Tesco - Latest News and Analysis – Page 186
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Arla Foods muscles into cottage cheese with own-label lines
Arla Foods has made its debut in UK cottage cheese and taken half the own-label market in one go. The UK subsidiary of the Scandinavian dairy giant started supplying own-label cottage cheese to Tesco last week and will supply Asda from...
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Tesco funds admitted by Irish National Trust
An Taisce, The National Trust for Ireland, which frequently objects to supermarket developments, has admitted it received €25,000 (£20,600) in corporate funding from Tesco.
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Tesco goes to San Francisco
Tesco has announced it will open eight new Fresh & Easy stores in Northern California in early 2011. The stores, located in the San Francisco Bay Area and Modesto, will be...
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Tesco calls it a day at its Calais drinks store
Tesco has made 80 people redundant at its Tesco Vins Plus store in Calais, France, following its closure at the end of July and a lengthy consultation with employees. Tesco is the latest UK operator to leave the booze cruise capital...
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Huntapac launches its first vegetable brand
Carrot packer Huntapac is looking to do for carrots what Rooster has done for potatoes with the launch of Roots, its first-ever consumer-facing vegetable brand. The company, which supplies root vegetables and salad crops to Tesco, Marks...
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Brains Black gets listed in Welsh Tescos
Tesco has granted listings to Brains Black throughout its Welsh stores, following the stout's success as a challenger to Guinness in the on-trade. The Welsh brewery launched Brains Black into pubs in March as an alternative to the market...
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Picture This... Tesco to lose the Big Brother house party
The imminent demise of C4's Big Brother is not just bad news for its legions of fans. Tesco will also be mourning the end of the reality TV phenomenon.
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Tesco and M&S make email marketing pay
Tesco and Marks & Spencer have harnessed the power of email marketing more effectively than any other UK retailer, new research has claimed.
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Peperami extended into microwaveable chilled pizzas range
Unilever is rolling Peperami beyond the meat snack market for the first time with a chilled pizza range that it predicts will make £30m in three years. The three-strong Peperami Pizzas range is rolling into Tesco now, followed by other...
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Crackdown on illegal workers targets food
The Home Office has kicked off a summer crackdown on illegal working in the food industry with a raid at a Tesco supplier in London. The UK Borders Agency, part of the Home Office, will visit 100 businesses a month in London alone as the...
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Tesco brings in new own-label flag for healthy option lines
Tesco is introducing a new range of healthy eating labels across 700 of its own-label products in August to signpost healthier options to its customers.More than 200 of those lines will have the new healthy eating 'wave' symbol, which...
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NewsTesco touches down in Glasgow for debut airport store
Tesco has chosen Glasgow as the location for its first store at a UK airport.
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Tesco Express scraps duty manager role
Tesco Express stores will scrap the role of duty manager in a major shake-up of senior management. Staff at the 1,000 sites have been told there will be a 90-day consultation period during which duty managers can apply for the new role...
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Grocer 33: Tesco service makes up for out-of-stocks
Although it did not have the best availability, Tesco in Craigmarloch, Lanarkshire, offered the best overall customer service. A pleasant assistant made conversation as she helped our shopper to find the right shelf for lasagne verdi...
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NewsTesco plots global F&F chain
Tesco will take its F&F clothing brand worldwide if the first standalone store in Prague is a success.
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NewsGrocer 33: Homepage
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. The charts (left) show the scores from this week's survey. But if you click on the relevant chart you can find out all the details: the ...
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Irish retailers plug the gaps left by Tesco
Rivals in the Irish market are cashing in on the disappearance of several popular brands from Tesco shelves as the company sources more products in the UK. Superquinn has gone public in acknowledging that it now stocks many of the...
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Brian Ford’s makes way for new Tesco
Brian Ford's Discount Store, which was the UK's biggest independent grocery store until it was secretly bought by Tesco, has served its last customer. The 38,000 sq ft store in Barnstaple was bulldozed days after its closure.
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Tesco: scale duty to boost sales of lower-abv wines
The head of beer, wine and spirits at Tesco is calling for a shake-up of wine duty to boost growth of lower-alcohol wine, The Grocer can exclusively reveal.Speaking at the launch of a Finest Vintage 2000 wine range last week, Dan Jago...
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NewsTesco takes on Primark with West End clothing store
Tesco is planning to launch a standalone clothing store in London’s West End.