Archive of all Tesco articles – Page 208
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Tesco confirms 2.5% growth as Cescau comes aboard
Tesco has posted a modest 2.5% rise in UK like-for-like sales for the seven weeks to 10 January, in what is likely to be the slowest rate of growth among the UK’s big four supermarkets for the key Christmas period.
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Musgrave GB snaps up Tesco man Hamilton
Budgens and Londis owner Musgrave Retail Partners GB has appointed Tesco veteran Willie Hamilton as its new trading director.Hamilton has held various senior positions in his 24 years at Tesco, and has been commercial director of the Tesco...
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Tesco press ads hit back at Asda cheapest claim
Tesco is challenging Asda’s positioning as the UK’s cheapest supermarket with a new campaign claiming Asda’s big green arrow ads are “misleading”.The new Tesco adverts use items collected from Clubcard data on 220,000 shops on Friday 2...
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Latest Tesco property deals raise £308m
Tesco has announced two major property deals worth in excess of £300m, as the supermarket giant continues its programme of unlocking value from its vast portfolio of commercial assets.
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Tesco Express exec joins Musgrave GB
Willie Hamilton has joined Musgrave Retail Partners GB as trading director.
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Queensbury rejects Tesco store proposal
Leading wholesaler Steve Parfett has claimed a victory for people power after Tesco was refused planning permission for a store in Queensbury, Bradford. The Parfett's Cash & Carry MD campaigned with local shop owners in the area who were...
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Tesco acts on impulse to up discount range
Tesco is widening its discounter range into impulse products such as waters, smoothies and crisps in the new year, in the first major extension of the tertiary branded range. The 200 new products will hit shelves in January, five months...
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NewsGrocer 33: End of year review - downturn makes price fight fiercer
Asda remains the retailer with the lowest prices but is having to work harder than ever to retain its pricing crown. The big four have responded aggressively to the economic downturn, with Tesco launching its discount brands...
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Tesco stores stock Purple Jewel potato
Tesco has ramped up it exotic produce offer with two new vegetables - one of which is a purple potato.The Purple Jewel sweet potato, which is described as having a creamy and nutty taste, hits shelves this week and will be joined by Inca...
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Tesco Town Inverness to get its fourth Tesco
Asda has been left fuming after Tesco was given the go-ahead for a fourth store in the original Tesco Town of Inverness, while Asda has been unable to get plans for even a single store past planning officials.Despite the Highland council...
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The great discounter showdown
Shock report: supermarkets are cheaper than discounters. So has Tesco picked the wrong fight with its Britain's Biggest Discounter campaign, asks Nick Hughes
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Cheesemaker sues over 'soapy taste' ingredient
An Irish cheese manufacturer that supplies Tesco and Asda among others, has claimed it is facing losses of more than €10m because of an allegedly defective ingredient that gave its product "a soapy aftertaste and an off-flavour".Carbery, of...
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Your store needs you
Tesco is recruiting ex-military personnel to managerial positions in its stores. Chloe Smith takes a look at how the skills transfer
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Tesco invests in hiring and retaining its staff
Tesco is anticipating it will need to recruit 300 staff to its head office next year, and is planning for a further 400 staff switching jobs, according to a company employed by Tesco to supply software to improve recruitment and...
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Second Opinion: Faltering Tesco must work hard
The retailer says it's become more competitive but gross profits are falling, notes Jonathan Pritchard
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Editor's Comment: Is Tesco's discounter range really a mistake when even Ocado is distancing itself from premium?
In the week that Morrisons reported an 8% increase in like-for-like sales, Tesco's 2.2% growth - and the discounter range that has arguably brought it about - looks neither big nor clever. While Sir Terry and his team argue it has deliberately...
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Tesco under fire over Failure to Arrive fees
Tesco has been accused of acting unfairly by a supplier who had thousands of pounds deducted from his invoice as punishment for failing to deliver enough stock.Speaking to The Grocer, the supplier, who did not want to be named, said Tesco...
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Ocado budget range 'is about improving choice'
First Ocado announced it would copy Tesco by matching its prices on all branded items. Now the online retailer is taking its emulation of Tesco one step further by launching a Discounter range of its own.The 21 products in its Everyday range...
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NewsGrocer 33: Asda ousts Tesco to take back its title
In a week of fierce competition and pricing activity, Asda regained the cheapest retailer title by a narrow margin with a £51.21 basket that cost just 16p less than Morrisons. The retailer provided 22 of the cheapest or joint-cheapest items and made...
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Tesco share price soars despite weak sales growth
Shares in Tesco soared at their fastest rate in 20 years yesterday despite the supermarket giant unveiling its worst quarterly sales performance in more than a decade.