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Sir Dave Lewis, who helped turn around the fortunes of Britains biggest supermarket, has been brought onboard by US private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R).

Tesco’s former chief executive Sir Dave Lewis has joined the private equity owner of Morrisons, as the supermarket giant battles to regain market share.

The Government has brokered a deal with the carbon dioxide industry to ensure vital supplies of CO2 continue amid fears higher production costs will inevitably be passed onto consumers.

Britains cost of living crisis is getting worse while many supermarket shelves were empty this morning due to product shortages with coffee, salad, herbs, milk, cheese, meat, fish and frozen peas missing.

The UK Government was last night rushing to dampen fears that staff shortages, soaring energy bills and global supply-chain woes will lead to panic-buying in the run- up to Christmas.

Panic-buyers queued outside a Costco store in Manchester to stock up on goods including toilet roll as the ONS said one in six adults have been unable to buy essential food items in the last two weeks.

Pictures show aisles across the UK already bare of meat, fruit and frozen goods as customers were seen pushing trolleys loaded with toilet roll and water bottles ahead of the festive season.

Around one in six British adults have been unable to buy essential food items in the last fortnight, figures have suggested, amid fears of empty supermarket shelves as Christmas approaches.

The findings are published in the second edition of the M&S Family Matters Index, out this week, which explores the priorities, challenges, ambitions and plans of families.