Tesco - Latest News and Analysis – Page 179
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NewsMaxinutrition gets set for sharper focus
Functional food brand Maxinutrition is collaborating with retailers to create a more coherent sports nutrition fixture in store. With parent company GlaxoSmithKline, Maxinutrition is working with Tesco, Sainsbury's and Boots to improve...
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Grocer 33Tesco Dunfermline
The Grocer 33 is a weekly mystery shopping survey, tracking price, service and availability at the five leading grocery retailers: Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose. Each week the winning store manager is interviewed by The Grocer.
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DCS welcomes Smith Coats as head of sales
Personal care wholesaler DCS Central has appointed Bill Smith Coats as head of sales. Smith Coats was head of impulse sales and Tesco business unit manager at Typhoo. Previous to this, he worked at SHS Sales & Marketing as a national...
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NewsBlack Garlic gains listing with Tesco
Black garlic has taken a step further into the mainstream by gaining listings with Tesco. The unusual-looking bulb largely used by chefs will roll out into Express and superstores on 27 May. It is already available through Ocado as well...
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NewsCoconut water tipped to become £100m category
Product launches and increased distribution have reinforced coconut water's position as a product to watch in 2011, say industry observers. In the same week that coconut water brand Vita Coco was rolled out to 250 Tescos across the UK,...
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Comment and Opinion
Looking after number one
A little later on this afternoon, BBC Radio 4 will broadcast an interview with Sir Terry Leahy. Filmed in the final few weeks of his reign, the former Tesco chief will trace his path from Toxteth tearaway to retailing legend.
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Second Opinion: Tesco’s engine needs fine-tuning
In the wake of Sir Terry’s departure, what course will the new CEO steer, asks Clive Black
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NewsBattered mackerel hits the multiples
Young’s has unveiled details of its new battered mackerel as it announced the first listings in Tesco and Morrisons.
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NewsPlum launches new yoghurts for babies
Plum is hoping to challenge Danone and Nestlé in the yoghurt aisle with a new line-up under its organic babyfood brand. The Fruity Yogurt range, available now from Tesco, Waitrose and Ocado, contains a higher percentage of fruit than its...
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NewsTesco hands £12m deal to tool hire company
Tesco has handed Speedy Hire an exclusive two-year deal to provide tools and equipment for its programme of store development. Under the terms of the £12m contract, Speedy Hire will be the sole supplier of building equipment to all contractors working on new and existing Tesco stores.
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NewsReduced Tesco lines had first been raised
More than a third of prices highlighted by Tesco last week to illustrate its £200m investment in pricing went up in price shortly before coming down, The Grocer can reveal. Tesco last week kicked off its counter-offensive to Asda's 10%...
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Analysis and Features
World Food Special: On top of the world
Tesco doubled the size of its world foods range last year, while one Asda devotes 20% of shelf space to ethnic lines. Catering to ethnic shoppers and world cuisine fans has never been bigger business, says Nick Hughes
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Comment and OpinionEditor's Comment: Nobody better than Tesco at stealing rivals' thunder
Asda has spent the last 18 months working with mysupermarket.co.uk to develop its shiny Price Guarantee website. So credit has to go to those jackdaws over in Cheshunt who've knocked together their own passable imitation in 10 seconds flat.
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NewsBelton Cheese wins Tesco Finest contract
Belton Cheese has won a contract to supply three traditional farmhouse cheeses into Tesco's Finest range as the retailer strengthens its artisan cheese offer. The Shropshire-based producer is now supplying Rinded Red Leicester, Rinded...
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Analysis and FeaturesMe-too: Tesco hits back with the sincerest form of flattery
After deriding the Asda Price Guarantee as misleading and overly complex, is Tesco’s version better in any way, asks James Halliwell
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Asda set to become largest UK retailer of Disney products
Asda has revealed plans to become the largest retailer of official Walt Disney merchandise in the UK, ahead of arch-rival Tesco and the official Disney stores. Asda already stocks a variety of Disney merchandise, including a range of...
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World News 5/3/11
Tesco has signed a joint venture agreement with a consortium of Asian investors to develop shopping centres in China. As part of the deal, Tesco will build three shopping centres in Shenyang, Xiamen and Fuzhou. Each...
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Grocer 33Tesco, Cumbernauld
The Grocer 33 is a weekly mystery shopping survey, tracking price, service and availability at the five leading grocery retailers: Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose. Each week the winning store manager is interviewed by The Grocer.
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Comment and Opinion
Terry, we hardly knew ye
Elvis has left the building. Okay, so Sir Terry Leahy is probably few people’s idea of a rock star. But for UK grocery, his long-awaited exit represents as seismic a departure as when rock and roll died on a Las Vegas toilet in 1977.
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NewsTesco launches new assault on Asda
Tesco has launched a new offensive in its war with Asda. In an echo of Asda’s price guarantee scheme, shoppers can enter the details from their Tesco receipt online. If their shopping would have been cheaper at Asda, they will receive a Tesco voucher worth double the difference.