Couple say supermarket 'Aisle do'

Two supermarket workers who fell in love at work, have now gotten married in the aisles of the Sainsbury where they worked.I'm not sure this is for me, but seems like a unique way to tie the knot at least!"Crowds of...

Hana Wegner sues over ice cream puddle on Woolworths floor

How ice cream ruined a life. " A PUDDLE of ice cream on the floor of a Woolworths supermarket was all it took to bring jetsetting fashionista Hana Wegner's life to a crashing halt. The woman who taught Aussie...

Man dies after supermarket attack

In what is being called a "checkout rage attack," a man has been killed after he was punched to the ground inside a Sainsburys in Merton, UK."A 57-year-old man attacked in an apparent row over queue-jumping at a supermarket has died.The father of one, who has not been named,...

Greek Robin Hoods strike supermarket

In scene redolent of the 60s a group of 20 demonstrators entered a supermarket in the Exarxeia neighbourhood of Athens, Greece filled up shopping trolleys and left without paying. Afterwards the food  was...

Chocolates with worms seized from shop

For a connoisseur or a lover of chocolate, such as myself, sinking your teeth into your favorite indulgence and then tasting larvae would certainly be a horror for anyone.  Are there no such thing as...

Doctors office opens in British supermarket

Let's see - shopping list - milk, bread, apples, chocolate, and a blood test. This is a new project in the UK in which shoppers at a supermarket can also visit the doctors while they're waiting for their deli meal to...

Health Advisor Proposes Supermarket Booze Ban

A plan is afoot to ban alcohol sales from UK supermarkets in an effort to curb binge drinking."Professor Julian le Grand, the chairman of Health England, said customers should be made to make a conscious decision to...

Enjoy that beef and lamb - it's going to get rare

"A UK supermarket has moved one step closer to the looming protein shortage while farmer groups around the world are all singing the same song - improve the prices before it's too late." The upshot of all this is...

It’s Christmas... but Easter eggs are in the shops

"IT MAY only be the eighth day of Christmas, but Easter eggs are already being stocked in shops across Wales. Nutritionists yesterday warned that selling eggs and other Easter-related confectionery throughout the...

Supermarkets fined £116m for dairy price fixing

After agreeing to co-operate with the Office of Fair Trading some of the supermarkets have admitted collusion whilst Lactalis McLelland, Morrisons and Tesco deny the allegations."Supermarket giant J Sainsbury has...

Three die in China sale stampede

"Three people have been killed and more than 30 injured in a stampede at a supermarket sale in China. The stampede happened at a branch of the French chain Carrefour, in the city of Chongqing, state media said. The shop was offering large discounts on cooking oil. A crowd...

Wal-Mart Set To Finally Buy-Up Seiyu

"In an effort to consolidate its ownership, Wal-Mart Stores Inc will spend up to 100 billion yen ($878 million) to buy out minority shareholders in Japanese supermarket unit Seiyu Ltd in an effort to turn around the money-losing chain. The world's largest retailer has...

Maybe the tabloid was abducted by aliens

The obit was brief but not to the point at all. Simon Houpt does a great job of sending off the Weekly World News supermarket tabloid. If you don't get tears in your eyes after you read about its remarkable...

Yalert predicts Supermarket Petrol Crisis 25 days ahead of the News Breaking

"The team at yalert started monitoring popular supermarket brands with our yalert software during the latter part of 2006.""Over the course of a normal month, as we witnessed during December and January supermarkets would only get the odd mention and not necessarily in...

Slow-moving traffic to generate electricity

"Supermarket experiment in Northampton Slow-moving traffic will be used to generate electricity for a UK supermarket chain during a trial in Northampton. Lorries will drive over metal plates set into the road just outside a Sainsbury's depot. Pressure from the vehicles...

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