Tesco news and analysis – Page 251
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Price Survey
Asda is the UK's cheapest retailer for the fourth time in as many weeks, with a £41.18 basket, according to data from The Grocer 33 pricing survey. It was £2.20 cheaper than Tesco, which came in second-cheapest at £43.38. Morrisons and...
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Price Survey
Asda is the UK's cheapest retailer for the fourth time in as many weeks, with a £41.18 basket, according to data from The Grocer 33 pricing survey. It was £2.20 cheaper than Tesco, which came in second-cheapest at £43.38. Morrisons and...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visitedTesco Express Bexhill, East SussexScottish midland co-operative Broxburn, West LothianNisa Hazlemere, BuckinghamshireLondis Surbiton, SurreySpar Stockport, Greater...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visitedTesco Express Bexhill, East SussexScottish midland co-operative Broxburn, West LothianNisa Hazlemere, BuckinghamshireLondis Surbiton, SurreySpar Stockport, Greater...
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doing it by the book
Steve Robinson landed the job of chief executive of Tesco's ambitious internet and catalogue non-food arm by chance. The former finance director at Argos confesses he went to Tesco for the UK finance director's job, but was offered the role of...
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Tesco half-price offer investigated
Tesco faces an investigation by Trading Standards officers after being accused of raising the price of fruit and vegetables before offering them half price.The retailer has been running a Fruit and Veg Pledge since the beginning of the year...
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"Has an eco-label been thought through? What if imports have lower carbon footprints than domestic ones?"
So the government has jumped on the eco-labelling bandwagon set rolling by Tesco. On the face of it, this is good news. If David Miliband's statement of intent this week signals ministers are prepared to work collaboratively with the...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visitedTesco Express Clifton, BristolSainsbury's Local Ealing, LondonMidlands Supermarket Coalville, LeicesterLondis Crawley, West SussexSpar Bishopbriggs, GlasgowHow they...
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"There are several independent chains that could quite easily float on AIM - if they wanted to, of course"
Who can stand in the way of the supermarkets - Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons? It would be easy to conclude, from media coverage, that the food industry has polarised into a battle between a handful of giants, and a couple of piddly...
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Tesco Direct expansion backed by stores push
Tesco Direct is increasing its online offer by 25% and rolling out its non-food catalogue to more stores next month.In a bid to gain market share from Argos, Dixons and Amazon, it is increasing its non-food range online from 8,000 to...
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star order
WaitroseDeliver was the winner of this quarter's Star Order award for shopping excellence, knocking Tesco from the top spot. WaitroseDeliver impressed our shopper with high levels of customer service and all-round ease of use.Our mystery...
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People power scuppers Tesco Tolworth plan
Tesco has been forced to scrap plans for what would have been its biggest-ever mixed use development.The development in Tolworth, Surrey, would have included 835 flats, a 60,000 sq ft store and 7,800 sq ft of additional retail...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visitedTesco Express Hazel Grove, StockportShell Buckland, SurreyBudgens Ruislip, MiddlesexNisa Brixton, South LondonSpar Rumney, CardiffHow they performedOnly Nisa provided...
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Beckham-style US hype raises stakes for Tesco
The hype surrounding Tesco's US launch has escalated to such heights it can only lead to consumer disappointment, American retail experts have warned.Press coverage for its Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market chain has been...
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Bogof's week
Just as a story about Tesco selling live turtles in China comes out, another supermarket gets in on the act but from a different angle. Asda is now talking turtle. It has teamed up with the Marine Conservation Society and fishermen in Sri Lanka...
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Price Survey
Asda has reclaimed the title of cheapest retailer after a three week absence from the top spot. It provduced the cheapest basket at £44.41 - £1.87 cheaper than Tesco, which took second place in The Grocer 33 survey this week.Asda...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visitedTesco Express Bradley Stoke, BristolMace Royal Avenue, BelfastBudgens Trowbridge, WiltshireBonjour Towcester Road, NorthamptonSpar Condorrat, CumbernauldHow they...
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Birds stay on shopping lists despite avian flu
Shoppers are showing little sign that they have been scared off by bird flu with only Tesco and Somerfield reporting a dip in poultry sales. Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Asda all said sales were unaffected. Sainsbury's added that calls to...
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Retailers to back drive to lift farm milk price
Dairy farmers are becoming increasingly confident the multiples will support a rise in milk prices to reflect the cost of production increases. Tesco was waiting for accurate cost increase figures to come through from Robert Wiseman...