Tesco news and analysis – Page 266
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Tesco growth prompts big new depot
Tesco plans to open one of its biggest distribution centres in the UK next year to cope with its increasing growth. A spokesman for Tesco said the £65m development in Goole, near Hull, would provide extra capacity and was not being built...
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Price Survey
Geoff Igharo Asda remains the price leader this week, but Tesco has drawn much closer than it did last week, when it dropped to a suprising fourth place on our pricing table. Tesco's basket came in at £40.81 this week, just 66p...
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Burgundy wines in 25cl
Burgundian wine brand Blason de Bourgogne has launched the first two wines in its minis range.Its Pinot Noir and Chardonnay variants will be available in Tesco from the middle of next month in 25cl bottles, priced at £1.99 each, as well...
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M&S to beat Tesco to Gerrards Cross
Marks and Spencer will beat Tesco to opening a food store in Gerrards Cross, it was confirmed this week. Tesco had to put its plans on hold after a tunnel collapsed beneath the site of its proposed store last July. But now M&S has...
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Cheese with probiotics
A probiotic cheese that has the added benefit of being half-fat will be in Tesco at the end of next month. The mature Cheddar is the result of 12 months' development by Somerset-based Cricketer Farm and has been created to provide...
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Tesco knows how to spot a homegrown winner
Sir; I read with interest the experts' view on succession planning. There was one important ingredient missing: the genius of the outgoing monarch to spot early and nurture the future...
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Price Survey
Gaelle Walker The gap between Asda and Tesco's total basket prices has remained achingly wide this week. At £46.50 the cost of our 33 items at Tesco came to a whopping £3.17 more expensive than at Asda, a fact which is keeping...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visitedBUDGENS Tolworth, Surreysouth west CO-OP Wyndham Way, Portishead COSTCUTTER Eden Street, KingstonTESCO EXPRESS Derby Road, DerbyTESCO METRO Mather Street, Salford How...
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Nolan quits post at Superquinn chain
Tom Nolan, purchasing director for Irish supermarket chain Superquinn, is leaving the company after just a year in the job.Nolan, a former Tesco Ireland executive, joined the 21-store chain shortly after its E420m purchase from Senator...
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Tesco extends concept of self-service at tills
Tesco is moving one step closer to cashier-less stores with the largest single-store installation of self-service checkouts in the UK. Its London Metro store in Bishopsgate has been transformed for commuters and offers 20 self-service...
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Country Life looks for organic milk growth
Country Life will become the first major brand to enter the organic milk category when it launches into Tesco next month.The butter brand is making its milk debut to take advantage of what brand owner Dairy Crest describes as the fastest...
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Eddie Stobart signs Tesco delivery deal
Logistics firm Eddie Stobart has secured its first food and drink transport contract with Tesco. The logistics firm, which already delivers a number of non-food lines for Tesco, will take over distribution from the retailer's Blackmills...
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Price Survey
Gaelle WalkerPricing strategies at Tesco seemed to run awry this week. As the mercury hit the 90s, so Tesco's total basket price soared to £47.14, plunging the retailer, which is usually ranked as the UK's second cheapest supermarket...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visitedLondis Hollyhead Road, CoventryJacksons King Edwards Drive, Harrogatespar Main Street, Torrance, Nr GlasgowTesco Express Amersham Road, Buckinghamshireco-op Little Common Road,...
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Tesco makes Polish acquisition
Tesco has acquired convenience retailer Leader Price in Poland in a deal worth £72m.Leader Price is part of the French retailer Casino and entered Poland in 2000. It operates 220 stores in the country, employing 2,200 people and had sales of...
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Butlers Blue is up to the Challenge
Family-owned dairy Butlers saw its new product go all the way in this year's Tesco Cheese Challenge. Now in its fourth year, the competition brought together cheese industry experts in London where they picked out Butlers Blue as their...
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The big bucksbeckon
Tesco expects to make a profit within a year or two of its grand entry into the United States next summer and is on its way to building up a 200-strong team to lead its venture on to Wal-Mart's home turf. US chief executive Tim Mason,...
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Durose leaves Tesco to start own business
Peter Durose, director of produce, has left Tesco. A spokeswoman for the retailer said that Durose, who had worked at Tesco for ten years, was leaving to set up his own business. Durose was appointed category director for produce...
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Q&A with Mark Collings Manager of the Week
Can you tell us a little bit about your working history? I started working for Tesco 20 years ago as a trolley boy after leaving school and have stayed with the company ever since. Running my own store had always been a goal of mine and I...
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Tesco sizes up with Extra for the Scots
Food from local suppliers is at the heart of the offer in Tesco's largest store in Scotland, which opened its doors this week. The 103,000 sq ft Extra, situated at Silverburn Retail Park in Pollok, Glasgow, officially opened on Monday (10...