Tesco news and analysis – Page 240
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non-food -26th May 2007
?Sean Hannam is the online editor of www.ertweekly.com - the website of ERT Weekly - a dedicated magazine for electrical retailers Tesco sent shock waves through the electrical retailing sector recently when it sold a name-brand washing machine for...
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Company Profile - Rude Health
Established: 2005Products: Mueslis, porridges and gojisListings: Tesco and Sainsbury'sTwo years ago, four friends were sitting around a breakfast table pondering the state of the British cereal industry. Why was it, they...
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Supermarkets accused of breaching hygiene rules
A BBC programme has accused Sainsbury's and Tesco of breaching health and safety legislation.The programme, Whistleblower, which will be shown on BBC1 tonight, claims counter staff at two branches of Tesco and Sainsbury's falsifed food...
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Tesco set to be world's third largest grocer
Tesco is set to steal Metro's crown as the world's third largest food retailer.Planet Retail's Top 30 Grocery Retailers 2006 report predicts Tesco's global market share will grow from 1.5% to 2% in the next five years as it continues to...
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Tesco meets demand for low-alcohol wine
Tesco is planning to strengthen its range of low-alcohol wines following a consumer survey, with eight new wines destined to hit shelves in August.It is also hoping the move will also boost its stand on responsible drinking....
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New funds to drive growth of price comparison website
Price comparison website Mysupermarket.co.uk is set to bring in revenue for the first time - and is gearing up for a European roll-out next year.The site, which compares prices at Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Ocado, and is claimed to...
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Strong sales expected as Localchoice arrives
Tesco has launched a new range of local milk into 650 stores just six weeks after unveiling plans to do so.It is a key part of the retailer's shock initiative to hand an extra £25m back to dairy farmers from its own pocket. Called...
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Price Survey - 19th May 2007
Despite offering several of the lowest-priced products on the list, Asda is only the third cheapest retailer this week after Tesco and Morrisons lowered key prices to take first and second position respectively. The lettuce and syrup in Tesco's...
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Tesco faces bank holiday strike
Tesco stores in Scotland are to be hit by a three-day strike over the bank holiday weekend.Nearly 150 drivers from its Livingston distribution centre that serves all Scotland stores will walk out from Thursday 24 to Saturday 26...
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harrogate's laststand vs. tesco
Nobody cares about Tesco in Betty's Tea Rooms. Scones are buttered and Yorkshire tea sipped without a second thought of the UK's largest grocer. Down the road at Ramus Seafood Emporium, well-dressed customers have fish on their mind, not Sir...
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Soup at work made easier
Baxters is adding microwaveable pots to its Soup Choices pouch range to target people lunching at work. Launched in Tesco this month, the newcomers come in two smooth varieties - tomato & sweet basil and butternut squash, carrot & red...
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How green are the big brands?
High-profile green initiatives from the retailers have dominated recent headlines. Take Marks & Spencer's pledge to be carbon- neutral within five years, Tesco's 10-point community plan and the Anya Hindmarch reusable shopping bag being sold by...
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Tesco builds for future successes - Q&A and Availability
Q&A with Fraser Craig Store manager of the wee
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Tesco accused of tax loophole
Tesco has been accused of sending DVDs and CDs to Switzerland so that customers can avoid paying VAT on goods.According to reports in the Daily Telegraph, Tesco’s internet site Tesco.com ships CDs and DVDs to Switzerland so that they can be...
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Tesco extends IT contract
Tesco has extended its IT contract with outsourcing and technology company Xansa for a further three years.Xansa has worked with Tesco for 18 years and will continue to cover the support and development of Tesco’s applications, together with...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visitedlondis Harrogate, North Yorkshireone stop Leatherhead, SurreyScotmid East Calder, West LothianSPAR Cheadle, Greater ManchesterTESCO express Chippenham, WiltshireHow...
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Price Survey
While Asda and Tesco have been locked in a wrangle with one another to achieve the lowest prices, Morrisons has come from nowhere and undercut them both with a winning £55.89 basket. Although Morrisons' prices were generally similar to...
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P&G raps Tesco over grey market petfood
Tesco and P&G are locked in a bitter dispute over the sale of Eukanuba petfood.P&G has told the retailer to stop selling the brand, which it says is designed for sale through petshops and vets' surgeries only.It claims Tesco is...
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Plaid Cymru blasts links to Labour
Welsh nationalists have accused Tesco of being too cosy with the government.There were question marks over the "ethics of the relationship" between the chain and Labour, said Plaid Cymru shadow enterprise minister Alun Ffred Jones ahead...
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Morrisons is green as 'it keeps us in the black'
Retailer green initiatives are 10-a-penny these days. There's Plan A from Marks & Spencer. Tesco has made a £500m green pledge. Now Asda is in a war on packaging, and Sainsbury's has its designer reusable bags.One supermarket conspicuous...