A British appeals court in London ruled in favour of retailers including Sainsbury in a blow to credit card firms that could now face billions of pounds in damages.

Even more disruption looms for Ireland’s agri-food exporters who have traditionally supplied the UK’s food processors and supermarket chains.

The growth in UK grocery spend failed to keep up with British price inflation in the first four months of the year, showing the pressures bearing down on British supermarkets as Sainsbury pitches its audacious €8.3bn takeover bid for Asda.

The CEO of Sainsbury’s has apologised after he was caught on camera singing “we’re in the money” following the Asda merger announcement.

The Green Party has warned that the proposed Sainsburys – Asda merger is likely to have a serious knock-on effect on Irish agriculture, and has called for Bord Bía to outline their response.

Sainsbury's and Asda are in advanced talks over a merger which would create a new supermarket giant.

Asda is to invest at least £20m (€22.66m) into a partnership with food redistribution charities with the aim of helping more than one million people out of food poverty over the next three years.

Inspectors also found mouse droppings on shelves and in a packet of cereal.

*Appalled*

British dairy co-op Arla and retailer Asda have launched a four-pint bottle in the UK market, with a guarantee that 25p (29c) of every new format bottle sold will go directly back to farmers.

Supermarket Asda has seen sales slump nearly 6% over the crucial Christmas and New Year period.

It’s a messy job dying your hair but it’s not supposed to end up like this.

No sooner had the UK embraced Black Friday than the American holiday shopping tradition looks to be on its way out.

Asda said it had hit a “nadir” as it reported a deepening decline in sales - with a like-for-like quarterly fall of 4.7% that was the worst in its 50-year history.