Tesco news and analysis – Page 241
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What the papers said - 2nd February 2008
Tesco has decided not to release comprehensive sales figures for its Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market business in the US until 2009 amid growing scepticism that it can mount a serious challenge to Wal-Mart, according to American food...
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Tesco blackmailer jailed for six years
The man behind a plot to blackmail Tesco has been sent to prison for six years. Philip McHugh, a former tax inspector, made a series of bomb threats against Tesco in July last year, forcing it to evacuate 14 stores, costing the chain...
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Tesco to open Express stores in China
Tesco is set to enter the convenience sector in China by opening Tesco Express stores in the country.The supermarket giant will open its first Tesco Express store in Shanghai next month, according to the Financial Times.Tesco already...
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Morrisons expects retaliation after 'astonishing' Christmas
Morrisons is bracing itself for a fightback by its competitors following its "astonishing" performance over Christmas.Like-for-like sales for the six weeks to 6 January were up 9.5%, excluding fuel, eclipsing the 3.1% recorded by Tesco...
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Tesco to close its Brackmills drinks depot
Tesco is set to close its Brackmills beers, wines and spirits depot in Northamptonshire in May.The 15-year-old depot can no longer cope with demand and is to be converted into a Tesco.com depot, subject to consultation with trade unions,...
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Leahy unfazed by Celtic slowdown
Tesco's expansion plans for the Irish Republic won't be affected by the country's once-booming Celtic Tiger economy slowing down, according to chief executive Sir Terry Leahy. This year, he said, six new supermarkets and four Express...
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Price Survey
Asda has passed the 100-day mark as the UK's cheapest retailer - while Tesco dropped from second place to fourth after its price hikes outweighed its cuts.Five of Asda's items were the cheapest in The Grocer 33 list this week - by...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited East of england co-op Stowmarket, Suffolkcostcutter Blackburn, West Lothianone stop Highbridge, Burnham-on-Seapremier Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshiretesco express Sutton, South...
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Tesco to phase out imported veal
Tesco has pledged to phase out sales of imported veal and instead stock British meat from calves bred to higher welfare standards.Some 930 farmers who supply Tesco with milk have agreed not to export their dairy calves, and the chain's beef...
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Price Survey - 19th January 2008
Price-slashing Tesco has thrown everything into the mix to match Asda's food prices this week, but it was not enough to prevent Asda recording its 14th week as cheapest retailer. Tesco cut the prices of six items on this week's list, five of which...
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Blackhurst is tipped for Cheesewright job
Darren Blackhurst is emerging as the most obvious internal candidate to replace David Cheesewright as Asda's chief operations officer.Blackhurst joined Asda's executive board as food trading director in January 2006 from Tesco, where he...
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Christmas trading good insists Tesco
Tesco was putting a positive spin on its Christmas performance this week, despite its latest trading figures showing UK sales falling short of expectations. Like-for-likes were up 3.1%, excluding petrol, for the six-week period to 5...
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Tesco unveils RDC colossus
Work has finished on the UK's largest building - Tesco's new eco-friendly RDC in Livingston, Scotland. The 73,000 sq m construction outsizes Heathrow Airport's new Terminal 5, previously the country's biggest free-standing...
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Kilkenny fury over Tesco store refusal
Kilkenny, the only one of the Irish Republic’s 26 counties without a Tesco store, is set to remain that way for the foreseeable future following the Planning Appeals Board’s rejection of a proposed 26,000 sq ft outlet.
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Fresh & Easy's Ford heads Peter Rabbit
Children's food brand Peter Rabbit Organics has appointed former Tesco Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market operations manager Ben Ford as its new chief executive. Ford has spent the past two years in Tesco's international division, working...
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Woolworths rounds off team 'made in heaven'
Woolworths now has a management team 'made in heaven' after poaching Tesco's former international chief operating officer Simon Turner, according to chief executive Trevor Bish-Jones.Turner will become retail and distribution operations...
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What the papers said - 12th January 2008
The Daily Telegraph reported on Tesco's secret conversion of a former warehouse into a mock German discount store. It suggested the retailer was testing ways of competing with stores such as Aldi and Lidl. According to the Daily Mail major...
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Select & Save cuts 60 everyday prices
Symbol group Select & Save has introduced a round of price cuts designed to turn up the heat on rivals Tesco and Bargain Booze. The group has cut the prices of 60 everyday grocery items for a three-week promotion starting this month. The...
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Ocado's service gives online shoppers a merry Christmas
Ocado provided the best service of all the online grocers over Christmas - and Tesco the worst - according to research carried out exclusively for The Grocer. Mystery shoppers used by eDigital Research placed 36 orders with the major...
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the house of lancaster
If there's a question mark over the future of cheap food, the grocers don't seem to be taking much notice. Asda and Tesco have set out their stalls to match the hard discounters' low prices, albeit with more frills. And, ironically perhaps, one...