Archive of all Tesco articles – Page 201
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NewsGrocer 33: Tesco pips Sainsbury’s to the post
Two retailers boasted strong availability this week, but a super-efficient checkout assistant helped Tesco in Coatbridge pip Sainsbury's in Ipswich to the top store award.
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NewsTesco eyes Xmas Clubcard push as profits inch up to £1.4bn
Tesco has reported a modest rise of 1.5% in pre-tax profits to £1.42bn, as like-for-like sales in the UK edged up by just under 3%.
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Cham sham for Tesco’s model employee
Ever one to hop on a bandwagon, Tesco must have noticed all that valuable publicity for the Attorney General and her permit-free housekeeper.It emerged this week that Gambian checkout girl Fatou Cham handpicked to front ads for the...
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Cash and curry
Booker opened its first depot in India last week - beating Tesco and Carrefour to the punch. Beth Philips walked around the Mumbai DCX with Charles Wilson to learn more about the wholesaler's ambitions
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Tesco hailed for keeping milk price above rivals’
Tesco has been praised for its support of farmers after it shaved just 0.06ppl off its milk price for the coming six months.The supermarket confirmed this week it was paying farmers 27.37ppl from October 1, marginally down on April's...
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Tesco petrol station fault pumps £10k away
Tesco lost an estimated £10,000 at one of its filling stations last week after undercharging shoppers by 67p per litre.
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Quality of Fairtrade wine improving, but still in need of work
Fairtrade wine still has a long way to go before it will be as relevant to consumers as Fairtrade products in other categories, Tesco wine buyer Graham Nash said this week.Although sales of Fairtrade wine have been rising, up 52% last...
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Tesco.com refunds the difference
Tesco's online business has followed in Asda and Waitrose's footsteps by automatically refunding the difference on more expensive substitutions.Under the Refund the Difference initiative, shoppers who have an out- of-stock product...
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Tesco adds Holmes’ homegrown talent to executive board
Colin Holmes, Tesco's commercial director for fresh foods, has been promoted to its executive committee.Holmes is a Tesco veteran, having joined the company in 1988. He hit the headlines in April 2007 when he was granted a rare...
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NewsGrocer 33: Asda reclaims the top spot from Tesco
Asda has shot back to the top of the rankings after emerging as the second-most expensive retailer for ethical products last week. But it was no easy victory, as Sainsbury's basket cost just 7p more.
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NewsOnline Grocer 33: Helpful driver steers Tesco to victory
A chatty and knowledgable delivery driver plus strong availability and a well designed website has made Tesco this quarter's G33 online winner.
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Around the Papers 22/9/09
Tesco ad row; Stilton 'from Stilton' sensation; Jesus 'would shop at Aldi'
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NewsTesco in clothing design row with Next
Tesco and Next are at loggerheads following claims by the clothing retailer Next that Tesco infringed its design rights.
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Tesco gets the nod for Seaton eco-store
Tesco has won a controversial planning battle to build a new 'eco-store' on the site of a former holiday park in Seaton, Devon. Despite local opposition, all but one councillor recommended Tesco's plan over a rival application by...
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Co-op takes on RDC after Tesco pulls out
An enormous new regional distribution centre, which is controversially sited near Stonehenge, has been taken on by The Co-operative Group after Tesco backed out.The Andover Airfield site was going to house a massive 863,000 sq ft Tesco...
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Tesco lists Guinness pies in 300 stores
Debbie & Andrew's is to supply 300 Tesco stores with its Guinness-infused steak pies.A 600g family pie and a 250g individual pie will hit stores in October to coincide with the brewer's 250th anniversary. The pies would give...
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It takes a thief, reckons Tesco
Not all supermarket workers are recently released psychotics on parole, of course. Just some of them.But it emerged last week that Tesco has hired a real-life former shoplifter (boo! hiss!) to star in staff training videos designed to...
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Tesco veteran takes up chief exec role at Tulip
Former Tesco executive Steve Murrells has been appointed to the new role of UK chief executive for Danish meat giant Tulip.Murrells, who left Tesco after Christmas having overseen the integration of garden centre chain Dobbies, takes up...
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Careers File: Retailers can benefit from job malaise to lure top graduates
Tesco can expect to be flooded by applications from nervous graduates and undergraduates this month as entry for its 2010 scheme opens.