Waitrose Starts Selling Luxury Toilet Rolls Made From Cashmere
Wiping one’s behind after visiting the loo has never been silkier, with upmarket grocery retailer Waitrose, upping the luxury ante, offering its customers luxury toilet rolls made using one of the softest materials known to man, cashmere.
Usually cashmere is a material used to manufacture very expensive and extremely soft jumpers, scarf’s and socks, but the retailer is now using the material to make toilet paper for customers who wish to indulge themselves.
Waitrose says that the toilet paper is covered in oil extracted from the hairs of the cashmere goat and is “most luxurious bathroom tissue yet”.
Waitrose is retailing the luxury toilet rolls at nearly double the price of regular toilet paper. The cashmere toilet roll sells at Waitrose stores nationwide for £2.29 for a pack of four, compared with £4.79 for a pack of nine Essentials Ultra toilet rolls.
Carla Smith, buyer for the upmarket grocery chain, said: “Cashmere provides that stamp of quality to any fashion garment from a designer suit to the finest luxury knitwear .”
“It’s indulgent, it’s stylish and it’s helping provide that extra softness to our new premium bathroom tissue collection.”
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Tesco Forces Customer To Leave For Carrying Daughter On Shoulders
The UK’s largest retailer Tesco has been in the headlines of late, after bizarre reports emerged that it had first banned customers from shopping in their pyjama’s and then carded a customer for trying to buy a 51p quiche. The retailer has hit the news again after banning a shopper from one its stores for carrying his daughter on his shoulders.
Cambridge shopper Mark Dunkley found himself accosted by a security guard after entering a Tesco Extra store carrying his six year old daughter Natalie on his shoulders.
Mr. Dunley a 45 year old taxi driver was issued an ultimatum by the security guard to either put his daughter down, or leave the store. The security guard cited health and safety concerns as the reason for the demand, which Mr. Dunkley refused to comply with, taking his daughter to Iceland instead.
He said: ‘I couldn’t believe it. It’s ridiculous. I think she was actually safer on my shoulders rather than running the risk of being hit by a trolley. This sort of pettiness gives health and safety a bad name.”
He added that Tesco had “lost a customer for life”.
A Tesco spokeswoman urged Mr Dunkley to return to the store and talk to the manager about his concerns.
She added: “We take the safety of our staff and customers very seriously. Each store can make these decisions on an individual basis. We have no blanket policy on this issue.”
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Asda Entertainment’s “Big Night In” And Voucher Codes – Offer Valid Until February 15th
Asda Entertainment has started its “Big Night In” sale which offer great deals on loads of DVD’s, CD’s, Games and Books
Asda is offering free UK delivery on its “Big Night In” on hundreds of titles for under £5. That’s a bargain basement price so be sure to hurry and check out all the titles that are on offer
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What’s more? Enjoy extra savings with these money saving voucher codes:
- Enter SPEND20 At Checkout and save £2 off when you spend £20 or more on anything on the Asda Entertainment site
- Enter NINTEN At Checkout and save 10% off Selected Nintendo Games
- Both valid until midnight Monday 15th Feb
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Tesco Cards Shopper For Trying To Buy Quiche
A Coventry shopper was left shocked when she found that a Tesco checkout assistant asked to her to provide some form of identification after trying to buy a slice of quiche.
The assistant, who is based at the Tesco store in Cannon Park, then refused to allow the stunned shopper to purchase a slice of cheese and onion tart, until identification was produced that proved she was over 21.
24 year old Christine Cuddihy then spent several minutes arguing with the checkout assistant and ultimately produced her driving licence, just so that she could buy the item, which cost 51 pence.
Miss Cuddihy said: “The girl told me, ‘You don’t look over 21. I need to see some proof of age.”
”I told her I was certain the proof of age laws do not apply to quiche but she just said ‘We have to be really strict now and this applies to quiche bought over the counter’.”
”At first I thought she was joking but her face was deadly serious. I didn’t quite know what to say. It was very embarrassing, what on earth is dangerous about a slice of quiche ?”
“I was so insulted they thought I could not be trusted with a harmless snack. I was really embarrassed and just wanted to get out of the shop.”
Miss Cuddihy, from nearby Leamington Spa, added: “It was rush hour and there was a queue forming behind so I just showed her my driving licence and rushed out. I was so hungry that I didn’t even bother kicking up a fuss or complaining to the manager. I just wanted to eat my quiche .
