A pot of out-of-date grapes and strawberries, with mould growing on one, found at Tesco Express in Carrs Lane

Tesco fined £7.5m for selling out-of-date food at Birmingham stores as health officers find “visible mould” during visit

Tesco Stores Limited has been fined £7.5 million at Birmingham Magistrates Court yesterday, after pleading guilty to selling food which was past its ‘use by’ date in three of its Birmingham stores. Birmingham City Council brought the prosecution under the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013 after inspections by Environmental Health officers found stores…

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Empty shelves in a Birmingham supermarket recently, following panic buying due to coronavirus fears

Birmingham supermarket shelves left bare as coronavirus panic-buying continues

Birmingham’s supermarkets have been left mostly bare as customer panic buying continues due to the coronavirus threat. In what has been unprecedented during peacetime and outside of the annual Christmas chaos, shops are not only rationing items they still have in stock, but also completely selling out of others – with dry foods and toiletries being on the top of…

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A flag bearing the Islamic declaration of faith being used to promote alcohol sales at Sainsbury's

Embarrassment as Sainsbury’s places Islamic flags on alcohol aisle during Ramadan

High street supermarket Sainsbury’s has dropped a bit of a Ramadan blunder after placing Islamic flags on alcohol displays in a bid promote the upcoming World Cup. A Birmingham branch of the supermarket has been left red-faced following the faux pas, which has flags bearing Islamic scripture placed specifically above wines and beers during the Islamic holy month.

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