Supermarket News

Asda are reportedly interested to acquire failed music chain HMV as the first UK stores prepare to close, following the retailer's fall into administration in January. Around 1,500 staff have lost their jobs with a further 1,500 still in the balance.

London - Beef burgers sold by Tesco PLC and other supermarkets in the UK and Ireland have been found to be contaminated with horse meat. Tests on beef burger products from four chains showed that a third were contaminated with horse meat.

Chicago - Members of the Orland Park Fire Department near Chicago arrived at an emergency scene they were not expecting and had not seen before. A man had his arm stuck in a meat grinder.

Naranjo - It was more than a "clean up on aisle three" after the 7.6 earthquake struck in the Cope supermarket in Naranjo city, Costa Rica.

A 76-year-old woman has been charged with careless driving after crashing through into a supermarket on Saturday in Florida, U.S.A.

London - The British supermarket Sainsbury’s has changed the brand name one of its popular products - ‘tiger bread’ – to ‘giraffe bread’, following an appeal from a three-year old girl.

Is your child nagging you for the latest gadgets? Perhaps a digital camera? Maybe a smart phone? It’s in our nature to cut back wherever possible, and while saving money on parental essentials will free up extra pennies to spend on your child, be warned

Peterborough - UK supermarket Asda has been forced to pay out £28,500 ($46,629) after a shopper slipped on a grape at the Rivergate store in Peterborough.

Diyarbakir - Ten people were injured after a gas explosion shook a three-story market located at the Turkish town of Baglar on Tuesday.

It will soon be possible for people to combine shopping and seeing a doctor in many Sainsbury’s stores. The UK supermarket is offering free space for GPs to set up in 204 stores.