Coronavirus UK: Staff at factory ‘begged bosses to shut it down’

Staff at a Wrexham coronavirus-hit food factory that is run by a firm that supplies supermarket giants including Sainsbury’s and Asda say they begged bosses to shut it down after 237 workers tested positive for coronavirus. Public health bosses are desperately trying to track down 100 Rowan Foods workers who could have the virus after … Read more

Fury at Tesco, Morrisons and Sainsburys’ plastic egg cartons

Customers have slammed supermarkets for switching to plastic egg boxes following a ‘national pulp shortage’, with some claiming the move is an ‘environmental failure’.  Eco-conscious customers took to Twitter to share their disappointment over the switch to plastic by Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Tesco, with one claiming it seemed like a ‘backwards move’, amid steps taken … Read more

Hunt for 300 workers after Covid outbreak at food factory that supplies Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda

Hunt is on to trace 300 workers from food factory that supplies Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda after 166 staff tested positive for Covid-19 More than 1,000 people work on site at Rowan Foods in Wrexham, North Wales  The food processing site wants to find 300 people who have not been tested  Staff walked out over … Read more

Hunt for 300 workers after Covid outbreak at food factory that supplies Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda

Hunt is on to trace 300 workers from food factory that supplies Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda after 166 staff tested positive for Covid-19 More than 1,000 people work on site at Rowan Foods in Wrexham, North Wales  The food processing site wants to find 300 people who have not been tested  Staff walked out over … Read more

Jason Manford starts his first day as a delivery driver for Iceland as he joins COVID-19 frontline

Jason Manford kicked off his first day as a delivery driver for Iceland on Tuesday.  The funnyman, 39, took to Instagram to share a selfie while sitting in the front of his van in his uniform while sharing a caption alongside the shot reading: ‘I’m guessing this is why mum’s go to Iceland @IcelandFoods’. It … Read more

Tesco praised for including domestic violence helpline number on receipts

Shoppers praise Tesco as ‘discreet and clever’ as they spot the supermarket has included a domestic violence helpline on its receipts after a surge in abuse cases during lockdown Tesco is sharing the number for the Domestic Abuse helpline on its receipts Been praised on Twitter as ‘brilliant initiative’ to help victims discreetly  It comes as … Read more