Shopping

Members of Waitrose's loyalty cards programme are no longer able to get a totally free tea or coffee from all of its stores, after the supermarket began trialling a new scheme which requires shoppers in some areas to buy something before qualifying for a free drink.

More than 1,000 Very customers who paid for reduced-price PlayStation 4s have been left disappointed after the online retailer failed to deliver the consoles and has now cancelled orders due to lack of stock.

Facebook is launching its own free-to-use classified-ads platform for buying and selling goods locally, although it won't interfere with independent buying and selling groups already set up on the site.

The effectiveness of price comparison websites is to come under scrutiny from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in a new probe.

University students will be able to get 10% off their weekly food shop for the next three months, after Morrisons teamed up with student discount company UNiDAYS.

Millions of Co-op members can now bag a 5% reward on own-brand products and services, after the mutual revamped its membership scheme.

An ad for a Walkers crisps competition which offered 20,000 holidays has been banned after more than 100 complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) that the trips were virtually impossible to win.

Tesco has launched a new app which lets shoppers go wallet-free – and early adopters can earn an extra 500 Clubcard points.

Some holidaymakers who've taken the new Supercard with them to spend overseas have found their personal identification numbers (PINs) don't work and their cards have been cancelled without warning, with replacements sent to their home address.