Archive of all Tesco articles – Page 194
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County’s new potato crop goes on shelf
Tesco stores in Kent have started taking delivery of the county's 2010 new potatoes from The Kent Potato Company. This year is the 12th year the company has supplied Tesco through its local sourcing policy.
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NewsWaitrose seizes five supermarket sites in the Channel Islands
Waitrose has beaten Sainsbury's, Tesco and Asda to the punch in the Channel Islands.
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Fresh & Easy’s local sourcing boosted by new California hub
Tesco is to open a new sourcing hub in California to buy local wines and foods for its worldwide operations.
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Careers File: Tesco's new boss must bring IT and HR together like never before
Much has been made of the international experience of Philip Clarke, who will succeed Sir Terry Leahy at the top of Tesco from next...
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Tesco and Bacardi link for branded ice cubes
Tesco, Bacardi and the UK's biggest ice cube supplier claim to have brought the first bag of booze-branded ice cubes to the market - just seven weeks after the idea was mooted.
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NewsGrocer 33: Tesco pips Asda by less than a pound
Tesco pipped Asda to the post this week by just 98p and claimed its first victory in the new Grocer 33 year.
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NewsBrasher all set for the most powerful job in UK grocery
With Sir Terry Leahy’s retirement and the Tesco board reshuffle, the UK operations will be run by Richard Brasher. What will that look like, asks Adam Leyland
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NewsTesco is again favourite with shoppers, but it’s a close call
Tesco was voted Britain’s Favourite Supermarket at The Grocer Gold Awards, but our new methodology delivers further insights, says Beth Phillips
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NewsTesco adds two to board of directors
Tesco has named two new non-executive directors that will join its board from next month.
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NewsTesco treads water with flat sales in first quarter
Falling food inflation meant like-for-like sales at Tesco were almost flat in the first quarter of the new financial year.
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Waitrose’s Hodgson is lured to Morrisons job
The grocery merry-go-round was spinning faster than ever this week. Hot on the heels of Sir Terry Leahy announcing his retirement from Tesco, Morrisons announced it had poached Waitrose commercial director Richard Hodgson.At Waitrose,...
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Tesco's Holmes quits a day after Leahy bows out
Tesco's commercial director for fresh foods Colin Holmes has become the first senior executive to quit the retailer in the wake of Sir Terry Leahy's decision to retire next March and the appointment of Philip Clarke as his successor.
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NewsClarke to take Tesco reins as Sir Terry sets departure date
Philip Clarke has been named as the next chief executive of Tesco, after Sir Terry Leahy announced his retirement following 14 years at the helm.
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Focus On Scotland: Retailer landscape
While Tesco currently has the lion's share of the grocery market north of the border (accounting for 31% of the food market according to CACI figures for 2009), it faces stiff competition from rivals.
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Danepak makes its debut in sausages
Danepak has extended its reach from bacon and fresh pork cuts into sausages for the first time.Two lines traditional pork and pork and bacon have gone into Tesco, The Co-operative and Somerfield (rsp: £3 for a 475g pack of 10).
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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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NewsTesco 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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NewsEditor'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.