British online grocer Ocado Group, which has been shifting its focus to providing supermarket chains worldwide with technology systems, could see its share price appreciate tenfold by 2030, according to Bernstein analysts.

British supermarket giant Tesco will have to wait until October before its new boss — Cork-born businessman Ken Murphy — can start after his former employer Walgreens Boots Alliance insisted he see out a non-compete agreement.

UK retailers’ Christmas sales were hit by brutal price pressure and the shift to e-commerce, rounding out their worst year on record.

British supermarket giant Tesco has reported a surge in half-year profits and rising sales as it hailed efforts to keep prices low amid Brexit-fuelled inflation.

British grocer Tesco has cut profit expectations for the fourth time this year, blaming the cost of trying to recover from an accounting scandal and a slide in market share.