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Morrisons has announced it will slash the price of 47 everyday products by more than a quarter on average.

The boss of Tesco has issued an encouraging message after shoppers faced rising food prices.

Tesco Clubcard holders are being made aware that many vouchers issued in 2020 are set to expire in just two weeks. It has been reported as much as £17million from vouchers issued two years ago remains unspent.

Clubcard statement and vouchers by post, you'll need to actively opt back in. To do this, sign into your MyClubcard account online and click on “statement preferences” then change it back to say “by post” before May 5.If you change your preferences after May 5 you will receive your statement and vouchers by post but will then get your August paperwork in the post.The shake-up is part on a major store transformation that will see Tesco – already the largest in the UK – open up another 59 shops around the UK.Openings will take place over the next 12 months.News of the shake up came after the supermarket announced it would be scrapping its Metro store format.Chief executive Ken Murphy said the latest opening programme will take it to a total of over 2,000 Express stores and 1,001 shops.“Our priority is to be the most convenient retailer,” Murphy said.“That means serving customers wherever, whenever and however they want.

Supermarket giant Tesco has issued a fresh message to shoppers after its shares fell as it continues to compete with the likes of Aldi and Lidl.

Tesco is setting up its first checkout-free shop following a successful trial run at head office over the last year.The chief executive, Ken Murphy, claimed plans were in the early stages, but he’s hoping that the new store can match the appeal of the scan-and-go system used by Amazon in the UK.He said: “We have a system installed in our Express store in Welwyn Garden City (at head office), and we’ll extend that to another store in the coming weeks and months to check it in a more urban environment.“It’s been opened about a year now, and it’s working really well… One of the joys of machine learning is it is continuously improving, so we’re feeling confident that we can put it into another store with a higher traffic.”The news was reported