Retail workers call for more security after Waitrose sacking for tackling shoplifter
Shop workers’ union Usdaw says 59% of its members in its annual survey said they would welcome more security guards in stores
Wednesday briefing: Has the sacking of a shop worker highlighted our unease around how crime is tackled?
In today’s newsletter: A Waitrose worker’s dismissal after confronting a shoplifter has become a flashpoint in a wider debate over rising retail crime
Iceland chain offers job to man sacked by Waitrose after confronting shoplifter
Iceland’s chair Richard Walker says Walker Smith is ‘welcome to a job with us’ as public fundraiser hits £7,500
Waitrose under pressure to reinstate worker sacked after stopping shoplifter
Retailer faces public outcry over treatment of Walker Smith, who tackled shoplifter stealing Easter eggs at London store
Waitrose employee sacked after stopping shoplifter from taking Easter eggs
Walker Smith, 54, who worked for retailer for 17 years, says he grabbed bag from thief before they escaped
Former Co-op boss was paid almost £2m before leaving after group’s difficult year
Shirine Khoury-Haq and other managers did not receive annual bonus after damaging cyber-attack in 2025
Food prices spiked in March as Middle East conflict drove up energy costs, UN says
Biggest rises were in vegetable oil and sugar prices, which increased by 5% and 7% respectively
M&S calls for crackdown on ‘brazen, organised, aggressive’ retail crime
Bosses write to home secretary and London mayor listing series of incidents staff have faced in past week
UK firms expect to raise prices more quickly as Iran war pushes up costs
Bank of England survey in March shows chief financial officers foresee 3.7% increase over coming year
Secondhand clothes sales forecast to hit $289bn as AI helps shoppers find deals
Sites such as Vinted and ThredUp expected to help resale grow twice as fast as overall clothing market in coming years
Larva lamped: Colin the Caterpillar loses to eight lookalikes in cake taste test
Which? testers complain M&S sponge is ‘too dry’ as Waitrose’s Cecil tops the tree with ‘best buy’ gong
UK food inflation ‘could hit 9%’, trade body warns as Reeves meets retail chiefs
Discussion on how to ease impact from Iran war coincides with Food and Drink Federation almost tripling forecast
Chancellor meets UK supermarket bosses to discuss cost of living
Rachel Reeves will address concerns about price rises and shortages with retailers as energy costs surge
Unilever’s food mashup is hardly a delectable prospect for shareholders
This ‘growth-led separation’ is an awkward, sprawling deal, far from the clean break some may have wished for
Food price rises unlikely before summer, says boss of Sainsbury’s
Simon Roberts says Easter shop will be unaffected by Middle East conflict, but industry warns prices may rise this year