“The irony is I’ve bought alcohol from the same store dozens of times without being asked for ID. The whole thing is ridiculous.”
A spokesperson for the UK’s largest retailer offered an apology and added that shoppers were not required to provide proof of age when attempting to buy quiche.
The spokesman said: “We’re at a loss to say what happened here. We couldn’t find the staff member who asked for the ID.”
“Age-related prompts at till are set centrally and there obviously isn’t one on quiche .”
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Tesco Store Bans Shoppers Wearing Pyjamas
A Tesco store in Cardiff, has banned its customers from entering the supermarket and doing their shopping either in pyjamas or barefoot.
The Tesco Extra store in St Mellons has implemented a dress code, and put up notices at the entrance, as it seeks to prevent customers from doing their shopping wearing nightwear, which the retailers says makes other customers feel a tad bit uncomfortable.
The sign reads: “To avoid causing offence or embarrassment to others we ask that our customers are appropriately dressed when visiting our store (footwear must be worn at all times and no nightwear is permitted).”
The store says it felt it was compelled to take action, after experiencing an increasing number of shoppers, and in particular younger ladies, showing up to the store to do their shopping whilst wearing dressing gowns and slippers.
A Tesco spokesman said: “We’re not a nightclub with a strict dress code, and jeans and trainers are of course more than welcome.”
“We do, however, request that customers do not shop in their PJs or nightgowns. This is to avoid causing offence or embarrassment to others.”
A number of the store’s customers welcomed the decision, with one customer quoted as saying shoppers who failed to bother wearing adequate clothing “could all do with a kick up the backside”.
adding: “I’m fed up with them. When I spoke to one girl about the fact she was barefoot in a shop with food in it, she swore at me.”
Another customer however became the first victim of the ban, and was escorted out of the store for wearing pyjamas and said “If you’re allowed to wear jogging bottoms, why aren’t you allowed to wear pyjamas in there, that’s what I don’t understand. It is ridiculous and stupid. I go in other shops in my pyjamas and they don’t say anything.”
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UK Supermarkets Say Freezing Weather Causing Panic Buying Amongst Shoppers
UK Supermarket chains are reporting that shoppers across the country have begun panic buying and are hoarding items amid concerns that frigid wintry conditions will prevent them from doing their regular shopping.
The UK’s second largest retailer Asda says there has been a large increase in sales of Wellington boots, anti -freeze products, thermal underwear and fire logs, as well as take away foods and puddings since the week began.
An Asda spokesperson said there has been a 32 per cent increase in the number of purchase of 25Kg bags of grit. Purchases of cat litter, which can be used as an alternative to salt for clearing ice and snow had risen by an astonishing 55 per cent which was dwarfed by the massive 1000 per cent increase in sales of George thermal underwear.
Asda says that vacuum flask sales had risen 129 per cent whilst fire log sales had increased by 71 per cent.
Sainsbury’s says its customers have been hoarding tinned foods and winter essentials. The retailer sais that sales of travel mugs and flasks had risen by over 160 per cent compared to the same period in the previous year.
David Bailey, Sainsbury’s weather analyst, said: “We know shoppers’ buying habits change according to the weather – a temperature change of three degrees from the seasonal average can result in sales of some products going up by as much as 50 per cent.”
Tesco says its had seen large increases in the number of shoppers buying soup and other tinned items.
A Tesco spokesperson said: “The last snowfall caught many people out and made shopping trips quite hazardous, especially in more open areas, so it appears that this time round shoppers are being more canny and are stocking up just in case.”
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Tesco Apologises For Poking Fun At Ginger Haired Kids In Christmas Card
The UK’s leading retailer Tesco has been forced to withdraw a Christmas card from two of its stores in York following complaints the card pokes fun a ginger haired children.
The card depicts a kid with ginger hair sitting on Santa’s lap with the caption “Santa loves all kids. Even ginger ones.”
The BBC quoted a customer Ms. Davinia Phillips with three ginger haired daughters as saying she found the greeting card offensive.
Tesco said it was sorry if the card had “caused any upset”.
The shopper told the BBC that she saw the card when shopping at her local Tesco store
Ms Phillips said:”I picked it up and I couldn’t believe it. I just thought ‘What is so funny about that?’ I didn’t really get the joke. I thought I would buy it, because I wanted proof that I had seen it.”
Ms Phillips, who herself is naturally ginger, added: “The more I thought about it, the more annoyed I got and I told the lady who worked in the store I was not happy.”
