Tesco aiming for bumper 2026 after best Christmas market share in decade

Chain reports strong sales but shares drop 5% after analysts say third quarter performance was behind expectations

Greggs puts up price of sausage roll by 5p to £1.35 amid rising costs

Bakery chain also adds 10p to a latte, bringing it to £2.25, as CEO warns of ‘a tough, challenging market’

Poor festive fashion sales deepen fears of squeeze on UK household budgets and falling high street footfall

Retailer warns that growth this year will be slower amid continuing pressures on UK employment

Shoppers hit by rising bills switch to discount chains, supermarket own-label products and buying fewer items

Owner Modella starts insolvency proceedings for both chains, saying trading is ‘extremely challenging’

UK’s fourth-largest supermarket’s sales rose 3% with 5.5m bottles of fizz and 500,000 turkeys sold

Nemiroff says products still reaching UK chains such as Sainsbury’s and Tesco despite production difficulties

UK pastry chain has plans for two new factories and 800 more branches, despite sales falling in 2025 and analysts questioning brand’s direction

Food Standards Agency issues product alert for still and sparkling 750ml bottles of Waitrose No 1 Deeside mineral water

Retailers say appetite for alcoholic drinks that are about half the strength of the traditional versions is soaring

Clothing chain acquired by China-based backers out of 2019 insolvency applies to appoint administrators

Struggling company, which has run more than 100 outlets, has been criticised by MPs over claims it failed to pay locum pharmacists

New M&S salads, breads, yoghurt bowls and chicken dinners come as more Britons turn to Mounjaro and Wegovy

Simon Roberts, credited with helping to turn around grocer, made CBE along with former BAE Systems boss Ian King