Archive of all Tesco articles – Page 245

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    Best in show

    2006-06-17T00:00:00Z

    Britain's biggest retailer has done it again, walking off with a hat-trick of trophies at this year's awards. Tesco mirrored last year's success by once again taking the coveted titles of Grocer of the Year and Britain's Favourite Supermarket....

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    Best in show

    2006-06-17T00:00:00Z

    Tesco comes out tops again in the big threeBritain&'s biggest retailer has done it again, walking off with a hat-trick of trophies at this year&'s awards. Tesco mirrored last year&'s success by once again taking the...

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    Tesco raises milk prices

    2006-06-14T08:04:00Z

    Tesco has increased the price of its fresh milk by 20%.Reports suggest that the retailer has increased the price of a two-pinter of milk by 11p to 64p.A spokesman for the company said that the price increase “better reflected the...

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    Waitrose leads in passage to India

    2006-06-10T00:00:00Z

    Waitrose has emerged as the unlikely winner in the race to enter the growing grocery sector in India. The supermarket group has beaten Tesco and US retailer Wal-Mart into the country by teaming up with Hypercity, India's first...

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    On queue for great service!

    2006-06-10T00:00:00Z

    Deciding the winner of this week's Top Store Award was a close call between Sainsbury's Kimberley store in Nottingham, and Tesco's Loundwater store in Buckinghamshire. As both stores provided full baskets and flawless customer service,...

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    Tesco recycling units to talk to customers

    2006-06-10T00:00:00Z

    Tesco is to spend £8.9m on 100 giant state-of-the-art speaking recycling centres that can reward customers for recycling waste. The units talk customers through the process of recycling plastics, metals, glass and other materials, while...

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    Rannoch Smokery cracks multiples

    2006-06-10T00:00:00Z

    Rannoch Smokery has secured a listing with Tesco and a trial with Morrisons. Following a trial in selected stores, Rannoch Smokery's premium Smoked Barbary Duck Breast and Smoked Wild Scotch Venison are being rolled out to 180 Tesco...

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    New Tesco head of BWS wants the Finest wines

    2006-06-10T00:00:00Z

    Tesco plans further growth for its Finest wine range as well as using it to channel new and diverse wines through to the consumer, according to the retailer's new head of beers, wines and spirits. "We can have enormous fun with it," said...

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    opinion

    2006-06-03T00:00:00Z

    Congratulations to Asda which, as you will see from this week's issue, has clinched The Grocer 33 award for price for an incredible ninth year in a row. True, this year's battle with Tesco has been closer than ever, with only pennies now...

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    Are the multiples guilty of greenwash?

    2006-06-03T00:00:00Z

    Tesco's £100m environment fund for developing sustainable technologies has been praised. But how green is it really, asks Simon Creasey. It's timing can't be faulted. On the same day that Tesco announced ­profits of...

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    Ireland, India... Tesco keeps up global pace

    2006-06-03T00:00:00Z

    Tesco is set to make its presence felt in the whole of the Republic of Ireland. According to reports in the Irish press, it plans to open a store in Kilkenny - the only county where it does not have one. The news came as more...

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    "Brown has pledged retailers will not screw farmers with price cuts on meat. Perhaps retailers should do the same"

    2006-06-03T00:00:00Z

    Sabotage, extortion, allotments. What an eventful week it's been. As The Grocer was going to press, Philip McHugh was due in court yesterday (Friday) charged with two counts of blackmail and bomb hoaxing against Tesco following the closure of 14...

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    Editors comment: Banking on Tesco to make its latest Big Idea work

    2006-06-03T00:00:00Z

    With the Competition Commission unable to conclude its inquiry into the grocery supermarket industry, we’ve been kept waiting for Tesco’s next ‘Big Idea’, the masterstroke we’ve all come to expect that will see Tesco disappear away from the...

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    "Once again, Tesco has raised the bar. It is in competition to catch up that the planet will benefit"

    2006-06-03T00:00:00Z

    My morning ablutions were rudely interrupted, on Monday, by Stuart Rose, announcing on Radio 4 a dramatic new £200m eco-plan. I cut myself shaving as he reeled off some of the 100 exciting initiatives, including plans to go carbon neutral, use...

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    WhEre now for Wegmans?

    2006-05-27T00:00:00Z

    Following the death of Wegmans' visionary founder, what are the odds of Tesco making a bid for the family-run US estate? Chloe Smith reportsIf America is the birthplace of the colossal one-stop hypermarket, Robert Wegman is the man...

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    WhEre now for Wegmans?

    2006-05-27T00:00:00Z

    Following the death of Wegmans' visionary founder, what are the odds of Tesco making a bid for the family-run US estate? Chloe Smith reportsIf America is the birthplace of the colossal one-stop hypermarket, Robert Wegman is the man...

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    Vidal to head impulse unit at Sainsbury

    2006-05-27T00:00:00Z

    Xavier Vidal has been appointed as business unit director for impulse grocery at Sainsbury.Vidal is promoted from the role of category manager for frozen foods, replacing Lawrence Clube.He joined Sainsbury last year from Tesco...

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    Tesco starts recruiting talent as it gets set for India launch

    2006-05-27T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has started a recruitment campaign in India. Some of the top management and business schools have confirmed the retailer has been making presentations to their students."The heads of an international division of internal...

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    Tesco: yes we flout the planning rules

    2006-05-27T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has come under fire from local planning authorities for "riding roughshod" over the planning rules by making physical changes to its stores without consent.Fresh accusations against the retailer over retrospective planning...

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    Resurgent Iceland distances itself from green initiatives

    2006-05-27T00:00:00Z

    Being seen to be green may be top of the agenda for the likes of Tesco, M&S and Sainsbury's, but Iceland will not "jump on the eco bandwagon", according to chief executive Malcolm Walker. The focus was on quality and price, he said. "We...