Asda now “second largest online grocer”


Online shopping sales at Asda have grown in the last 12 weeks, making the supermarket the second largest internet grocer in the UK, according to new figures.

Spar store launches online ordering for food to go


Spar Gt Victoria St A Spar store in Belfast city centre has teamed up with local business niftynosh.com to launch an online ordering system for its takeaway food.

Is someone at Sainsbury’s telling porkies?


I think I may have discovered the real reason for Sainsbury’s shutting down its wine website at the end of this month.

Sainsbury’s to switch off wine website


Sainsburys wine site Sainsbury’s is to shut down its specialist wine ordering website www.sainsburyswine.co.uk.

Sainsbury’s suffers second website crash


Sainsbury's website Sainsbury’s website has crashed for the second time in a month.

Discount retailers see online shopping boom


Lidl Online grocery shoppers are turning to websites of retailers who focus on price and value, according to figures from Nielsen Online.

Sainsbury’s faces large bill for website crash


Sainsbury's website Sainsbury’s website is up and running again after a technical fault left it out of action for two days – but the crash could end up costing the retailer more than £1m in lost sales.

Food and grocery set for number-one spot in e-retail


online shopping Food and grocery is set to overtake electricals as the number-one sector in online spending in the UK, according to analysts Verdict Research.

Tesco urges ban on Ocado ads


Ocado Twenty  06 Tesco is urging the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to ban Ocado’s ads claiming it is matching Tesco’s prices on 3,500 branded products, according to The Times newspaper.

Tesco ends online flower deliveries


Tesco is to stem its supply of online fresh flowers, according to reports from the Mail on Sunday.

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