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Aldi raises lorry drivers’ pay amid shortage to keep stores stocked

Published 02 August 2021
By Liam Shard
Supermarket chain Aldi has boosted wages for lorry drivers to encourage them to stay with the company and keep shelves stocked.
Supermarkets begin to drop petrol price below £1 per litre

Morrisons petrol price below £1 a litre

Morrisons has become the first major supermarket to drop its unleaded fuel prices below £1.00 per litre after oil prices hit record lows.
Published 12 May 2020
Famous film and TV cars star in cool new supermarket advert

Legendary film and TV cars star in Walmart ad

The US retailer Walmart has shown what using famous film cars day-to-day would be like, in an ad featuring them making a trip to the supermarket.
Published 09 January 2019

DAF Trucks' delivers first electric lorry

DAF Trucks has begun putting its new pure-electric lorry to the test, as a short range delivery vehicle for a Dutch supermarket chain.
Published 04 January 2019
Volkswagen to launch 2,400 electric vehicle chargers in the UK

Volkswagen to launch 2,400 charging points in UK

Volkswagen and Tesco have joined forces, to create what they claim will be the UK's "largest retail network" of electric car chargers.
Published 03 December 2018
Truck captured on CCTV smashing through wall of Russian supermarket

Video: Truck smashes through supermarket in Russia

A woman from Russia is in a serious condition in hospital after an out-of-control truck smashed through the wall of a supermarket in Siberia.
Published 07 November 2018
Supermarkets confirm petrol price cuts as wholesale fuel values fall

Supermarkets cut petrol prices by 2p per litre

With wholesale petrol values continuing to fall, four supermarkets in quick succession have said they'll be reducing pump prices by 2p per litre.
Published 06 November 2018
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Christmas cheer for drivers: cut-price petrol falls...

Good news for the millions of motorists who will be driving home for Christmas this year: petrol prices have fallen to under £1 a litre, the lowest...
Published 14 December 2015