Tesco, Britain’s biggest retailer, has warned on Wednesday that home delivery slots will not be available for most people. 

Tesco issues warning on deliveries amid coronavirus lockdown

The supermarket chain said the coronavirus crisis could lead to £1bn of extra costs

Tesco sales increase by 30% as customers stockpiled before coronavirus lockdown

Shelves across the country have been emptied of goods, including toilet paper, as shoppers stock up on essential items.

Supermarket giant Tesco will issue 600,000 new Clubcards to customers due to a security issue.


1,816 workers are now at risk of redundancy as 58 more Tesco in-store bakeries take pre-prepared bread, which will be finished in store.

The retailer said 1,816 bakery staff are at risk of redundancy as part of the changes, which will take place from May. 

The supermarket said the move could make a ‘genuine difference’.

Twenty three of the company’s 5,354 leases stopped competitors opening stores nearby, the competition watchdog found.

The retailer will roll out the move on all own-branded and branded canned food products from March 2.

A message was found inside a charity Chirstmas card opened by a six-year-old girl.

The recall follows the discovery of two sharp fragments in a single jar earlier this week.

Spice Girls star Mel B demanded answers from Tesco after an image of her was used in a Clubcard Plus advert.

The chief executive of the UK’s biggest grocer will leave next year and be replaced by Boots lifer Ken Murphy.

British Growers warned the shortage could extend to Brussels sprouts at Christmas after the rain in Lincolnshire saturated young plants.

The supermarket chain is to slim down staff in Metro, Express and larger sites in the latest round of redundancies.