The Mirror: News, Sport, Celebrity & EntertainmentSavvy shopper buys £3.50 mystery bag from Aldi and is floored by contents
M&S cafes: Marks and Spencer closing 11 restaurants as part of huge shakeup
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/ms-cafes-marks-spencer-closing-36024084
ABC FeedsCustomers face empty shelves as farmers battle potato shortage
By Jessica Schremmer
South Australia produces 80 per cent of Australia's fresh potatoes, but extreme weather and drought across the state are causing a major shortage.
#VegetableGrowing #VegetableCrops #Weather #Droughts #Supermarkets #EnvironmentalImpact #ConsumerGoods #LocalFoodSystems #JessicaSchremmer
Dining and CookingCould you eat for a week for $50?
I spent $490 at the supermarket on the weekend. It was a big shop, we bought some wine, and some of the items will last ages… but still. That’s a lot of money for a grocery run (receipt appended). The cost of food has soared, as the next chart shows. On the internet, I often [...]
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Nutrition #costofliving #foodprices #nutrition #supermarkets
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2318818/could-you-eat-for-a-week-for-50/
The changes hidden in 'cryptic' ingredient labels
By Madi Chwasta, Danielle Bonica, and Andie Noonan
The main ingredient in dozens of supermarket products has been reduced, an ABC investigation has found, leading retail and marketing experts to call for more transparency around recipe changes.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-05/supermarket-ingredients-changes-skimpflation/105478516
Major UK supermarket set to roll out digital price tags across hundreds of stores
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/major-uk-supermarket-set-roll-36014038
'I talk to ghosts and one haunts me at supermarket – fruit and veg flies everywhere'
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/i-talk-ghosts-one-haunts-36013274
Emeritus Prof Christopher MayQuietly this week a Tory era policy banning the sale of 'unhealthy foods' through Buy One Get One Free (BOGOF) offers has come into force (after a three year delay, not least of all to let supermarkets make adjustments to their stock handling/packaging).
Whether this will have any real impact on the country's diet & nutrition may take some time to figure out (and disentangle from other factors), but on the face of it, it seems like a helpful move.
#health #food #supermarkets #politics
h/t FT
Must-watch TV this week: Frauds, Celebrity Traitors and Countryfile's Ramble
Metro – Metro.co.uk: News, Sport, Showbiz, Celebrities from MetroFive surprising ‘superfruits’ doctors recommend eating weekly for better health
