Archive of all Tesco articles – Page 187

  • Comment & Opinion

    Fair's fare

    2011-02-14T00:00:00Z

    Last week the papers were up in arms over the news that a shopworker in Essex had been arrested after helping herself to a pile of spoiled stock thrown out by Tesco following a power cut.

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    News

    Tesco ‘Creamfields’ dispute is resolved

    2011-02-12T00:00:00Z

    Tesco and festival organisers Cream Holidings have resolved a long-running trademark dispute over the use of the Creamfields brand, it has emerged.

    The supermarket, which uses Creamfields as a tertiary brand on own-label dairy products,…

  • News

    Tesco fuel deal ‘may be last nail in coffin’ for indie forecourts

    2011-02-12T00:00:00Z

    Retailers have warned that Tesco's new fuel price deal could be the final nail in the coffin for independent forecourts. This week, Tesco started offering shoppers a 5p-a-litre saving on fuel when they spend £50 or more in store and...

  • LAURA WADE-GERY
    Analysis & Features

    Tesco loses fizz as its dotcom queen quits for M&S board

    2011-02-12T00:00:00Z

    Why did Tesco.com’s leading lady walk from Tesco just two weeks after her elevation to the retailer’s UK executive committee? Rob Brown reports

  • LIZ-HAMSON
    News

    Critical Eye... on a dubious return to the Eastern Bloc

    2011-02-12T00:00:00Z

    I haven't visited The People's Supermarket. So I can only go on the evidence presented in the first in a three-part series tracking eco-restaurateur Arthur Potts Dawson's mission to stick one to Tesco by opening a supermarket that's for the...

  • PETS-CORNER
    News

    Pets Corner in bid to beat Asda & co with its new price pledge

    2011-02-12T00:00:00Z

    Asda has infuriated its big four rivals with the Asda Price Guarantee. Now independent retailer Pets Corner is taking on Asda and Tesco by promising to be cheaper on “loads” of products.

    The Sussex-based chain is running a Price Pledge…

  • Comment & Opinion

    Tug of Laura

    2011-02-08T00:00:00Z

    They used to say you really never leave the KGB. Or the CIA, for that matter. Apropos of nothing, it’s hard to think of many people who’ve jumped ship early from Tesco in recent times and gone on to genuinely bigger and better things.

  • News

    Tesco wins planning for Enfield DC

    2011-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Tesco will create 550 new job opportunities after winning planning permission for a new e-commerce distribution centre in Enfield, North London. The supermarket giant signed a £20m deal with Gazeley, a global provider of sustainable...

  • DOUWE-EGBERTS-COFFEE
    News

    Douwe Egberts guns for ground coffee fans

    2011-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Douwe Egberts hopes to take the grind out of making ground coffee with the launch of a compressed ground coffee tablet a UK first, it claims.

    Aromettes, which will hit Tesco in mid February, are solid, single-portion blocks of ground…

  • TOP OF THE FLOPS
    News

    Top of the Flops: When entertainment exclusives go bad

    2011-01-29T00:00:00Z

    Tesco’s Coronation Street album is just the latest embarrassing flop for the retailer, so why is it persevering with its entertainment exclusives, asks Suzy Bashford

  • TERRY LEAHY PORTRAIT
    News

    Tesco shoppers will save the planet, says Leahy

    2011-01-28T00:00:00Z

    The drive to make the world a greener place will be spearheaded by the likes of Tesco and its shoppers, according to Sir Terry Leahy.

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    Grocer 33

    Tesco, Banchory, Aberdeenshire

    2011-01-28T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • TESCO NEW
    News

    Online and IT take centre stage as Tesco revamps top brass

    2011-01-27T11:29:05.940Z

    Tesco has boosted the profile of IT and its online business on its “formidable” new executive committee.

  • SCOTTISH-TESCO
    News

    Tesco in push to grow online local food sales

    2011-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Tesco is launching a dedicated local food microsite next week in a bid to grow online sales of locally sourced products. The retailer, which promotes local food in-store through PoS material, admitted it had failed to maximise sales to...

  • TESCO ASDA PRICE ROW
    News

    Tesco in multi-pronged Asda attack over ‘misleading’ ploy

    2011-01-22T00:00:00Z

    With Tesco fighting Asda’s 10% cheaper price pledge on a number of fronts, who will be successful? Adam Leyland and James Halliwell report

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    Grocer 33

    Tesco, Maryhill, Glasgow

    2011-01-21T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Comment & Opinion

    Above the argy-bargy

    2011-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Sometimes it’s better to rise above it. The unseemly spat over pricing between some of the UK’s largest supermarkets rolled on this week, with Tesco unveiling new press ads having a pop at Asda’s 10% price guarantee.

  • TESCO NEW
    News

    Tesco to open 70 beauty salons this year

    2011-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has revealed plans to open 70 in-store beauty salons by the end of 2011. The beauty market in the UK is estimated to be worth in the region of £5bn a year.

  • Comment & Opinion

    Unhappy Mondays

    2011-01-17T00:00:00Z

    Today is Blue Monday. That’s the most depressing day of the year, if you believe ‘research’ paid for by online travel agents that want you to book some winter sun. Perhaps that explains the tetchiness in the weekend’s exchanges between Tesco and Asda over the latter’s 10% pledge.

  • WAITROSE-SHOPPER-TROLLEY
    News

    Waitrose is the worst for coupon misredemption

    2011-01-17T00:00:00Z

    Tesco attracts the most criticism, but it's actually Waitrose that's the worst offender when comes to coupon misredemption, a mystery shopping survey has revealed. Waitrose pledged last January to "eradicate" misredemption, but shoppers...