All news by author: Daniel Jones

GETTING a cold or flu is always a pain but sufferers now face an extra headache getting medicines.Popular pills, powders and ­syrups have been hit wi

ALCOHOL levels in popular supermarket wines have been cut — but the prices have not followed suit.It means shoppers are being charged the same for w

DON’T throw away your old chest of drawers or bookcase – they could help you pay for Christmas.A buoyant market for second-hand furniture means so

A HAZELNUT crisis could hit Ferrero Rocher chocs this Christmas.A lack of rain and insect problems in Turkey, where 70 per cent of hazelnuts are grown

SHOPS are braced for what experts claim is the “latest full-on barbecue weekend ever” as temperatures soar.Casual grillers will have usually packe

AROUND 160million choccie bar sales have melted away in the past year.Britain’s most popular, Cadbury’s Dairy Milk, has seen sales slump by four m

THE prices of Mr Kipling cakes, Cheerios cereal and Coca-Cola have more than doubled in a year.Although food inflation has slowed to 12.5 per cent, th

MCVITIE’S has been branded “sneaky” for shrinking its Jaffa Cakes — but without cutting the price.The tangy treats are a tenth smaller, going

FREEMANS is to stop printing its catalogue after 118 years – the last of Britain’s mail order giants to do so.It marks the end of the big book tha

BEER drinkers face a North-South divide — with pints costing almost three times as much in London as other parts of the country.The average pint in

THE price of a pint has topped £9 — while the average cost of a beer has doubled in 15 years.The eye-watering tab was found at a bar in London’s

MARKS & Spencer is baffling shoppers by selling “tiny” salads and pasta pots — claiming they are for two.Experts say the move appears to be

BRANDS and supermarkets are no longer just shrinking packs or hiking prices — they are doing both at the same time.The “super-shrinkflation” tre

SALES of low and no-alcohol beers were 25 per cent higher last month than in Dry January, figures show.And booze sales overall are down six per cent o

BARS of Snickers chocolate have been subbed by England footie chiefs in a new health drive.The treat, a partner of the England and Scotland teams, has

RECHARGING electric cars at ­major public points has soared to nearly £50 — making them more expensive to run than petrol motors.Oil giants BP and

MARS is ditching plastic packaging and going back to using paper — like it did up until the mid-1970s.It means bars will feel a little different, bu