UK parties ignoring food shortage risks, say farming and retail bodies

NFU and the BRC write to Tories, Labour and Lib Dems over lack of focus on food security in campaigns

NatWest to take on most of Sainsbury’s Bank

Deal comes as supermarket seeks to offload businesses in order to focus on core grocery arm

UK inflation: which everyday items have fallen in price most?

The cost of gas, electricity and garden furniture has plunged … but cocoa and vets’ services cost a lot more

Britons cut back on spending despite fall in grocery inflation, says Kantar

Bad weather makes consumers trim supermarket shop and rethink summer purchases despite slower food price rises

Tesco installs smoke machines in stores at high risk of break-ins

Devices used after opening hours at some London branches amid rise in shoplifting and attacks on staff

How town centres are recovering from the fall of Debenhams

Former Debenhams stores across the UK are being reinvented, with a dizzying array of new uses – but only a third of the sites are now occupied by retailers

UK supermarket sandwich recall: full list of products

Suppliers are recalling various sandwiches, wraps and salads in response to an E coli investigation

Tesco faces criticism as chief’s pay more than doubles to nearly £10m

ShareAction charity to ask why boss’s pay is so high when it claims some staff do not receive real living wage

‘We’re not backing down’: US grocery workers take on Kroger with strike vote

Food 4 Less workers to vote on action if new deal is not reached, as employees say wages and benefits lag behind

DFS furniture chain blames Red Sea crisis for profit warning

Attacks on shipping leading to delays to deliveries and higher shipping costs, says retailer

Four major UK supermarkets accused of misleading ‘freshly baked’ bread claim

Real Bread Campaign makes trading standards complaint over marketing by Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Lidl and Co-op

Two former BHS directors ordered to pay at least £18m over wrongful trading

Ruling comes eight years after the retailer collapsed into administration owing creditors, including its pension fund, more than £1bn

‘It should be a right to fix your phone’: the boss of booming secondhand tech firm Back Market

Thibaud Hug de Larauze says sales at his secondhand electronics retailer are soaring not just because people need to save money, but because they also care about waste

One in three Asda staff have been attacked at work, survey finds

GMB poll receives reports of workers being stabbed, punched and threatened with syringes

Stop Shein listing on the FTSE, workers’ rights campaigners urge

Groups issue call to next government amid criticism of online fashion retailer’s labour practices and accusations of copying