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Mother-of-five, 31, is banned from EVERY Asda in Britain after being accused of shoplifting

Beth Robinson, 31, from Scunthorpe believes the scan-as-you-go machine she was using didn't pick up a handful of items in her shopping - some of which cost as little as 70p.




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Grandfather is sacked by Asda for sharing an 'anti-Islamic' Billy Connolly sketch on Facebook

Brian Leach, from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, was sacked on Wednesday after five years in the job. The post referred to a Billy Connolly sketch that poked fun at suicide bombing.




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Asda bans carrier bags being used for their online deliveries, saving 500 tonnes of plastic a year 

Next month Asda will eliminate single-use carrier bags from its online operations, becoming the first UK supermarket to do so. The move will save 85 million plastic bags every year.




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Do pineapple plants help snoring

British supermarket Asda have restocked the popular pineapple plant said to help keep snoring at bay, costing just £10.




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Construction worker, 58, dies after 'industrial accident' in Asda car park 

Emergency services were called to the supermarket in Peterhead, Scotland, at 12.30pm today to help an the injured workman who is believed to have fallen while working on the store's new extension.




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Disabled grandfather reinstated to Asda job after sacking for 'anti-Islamic' Billy Connolly post

Till worker Brian Leach, 54, can return to his job at the Dewsbury Superstore after being sacked for posting a Billy Connolly skit in which he jokes about Islam and suicide bombers.




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Tesco, Asda and Iceland issue recalls for cheese burgers and Fruit Shoot drinks 

The affected stores include British High Street giants Iceland, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Asda and recalled products range from cheese burgers to Fruit shoot drinks and even dog food.




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Tesco removes all traces of plastic from its online shopping service

Tesco hopes to remove 250 million bags a year with the new initiative, while Iceland has already removed over 1,500 tonnes of plastic in its packaging since 2018.




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Supermarkets charge up to 80 per cent MORE for plastic-free fruit and vegetables

Analysis of items sold in Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury's reveal that customers often are paying a premium for loose produce compared to items packaged up in plastic.




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More than 450 Polish 'modern slaves' were forced to work supplying top supermarkets

Among the menial jobs the victims found at recycling plants, warehouses, farms or poultry factories were roles in the supply chains for Tesco and Asda, working at a farm in Pershore, Worcestershire.




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Facebook praises £3.50 cooling mist from Asda and say it has the best UVA protection

Mother Chloe Dillon from Runcorn, Cheshire, prompted a discussion about the £3.50 Asda Protect Cooling Clear Sun Mist in the Facebook group Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK group.




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Dagenham: Women 'caught using Muslim robes to steal from Asda'

The incident is believed to have happened at a supermarket in Dagenham, east London and was shared by thousands of people online today.




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Brazen bike thugs film themselves rampaging through ASDA

A gang of young thugs on bikes terrorised customers on a rampage they filmed. One of the yobs punched a shopper in Asda in Brighton, and wrestled with an elderly lady as she tried to call for security.




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Ardent cyclist Jeremy Vine sparks fury after BACKING biker yob's dangerous stunt

The radio host posted the video of the dangerous stunt on Twitter, showing a youth weaving through slow moving traffic on his back wheel on busy Cromwell Road in Kensington, West London.




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Dewsbury man in his 20s staggers into an Asda after he was stabbed in the face and back 

A man in his 20s has staggered into an Asda store in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire with knife wounds to his face and back after he was attacked at 4.30am on Thursday.




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Brazen shoplifter spared jail after being caught on his third Asda raid

Richard Pope, 40, visited an Asda in Spennymoor, County Durham, and took alcohol and snacks worth more than £438 over an eight day period, before being caught on his third attempt.




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Do you know how much meat is actually in your burger?

Beef burger patties from British supermarkets Asda, Tesco and Waitrose are packed with 'filler' ingredients like rusk, water and flavouring, as well as beef, according to a study.




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Fray Bentos corned beef that kept British soldiers fed during two World Wars disappears from shelves

Fan John Presley became alarmed when he couldn't find his favourite Fray Bentos corned beef in supermarket in Burnham on Sea. He believes the brand owners have lost touch with their customers.




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Just Eat scammer is ordered to hand back more than £900,000 in Bitcoin

Grant West, 26, (pictured) sent emails from the mobile home in Sheerness, Kent, pretending to come from 'Just Eat' to trick users into handing over their personal data.




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Tesco and Asda caught selling knives to children

National Trading Standards sent children into UK high street stores to attempt more than 2,200 test purchases and found they were able to buy a knife in more than one in seven attempts.




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Thrifty mother makes her three children packed lunches for less than £10 a week

Lynn James, from Hertfordshire, lives with her three sons Dylan 11, Josh 9 and Jack 6 - and says her secrets include batch cooking and swapping brand names for supermarkets own foods.




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Scottish drinks brand unveils the 'world's first' Brussels sprout flavoured gin

The controversial concoction - produced by Pickering's Gin, based in Edinburgh, Scotland - is bound to divide opinion among gin lovers.




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Knaresborough Yorkshire teenager buys mouldy orange juice looks like brains from ASDA

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Lauren Howard, 17, of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, said she felt sick after discovering what was at the bottom of her Asda juice carton.




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Mother praises £1.27 ASDA massage mist as helping to put her kids to sleep under 10 minutes

An impressed mother took to Facebook's Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK group to rave about the Little Angels Bedtime Massage Mist, which costs only £1.27 from the supermarket.




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'Five-a-day' soup sold by Asda and Waitrose is pulled from shelves over listeria fears

The Foods Standards Agency has said that three of the Soupologie soups could contain listeria monocytogenes. The products are sold in supermarkets across the UK.




