Tesco have launched an offer where customers will be able to claim double Clubcard points. The scheme which is called the Big Clubcard Voucher Exchange will mean that customers can double the value of their points by exchanging them for vouchers in stores. Customers will shortly receive their latest Clubcard vouchers in the post but for a limited period they will be able to exchange these in store for double the value. So if you receive a £5 voucher you will be able to exchange it for one worth £10. The vouchers can then be redeemed as usual instore or online. The scheme runs until the 5th of the September.

Asda has issued a recall of some of its baby clothing over fears that it could cause a choking risk. The products affected are from the George Baby Basics range and include the 3 Pack Sleep Suit and the 7 Pack Body Suit which cost £6 each. The problem is with the transfer on the front of the clothing which can come unstuck after washing posing a coking threat to babies who could put it into their mouths. It is thought that thousands of the suits have been sold across the UK before a complaint was made in June.

Perfume is always great as a gift but it can be little expensive buying it on the high street. I came across this website www.discountfragrance-online.co.uk that has some really good prices. They have a wide range of fragrances including my favourite Dkny Delicious which usually retails for around £30. Buying online, however, saves me more than £5. Some of the more popular brands have even bigger savings. Cool Water for Women for example has a saving of 26.6% off the retail price and Elizabeth Arden Green Tea Scent Spray is half the price you would pay on the high street. Most of the products are available on Special Next Day Delivery so if you have forgotten someone birthday and need a gift quickly this certainly seems to be the place to go.

According to this article as many as one in every 36 £1 coins could be fake. The figures come as the Royal Mint reveals nearly two million counterfeit £1 coins were returned to them in the last financial year. The Royal Mint is now launching a campaign telling people how to spot fakes. Some signs that you might have a fake coin include a poorly defined ribbed edge and an indistinct design of the Queen. The coin may also be out of alignment. The Queen’s head should be alignment with the pattern on the reverse of the coin when you spin it around. There are various measures used by the banks and the Post Office to take fake coins out of the system before they reach the consumer and it is estimated financial institutions handle more than three billion £1 coins a year. I wonder how many people look that carefully at the £1 coins in their change, I know I probably don’t.

If you are on diet and find it hard to count calories when you eat out, then one restaurant chain has the answer. The Real Greek has become one of the first restaurant chains to start adding the calorie count to their menus. Whilst not everyone may want to know the amount of calories their food contains the move has so far proved popular with their customers and many of their low calorie options are proving to be more popular. Even bottles and glasses of wine have the calorie content listed.

A Burger King advert has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority because it shows the burger as bigger than the real thing. The Advertising Standards Authority came to the conclusion after buying three burgers and finding that their thickness and overall height was much less than that shown in the TV advert. It has since ruled that the advert should not appear again in its current form.

According to this article Waitrose has been named compassionate supermarket of the year. Sainsbury’s and Morrisons have also won awards for improving the lives of farm animals. The awards were presented by Compassion in World Farming at their Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards. Waitrose scored best on issues such as overall well being of animals, stocking densities and the freedom of animals to express natural behaviour. Sainsbury's was named the Best Volume Supermarket and also won a Good Chicken award. Morrisons won the award for the Most Improved Supermarket whilst the Co-op and M&S also won Good Chicken awards.

A Tesco advertisement which gives the impression that their bread is baked fresh on the premises has been banned for misleading customers. The advertisement uses the headline “Fresh Bread. Baked from scratch in our in store bakery”. The problem is that in reality most Tesco stores only reheat loaves that have been prepared and part cooked on another site rather than cooked from scratch as suggested. In fact the supermarket only bakes its loaves from scratch in 504 of its 1,792 outlets. Tesco have said that the advert does contain small print which make it clear the loaves are baked from scratch in a limited number of stores only. However, Advertising Standards Agency have ruled that it can no longer be used.

This is interesting it’s a new variety of apple that has been dubbed by this article as the tom-apple. The apple is unusual because it is red all the way through even after it has been cooked. It has been produced by a grower over a 20 year period by using cross pollination techniques involving a number of parent trees. The apple is said to be extremely tasty and apparently it contains more antioxidants than the average apple. It would certainly make a colourful additional to a fruit salad.