British supermarket giant Sainsbury’s has been awarded £69m (€83m) by a London judge following a long-running dispute over fees charged on card transactions with Mastercard.

There’s nothing to top a bit of tea and sympathy — except perhaps a trolley dash and sympathy — which is what Arron O’Leary, 11, had to look forward to after his double lung transplant.

Greencore expects to see a significant step-up in profits in its US operations over the next couple of years after seeing its ‘food-to-go’ policy generate impressive growth on both sides of the Atlantic over the past 12 months.

Double Olympic champion Mo Farah missed two drugs tests in the build up to the 2012 Games, it has been reported.

Frances Fitzgerald confirms independent inquiry into Siteserv deal; A 102-year-old woman sees her younger self dancing on film for the first time ever; and top editors reveal the ‘write’ way to get published. These are some of the latest and most read news on irishexaminer.com this lunchtime.

Under-fire supermarket Tesco has received some much-needed cheer after figures showed its sales grew for the first time in a year.

British supermarket Sainsbury’s has recreated one of the most famous moments from the First World War in its 2014 Christmas advert to honour the Armed Forces — but now the supermarket giant is planning to demolish a war memorial in Bristol to build a new store.

My idea of misery is a world without jazz. To me, music is bliss.

Asda’s market share has dropped on a year-on-year basis for the ninth consecutive month.

The FTSE 100 Index pushed back above the 5,000 mark today as renewed talk of Qatari interest in Sainsbury's thrust the UK's third biggest supermarket into the takeover spotlight.

Tesco has maintained its share of the British grocery market at 30.8%, ahead of 16.7% for Asda and 16.2% at Sainsbury’s, according to the latest Kantar Worldpanel report for the 12 weeks to June 13.

Blue comic Roy “Chubby” Brown was today cleared of hitting a 21-year-old woman in the face during a foul-mouthed row in a supermarket car park.

Comedian Roy “Chubby” Brown hit a 21-year-old woman in the face during a foul-mouthed dispute in a supermarket car park, a court heard today.

Halifax figures revealing a sixth successive month of rising property prices saw housebuilders leap ahead today as the Bank of England’s move to keep interest rates at a record low also helped the sector.

TABLE salt, thermal underwear and hot water bottles are flying off supermarket shelves as forecasters warn the harshest winter weather for 30 years will last for another 10 days.

Sainsbury’s celebrated a strong rise in half-year results today in a buoyant session for the wider London market that saw it touch a year high.

Shares in Sainsbury’s retreated 3% today after evidence of more strong sales growth failed to excite the City.

SHOPPERS crammed into Tesco in Drogheda yesterday morning to check out the price reductions the company has brought in to try and stem the flow of shoppers going North.

A FATHER-of-one who was attacked and fatally injured at a supermarket in a row over queue-jumping was an innocent bystander, it has been revealed.

Beef and pig farmers in the North are cutting back production or quitting altogether because of poor farm-gate prices, it was revealed today.

London’s leading shares staged a rally in afternoon trading today, buoyed by a strong opening in the US.

Takeover target Sainsbury’s posted higher than expected sales figures today as the supermarket chain reaped the benefits of increased revenues from Mother’s Day and Valentine’s Day.

Staff at Royal Bank of Scotland have been told they face disciplinary action if they do not open an account with their employer.

Heavy selling of financial shares saw the London market head towards the 6,000 level today as stocks plummeted around the world.

The FTSE 100 Index saw another volatile day of trading today as it swung between gains and losses after further fears over the health of the US economy spooked investors.

Supermarket giant Sainsbury is today said to be just days away from receiving an £11bn (€16.4bn) takeover offer from a private equity consortium.

Some food products manufactured by a subsidiary of Kerry Group have been recalled in England, because of possible contamination.

RYANAIR chief executive, Michael O’Leary, took on the environmentalists, the government, the airports and the mandarins in Brussels at a press conference in Dublin yesterday.

Paul McCartney's estranged wife Heather Mills is suffering further embarrassment in the British press after reports she was evicted from a supermarket over a 20-year-old shoplifting ban.

Leeds chairman Gerald Krasner is hopeful that the debt-ridden club’s future could be secured within a matter of weeks.

LEEDS UNITED again stand on a financial precipice after Sebastien Sainsbury’s proposed takeover finally collapsed last night.

British army bomb experts tonight dealt with a firebomb found in a store in Newry, Co Down.

An incendiary bomb was discovered in a supermarket in Northern Ireland tonight, fuelling fears of a fresh bombing campaign.

An incendiary bomb was discovered in a supermarket in Northern Ireland tonight, fuelling fears of a fresh bombing campaign.

A lorry driver delivering alcohol and cigarettes to a Northern Ireland supermarket was hijacked and held for six hours before being freed, it was revealed today.

SEBASTIEN SAINSBURY is back in the running to take over Leeds just over a fortnight after being told by chairman Gerald Krasner his bid was dead in the water.

Tesco shares were at an all-time high today after the retail giant brushed aside reports of a spending slowdown to post another leap in sales.

Former Asda boss Allan Leighton is set to lead a takeover bid for struggling UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s, reports today said.

British store Sainsbury’s today pledged to recruit 3,000 shop floor staff as part of a strategy aimed at growing sales by £2.5bn (€3.6bn) over three years.

Shares in Sainsbury’s surged more than 5% today as speculation circulated in London that it may soon face a takeover bid.

Bookmakers have taken a last-minute surge of bets on Jason to win Big Brother.

The London market gathered momentum today as positive corporate and economic news offset the impact of a profits warning from Sainsbury’s.