Tesco news and analysis – Page 238
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Tesco Shetland says it will protect local shops
Tesco is poised to break away from its national pricing policy by sanctioning price rises at a store in Shetland, with the supermarket reportedly claiming this was "in order to protect local traders".Lerwick Community Council said that...
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Tesco gives pride of place to Value lines
Tesco has taken the unprecedented step of relocating its Value food and drink to the front of its stores in response to rising prices.Branches across the country moved Value ranges to the more prominent location three weeks ago, although...
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Price Survey - 10th May 2008
Asda undercut the competition on a host of items to retain the cheapest retailer title this week, but Tesco was only a whisper behind. Nine of the items on the list were cheapest at Asda, which provided a £49.16 basket - just 29p less than Tesco's....
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Tesco's bully-boy tactics are bad PR
As Tesco pursues libel claims against two Thai journalists, a former Thai MP and The Guardian, it should reflect on McLibelMy mum comes back from Thailand with a front page news cutting from the Pattaya Mail headlined 'Protests against...
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Tesco sets up food web site for Polish
Tesco has launched a dedicated home shopping website for Poles to meet the surging demand for Polish delicacies in Britain. The move follows a recent near-doubling of Tesco's Polish food range to 250 products and its extension to 500...
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Price Survey
Another batch of unbeatable prices has widened the gap between Asda and its rivals as it marks its third consecutive week as cheapest retailer.Once again Tesco came closest to matching its total - but Asda's winning basket was a...
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Price Survey
Another batch of unbeatable prices has widened the gap between Asda and its rivals as it marks its third consecutive week as cheapest retailer.Once again Tesco came closest to matching its total - but Asda's winning basket was a...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited costcutter Eastbourne, East Sussexlondis Coten End, Warwickone stop Highbridge, Somersetpremier Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshiretesco express Kenton, Newcastle upon...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited budgens Teddington, Middlesexco-operative late shop Aston-cum-Aughton, South Yorkshireco-op welcome Banchory, Aberdeenshirefelpham bazaar Felpham, West Sussextesco express...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited budgens Teddington, Middlesexco-operative late shop Aston-cum-Aughton, South Yorkshireco-op welcome Banchory, Aberdeenshirefelpham bazaar Felpham, West Sussextesco express...
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Tesco steps up to summer
Blazing sunshine is hardly typical Yorkshire weather, but one of the region's biggest outlets, Tesco Wath, has scooped this week's Top Store award for being well-prepared for the summer rush.Shoppers crammed the aisles of the 80,000 sq...
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Price Survey - 03 May 2008
Asda snatched the cheapest retailer title back from Morrisons as the price gap between them and the other retailers widened this week. Asda climbed to top spot with a £46.73 basket, £3.78 cheaper than the third most expensive retailer, Tesco,...
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comment, What the papers said - 03rd May 2008
? Tesco is launching a loft insulation service next month that could pave the way for the retailer to enter other areas of the home improvements business, the Sunday Express reported. According to the paper, Tesco would undercut competitors by...
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A family affair wins the day - Q&A and Avalibility
After an absence of four months, Tesco has won our Top Store award thanks to the family appeal and perfect availability at its Chorley branch in Lancashire. The 80,000 sq ft Tesco Extra boasted excellent customer service with floor staff and...
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One Stop deal as P&H boosts chilled ranges
Palmer & Harvey McLane, the UK's biggest wholesaler, has won a contract to supply Tesco's c-store business One Stop with chilled lines, The Grocer can reveal.The move marks a major expansion of P&H's chilled offer in the week it also...
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Future forward for Freeman
It's not over, of course. The fat lady hasn't sung, there's an ombudsman to appoint, a GSCOP to write, retailers still have to give undertakings and everyone from the ACS to Tesco has two months to appeal. But after 722 days the Competition...
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Short-termism will wreck quality meat production
Leading retailers need a strategy - and quick - to deal with structural changes in supply chains if quality British meat supply is to surviveOur three largest retailers - Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's - refuse to tell The Grocer whether...
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Calon Wen bags on TV
Calon Wen is launching a Wales-wide TV advertising campaign to promote the benefits of its bagged milk.The Welsh organic milk co-op introduced local milk packed in an eco-bag in 43 Tesco stores in the principality this week. To back the...
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Tesco's 'troubles' are simply blips
While Tesco's current performance is undoubtedly strong, there have been dips in the past 18 months, so what's in store for the future?Tesco's figures last week were exemplary and blocked many analysts' jabs. UK trading is showing...
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Letter of the week - Clock ticking on pig industry collapse
You reported in The Grocer's Meat and Fish supplement (19 April, p22) that neither Tesco, Asda nor Sainsbury's responded to your question as to whether the potential collapse of the UK pig industry was of any consequence to their business. As a...