Archive of all Tesco articles – Page 217
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Price Survey - 8th March 2008
It has taken eight months but Tesco has regained its title as cheapest retailer in our The Grocer 33 price survey. Tesco has swapped places with Morrisons, which plummeted from first to fourth place this week. Tesco slashed the prices of four items...
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Price Survey - 15th March 2008
Asda has been consigned to the second-cheapest retailer position for a third week courtesy of Morrisons. Morrisons climbed from fourth place to the top spot with a £37.28 basket, but Asda's total was only 7p more and Tesco was close behind with a...
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MPs call for Tesco tax haven probe
MPs have called for an investigation into Tesco's use of tax havens in the Cayman Islands.This week, two Early Day Motions were tabled calling for Tesco to pay the full amount of tax due to the UK and on the government to take steps to...
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Fresh produce at heart of Tesco's local agenda
Tesco plans to massively increase the volume of local fresh produce it sells under its local sourcing initiative.Speaking at a local sourcing event last week, Tesco's head of local sourcing, Emily Shamma, revealed that in certain areas...
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Should Tesco be uneasy over critics of US venture?
It's the end of Q1 for Tesco's Fresh + Easy venture, and with North California the next stop in the rollout, it's 50 stores and counting.But a whispering campaign is gathering momentum, suggesting that all is not well. US retail expert...
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Spall brings Tesco's supply chain expertise to Innocent
Innocent has appointed former Tesco director Stephen Spall to head up its supply chain and help drive ongoing expansion. Spall will be responsible for a 40-strong supply team and will oversee the company's entire supply chain "from field...
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Supermarkets try to avoid ending up in the drink
Since being hauled before the prime minister for a bit of a kicking at the end of last year, the supermarkets have been working on proposals to help solve Britain's binge-drinking problem. Over the past two weeks, Tesco and Asda have...
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Sainsbury's loses out in English asparagus race
Tesco has beaten Sainsbury's in the race to get the first English asparagus into stores this year.Asparagus grown by S&A Davies in Worcestershire hit shelves in Tesco's Evesham store last week, beating the previous record by four weeks,...
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What the papers said - 1st March 2008
Supermarkets were preparing for an online price war to gain market share, according to the Daily Mail. Last week Tesco started offering shoppers £10 off first-time orders of £50 or more, following Ocado's price cuts on hundreds of lines since...
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Price Survey - 1st March 2008
Asda's attempt to record a fourth week as cheapest retailer has been foiled by Morrisons as the price gap between the big four becomes narrower than ever. Only 62p separated Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Tesco from each other after they matched...
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Tchenguiz to sell Tesco stake
Vincent Tchenguiz, the older brother of Robert Tchenguiz, is planning to sell his share in a £490m Tesco supermarkets joint venture.The property entrepreneur will follow up the sale with a refinancing of up to £700m of his residential...
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Tesco issues warning over price fix inquiry
Tesco has warned that the inquiry into the alleged fixing of dairy prices may put retailers off helping farmers in future.Tesco has continued to protest its innocence to the Office of Fair Trading , but the consequences of the...
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Tesco in court for not showing prices
Tesco Ireland has been convicted of failing to display product prices at one of its Dublin stores. It was fined a total of €1,500 and ordered to pay €2,000 costs after admitting 28 breaches of Irish pricing regulations at its outlet in...
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Tesco puts Holmes in fresh commercial role
Colin Holmes has become commercial director for fresh food at Tesco on his return from sabbatical.After a string of departures from the supermarket's senior management team, including Stuart Machin, Colin Smith, Scott Wheway and Ken...
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Administration for No Catch
Organic farmed cod operation Johnson Seafarms went into administration this week with debts of £40m. No Catch - claimed to be the world's first organic cod farm - had listings in Tesco and selected Sainsbury's but sales of just £3m last year....
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Price Survey - 23rd February 2008
Morrisons came close to hijacking Asda's plans of claiming a third week as cheapest retailer but it did not make quite enough price cuts. Morrisons' £44.14 basket was just 16p more expensive than Asda's, and low enough to knock Tesco back into third...
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No Catch in administration
Organic cod supplier No Catch has fallen into administration.The business, which has listings in Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and independent retailers, went into administration yesterday, with debts of £40m, according to the Financial...
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Store visit - The English Grocer
Established: May 2007Peter Durose used to oversee sales of more than £2bn a year as head of fresh produce at Tesco. But last April he gave up his £250,000 salary to set up fine food boutique The English Grocer in his home town of...
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Tesco's turn to judge rising new talent
Tesco is to star in a new TV show that will lay bare the work that goes on behind new product development.Breaking into Tesco, a six-part series to air on Five, will follow 20 contestants, drawn from the general public, who will compete...
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Tesco scraps plan for huge Purley store
Tesco has abandoned plans to create what would have been Britain's biggest supermarket because of the cost and complications associated with changing the layout of a nearby road.The retailer recently began the design process to extend...