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Exasperated shoppers slam Tesco, Asda and Matalan for already selling Christmas items

Tesco, Asda and Matalan have come under fire for already selling Christmas items, as UK shoppers deem September too early in the year to buy festive food and Santa-inspired decorations.




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Asda driver caught on CCTV 'stealing' an Amazon parcel before delivering a family's shopping 

The alleged theft was caught on CCTV from inside the porch of the family home of Aisha Adedeji, 26, in Bromely, South-East London.




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Man sparks fury after revealing that his mother was advised by Asda to find a new job

Liam Didsbury from Liverpool, has blasted Asda for allegedly advising employees who don't agree with their new contract to find a new job. His mum has worked for them for 30 years.




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Pensioner 90 found stabbed to death in home Pontefract

Police were called to Nathaniel Suggitt's house in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, where they found his body with multiple stab wounds on Saturday.




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How unhealthy is YOUR supermarket ready meal?

Experts at YorkTest Laboratories analysed the nutritional content of all 528 ready meals sold by the five major UK supermarkets - Morrisons, Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's, and Waitrose.




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New price war as supermarkets slash the cost of petrol

Asda Sainsbury's and Morrisons will drop the price of petrol by 2p per litre. The RAC has called on retailers to reflect a drop in wholesale cost of petrol.




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Houmous from Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Aldi, Lidl, Asda and Nando's is recalled over SALMONELLA fears

Nearly 20 types of houmous from stores including Sainsbury's Morrisons, Aldi, Lidl and Asda are part of the recall by the UK Food Standards Agency.




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Burly brawler loses his trousers AND his top during bizarre scrap in an Asda car park

The footage was recorded by an onlooker in the car park of an Asda store in Glasgow. In the video, two men can be seen grappling with each other next to a parked car.




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Argos fires the starting gun on the festive season with promo set to debut on TV tonight 

British catalogue retailer Argos is the first to debut its advert which will hit screens today.




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Shoppers mock ASOS for selling a black gilet with green trim and joke 'loving the Asda range'

An anonymous man, from the UK, shared a photo of the ASOS sleeveless jacket with neon trim alongside the caption: 'Loving the ASOS Asda range.'




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Adventures of 'escaped' supermarket trolleys are turned into hilarious works of art

Describing itself as 'a Great British institution', the Twitter account Escaped Trolley shares images of dumped shoppers around the country and turns them into works of art.




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Mother issues warning to parents after toddler trapped hand in Asda Scan and Go trolley holster

The shopper claims her two-year-old son trapped his hand in a Scan and Go holster on an Asda shopping trolley as she turned her back to reach for an item on the shelf.




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Cheese advent calendar that sparked a global frenzy is BACK with 24 flavours

Food blogger Annem Hobson, 30, from London, who runs food blog So Wrong It's Nom, created the UK's first ever cheese advent calendar in 2016.




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Supermarkets are to ban hard-to-recycle black plastic trays in UK stores by Christmas

Major supermarkets including Waitrose, Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda will follow Morrisons in their pledge. Black plastic contains a carbon pigment that cannot be detected by recycling machines.




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The best artificial Christmas trees for the 2019 holiday season

Even with all the Christmas TV ads, songs, movies and jumpers, it's not going to truly feel like Christmas without a Christmas tree. With that in mind, here are some of the best artificial ones!




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Sainsbury's, Tesco and ASDA recall heartburn and indigestion drugs over contamination fears

The UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency today announced the supermarket products were among 13 new additions to a months-long string of recalls.




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Hero Asda delivery driver, 26, rescues seven-week-old baby from house fire while on his rounds

Habeel Khan, 26, had been on his normal delivery rounds when he saw smoke coming from a house near Stapleford, Nottinghamshire.




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Aldi and Lidl dominate festive food and drink awards beating out upmarket retailers

Budget supermarket Lidl took home ten of the 17 prizes for festive food at the Quality Food and Drink Awards, while Aldi picked up two, Asda was awarded one and M&S took home four.




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Mother says she is forced to rely on food bank after her card was declined in Asda

Shantell Jones, 38, from Gipsyville, Hull, claims £474.90 worth of festive food was taken out of her account from the Hessle Road Asda in Hull. Her card was declined but she says money was taken.




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Missing 11-year-old schoolboy who vanished outside Asda is found

Stuart Hood (pictured), 11, had last been seen outside Asda in Redcar at around 8.45pm on Saturday. Cleveland Police issued an urgent appeal but today confirmed he has been found safe and well.




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Paedophile, 51, is jailed for four years after trying meet 'eight-year-old girl for sex'

Brian Fraser (pictured) had been due before magistrates in April in Swindon to answer child sex abuse allegations, but failed to turn up to court. Police caught him after spotting him in a car park.




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Asda hits back after Jeremy Corbyn accuses it of 'exploiting' its workforce

The Labour leader accused Asda - along with Amazon, Sports Direct, Uber and the outsourcing giant ISS - of having 'ripped off and dehumanised' their staff.




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Plant-based packaging for fresh food that could replace plastic will be in use at UK supermarkets

Asda is to start selling avocados using plant-based Apeel coating in the New Year. Apeel is made from natural plant-derived materials and water, making it vegan and harmless to eat.




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Asda is named Britain's cheapest supermarket for Christmas shopping costing £31 less than Waitrose

A new report, from trade magazine The Grocer, found the average cost of a Christmas shop at Asda, was £6.33 less than its nearest rival, making it the cheapest UK supermarket to shop from.




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Which festive ham brings home the bacon? We give you the lowdown on the tasty meats

HARRY WALLOP: Once an expensive delicacy costing as much as £900, and sold only by top-end Spanish delicatessens, they're now as little as £25 from Asda or Lidl.