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    Tesco Mobile finds new brand image

    2008-07-19T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has revamped its mobile phone business and is rolling out a marketing drive to draw in customers.  The company has overhauled its tariffs and developed a new brand image to stand out from rival operators, with a cyan blue colour scheme...

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    Tesco signs up Lebara Mobile for cheap calls

    2008-07-12T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has struck a distribution deal with mobile network Lebara Mobile to offer cheap international calls. Lebara Mobile's airtime is now available in 1,900 Tesco stores while Lebara SIM cards will be available at 90 stores from this month. ...

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    taking on tesco

    2008-07-05T00:00:00Z

    Paul Foley is perhaps the only man in retail who believes he can take on Tesco. And he may also be the only man in the country who is seeing the credit crunch in a positive light. As exclusively revealed in The Grocer last week, the man...

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    Top-Up shop

    2008-07-05T00:00:00Z

    Who we visited Premier Stowmarket, SuffolkCo-op Group Woodhatch, SurreyMcColl's Rotherhamsomerfield Springburn Centre, Glasgowtesco express Chelmsford, EssexHow they...

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    Q&A with Paul Reeley Store manager of the week

    2008-07-05T00:00:00Z

    Who are your biggest competitors? Our main one is Tesco which is currently undergoing an extension. There's also an Aldi in Sudbury but our customers are extremely loyal to the Waitrose brand. Would you like to change anything...

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    Employers watch out: Tesco has got the unions excited

    2008-07-05T00:00:00Z

    Tesco's conflict with UFCW in the US is creeping across the Atlantic and the UK unions are rumblingTesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy is used to formidable opponents but US democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama must surely be...

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    Chef to target retailers over 'five freedoms'

    2008-07-05T00:00:00Z

    Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons could be next on Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's hit list following his failed attempt to get Tesco to change its welfare standards for broiler standards.At last week's agm, Tesco shareholders...

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    Supplier in legal battle to stop Tesco using face on egg boxes

    2008-07-05T00:00:00Z

    An Essex free-range egg farmer has won the battle to stop Tesco using his family business photographs on its packaging.The contract for Ian Chisholm of Norton Mandeville, Essex, to supply Tesco with free-range eggs ended last month, yet...

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    Spain's picota cherries arrive

    2008-07-05T00:00:00Z

    The first of this year's Spanish picota cherry crop has arrived in UK supermarkets and will soon be backed by in-store marketing campaigns. The cherries, the only variety to be sold without stalks, will be sold in Asda, Tesco and...

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    Tesco stops trade with Zimbabwe

    2008-07-01T08:11:00Z

    Tesco is to stop sourcing products from Zimbabwe "until there is an end to the current political crisis".The supermarket chain buys around £1m worth of goods, including vegetables, from the country and would now look at other ways to support...

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    Top-Up shop

    2008-06-28T00:00:00Z

    Who we visited co-op group Childwall, Liverpoolone stop Havant, Hampshiresomerfield Crewe, Cheshirespar Holmer Green, Buckinghamshiretesco express Woodville, DerbyshireHow they...

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    Peter's sausages win Tesco listing

    2008-06-28T00:00:00Z

    A new line of premium sausages from Peter's Food Service has been launched into Tesco's Welsh stores. The pork and pork and leek sausages, which are sold in 454g packs of six, are packaged and sealed in a plastic tray and covered with a...

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    Tesco doubles size of exotic offering

    2008-06-28T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has announced this week that it will be doubling its range of world food produce to 50 items. TV chefs and exotic holidays had been key drivers of demand, said Tesco, adding that it planned to use 'box talkers' to provide...

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    Tesco admits planning bid in guise of independent store

    2008-06-28T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has made it clear it does not own any other independent retailers after admitting it was the owner of the apparently 'independent' Brian Ford's Discount Store in Barnstaple, Devon.The multiple was forced to reveal it owned the...

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    Tesco store application in spotlight

    2008-06-23T08:08:00Z

    Tesco has been accused of using the guise of a local retailer to submit a planning permission for an 80,000 sq ft supermarket.The retail giant bought independent retailer Brian Ford's Discount Store, which has one store in Barnstaple, Devon,...

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    Top-Up shop

    2008-06-21T00:00:00Z

    Who we visited costcutter Finchley Road, London LONDIS Harrogate, North Yorkshire somerfield Stamford, Lincolnshire spar Milton of Campsie, East Dunbartonshire tesco express Aberdeen How...

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    Tesco carves Turkey into three regions

    2008-06-21T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has restructured its operations in Turkey, with three directors appointed to run three newly defined regions of the country. The Aegean and Mediterranean region is to be headed by COO Richard Baker, promoted from his position as...

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    The sky's the limit as Asda eyes global supply deals

    2008-06-21T00:00:00Z

    Carrefour and Tesco both started doing it five years ago. Now Asda is getting in on the act too. With the full might of parent company Wal-Mart behind it, Asda has entered into negotiations with big brands to thrash out global supply deals with...

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    online retailer of the year

    2008-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Even in the face of a momentous year for online rival Ocado, Tesco was the clear online champion. Tesco introduced Tesco Direct, its innovative non-food website and catalogue service in September 2006. The service marked the culmination...

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    britain's favourite supermarket

    2008-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Tesco won the highly coveted title of Britain's Favourite Supermarket for the fourth consecutive year, but, with strong competition from rival retailers, the contest is getting closer. Based on Nielsen's annual Homescan PanelView Survey...