>> the one place is positive as compared to sainsbury, nonfood is very loyal. why sainsbury is 20%.xpect .nonfood segment to continue for the next few quarters at least. but that should bode positively for tesco, and this hasn't been sainsbury. alix: i should point out, 320 pence, i want to point that out for myself. four years in, and i still have a hard time converting share prices. are we going to see any greenhouse on the demand side for the first half of this year? when do you expect that to happen in 2024? >> if we take a cue from what we have seen in sainsbury today, we have seen that inflation has eased, but that has also had a positive impact on volumes. if that follows for tesco tomorrow, which i believe that could happen, that would be very positive news, but yes, as i said before, this is one segment why we are going to see continued in the first half. guy: in terms of the cost side of things, how tough is 2024 going to be on costs? what are wages going to look like this year? how much are they going to pay staff? what do you think the story is going to be in terms of th

sainsbury's take that hit. sainsbury's horrible , sainsbury's are a horrible, racist organisation. for uh for white separate, um, you know, safe spaces for uh, for ethnic minorities and white people. so they brought back segregate , they brought back segregate, which is a horrific, horrific thing to do . uh, so yeah, thing to do. uh, so yeah, sainsbury's don't help them out. they're bad guys and uh, and. yeah. >> is that true? yeah >> is that true? yeah >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i didn't know that. i thought you were gonna. >> and i believe they're not. they didn't. they chose not to prosecute this. >> the they chose not to prosecute. >> so they don't mind shoplifting . if anything, shoplifting. if anything, this guy make up the £130 fine guy should make up the £130 fine by going down and nicking the same bottles of wine that this shoplifter nicked. same bottles of wine that this sho okay, nicked. same bottles of wine that this shookay, nicke lewis, uh, say >> okay, well, lewis, uh, say that maybe you shouldn't do that. know what you that. i don't know what you want. no, i'm gonna say s

sainsbury can bring the advantages to that.arly if argos and that division continues to struggle, they have to look at it because food is the core proposition. they want to minimize distraction. this is not the environment to be beyond any distraction. that is something that will remain front of mind. >> interesting. charlie, thank you so much for joining us today on the show. charlie huggins from wealth club. >>> coming up on the show, we will talk about politics. we will have the latest from the republican race coming up next. my name is ashley cortez and i'm the founder of the stay beautiful foundation when i started in 2016 i would go to the post office and literally fill out each person's name on a label and now with shipstation we are shipping 500 beauty boxes a month it takes less than 5 minutes for me to get all of my labels and get beauty in the hands of women who are battling cancer so much quicker shipstation the #1 choice of online sellers go to shipstation.com/tv and get 2 months free shopify's point of sale system

on wednesday, sainsbury�*s reported a jump of more than 9% in sales over the past six weeks, sounding biggest loser on the ftse 100 yesterday, as it revealed sales in general merchandise slipped, clothing was down, and argos had a dire christmas. natalie berg is founder of the retail consultants nbk retail. good morning. it kind of tells us what we think we know which is the buying essentials, we can't live without our sprouts, milk and turkey but we are choosing not to purchase the more expensive, non—essential items? more expensive, non-essential items? ., �* , more expensive, non-essential items? . �* , �* , more expensive, non-essential items? . �*, �*, , items? that's right. it's been a tou . h items? that's right. it's been a tough couple _ items? that's right. it's been a tough couple of _ items? that's right. it's been a tough couple of years - items? that's right. it's been a tough couple of years for. items? that's right. it's been l a tough couple of years for the supermarkets. they've had skyrocketing inflation and volumes have been in decline. shoppers have had to spend m

so sainsbury's down 0.4%.gregg's is on the rise, 6.6%, topping the stoxx 600 after a 10% increase in like for like sales in the fourth quarter. that is the figure for gregg's over there. a bit of a different story we're seeing with sainsbury. the drinks maker completed a share of bonds in exchange for the acquisition of a france cognac house. that explains the job that is a mechanical adjustment of yesterday's closing price to where the shares were placed this morning. >>> looking ahead to u.s. futures, a lot of anticipation ahead of tomorrow's u.s. inflation prints, and you can see that all of the three majors are now looking like they're going to open up in positive territory. there has been a day of sidelining, a couple of days of sidelining from most of the global stockmarkets. we talked about the fact that boeing earlier in the week pulled down the dow, but what we saw on the second trading day of the week, nasdaq had quite a strong performance. tech names did well, amazon, apple, all of those came back w