The card had been removed from sale by the time Ms Phillips returned to the store that same evening. The card has also been withdrawn from Tesco’s Clifton Moor branch in York, after Ms Phillips sister-in law complained.
A Tesco spokesman said: “We sell a large range of Christmas cards, including some which are intended to be humorous. It is never our intention to offend any customer and we are sorry if this card caused any upset.”
The spokesman added that the retailer was still considering whether to cease making the card available from other Tesco outlets
Card manufacturer, Essex-based Quitting Hollywood, said it had no comment to make.
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Asda Offers Ridiculously Low Priced Christmas Dinner
Asda is offering the UK’s best value Christmas dinner at the unbelievable price of just £11.
The supermarket chain says it will offer a dinner consisting of roast turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, potatoes, vegetable and Christmas pudding that will be able to feed a family of six for the ridiculously low price of just £1.83 a head.
To underline just how good a deal it is, Asda is teaming up with Andy Park, better known as Mr. Christmas who is famous for eating a Christmas dinner every day of the year.
Asda says it will deliver a Christmas dinner, every day for a full month until Christmas day to Mr. Park an electrician who lives in Melksham, Wiltshire.
Mr. Park says he will provide Asda with his festive knowledge and act as the retailers “Christmas consultant”.
Mr. Park claims to have eaten a full Christmas meal including all the trimmings every lunch time for the last 15 years and says he and his dog Sky have consumed between them 5,475 turkeys, over 100,000 mince pies. Mr. Park reckons his average annual bill over the last 15 years has been £20,000.
Asda believes it can save Mr Park around £1,300 a month with the meal.
Halli O’Neill, from Asda’s food innovation team, said: “We are happy to help Mr Christmas out this year with our low-priced Christmas dinner. Hopefully this will give him a little extra festive cheer. Our dinner offers Christmas dinner with all the trimmings.”
Mr Christmas said: “When you celebrate Christmas every day, they can all start to blend into one, but Asda have made this a Christmas I will never forget – my house is like a winter wonderland.”
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Retailers Grappling With Spanish Satsuma Shortage
UK supermarkets have been grappling with a shortage in the stock of Spansish satsumas as a result of poor weather conditions.
Industry website freshinfo.com suggests that supply of the popular fruit is at just 60 per cent of last years season, and the shortage was as a result of heavy rain in September, which has resulted in serious problems for Spansih growers of the fruit.
Large portions of the crop were washed away, and the part that did end up surviving the rainfall, has grown to a size that accorfing to freshinfo is “outside the usual specifications for the UK market”.
A British importer told the website: “The cost price for our size profile is very inflated. On top of that the crop is about seven to 10 days late and this is putting massive pressure on a very short market.”
” Retailers are intent on pricing for a market that is in recession and with weak sterling we are really struggling to get the prices we need – we just can’t procure for the prices the supermarkets are selling at.”
“It is a massive problem and basically a big fight out there to get the fruit we need. We are all feeling very squeezed.”
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Sainsubry’s Hit With £45,000 For Selling Alcohol To Minors
Supermarket chain Sainsubry’s has been given a £45,000 fine for selling alcohol to minors, after an investigation into the retailers practices by the Derbyshire County Council.
The retailing giant was found guilt of the the five offences by a Chesterfield Magistrates’ Court, and was ordered to pay a £15,000 fine, and nearly £30,000 in costs.
A spot check of the retailer was conducted by Trading Standards and the Derbyshire Police, which caught staff at two Sainsbury’s stores in Derbyshire selling alcohol to under-age volunteers. The case was subsequently taken to court.
The court heard that on the 19th May 2007, two 15 year old volunteers managed to purchase alcohol from the Dronfield store on three separate occasions. The youths were able to buy 28 bottles of and 12 cans of beer from the store without being forced to produce their identification.
The court also heard that on each occasion the employee who sold them the alcohol was also under the age of 18.
Seperately on March 8th, two 16 year old volunteers wer able to buy six bottles of lager and eight cans of cider during two separate visits to the Swadlincote store, although they were refused on a third occasion.
Following the hearing, a Sainsburys spokesman said: “We take our responsibilities as a licensed retailer very seriously and have recently implemented a Think 25 policy at all our stores to help reduce the chance of alcohol being sold persons under 18.”
Derbyshire County Councillor Carol Hart said: “These cases send out a strong warning to retailers, that regardless of their size, we will always prosecute if they break the law.”
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