Demystifying the dates and small print on food packaging, journalist Harry Wallop, restaurant critic Jimi Famurewa and other experts investigate if food date labels are in fact a con.

Denise Van Outen looks at our supermarkets’ own-label festive offerings and asks: are own-brand food, fizz and gifts special enough for Christmas? And which big brands secretly make them?

Industry insiders, retail experts and former employees reveal the secrets of the the world’s biggest furniture seller, IKEA: the tricks they use to get customers to spend, and how the…