sainsbury is down by 8%. marks & spencer down 7%. significant moves in the retail names.en it comes to recruitment stocks, they sank after the profit warning from hayes. it declared a clear slowdown across job market. the stock fell 18%. here is the picture for the recruiting names. >>> silvia, let's look at u.s. markets. throughout the week, this is the picture for the indices. for the week, the dow is marginally up now. up .23%. s&p up 1.8%. i should mention that briefly yesterday it broke through the all-time high of january of 2022. we are getting closer with the s&p. the nasdaq has had a good week up more than 3%. in contrast to the first trading week of the year, it has been a better couple days for the tech com complex. >>> one other story in corporate, microsoft briefly overtook apple as the world's most valuable company on thursday for the first time since 2021 after the iphonemaker made a weak start toof the year amid weak demand. apple is still positive up 2.4% despite the downgrades as you spoke about last week from the likes of piper sandler and barclays. >>>

authority had announced plans in november to review loyalty pricing schemes such as tesco's club and sainsbury on the cost of living. because soaring prices have meant more of us in the uk bringing our own home—made food in to work. according to market researchers kantar — 86 million more lunchboxes were brought to work in 2023 — compared to the previous year. we are also continuing to shift our business to cheaper supermarkets — lidl has been the fastest growing supermarket for five months in a row now. thomas steel is strategic insight director at kantar. thank you forjoining us. you've been going through the figures. what did it tell us?— did it tell us? good morning. it's been a really _ did it tell us? good morning. it's been a really interesting - did it tell us? good morning. it's been a really interesting month, | did it tell us? good morning. it's. been a really interesting month, as you say, particularly thinking about what we are doing with our lunch boxes and going into work. 86 million more, as you said and that is one of the coping mechanisms that we are starting to use as we see

the competition and markets authority is reviewing the schemes, including tesco's clubcard and sainsbury's uk's antitrust regulator is looking into whether it's fair that cheaper prices are only available to members of those schemes . the review is expected schemes. the review is expected to be finished by the end of this year, and a monkey on the loose in scotland has been cited as efforts continue to recapture him. thermal imaging drones are being used in the hunt for the japanese macaque, which found its way out of an enclosure at the highland wildlife park on sunday. while it's not considered dangerous , considered dangerous, authorities are advising against approaching the animal and they're encouraging anyone who may see the creature to report it . and for the latest on all of it. and for the latest on all of those stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen . code on your screen. >> all right, let's get cracking loads to get our teeth into today. and we start with the incredible news that underlines the size, the sheer magnitude of the size, the sheer m

the including tesco's clubcard and sainsbury's nectar.ng into whether it's fair that cheaper prices are available only to members , as the review only to members, as the review is expected to be finished by the end of the year. millions of people in england can now access and view their prescriptions on the nhs app. nhs england says each repeat prescription ordered on the app saves gps three minutes and saves patients 18 minutes. health secretary victoria atkins says the move to digital will ease pressure on pharmacists and cut waiting times . pharmacists and cut waiting times. pakistan's former prime minister imran khan has been sentenced to ten years in prison and we that comes after recent details have emerged that he has also been in prison since august. this month, the former cricketer has already been in jail on corruption charges, which he says are politically motivated . his lawyer says they motivated. his lawyer says they don't accept what they're calling an illegal verdict . calling an illegal verdict. that's the latest from the

also sainsbury�*s have replaced their clotted cream and that rice pudding with whipped cream.the prices are generally not staying the same, even going up. irate generally not staying the same, even going no— even going up. we have to say most supermarkets _ even going up. we have to say most supermarkets are - even going up. we have to sayj most supermarkets are named even going up. we have to say - most supermarkets are named and shamed in this report, and they? the other thing that is interesting is although things are shrinking in terms of what you get, quite often the price is going up as well. so you are getting less and paying more? yes, it is almost like a double price increase, if you think about it. you are getting less and paying more. it is interesting, manufacturing decisions are taken by the manufacturer so the actual ingredients that go in, how much of those ingredients go in, pricing tends to be set by the actual supermarkets and as you said no supermarket is innocent here. all of them have been named and shamed as being involved in seeing prices increase while

