Archive of all Tesco articles – Page 233
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star order
WaitroseDeliver was the winner of this quarter's Star Order award for shopping excellence, knocking Tesco from the top spot. WaitroseDeliver impressed our shopper with high levels of customer service and all-round ease of use.Our mystery...
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Tesco Direct expansion backed by stores push
Tesco Direct is increasing its online offer by 25% and rolling out its non-food catalogue to more stores next month.In a bid to gain market share from Argos, Dixons and Amazon, it is increasing its non-food range online from 8,000 to...
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"There are several independent chains that could quite easily float on AIM - if they wanted to, of course"
Who can stand in the way of the supermarkets - Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons? It would be easy to conclude, from media coverage, that the food industry has polarised into a battle between a handful of giants, and a couple of piddly...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visitedTesco Express Bradley Stoke, BristolMace Royal Avenue, BelfastBudgens Trowbridge, WiltshireBonjour Towcester Road, NorthamptonSpar Condorrat, CumbernauldHow they...
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Price Survey
Asda has reclaimed the title of cheapest retailer after a three week absence from the top spot. It provduced the cheapest basket at £44.41 - £1.87 cheaper than Tesco, which took second place in The Grocer 33 survey this week.Asda...
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Bogof's week
Just as a story about Tesco selling live turtles in China comes out, another supermarket gets in on the act but from a different angle. Asda is now talking turtle. It has teamed up with the Marine Conservation Society and fishermen in Sri Lanka...
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Beckham-style US hype raises stakes for Tesco
The hype surrounding Tesco's US launch has escalated to such heights it can only lead to consumer disappointment, American retail experts have warned.Press coverage for its Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market chain has been...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited. Tesco Express High Wycombe, Bucks. Welcome Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire. Sainsbury's local Cobham, Surrey. Londis Skipton Road, Harrogate. Spar Little Common, East Sussex. How they...
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Price Survey
The price gap narrowed again this week as Sainsbury's stole the top spot from Tesco, having been the second-cheapest for four weeks on the trot. Heavy promotional activity - including half-price Pringles - helped it to achieve £44.15 basket...
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Ex-Tesco man joins As Nature Intended
Organic retailer As Nature Intended has created a new operations director role to help with its expansion plans. Daniel Upward has been brought in from Tesco to work alongside managing director Caroline Walker to help grow the business....
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Retailers to back drive to lift farm milk price
Dairy farmers are becoming increasingly confident the multiples will support a rise in milk prices to reflect the cost of production increases. Tesco was waiting for accurate cost increase figures to come through from Robert Wiseman...
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Birds stay on shopping lists despite avian flu
Shoppers are showing little sign that they have been scared off by bird flu with only Tesco and Somerfield reporting a dip in poultry sales. Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Asda all said sales were unaffected. Sainsbury's added that calls to...
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Tesco confirms Fresh & Easy
Tesco has confirmed its US c-store venture will be called Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market.The retailer has kept its plans firmly under wraps since announcing in February 2006 it would enter the US market this year.However,...
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Price Survey
It was all change this week in The Grocer 33, with Tesco being crowned the cheapest retailer and Asda dropping to fourth-cheapest. For the past four weeks running Tesco has been the fourth-cheapest retailer in The Grocer 33 survey as a...
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Fear of price-flexing if multiples enter Jersey
The entrance of Tesco, Sainsbury's or Asda to Jersey would not necessarily lead to falling grocery prices - because they could fix prices artifically high, business leaders on the island have warned. Entry by one of the big three is...
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Six of the Best: Yoghurt and pot desserts
After university, Emma Dunlop secured a work placement with Corus UK, which helped her get on Tesco's graduate scheme. Her first role with Tesco was as a frozen food buyer. She joined Sainsbury's eight months ago and has taken to the role with...
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Pomegranate gets all Bullish
Red Bull UK is aiming to capitalise on pomegranate juice's UK popularity by adding the flavour to its Sabai range in April. Tesco is to list the newcomer in a four-pack retailing at £4.99 from May. There was a 300% increase in...
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Boost to Tesco's RFID after success at Antrim
Successful RFID trials at Tesco have taken the retail giant one step closer to a fully enabled system across Northern Ireland, it emerged this week. RFID trials at Tesco's dry goods depot in Antrim last weekend would lead to a full-blown...
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This week's hot topic by Adam Leyland
One of the enduring strengths of Tesco is its ability to adapt to the needs of its customers. Whether it's the clever use of the data in its Clubcards, entrance sensors that monitor shopper levels to ensure there's enough till staff, or more...