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Tesco innovator wows Wal-Mart
Former Tesco veteran David Wild has been appointed president and managing director of Wal-Mart Germany. Wild, who worked at Tescofor 19 years in senior positions, including group supply chain director and head of Tesco’s supply chain in...
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Understanding is key to tesco success
from Richard Mills, director of retail, SAP (UK)Sir; The news that Tesco continues to soar ahead of the competition will come as no surprise to its peers in the retail sector. Tesco is miles ahead of the pack for one very simple...
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where’s tesco’s respect for staff?
from a Tesco job candidate, name and address suppliedSir; I note with interest Tesco’s half year results showing £900m-plus profit.It is obviously doing something right in consumers’ eyes to attract the footfall. But it’s a pity...
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Asda foray doesn’t faze rivals
Grocers in Northern Ireland are prepared for the Wal-Mart backed new arrival, says Ronan HegartyAsda’s arrival on the Northern Irish grocery scene is the most significant retailing development in the province since the UK supermarkets...
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Tesco opens non-food pilot
Tesco has opened its first store dedicated to non-food under the Home Plus format.The 30,000 sq ft site is in Denton, east Manchester, in the newly built Crown Point Northern Retail park, off the M67.It is on two floors – the ground floor...
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Battle over forecourt deals
Tesco’s acquisition of the former Safeway forecourts is still sparking opposition at both national and local levels, even though the number it now proposes to buy is down to 21 from 30.The Office of Fair Trading is to decide on whether to...
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Online overhauled
Sainsbury relaunched its online shopping offer this week with a view to creating a quicker, more user-friendly site that can take on market leader Tesco.com.As part of the overhaul, it has ditched the Sainsbury’s To You brand in favour of...
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Irish anger over Tesco ambition
A report that Tesco is planning a 1100m expansion in the Irish Republic has alarmed rivals who fear a small store wipe-out.Tara Buckley, director general of RGDATA, the independent grocers’ body, said it was “disturbing that in its bid for...
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Discounts thwart cider dreams
Cider manufacturers say aggressive discounting of supermarket own label cider undermines their quest to move the category upmarket.They say own-label pricing, which has resulted in a three-litre bottle of own label cider being sold at Asda for...
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Tesco to exit Taiwan
Tesco is to exit Taiwan as part of an asset swap with French retailer Carrefour.As part of the deal, 11 Carrefour stores in the Czech Republic and four stores in Slovakia will be transferred to Tesco for a combined enterprise value of...
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Asda to develop import centre
Asda is set to develop a £20m import centre at Teesport near Middlesbrough.The retailer said that the centre would create 300 new jobs and allow its non-food items to be delivered straight to the port for distribution to its UK...
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Asda launches local sourcing showcase
Asda's former trading and marketing director Angela Spindler launched the supermarket's local sourcing showcase event in London yesterday, which was one of her first jobs in her new role as customer and strategy director.Spindler took up her...
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Morrisons to close three depots
Morrisons has confirmed that it is closing three of its distribution centres.The supermarket group said that its sites at Aylesford, Bristol and Warrington faced the risk of closure and the 2,500 staff employed there would be encouraged to...
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The right place, the right time
Tesco and Waitrose, which both announced record half-year results this week, are winning the hearts of shoppers for their respective clear and consistent approaches, say analysts.They say Waitrose’s interims showed retailers didn’t need a...
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Strike threat persists
Morrisons is still in a fight to stave off potentially crippling strike action at five of its depots.A three-day strike planned for this weekend, followed by an overtime ban and a seven-day strike, has been suspended for seven days after the...
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Albertsons no, but US, yes
Tesco is not interested in US supermarket chain Albertsons but has been examining the possibility of entering the US for some time, chief executive Sir Terry Leahy has admitted.Releasing the retailer’s half-year results, Sir Terry denied that...
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Tesco makes tills sweat with body heat sensors
Tesco is trialling innovative heat sensor technology to minimise its checkout queuing times.A strategically placed sensor above each till measures body heat, to accurately predict the number of people waiting.This information is then...
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Fire puts Auld Foods out of action
Tesco, Sainsbury and Morrisons could be short of own-label frozen and chilled desserts for a few weeks following a blaze at a Scottish supplier.The fire at Aulds Foods’ Inchinnan factory, in Refrewshire, took firefighters 10 hours to put out,...
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Half of UK’s ethnic minority population choose Tesco
Tesco is the supermarket of choice for half of the UK’s ethnic minority shoppers, the largest study ever caried out into their lifestyle trends has revealed.Of the 1,700 shoppers surveyed in the MinorityReport for OMD Insight, 50% said they...