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Tesco to invest in sports sites
Tesco has vowed to invest significantly in improving local sporting facilities across the country in areas where its new store developments eat into playing fields.Tesco property spokesman Andrew Slight said although it always tried to avoid...
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Dangers of multiples’ stranglehold
from Nigel Dowdney, c-store manager, Stalham, NorfolkSir; A report in the Eastern Daily Press detailed the detrimental effect of the building of a Tesco in Stalham. It focuses on the demise of two shops in nearby Hickling because of...
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Bath cheese the best
A west country farmer has been given a national listing in Tesco stores after winning the retailer’s coveted Cheese Challenge.Alex Dunbar of Bath Soft Cheese looked stunned last week as he was given news of his coup by Tesco commercial director...
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Tesco nut policy ‘could backfire’
Tesco’s plans to help nut allergy sufferers by imposing strict traceability controls on all own-label pre-packaged processed foods may backfire.It has introduced a new nut code of practice that will require suppliers and their raw material...
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How to make RRP work in your store
Confused by retail ready packaging? Worried by its implications? Help is at hand, says Beth BrooksWalk around Tesco’s Extra hypermarket near its headquarters in Cheshunt and you will grasp fairly quickly how retail ready packaging...
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Tesco rivals in double trouble
On August 1 Tesco plans to open its newly refurbished and extended 101,000 sq ft Extra store in Slough.In August 2003, the retailer made headlines by buying a 50,000 sq ft Co-op shop down the road from this store. The OFT took an interest in...
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Tesco TV ad ‘misleading’
Tesco has been slammed for a TV commericial promoting its on-line diet plan. The ad, which stated “log on and you’ll get your meal plans and shopping list designed by a professional nutritionist”, was branded as misleading, as it did not...
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Research Notes
>>household spend is upThe UK butter and spreads market is showing 3.9% growth. The average household is now spending £1.30 more than the previous year. The multiple grocers are driving this increase with Somerfield, Tesco and...
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Irish retailers’ profits soaring
Profits in the Republic of Ireland’s wholesale and retail grocery sector may be higher than 11.3bn a year, according to the Department of Finance.It is the first official estimate, as the major supermarkets – Tesco, Dunnes, Superquinn, Aldi and...
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Taking it to extremes
Retailers will have to go up or down for growthThere is room for growth in today’s Tesco-dominated grocery environment, but retailers will have to go to extremes – either upmarket or discount – to achieve it, delegates at The Grocer’s Going for...
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Tesco’s GI guru leaves project leader post
Hamish Renton, project leader for a number of Tesco health-related initiatives, has left the retail giant.A spokeswoman for Tesco confirmed that the search was on for his replacement.Although the spokeswoman was unable to confirm which...
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End in sight for store war
Tesco is to re-open its controversial Slough Extra store next month and close its neighbouring superstore to avoid intervention from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).Tesco said last year that it would sell the superstore once refurbishment was...
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VAT haven closing
Tesco has indicated it may have to rethink its online offer if the Jersey government cracks down on businesses sourcing VAT-free products from the island.Tesco launched Tesco Jersey last December as a means of driving down prices of non-food...
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Tesco chiefs fend off a plague of locusts
The Tesco shareholders’ meeting offered a chance for protestors to ambush management, says Beth BrooksThere were rumours of a mass demonstration, but only a handful of protestors from Friends of the Earth and Action Aid gathered on...
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Buyers break the ice and boost frozen fare
This month, the very best buyers in the frozen foods category are nominated by suppliers. Fiona McLelland reportsTesco has come out top with two of its buyers voted among the Six of the Best this month. The Grocer asked suppliers of...
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Well, nobody does it better...
The anti-Tesco lobbying may have been intensifying in recent weeks – but suppliers believe it would be wrong for the competition authorities or government to launch a specific inquiry into the market position of Britain’s top retailer.Many...
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Tunnel collapses under planned Tesco store
A railway tunnel has partially collapsed under the site of a Tesco store currently being built in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire.The 35,000 sq ft store and car park is being built on land above the tunnel, after Tesco received approval to...
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Tesco’s market dominance confirmed
Tesco’s dominance in the supermarket sector has been confirmed, with latest figures from market research agency TNS echoing previous data.TNS data revealed yesterday found that Tesco recorded a market share of 30.3% in the three months to...
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Tag quality holding up RFID
Tesco has identified tag quality as one of the key obstacles to progress in the field of RFID development.Group technology director John Clarke said phone lines had interfered with readers during trials, while Simon Palinkas, IT programme...
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Dunnes plans to chase Tesco in Irish market
Family-owned Dunnes Stores, the second-biggest player in the Irish market, is planning to open 24 new stores over the next two years in an expansion that could cost around e300m.The aim is to close the growing gap with Tesco, the market leader,...