Tesco news and analysis – Page 205
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NewsCritical Eye... on a dubious return to the Eastern Bloc
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...
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NewsPets Corner in bid to beat Asda & co with its new price pledge
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.
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Comment & Opinion
Tug of Laura
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.
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Tesco wins planning for Enfield DC
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...
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NewsDouwe Egberts guns for ground coffee fans
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.
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NewsTop of the Flops: When entertainment exclusives go bad
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
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NewsTesco shoppers will save the planet, says Leahy
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 33Tesco, Banchory, Aberdeenshire
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.
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NewsOnline and IT take centre stage as Tesco revamps top brass
Tesco has boosted the profile of IT and its online business on its “formidable” new executive committee.
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NewsTesco in push to grow online local food sales
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...
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NewsTesco in multi-pronged Asda attack over ‘misleading’ ploy
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 33Tesco, Maryhill, Glasgow
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.
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Comment & Opinion
Above the argy-bargy
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.
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NewsTesco to open 70 beauty salons this year
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.
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Comment & Opinion
Unhappy Mondays
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.
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NewsWaitrose is the worst for coupon misredemption
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...
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NewsDuerr’s jam appeals to a new generation
Duerr's aims to entice younger consumers to its brand with a new range of modern-looking jams. The five-strong line-up is available from Tesco now and will hit Nisa-Today's shortly, lining up alongside existing Duerr's lines. Containing...
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NewsOFT must block Tesco’s Mills deal, says ACS
The Association of Convenience Stores has called on the Office of Fair Trading to block Tesco’s acquisition of Mills Group.
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Comment & Opinion
Saturday Essay: Tesco should face tough questions from the OFT
Its acquisition of Mills shouldn’t be waved through simply because it plans to use One Stop name, says James Lowman
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NewsWelsh creamery will vote on strike action
One of Tesco's Welsh-based cheese suppliers, South Caernarfon Creameries, could face employee strikes if a Unite ballot of worker-members is returned in favour of action. Unite has balloted its 70 members part of a 160-strong workforce...