at sainsburys' christmas update, their non—food sales are suffering. lot of space on high street — it's not like they'll struggle to find somewhere to rent space. there certainly is _ somewhere to rent space. there certainly is space. _ somewhere to rent space. there certainly is space. i _ somewhere to rent space. there certainly is space. i would i certainly is space. i would also draw you to the sort of broader, tough macro—economic environment in the uk. we still think there is quite a realistic possibility of a technical recession in the uk. the reason we say that is that the consumer is still struggling. it's under the weight of huge inflation, energy price increases, but also the mortgage market is still causing pain as fixed—term rates roll off to more punitive levels. finally, we saw some really disappointing uk sales numbers, retail sales numbers, printed last friday, which just illustrates the pressure the uk economy is under. fik. illustrates the pressure the uk economy is under.— economy is under. 0k. will, thank yon _ economy is under. 0k.

is it a do we care who's on the board sainsbury's or on the board of sainsbury's or who's of people who'sople that make it a big who are about have the have you where have you been the last five years? >> we need >> every story is about we need representation and whatnot. the entire film, barbie focussed on the boardroom of mattel . anyway, the boardroom of mattel. anyway, um, telegraph . lewis, um, to the telegraph. lewis, a migrant, avoided deportation because he claimed he couldn't remember to how speak his mother tongue, speaking foreign tongue, not speaking a foreign language. is language. maybe this guy is british very good. >> yeah, well, very good. i speak , i speak english, uh , speak, i speak english, uh, margaret, cannabis farmer, allowed to such disdain. i know, because i'm trying to think. do ispeak because i'm trying to think. do i speak english? i don't know, i think that as well. i, i use those words. i use your english words , your few english words words, your few english words that you've maintained, not the “wv that you've maintained, not the nappy you call it. nappy o

it's an extraordinary in boots or in m&s sainsbury's boots or in m&s or sainsbury's or of places thats that offer these things. it's so much. i mean, you get right, you mean, if you get it right, you can about half right? can get about half price right? but buy a sandwich but if you just buy a sandwich at price, you're an at full price, you're an absolute mug. >> i thought this meant that at first they mean the first i thought they mean the sandwich are going sandwich prices are going up because wages going up because the wages are going up and people are going to buy and more people are going to buy more no, more expensive sandwiches. no, they're production they're saying it's production costs, it was like costs, but i thought it was like housing benefit, isn't it? once you start giving out sandwich benefit, higher wages, well it will people can buy will increase. people can buy the posh ones. >> i assume you making >> i assume if you are making sandwiches for a living, they give a sandwich for lunch. give you a sandwich for lunch. you'd hope can steal. that you'd hope you can steal.

tesco and sainsbury also appeared to have had a good season.orts, that update was not taken well by the markets. i have to say in my house two pairs of trainers arrived before christmas. not for me, for my children. air force ones. andrea felt that arriving out to talk us through this story. why the difference between jd and next? what does it tell us about the consumer? andrea: the consumer is cautious, but they have gone out and spent. next is a very solid, it is probably britain's best run. it has modern stores. it has a muscular online business. one of the leaders in online. but it is very solid. you don't go to next for high fashion. it is solid, stable workwear, partyware, home furnishings. it has lots of other brands as well. guy: you are really selling it. andrea: it is a fantastic retailer. jd is exposed to trends going in the wrong direction. you have younger fashion. you have streetwear. a big nike partner. you have young bp -- younger people who shop more at jd. it is probably exposed to those kinds of people that have been worrying

sainsbury�*s has announced pay rises for its staff from march.s, it will increase minimum pay for employees outside of london to £12 an hour, with wages for staff in the capital increasing to £13.50 an hour. also in the uk... the retailer, next, has warned delays of supplies of its products are �*likely�* as early as this year, if disruption to shipping in the red sea continues. attacks by houthi rebels on vessels in one of the world's busiest shipping lanes has resulted in firms avoiding the area and taking longer routes. french retailer carrefour says it will no longer sell pepsico products like pepsi, lay's crisps and 7up because they have become too costly in the latest tug—of—war over prices between retailers and globalfood giants. good news for home owners in the uk, where millions of people are facing soaring housing costs. lenders have started the new year by slashing the cost of mortgages — while financial markets wait to hear if and when the bank of england will begin cutting interest rates from their current 15—year high. around the wo

