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People felt confident to gather for first time since Covid, according to Whitbread and Mitchells & ButlersNils Pratley: was there a Christmas high street miracle? Not quiteFriends and families gathered together to eat and drink over the festive sea…
Chain recorded biggest share of clothing and homewares market in seven years as Tesco reports festive bonanzaMarks & Spencer took its biggest share of the clothing and homewares market in seven years and the largest slice of the food market ever ov…
Supermarket on track for profits at top end of forecasts after shoppers go ‘all out for big Christmas dinner’Shoppers going “all out for a big Christmas dinner” and returning to Argos stores amid the rail and postal strikes have helped put Sainsbury’s …
James Watt says bungled promotion in which cans were only gold plated looked ‘dishonest and disingenuous’The chief executive of BrewDog has paid out almost £500,000 from his own pocket to winners of a bungled “solid gold” beer can promotion which he ha…
Shareholders were misled by Steve Easterbrook ‘concealing extent’ of his misconduct, says US regulatorThe former boss of McDonald’s, Steve Easterbrook, has been fined $400,000 (£328,000) by the US regulator for “concealing the extent of his misconduct”…
Bakery chain to pay shop staff at least £10.60 an hour after price of sausage rolls went up to £1.20Greggs has handed a 10% pay rise to workers as it warned of “material cost inflation” that prompted a third rise in the price of its sausage rolls in a …
Spending higher than year earlier, with World Cup football pushing up beer salesUK households spent £1.1bn more on groceries in December than a year earlier, taking Christmas spending to a record £12.8bn, but got 1% fewer items in their baskets as ramp…
British Retail Consortium figures come amid concern over economy and rising cost of energy billsUK food price rises soared to a record rate in December, figures show, as retail industry bosses warned that high inflation would continue in 2023 amid the …
Some firms cut capacity by 20% to match supply and demand as custom fades, bills rise and government support dwindlesPubs and restaurants face a “perfect storm” of challenges this year as cash-strapped consumers slash spending and the government reduce…
One in five takeaways in some areas of UK did not satisfactorily meet required standards, data showsTakeaways in poorer parts of England are twice as likely to need improvement in food hygiene as those in wealthier areas, with as many as one in five in…