Tesco news and analysis – Page 238
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Jam boy gets Tesco deal
Teenager Fraser Doherty has landed a major contract with Tesco to sell his home-made preserves in 230 stores. Doherty, 18, started making jam at home when he was 14 following his grandmother's secret recipe. Until now his parents have...
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Tesco axes kids' range for new Disney venture
Tesco is ditching its kids own label to replace it with a healthy range co-branded with Disney. Through the tie up, which will kick off initially on fresh fruit and dairy next month, it believes it can double the 25-strong kids...
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Tesco urges expansion of low and no alcohol
Tesco head of BWS Dan Jago has called for more organic, low and no-alcohol products as well better retail ready packaging. Speaking at the Tesco Drinks Awards, Jago said the industry at all levels needed to drive moderate consumption and...
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ASA rejects complaints about Localchoice ads
Tesco's new regional milk line got an unexpected fillip this week when the Advertising Standards Authority rejected complaints the milk wasn't actually local. Tesco said it was pleased the watchdog had ruled TV and press ads promoting...
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Flavoured water withdrawn
Tesco, Sainsbury's and the Co-op have recalled bottles of flavoured still water due to mould contamination.Sainsbury's recalled six varieties of its own-label flavoured water, Tesco five and the Co-op three. The water was supplied by Cott...
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Why Tesco will win in the States
Other British retailers have failed miserably in the US, but, for one, Oriel Securities is confident Tesco will succeed with Fresh & EasyTesco will open its first stores in the US next month. For its Fresh & Easy chain, Tesco has the...
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Veetee moves from rice into pasta line
Veetee Rice has revealed plans to add pasta to its repertoire next year. Speaking as it confirmed it had struck a deal with Tesco to sell its microwavable rice, chairman Moni Varma said the range would be produced in a similar way to its...
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Shoppers say M&S is the most ethical
Marks & Spencer has been rated the most ethical food retailer by consumers for a second year, while Tesco was down five places on last year in 15th position. M&S was rated 'good' or 'very good' by 60% of the 1,067 people polled in the...
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Tesco is like, er, Depeche Mode
Tesco has been described as a lot of things, but "like Depeche Mode" is a new one on Bogof. In an effort to explain the concept of the new Fresh & Easy convenience store format, the blog explains: "There's rock music, there's R&B, there's rap,...
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Nothing is too much bother and Q&A
The Tesco superstore in Maryhill Shopping Centre in Glasgow has claimed this week's Top Store Award, catapulting the retailer into joint first place on our Service Champs ranking. Our shopper was impressed by the high level of customer service,...
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Campaigners say Cambridge local shops beat Tesco prices
Local shops are cheaper than Tesco's convenience stores, campaigners have claimed. Residents campaigning against the opening of a Tesco Express store in Mill Road, Cambridge, carried out a basket comparison test on 21 grocery items at...
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Meads takes over from Hewlett at Asda online
The head of general merchandise at Asda.com Gordon Hewlett has left the company to become a commercial manager in the multi-channel retailing department at Woolworths. Hewlett, who joined Asda three-and-a-half years ago from Tesco, has...
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Sainsbury's hits out at Tesco swingometer ad
Sainsbury's has launched a stinging attack of Tesco's £4m 'swingometer' price comparison campaign, describing it as "inaccurate" and misleading. During the campaign, which ran from July to September, Tesco boasted that 4,251 products...
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Tesco to transport wine by canal
Tesco has announced plans to transport its New World wines by canal.The retailer will run barges three times a week along the Manchester Ship Canal, transporting 600,000 litres of wine to a bottling site less than half a mile away where it...
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Tesco brain drain continues
Tesco has been dealt a further blow with the loss of another senior executive.Julia Reynolds, director of Tesco's central European clothing business, becomes the latest senior executive to leave the retailer. She is to take on the...
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Spice Girls set for Tesco ad
The Spice Girls are reportedly set to feature in a television adverting campaign for Tesco.Tesco is close to signing a deal to sponsor the group's upcoming reunion tour and is keen for them to feature in two “tongue-in-cheek” pre-Christmas...
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Tesco's Harding to lead c-stores at Sainsbury's
Sainsbury's is bringing in Tesco's rising star Dido Harding to take its convenience division on to the "next level".Harding will become convenience director, taking over the work Lawrence Christensen has been doing since June...
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Letter of the week - 'Like comparing Prada to Primark'
I was astounded by your observation that "the price of Waitrose's own-label baked beans had increased from 29p to 35p - more than double the price of Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Tesco versions. [The Grocer 33 Price Survey, The Grocer, 29...
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Fruit & veg imports to take Tesco carbon test
Shoppers will be able to compare the environmental impact of imported fruit and veg with that of homegrown ones after Tesco said it was to trial the Carbon Trust's carbon footprint label on 30 own-label lines.The products in the pilot...
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Tesco starts selling big pomegranates
Giant pomegranates the size of Galia melons have gone on sale in 500 Tesco stores around the UK.The huge fruits, called Wonderful, have been supplied by major Israeli exporter Agrexco and weigh in at 650g each - nearly twice the size of...