UK Airline industry wants wage subsidy scheme extended

Tim Alderslade, the chief executive of industry body Airlines UK, wrote to Chancellor Rishi Sunak, saying that carriers will face a 'renewed cash crisis' if the job support scheme is withdrawn.




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Furloughing fat cat bosses pocketed over £300m in five years

There are mounting calls for super-rich fat cat executives to play a bigger part in shouldering the financial burden stemming from the crisis, which will end up hitting taxpayers hard in the pocket.




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Airbus jobs at risk and shake-up looms as 3,200 furloughed

Chief executive Guillaume Faury told the plane maker's 135,000 staff to brace for a major shake-up and potentially sweeping job cuts to slash costs.




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British Airways planning 12,000 redundancies

Coronavirus has wiped out demand and IAG believes it will take several years for air travel to recover to 2019 levels.




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Cath Kidston staff 'betrayed' over redundancy pay

Bosses at the company's owner, Barings Asia, are withholding the severance payment. Instead staff have been been told to apply for government handouts.




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FCA tells insurers: See you in court, after Covid claims are rejected

Insurers have come under fire for refusing to pay out claims to companies which have been devastated by the lockdown. The Financial Conduct Authority plans to resolve this as quickly as possible.




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JCrew crushed under a debt mountain of £1.3bn

The US fashion brand's lenders will inject £322m of cash and take control of the chain at the same time as cancelling its debt. The preppy brand counts Meghan Markle among its high profile fans.




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O2 in £24bn merger talks with Virgin Media

The tie-up would transform the telecoms market overnight, creating a powerhouse to challenge former state monopoly BT.




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Furloughed Sports Direct staff 'told to come to work'

Staff were asked to go into closed stores once a week and pack up stock so it could be sold online, but were told not to clock in, whistleblowers told the Guardian newspaper.




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Vodafone could gatecrash O2-Virgin Media merger

The British telecoms giant has long been seen as a potential suitor for broadband provider Virgin after it previously held unsuccessful takeover talks with parent Liberty Global.




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MARKET REPORT: Rolls-Royce investors rocked

The FTSE-listed group will struggle after the number of hours its engines spent flying in April fell by 90 per cent. Across the first four months of the year, flying hours dropped 40 per cent.




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Banks urged to keep approving state-backed coronavirus loans

Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey (pictured) has put pressure on banks to ramp up lending as the central bank predicted the economy would shrink by 30 per cent in the first half of the year.




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Telecoms Goliaths Virgin Media and O2 in £31bn mega merger

Liberty Global and Telefonica - parent firms of Virgin Media and O2 respectively - said they had agreed a deal after announcing talks were under way on Monday.




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ALEX BRUMMER: Britain needs a plan for the post-Covid era

As a nation in lockdown commemorated VE-Day, here is something to ponder. In the midst of the War, policymakers in Britain and around the world were deep in planning for the peace.