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Supermarket giants have begun restricting grocery sales, limiting shoppers to buying up to three of the same item. Some are also reducing store opening hours or allowing only elderly or vulnerable shoppers in at certain times as they struggle to manage massive demand related to the coronavirus outbreak.

PayPal customers encouraged by sellers to make payments via its 'friends and family' option instead of 'goods and services' are unnecessarily leaving themselves without payment protection – and some are even losing cash.

Coffee giant Starbucks has said it will temporarily stop filling customers' reusable cups in a bid to combat the spread of coronavirus – but it will still honour its 25p discount for customers who bring one along.

Boots customers have been left unable to use Advantage Card points to pay for their shopping, after a cyber attack on almost 150,000 customers' accounts.

Up to 620,000 Tesco Clubcard accounts may have been subject to fraudulent activity, the supermarket has said.

Price comparison tool Mysupermarket is set to close this weekend, meaning shoppers will no longer be able to use its popular website and app to cut their grocery costs.

Sainsbury's has launched a 'Nectar Prices' promotion, giving discounts of between 5% and 50% on 266 items to Nectar card-holders until early March. While the deals are often beatable, if you're buying with a Nectar card at Sainsbury's anyway, they're a no-brainer.

DPD has been voted the top parcel delivery firm for the seventh year running in our annual poll of MoneySavingExpert.com users, and this year it's sharing the crown with CollectPlus. But Ipostparcels, Yodel and CitySprint were at the other end of the scale, and got the poorest ratings from MoneySavers.

Tesco has revealed that £17 million worth of unused Clubcard vouchers are set to expire at the end of the month. Here's how to check if you've got any forgotten vouchers, plus a trick to extend them. 

Nectar has quietly launched a new trial which gives some members bonus points for spending on their bank card with firms such as Costa Coffee, Nando's and Airbnb, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal.