Tesco news and analysis – Page 254

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    Top-Up shop

    2007-01-27T00:00:00Z

    Who we visited. Tesco Express Hookwood, Surrey. Welcome Horsham, West Sussex. SMILE LOCAL North Street, Bristol. Nisa Brixton, South London. Bp shop Dorking, Surrey How they performed The BP...

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    Tesco opens own-brand store in China

    2007-01-26T08:12:00Z

    Tesco has opened its first store in China using its own fascia.The retailer currently operates 50 stores in the country through a partnership with Ting Hsin, which operates Hymall stores. The partnership has been running for three...

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    Will punters be neutral about carbon footprints?

    2007-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Low carb finally shed its fad diet connotations this week as retailers vied for the moral highground in the battle against climate change. First Marks & Spencer and then Tesco launched dramatic eco-plans covering all areas of their...

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    Retailers go it alone with produce drives

    2007-01-20T00:00:00Z

    The government's 5-a-day campaign has lost out as supermarkets start the year with a blaze of fruit and veg promotions. Tesco and Sainsbury's are both pumping millions into free or cut-price produce, and Waitrose is also running a citrus...

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    Team up to save planet says Asda

    2007-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Asda has pleaded for more collaboration between retailers to help save the planet in the wake of huge media announcements on the environment from its rivals. On Thursday Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy unveiled far-reaching plans to...

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    Tesco 'sabotage' blasted

    2007-01-20T00:00:00Z

    A leading independent retailer is accusing Tesco of bully-boy tactics - just days before the Competition Commission publishes its emerging thinking document on the grocery sector. Powys-based retailer Harry Tuffins claimed Tesco was...

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    Tesco's Wharton takes on MBL supply chain

    2007-01-20T00:00:00Z

    After five years as network development director for Tesco, Scott Wharton has split ranks and joined MBL as its new supply chain director. He steps into the shoes of Mark Aylwin, who left the MBL team in September to become chief...

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    Tesco's Sunderland site plan under fire

    2007-01-20T00:00:00Z

    The threat of a compulsory purchase order is hanging over land owned by Tesco in Sunderland city centre.  Rival developers are fighting Tesco's plans to build a store there. It's emerged the city council or the regional development agency...

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    Top-Up shop

    2007-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Who we visited. Spar Kirkintilloch, Scotland. The Co-operative group Ifield, Crawley. Budgens Amersham, Bucks. Nisa Yardley, Birmingham. Tesco express Harrogate, North Yorkshire. How they...

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    Tesco to update on Christmas trading

    2007-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Analysts are expecting Tesco to report like-for-like sales growth of between 4.5% and 6% when it updates the City on Christmas trading tomorrow (Tuesday). Much of the growth is expected to come from non-food, with analysts especially keen to...

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    Condon takes marketing role at Tesco

    2007-01-13T00:00:00Z

    James Condon, former head of global marketing for George at Asda, has joined Tesco as its new head of brand communications and trade planning. Condon joined Asda in September 2003 to take on the responsibility for marketing Asda's George...

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    Morrisons in lead with price-cutting

    2007-01-13T00:00:00Z

    Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda have been making all the big noise about new year price reductions - but Morrisons has quietly been beating them all, according to exclusive data from The Grocer Price Index.  Morrisons has cut the cost of our...

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    Tesco could sell land bank

    2007-01-08T00:00:00Z

    The Competition Commission's inquiry into the grocery industry could force Tesco to sell its land bank. At least two of the six members on the inquiry's panel are arguing Tesco's property portfolio is preventing rivals from entering local...

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    Sir Terry Leahy's agenda

    2007-01-06T00:00:00Z

    ?Health and the environment will continue to be at the top of our agenda because they are both becoming increasingly important to our customers. On health we start the new year with our GDA nutritional labelling on more products and very soon we...

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    In Brief: Property venture; Strike is called off; Asda sues Leighton

    2007-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Property venture Tesco has entered into a property joint venture with British Airways Pension Fund to release £445m from its UK property portfolio. The deal includes 16 Tesco stores. Strike is called...

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    Top-Up shop

    2007-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Who we visited. Spar Crawley, West Sussex. Londis Cheadle, Stockport. Shell Buckland, Surrey Sainsbury's forecourt West Green, Crawley Tesco Express, Red Kiln Way, Horsham. How they...

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    Top-Up shop

    2007-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Who we visited. Jones Trowbridge, Wiltshire. Londis Surbiton, Surrey. Budgens Melbourne, Derbyshire. Co-operative Group Bexhill, East Sussex. tesco express, East Hunsbury, Northamptonshire. How they...

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    looking ahead

    2007-01-05T00:00:00Z

    Health will be driving force By providing good produce and clear information, stores can tap into the rising interest in healthy lifestyles and encourage sales of fresh, local and organic foodFor Tesco, a lot of 2008 will...

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    Tesco recalls indoor Christmas lights

    2006-12-22T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has recalled five batches of indoor Christmas lights due to a manufacturing fault which may cause an electric shock. The recall only affects products that have been on sale since October 2006. They were all sold in red packaging and all...

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    Review of the year 2006

    2006-12-16T00:00:00Z

    It was the year green went mainstream, junk food ads got a mauling, Kwik Save lurched from crisis to crisis - and Tesco grew even bigger. We kicked 2006 off by identifying sustainability as one of the big issues for the year - and, boy, were we...