Supermarket supplier says new pricier range is still cheaper than bill for a night out at a restaurant
British consumers are looking to treat themselves with an alternative to dining out despite a squeeze on household finances, according to the food entrepreneur Charlie Bigham who is launching luxurious ready meals costing up to £29.95.
The supermarket supplier is selling a new five-option range, which includes a venison bourguignon made with wild-caught venison from the Scottish Highlands, in an attempt to snare consumers saving on the cost of a night out.
A Florida killer known as the “Deacon of Death” was executed on Tuesday for the murders of two women whose bodies were found dumped in a pond in 1996, continuing a record 14 executions carried out by the state this year.
Amaal Mallik’s team responds to Kamya Punjabi’s criticism over confrontation with Abhishek Bajaj
Mumbai, October 15, 2025: Amaal Mallik’s team has countered criticism from TV actress Kamya Punjabi, following a confrontation with Abhishek Bajaj on the reality show ‘Bigg Boss 19’, reports 24brussels. The incident escalated into a social media dispute after Punjabi branded Mallik’s actions as “wrong” following a notable in-house altercation.
The disagreement erupted during a task when Mallik allegedly provoked Bajaj by aggressively offering him a pani puri and making a taunt that led to Bajaj’s reaction of shoving him, questioning, “Why did you touch my face?” This confrontation prompted fellow contestant Baseer Ali to intervene, criticizing Bajaj’s aggressive behavior.
In response to Punjabi’s comments shared on X, Mallik’s team pointedly remarked on her prior silence regarding Bajaj’s conduct in earlier episodes. They questioned her absence in defending Mallik during moments when he was unwell and Bajaj displayed what they described as violent tendencies. The online rebuttal included a tweet from Mallik, questioning, “Oh, have you just started watching the show?”
The ongoing season of ‘Bigg Boss’ has generated significant viewer engagement, with housemates dividing into factions. Recently, Zeishan Quadri, known for his role in ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’, was evicted in the latest Weekend Ka Vaar episode. This year’s theme, “Gharwalon Ki Sarkaar”, features a diverse lineup including Gaurav Khanna, Kunika Sadanand, Ashnoor Kaur, and Tanya Mittal, all competing for the coveted Bigg Boss trophy.
The show’s host, Salman Khan, continues to steer the series, which streams on JioHotstar at 9 p.m. prior to its television broadcast on Colors TV at 10:30 p.m.
Mark Fields, 64, was the CEO of Ford from 2014 to 2017. Fields said automakers “went full bore in putting in capacity for EVs” without thinking about consumers.
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Mark Fields joined Ford in 1989 and was the company’s CEO from 2014 to 2017.
Fields said US automakers “went full bore” into making EVs without considering consumer demand.
“This is clearly an issue where the market didn’t develop the way automakers thought,” Fields said.
Former Ford CEO Mark Fields said on Tuesday that US automakers overestimated consumer demand when they started ramping up production of electric vehicles.
“Over the last couple of years, the automakers really went full bore in putting in capacity for EVs,” Fields, 64, told CNBC’s “Power Lunch.”
“They really didn’t have a good discussion on the consumer, in terms of what it was going to take to get the consumer to buy these EV products,” Fields said.
Representatives for Fields did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.
Fields started his career at Ford in 1989 after graduating with an MBA from Harvard Business School. He held a variety of senior leadership positions at Ford, and was the company’s chief operating officer from 2012 to 2014 and its CEO from 2014 to 2017.
Some of the big bets automakers made on EVs have come undone “over the last 18 months or so,” Fields told CNBC.
General Motors said in an exchange filing on Tuesday that it was taking a $1.6 billion charge “based on a planned strategic realignment of our EV capacity and manufacturing footprint to consumer demand.”
The company said it expected the “adoption rate of EVs to slow” after the Trump administration eliminated federal EV incentives.
Under the Biden administration, EV buyers were entitled to a $7,500 consumer tax credit if they bought a new EV and a $4,000 consumer tax credit for a used EV. Both schemes expired on September 30.
“This is clearly an issue where the market didn’t develop the way automakers thought. A lot of them, particularly in GM’s case, boasted that they had the full lineup of EVs,” Fields said on Tuesday.
“And what was an advantage, at least they thought at the time, has now probably turned into a bit of an albatross as the market take-up of EVs is going to be lower, at least in the near to medium term, than they plan for,” he continued.
Auto chiefs have expressed mixed views on whether the rollback of federal EV incentives would hurt the US EV market.
Ford’s current CEO, Jim Farley, said last month that the expiry of federal EV incentives could halve US EV sales.
“I think it’s going to be a vibrant industry, but it’s going to be smaller, way smaller than we thought,” Farley said on September 30.
Former Tesla president Jon McNeill, however, thought otherwise. McNeill said in an interview with CNBC on October 2 that the market can continue to “grow without subsidies.”
“In Europe, France and Germany in particular rolled subsidies off a couple of years ago, and what happened after that, surprisingly, was the market continued to grow,” McNeill said.
“That’s largely because the models continue to roll out from other OEMs, much like they have here,” McNeill added, using the acronym for original equipment manufacturers.
