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Tesco ups its Race for Life involvement
Tesco plans to increase its support for charity event Race for Life, with it being renamed Tesco and Cancer Research UK's Race for Life from next year.
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NewsVimto maker Nichols adds non-exec Longworth
Soft drinks group Nichols has named former Asda and Tesco board member John Longworth as a non-executive director.
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NewsTesco adds seven ranges to ethnic line-up
Tesco has dramatically beefed up its ethnic food offering with the launch of seven new ranges.
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NewsKenco takes on rival with premium sachet
Kenco is locking horns with Starbucks with the launch of its own range of premium instant coffee sachets.
The Kraft brand’s Millicano Wholebean Instant line will be similar in format to Starbucks Via single-serve packets, which hit Tesco… -
NewsIt’s not quite selling ice to eskimos, but crushed ice anyone?
The UK's biggest ice cube supplier is introducing crushed ice for the first time to a supermarket as interest in cocktails continues to grow. The Ice Company teamed up with Tesco and Bacardi in June to bring the first bag of...
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NewsTesco halts the milk wars with 24% hike
The milk price war is offically over for the time being at least as Tesco raised the price of a four-pint bottle of standard milk to £1.55 this week.
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Nocton plays its green card over ‘superdairy’
A pint of milk produced by the Nocton 'superdairy' herd would have a carbon footprint 41% lower than a litre of Tesco milk, Nocton Dairies claimed this week, as it launched a new scaled-down bid to gain planning permission. The...
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Comment and OpinionEditor's Comment: Supermarkets have power to create game-changing new brands
Own label is undergoing a revolution. In particular, Tesco, Waitrose, M&S, Sainsbury's and, most recently, Asda, have been transforming entire ranges.
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Tesco boosts own-label fish image with Darfresh
Tesco is embarking on a complete packaging overhaul for its own-label pre-packed chilled fish in a bid to attract more affluent shoppers into the category. The project referred to internally by Tesco as 'Revolutionise Fish' will see...
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Tesco’s Nadine experiment fails to hit Top 40
Girls Aloud singer Nadine Coyle's debut solo album, Insatiable, failed to make the Top 40 after being exclusively sold by Tesco. The record limped to number 47 in the album charts on 14 November after selling just 5,000 copies in its...
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Dairy Crest in coup over Arla with Tesco milk supply contract
Dairy Crest's tit for tat with rival Arla Foods continued this week as it landed a new milk supply contract with Tesco. Dairy Crest will supply 50 million litres of milk to Tesco from 6 December as part of the new deal, it confirmed, as...
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Frank’s launch adds American flavour to old-style beer aisles
All-American favourite root beer is the latest tipple to join the blossoming boozy old-fashioned soft drink category. Frank’s Alcoholic Root Beer (rsp: £1.95) will be rolled out to Tesco later this month by Kopparberg cider maker C.O.S…
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Tesco’s energy adviser in Glasgow switch
Energy management specialist Matrix – which remotely controls the lighting, heating and air conditioning for Tesco and Marks & Spencer stores – has moved to new premises in Glasgow as part of a £1m expansion.
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NewsTesco quits banana war with 25% price hike
The retail banana price war is over for Tesco for the time being at least as it hiked prices by 25.5% this week.
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NewsTesco tackles peak time staff shortages
Tesco has claimed it will eradicate staff shortages with a new system that allows employees to sign up for overtime even at another store. Using the online booking system, which went nationwide last week, staff input their home...
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NewsNow is time for weight loss at Tesco
Scottish weight loss brand Now Slim has won listings for its products in Tesco, three years after it first approached the retailer. The Now Slim range, in Tesco stores across the UK now, consists of day and night capsules, "hunger strips"...
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NewsThe new generals of retailing
In just over six months a new generation has emerged in grocery retailing, with new leaders at Asda, Morrisons, M&S and, early next year, Tesco. What are they like? And what are they likely to do? Adam Leyland interviewed all four, along with insiders, ex-colleagues, rivals, analysts and other senior ...
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NewsBig four listing in UK for Mash Direct veg
Prepared veg supplier Mash Direct has won its first national listing with a big four retailer on the UK mainland. The Northern Irish mashed veg specialist currently supplies Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's in Northern and the Republic of...
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NewsPukka Morning Time wins Tesco approval
Pukka Herbs' new Morning Time tea has won a listing at Tesco without the buyer even tasting it. The Bristol organic herbal tea supplier claimed the tea buyer had such confidence in the quality of the new blend (rsp: £2.19 for 20...
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NewsTesco brings back Big Exchange to kick-start Christmas push
Tesco has revived its Big Clubcard Voucher Exchange as the UK’s largest supermarket continues to ramp up its Christmas offensive.