Tesco - Latest News and Analysis – Page 188
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Tesco delivers £8.8m duty blow on promos
Tesco has called on brewers to foot the bill for the cost of all duty hikes for beers on promotion in the 16 weeks following the government's 22 June emergency budget.
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Tesco share scheme pays staff £105m
More than 216,000 Tesco staff will share in a bonus pot worth £105m as a result of the supermarket’s biggest-ever Shares In Success scheme.
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P&G makes Pringles flavours just for Tesco
Procter & Gamble has created a customised range of Pringles exclusively for Tesco the first time the fmcg giant has tailored a range for a multiple retailer.
The Great British Flavours range of Pringles, available now, was developed through a… -
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Two non-execs to retire from Tesco’s board
Charles Allen and Dr Harald Einsmann are both to retire as non-executive directors of Tesco from the end of this year's agm on Friday 2 July. The process of recruiting replacements is under way and the company expects to announce new...
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Editor's Comment: Curb promotions, yes, but a below-cost ban won’t work
The day after Tesco was welcoming moves set out in the Queen's Speech to ban below-cost alcohol promotions, it was selling Stella for 95p a litre. In other words: six pence below the cost of the excise duty and VAT costs it pays out to HMRC.
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Argentina’s Quilmes is set for World Cup
Quilmes beer has won national listings with Tesco its first major foray into the multiples.The 4.9% abv Argen-tinian lager will be in 412 Tescos nationwide (rsp: £3.29 for 970ml). Importer Morgenrot said it expected the beer, which has...
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Careers File: Minimum alcohol pricing, no national insurance rise... it's all change in business
Sir Terry Leahy, The Grocer's retailer power player, is off the starting blocks before anyone else yet again. Just a day after the...
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Asda’s Old World wines ahead of rival retailers
Old World wines are "fighting back" in Asda, where sales are beating those of the retailer's rivals.In the past four weeks, like-for-like sales of French wine at Asda have grown 47% ahead of those at Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons,...
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Tesco sells Stella Artois for 6ppl below its cost
The day after Sir Terry Leahy announced his support for a ban on below-cost alcohol, Tesco was the consumer's best bet for cut-rate booze with four of the five cheapest supermarket beer deals, research for The Grocer can reveal.
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Grocer 33: Tesco puts in a Stirling performance
Tesco came out top this week as the only store with no items out of stock. The Stirling store was very clean and there were no gaps on the shelves. Staff were helpful and polite, leading our shopper to the item he asked for help to find. The store...
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Own-label triumphs for Tesco and M&S
Own-label wines starred at this year's International Wine Challenge, the event's organisers said.Tesco and Marks & Spencer were joint winners, each with 62 own-label wines picking up IWC awards and M&S claiming five gold medals....
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Natty hits Tesco with her rarebit
An innovative Welsh rarebit spreads range has won its first multiple listing.
Natty’s Welsh Rarebit makes its major retail debut in 45 Tescos in Wales this month. It comes in four flavours original, leek, chilli and bacon and is… -
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Editor's Comment: Economic uncertainty makes life hard for new recruits in our Power List
If power were just about size, Tesco's Sir Terry Leahy would top our Power List regardless, and the big four would follow in rank order.
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Tesco to take down gap-bridging store
Tesco is to dismantle the temporary store it built in Workington after floods last November damaged bridges in the town.
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Tesco suppliers angry at coupon destruction
Tesco's new coupon redemption system is effectively "holding a gun to the manufacturer's head", the Institute of Sales Promotion has warned.
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Tesco the best at tapping email potential
Tesco has mastered the use of email to lure new customers more effectively than any other retailer, according to a new poll.
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Sainsbury’s savours win over Tesco in Wolverhampton planning row
Sainsbury’s is celebrating a court win over Tesco in a long-running tug of war over a site in Wolverhampton on which both retailers planned a new store.
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Combined online grocery sales bigger than Waitrose
People now spend more money grocery shopping online than they do in Waitrose stores, new data seen by The Grocer reveals.The combined online grocery share of Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's, Ocado and WaitroseDeliver grew from 3.6% to a record...
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Is new World Cup beer war just the same old, same old?
Six weeks before the World Cup kicks off, Tesco and Asda are at it again with heavy promotional offers on beer multipacks. Rob Brown reports
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Tesco launches new Facebook application for online shopping
Facebook addicts can now order their groceries while staying in touch with friends and family.The new My Shopping Assistant application allows members of the social networking site to add items to their shopping list and plan meals while...