tesco and sainsbury were up. carolin. >> let's check in with john, our guest at the desk.e had under performance with the european markets. we saw wobbles with the u.s. market as well. 2023 was all about inflation and monetary policy. 2024, could it be the year when we focus in on the economic growth disappointments? >> there is a possibility for some economic disappointment. it looks like the economy will slow a little bit off a healthy rate. i think you have to be prepared for anything. you need to balance the portfolio and dprat great balan sheets and have a lot of cash. you need to have balance in the portfolio into 2024. >> you make an interesting point. you say investors need to have a lot of cash, but obviously, indivi advisers have been trying to get clients out of cash. it has been doing well between 4% and 6% usually, but would you say to move out of cash would be ill advised? >> i think the companies, the equities you should own should have cash on the balance sheets instead of debt. as interest rates go higher, those debt costs need to be refinanced at higher r

we saw the sainsbury's resorts yesterday. looks like it's going to be a strong one for tesco today.: we will see if they are aligned. lizzy burden all over that story. she will be bringing the results at 7:00 u.k. time. we go to the geopolitics, the united states expected to: ukraine to sharpen its battle plan -- expected to call on ukraine to sharpen its battle plan against russia. jake sullivan likely to raise the issue with president volodymyr zelenskyy. bill has been watching this closely. what does a plan look like for washington? bill: well i think there is some concern in washington, first of all that president zelenskyy and his top army chief, maybe do not see i to i on exactly what the strategy should be as the winter proceeds and you start to come towards the spring when heavier fighting would be expected to resume. the bigger political backdrop at least in the united states is there is some patience running out in the congress over aid for ukraine. we saw president biden's request for about $60 billion in aid for the coming year was held up for months. there is still no a

they had a sponsor that was paralympic only sponsor sainsbury's which is a grocery store in the uk and they said we only want to sponsor the paralympic games and they put together a program that was about teaching the entire country about paralympics disability. and it went to schools and then the schools that won the competition that they had won a day with david beckham because he was sponsored by sainsbury's. so, and then they had television shows, they had late night talk shows, they had a late night talk show called the last leg that was hosted by a single leg amputee. and it was hilarious. it still continues to today. it's so popular. so i think there are gaps that are a part of the bid process are also a part of our process in general is that we don't have education around incorporating paralympics and disabilities into the narrative and people are too afraid about disability. and i mean, i would speak up in the executive meetings about something and it would be full on silence, crickets. i was like, oh my gosh, do we say something wrong out of the place? what should we do? and

i'm wondering whether cola at whether it's sainsbury's cola at the moment, because in the polls , yous less than 10% support reform. reform are now sort hoovering up those sort of hoovering up those disaffected and politically homeless that's . so homeless voters. well that's. so why need a ukip when why do you need a ukip when you've got reform ? you've got reform? >> because as i say, we need to have a truly democratic party, a party that is an alternative , party that is an alternative, that where you can vote in, you can vote out a leader. as i said, it isn't a limited company andifs said, it isn't a limited company and it's for the people, by the people. but when i said we don't want to exist, of course we want to exist, but what going to exist, but what we're going to exist, but what we're going to every single seat, to do in every single seat, we're going, if there's a candidate that represents our values. independence values. so independence from illegal immigration, independence from crazy net zero policies, you know, independence from wokeism, we won't stand anybody against

the competition and markets authority is reviewing schemes like tesco's clubcard and sainsbury's nectar the uk's antitrust regulator is looking into whether it's fair that cheaper prices are available only to members. the review is expected to be finished by the end of the year. for more background on all those stories, head to our website at gb news. com and if you fancy getting free gb news alerts , getting free gb news alerts, scan the qr code on your screen right now. this is britain's news channel . news channel. >> we now have labour party candidates using interpreters to speak to their potential voters. >> the battle now starts and we're going to go out there and knock on every single door and make sure we get a spot for labour and send rishi sunak a clear message. enough is enough . clear message. enough is enough. >> you can select where a labour party . >> you can select where a labour party. origami >> we also have a labour controlled council appearing to pause for an islamic prayer before meetings. please remain standing for prayers . standing for prayers. >> although bill h

