Tesco news and analysis – Page 246
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Tesco gives... and then it takes away
Critics say Tesco is giving to dairy farmers with one hand and taking away with the other after the retailer struck a tough deal with cheese suppliers. Farmers' leaders said they were disappointed not to see a bigger increase in the...
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Thorntons boosted by Tesco expertise
Former Tesco director Peter Wright has been hired as marketing director of chocolate specialist Thorntons.He will take up his appointment by August 13, replacing Philip Douty, who left the company in November.Wright spent eight...
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top retailer Sir Terry Leahy, Tesco
You'd have thought things couldn't get any better for Sir Terry Leahy. After all his company takes one in every eight pounds spent by Britons. But the Tesco boss could net a £11.5m windfall if he manages to pull off the launch of the retailer's...
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Tesco to buy Dobbies Garden Centres
Tesco has agreed a £155million cash offer for Dobbies Garden Centres.Dobbies has 21 stores and is Britain's largest independent chain, producing profits of more than £2.5m over the past six months. The £15 per share offer represented...
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Tesco's Wine Club Fairs are extended
Tesco is expanding its Wine Club Fair programme this September to include a new event in Scotland and a larger event in Manchester.The retailer is hoping to attract a record 8,000 of its customers to the four events, which also include...
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Price Survey - 2nd June 2007
Tesco has only just stopped Sainsbury's from becoming our cheapest retailer for the second week in a row. Tesco's £38.74 basket was only 4p less than Sainsbury's but it did itself a huge favour with the beef steak mince that was £1.58 less than last...
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Hilton stake is acquired by Goodman
Irish beef baron Larry Goodman has acquired a 5% stake in the recently floated Hilton Food Group, one of Tesco's largest beef suppliers. His company, Irish Food Processors, spent around £5.5m on the deal but, with shares in just 50% of...
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More action looms as strike fails to resolve depot dispute
Tesco was bracing itself for further strike action as The Grocer went to press. Drivers are due to stage a 24-hour strike at Tesco's Livingston depot in Scotland on Tuesday little more than a week after the T&G's last three-day strike....
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Asda stock control rapped as retailer lands in court again
Repeated selling of out-of-date food has landed Asda in hot water in Wales, with Trading Standards claiming the supermarket’s stock control procedures are not working.
Asda was in court in Abergavenny in the same week that Tesco and… -
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Guide to young street speak is so good it's bad
"Hey homeboy, this rocket and watercress salad is safe blood, you get me?" Mrs Bogof said to me the other day in the salad aisles of Tesco. While my wife has been known to get down with the kids (her high score on Grand Theft Auto is...
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Tesco reaches out to new US shoppers with first ever blog
Tesco has become the first of the big four supermarkets to turn to blogging in a bid to win over potential customers across the pond. Marketing director for the US operation Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market Simon Uwins has launched his...
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Tesco looks to Orkney and Shetland
Tesco is targeting one of the last remaining postcode areas in the UK without one of its stores. The supermarket is looking at prospective sites in Orkney and Shetland, which, along with the Outer Hebrides and Harrogate, are the only...
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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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Tesco 'all over' Katsouris as FSA descends to investigate
An emergency inspection by environmental health officers was under way at food manufacturer Katsouris, with the FSA joining for "moral support and fact-finding", following revelations of food safety breaches at one of its ready meal...
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A brand first from Branston
Potato supplier Branston has launched the first potato brand in Tesco under The Real Potato Co banner.Branston will initially supply two exclusive new varieties - Bellini and Piccolo - to 250 Tesco stores, with hopes of a wider rollout...
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Wholesaler going green to see off Tesco Wick challenge
A Scottish Highlands wholesaler that lost a quarter of its staff following the arrival of a Tesco store hailed as 'Britain's greenest supermarket', in Wick, has responded in style. Adding a wind turbine to a recently installed solar...
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Multiples squirm in dock
Heads have rolled, staff retrained and investigations launched following a BBC Whistleblower documentary - but Tesco and Sainsbury's were insisting this week that the shocking practices were isolated incidents. Falsified records, serious breaches of...
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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...