Updates next week from Britain's biggest retailers including Tesco, Sainsbury's and Marks & Spencer are expected to confirm that while Christmas was not the disaster that some had feared, consumer demand is set to weaken in 2023, denting profit.

British grocery sales rose 9.4% to a record 12.8 billion pounds ($15.3 billion) in the four weeks to Dec.

In Britain, the damage wrought by rampant inflation can be seen in the fate of the humble egg.

British grocery inflation hit 14.7% in October, another new record, and it is still too early to call the ceiling, market researcher Kantar said on Tuesday.

Tesco, Britain's biggest retailer, forecast full-year profit at the lower end of its previous guidance, blaming uncertainty over how consumer spending will evolve amid a worsening cost-of-living squeeze.

A 23-year-old from Merseyside could become the first woman to be banned from football grounds in England after being found guilty of throwing a flare on the pitch.

Tomasz Luksza, who took over his father's Polish confectionary business just over a decade ago, has a problem he's not unhappy about: European supermarkets want more gummy bears and chocolate-covered marshmallows than he can make.

Facing the toughest economic conditions in decades, Britain's supermarkets are cutting product ranges, searching for cost savings and patrolling each other's stores to check prices and products as they try to stay one step ahead.

Britons are shifting to cheaper food alternatives in their supermarket shopping as they try to navigate a worsening cost of living crisis, industry data showed on Tuesday.

Because the cost of living is hitting people very urgently and directly. Food is a much bigger percentage of retail sales than other categories, and the cost is going up rapidly.

British shoppers swapped branded items for cheaper own-label products and turned to value ranges to help manage grocery inflation which soared to 8.3% in the four weeks to June 12, its highest level since April 2009, industry data showed on Tuesday.

British supermarket group Sainsbury's, seeking an edge amid a worsening cost of living crisis, will for the first time include its biggest selling lines in a scheme that matches the prices of German-owned discounter Aldi.

Rashford and some of the biggest UK food brands have formed a task force to battle child food poverty.

Around 80 types of hummus have been recalled from supermarkets across the UK

Tesco CEO Dave Lewis wants to move to new challenges next year.

The spectre of new online rivals, Amazon and Netflix, is driving mega-merger mania in the entertainment sector.

Shock move would create the UK's largest supermarket chain with a 31% market share.

Filmmaker Lance Smith shared the story of Cameron, a Big Issue seller in Nobbys Beach, Australia who had a special gesture planned for Valentine's Day.

Aldi has been named the nation's favourite supermarket in a Which? survey, thanks to its competitive prices.

Neal's Yard Remedies and Pret A Manger are leading the way with refillable water stations, while restaurants have begun to phase out plastic straws.

Tributes paid to 30-year-old woman who was murdered during frenzied stabbing at supermarket in Skipton.

A 44-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after an incident in Aldi, Keighley Road, Skipton, Yorkshire, shortly before 3.30pm on Thursday (21 December).

Suspected human remains have been found by shocked engineers in an Aldi car park in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester.

Clancy's Barbecue Flavour Coated Peanuts recalled because packaging does not mention that it contains cashew nuts.

Here are the best technology deals of the week in the UK, handpicked by IBTimes UK and our friends at Hot UK Deals.

Elderly woman targeted by two men while out shopping at an Aldi supermarket in Oswestry, Shropshire.

FTSE 100-listed retailer will cut 600 back office jobs and 1,400 in-store clerks as it looks to save £500m.

British grocers are mounting a spirited defence of their market share, according to Moody's.

Guardian/ITV News investigation alleges workers breached hygyiene standards and altered food safety records.

A manhunt is underway for the man who tainted other foods.