this week, i spoke to the boss of sainsbury�*s. torvm — exactly what will happen. every tory... labour government, sorry, has ended _ tory... labour government, sorry, has ended with more people in unemployment as it started because it crushes _ unemployment as it started because it crushes the economy. let unemployment as it started because it crushes the economy.— it crushes the economy. let me say this, what businesses _ it crushes the economy. let me say this, what businesses will- it crushes the economy. let me say this, what businesses will also - it crushes the economy. let me say this, what businesses will also say| this, what businesses will also say is they want to invest in their businesses, in their people but they know that if you keep changing the goalposts, that is not going to work. i saw that in my own constituency where ian was insulating people's homes, good for jobs, good for people's bills but the government changed the goalposts on the skin and now they are left with no certainty. labour is saying we want stab

in the battle for our festive shop, tesco, sainsbury�*s, aldi and lidl all grew their market share.rning because we stayed up. it wasn't just staying morning because we stayed up. it wasn'tjust staying up late, it is the fact we were so wired. matt, you are watching too. i was. unbelievable. good morning. this is the view a short while ago in matlock in derbyshire. you saw the flooding with phil mackie in worcestershire. whilst there are well over 300 flood warnings in force across england, wales and scotland, there are two severe with immediate danger of life in the river nairn and the recheck in tenby. some of those flood warning numbers will continue to rise. the worst of the rainfall is over. we still have some rain in north—east scotland, heavy showers in the north—west. batches of showers through wales, parts of north—west england and the south—west. they will develop more widely and push your way eastwards during the day. there are showers. even if you do see them, it may only form a small portion of the day. windy and the south with 40 to 50 mph gusts. temperatures down a co

we have asked asda, tesco and sainsbury�*s if they're doing anything to help cushion the costs — butyou think the law is restricting sales and promotions in particular feel out of date?— feel out of date? absolutely. it is im fortant feel out of date? absolutely. it is important we _ feel out of date? absolutely. it is important we make _ feel out of date? absolutely. it is important we make sure - feel out of date? absolutely. it is important we make sure formula| important we make sure formula companies are not making unfounded marketing claims which unfortunately does happen and it is leading to families using baby formula in the mistaken belief it will keep the baby full longer. we feel in some cases the law has been over interpreted. we have been calling for clarity in the law and we would like to see formula companies held to task but without penalising struggling families. hhs to task but without penalising struggling families.— to task but without penalising struggling families. nhs and who ruidance is struggling families. nhs and who guidance is that _ struggling families. n

stop scratching in sainsbury's it's. >> take your hand out of your trousers . trousers. >> that's .y. the places we go on this program, you never quite know. >> but we like. >> but we like. >> we. i do like a uniform. i do like, i do like a uniform. i think i should present this program. >> oh, you do really smart suits every day. very smart. but you could wear a little pilot's hat just to set it off. >> i'd be, like, in a naval uniform. >> very smart. >> very smart. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> commander bond or something like that. and it's. like that. anyway. and it's. shuttleworth is not in a uniform , have the weather. , but she does have the weather. and you'll have your hand down your trousers just for heat . and you'll have your hand down your trousers just for heat. but your trousers just for heat. but you you will, you'll head. you will. you will, you'll head. you'll head to anywhere where it's warm and snuggly. you'll head to anywhere where it's warm and snuggly . because it's warm and snuggly. because it's warm and snuggly. because it's breezy. it's freezing out there, isn't it?

that anyone today in this country, whether they're buying a sausage roll at greggs, shopping at sainsbury'ss. >> makes travel affordable. >> that makes travel affordable. furthermore the uk already suffers from incredibly high taxes and fees on flights , which taxes and fees on flights, which make it much harder for uk airlines to compete in the space.if airlines to compete in the space. if you were to ban domestic flights or some the domestic flights or some of the other propositions, it other crazy propositions, it would market share to would only push market share to foreign competitors. thus further weakening the positions of very key industries and making it harder for people to reach these cities . reach these cities. >> remember which this country keeps talking about trying to champion. >> we need other hubs outside of london. how you do that? if london. how do you do that? if we can't remember, is that people you who are people like you who are promoting flights promoting business flights or promoting business flights or promoting damaging promoting the most damaging thing can do cl