Tesco news and analysis – Page 259
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Asda set to challenge JS, Tesco with national online roll-out
Asda is launching an offensive on Sainsbury's and Tesco's online market share with plans to take its service national from next year. Asda.com is currently serviced by 80 stores across the country. However, this will be increased to 100...
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Bogof's week
What better than a large glass of chilled wine now that the weather has turned sunnier once again? Not so easy to get, however, if you happen to shop at Tesco in Shoreham, as my colleague found this week. She asked a member of staff if the store...
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Tesco trials boost Subway's target
Subway, the US sandwich chain, is to open three trial concessions in Tesco stores in a move that will give it a foothold in one of the major UK multiples for the first time, The Grocer can reveal. The Tesco pilot, due to start in the next...
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Tesco promises to cut more prices in Ireland
Tesco is promising consumers in the Irish Republic that by early next year it will have cut the price of 10,000 food items previously covered by the groceries order. In a major advertising blitz, titled The Promise - The Proof, it claims...
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Sainsbury's signs up Tesco property head
Gaelle WalkerSainsbury's has appointed current Tesco property services director Neil Sachdev to the newly created role of commercial director. Sachdev's appointment is the fourth senior defection from Tesco to Sainsbury's in the past two...
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Quick! Launch that self-heating soup
Food Brands Group has come up with a way to helptime-poor consumers - a self-heating soup. Called Mini Quick, the soup is available in spicy lentil and tomato flavours and offers consumers a hot product in just 40 seconds. It is in Tesco...
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Price Survey
Asda is the cheapest supermarket for the fourth time in as many weeks, with a basket price of £55.08. Our results also show that while Somerfield has fallen back down to sixth place on our table, Tesco has still not been able to claw...
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M&S to add electrical departments to 13 stores
M&S to add electrical departments to 13 storesMarks & Spencer is to add electrical departments to 13 of its largest stores in a bid to take on Tesco and specialist retailers.M&S has been trialling the sale of a small range of...
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Tesco turns up heat on queue control
Tesco is testing infrared queue management technology in nine London Metro stores - and could use it to tell consumers how long they will have to wait before being served. Over the past year the retailer has rolled out the hi-tech...
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Tesco Direct operation more than a decade in the making
Tesco's £30m venture into the non food home shopping market had been in the planning stages for more than a decade before its launch this week, The Grocer can reveal. The long-awaited unveiling comes as Tesco shifted its clothing offer up...
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Five new pâté lines in Tesco
Scottish premier pâté producer Castle MacLellan has launched five new lines in Tesco deli counters north of the Border. The Kirkcudbright supplier has used local ingredients in the range, which comprises Brussels, Ardennes, Duck Parfait...
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Multiples jostle for spotlight at start of Organic Fortnight
Organic Fortnight kicked off this weekend with the major retailers furiously trying to outshine their rivals' organic credentials. Tesco said one in three of its shoppers now regularly put at least one organic item into their...
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Price Survey
Asda is the UK's cheapest supermarket for the third week in a row. In a tight race, Asda's basket price of £46.42 came in barely cheaper than Somerfield's total of £46.86. Tesco was third at £47.24, or 1.8% more than Asda, followed by Morrisons,...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited Smile, Old Market Street, Bristol Spar, Warwick Road, Solihull, West Midlands premier, Broadfield Barton, Crawley, West Sussex tesco EXpress, High Street, Woodville, Derbyshire tesco metro, New...
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In Brief: Finance role for Gray; Leahy stays on board; JS role for Stephen; Winery appointment; Miller quits Parfetts
Finance role for Gray Naan and flatbread producer Honeytop Speciality Foods has appointed Duncan Gray as financial controller. Gray joins Honeytop from Next Retail, where he was a finance manager focused on travel expense...
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NFU 'satisfied' over Tesco Brazilian beef
Brazilian beef is back on shelves at Tesco, sparking anger from Asda, which had agreed to stop selling it. Tesco said that it was sourcing rump steak for its Value range from a handful of Brazilian producers in areas unaffected by the...
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Tesco expands range to cater for premium trend
Tesco is adding 75 new products to its beer and cider range to cash in on the growing interest in speciality and premium beers. The retail giant said that the biggest changes would apply to its world and speciality beer ranges, with the...
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Climbing the ladder
How did you get where you are today? I started out on the technical side on the Boots graduate scheme but switched to commercial after 18 months. After five years there, I left to join the healthcare buying team at Tesco. I've had several...
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Tesco tots up the Totals for dieters
Tesco has launched an online diet club to rival Weight Watchers following the early success of its eDiets business. It is promoting its Totals diet alongside worldwide slimmers' favourites such as the Mediterranean, GI and Atkins...
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Price Survey
Asda is the UK's cheapest supermarket again this week at £38.26, while Tesco was once again in second place, this week with a basket price of £39.31, 2.7% higher than Asda. Sainsbury was third at £39.80, nudging Morrisons back to fourth place at...