Supermarket sales drop by 10% after last month’s panic buying as people ease up on stockpiling

Supermarket sales drop by 10% after last month’s panic buying as people ease up on stockpiling Large Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons stores have seen a drop in sales  Less stockpiling and social distancing measures have led to a dip in sales By Neil Craven for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:22 BST, 11 April … Read more

Revealed! Supermarket rules for buying Easter eggs

How to get your hands on an Easter egg during lockdown – from supermarket opening times to changes to restrictions on the number you can buy There are no limits on Easter eggs at Sainbury’s, Asda, Waitrose, Tesco or Aldi Waitrose will still maintain three-product limit across specific grocery items Restrictions at Tesco still apply … Read more

Banks blocking payments for shoppers buying food online for first time

Thousands of first-time online shopping customers risk having vital deliveries cancelled, a Money Mail investigation can reveal. Many elderly and vulnerable households have been forced to turn to the internet for their essentials, having perhaps never shopped online before.  But major flaws with security checks have led to some banks mistakenly flagging the transactions as … Read more

Director dealing: Bosses are buying shares, should you?

Deal: Wizz Air boss Jozsef Varadi bought £643,000 of the airline’s shares No-one knows where share prices are going to go from here, though some smart hedge fund managers may think they do.  Markets in Britain and the US rallied a little last week, but there were sharp corrections along the way.  Volatility, it seems, … Read more

George Clooney’s coffee giant Nespresso admits buying beans from child labour farms

Nespresso coffee – which is advertised by movie star George Clooney –  has admitted to buying beans from three farms in Guatemala where child labour is used.  The admission comes after specialists probed the coffee giant’s suppliers in the region.  The coffee maker said a team of 10 investigators had found three ‘confirmed cases of … Read more

Investment guru Anthony Bolton says he has started buying shares again

‘At these prices there are really interesting opportunities’: Investment guru Anthony Bolton says he has started buying shares again Bolton said investors should not ‘get more bearish as the market goes down’  He gave up fund management in 2014 to focus on music and philanthropy The Life and Death of Alexander Litvinenko opera is set … Read more

Iceland boss says panic buying is FINALLY easing off but urges young people to come INTO stores

‘There’s only so much loo roll you need in your life’: Iceland boss says panic buying is FINALLY easing off but urges young people to come INTO supermarkets and save online delivery slots for the elderly MD of Iceland supermarket today said ‘healthy people’ should be using stores Said they should shop in store to … Read more

Stelios urges Easyjet to fire staff and stop buying planes

Easyjet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou urges the airline to fire staff and stop buying planes amid coronavirus chaos By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 23 March 2020 | Updated: 22:09 GMT, 23 March 2020 Easyjet’s founder urged the airline to slash costs by cancelling orders for planes and sacking staff during the … Read more

For Mother’s Day, Olly Smith recommends looking for taste not price when buying your bubbles

It’s Mother’s Day and my motto is: let taste triumph over price tag! Try these options for fun and affordable fizz By Olly Smith Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:01 GMT, 21 March 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 21 March 2020 Mother’s Day is here and what better way to show her you … Read more

Tearful nurse urges the public to stop panic buying food

A distraught critical care nurse who was unable to buy basic foods following a 48-hour shift has urged shoppers to stop stripping supermarket shelves amid the coronavirus pandemic.  In her heartbreaking appeal, Dawn Bilbrough, 51, from York, who had just completed a lengthy and exhausting shift, explained that she had visited her supermarket to pick … Read more