Archive of all Tesco articles – Page 271
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JP Chenet woos Tesco
France’s bestselling wine brand, JP Chenet, has won its first listing in Tesco.The brand, with its distinctive twisted neck bottle, is sold in most other UK multiples and cash and carries, but has only just got a foot in the door at Tesco with...
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Legal costs force FWD to abandon OFT action
Wholesalers have abandoned their legal challenge to the OFT’s decision to allow Tesco’s takeover of the Adminstore c-store chain because of fears they could be forced to pay huge legal bills.Last month the Federation of Wholesale Distributors...
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Making a mint from own label
Tesco has torn a further strip off Wrigley – by becoming the first brand to put breath-freshening strips into multipacks.The supermarket giant first caused a stir in the sector at the end of last year when The Grocer revealed its plans to take...
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Tesco second buy in Japan
Tesco has boosted its presence in Japan with its second acquisition in less than a year.The 27-strong Fre’c supermarket chain will complement c-store chain C Two-Network, also in Tokyo, which Tesco bought last July.The combined business...
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ACS plans to bar big four
A motion to bar the major multiples from membership of the Association of Convenience Stores will be debated at its annual conference on May 17.A week after Tesco arm T& S pulled out of the ACS, details of an egm before the conference have been...
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Lottery tickets at the checkout
Supermarket customers will soon be able to buy lottery tickets at the checkout rather than only through a dedicated kiosk. Tesco is the first retailer to sign up to the scheme launched by the lottery operator Camelot although it is expected...
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Tesco gets bigger in Japan
Tesco said that its C Two Network convenience store unit in Japan is to buy the neighbourhood supermarket business of Frec in Tokyo.Tesco said that C2 has been appointed by the Industrial Revitalisation Corporation of Japan "to sponsor the...
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Tesco holds the winning ticket
Luck is with the UK’s top grocer in the lottery for Safeway stores, says Siân HarringtonThe one thing missing from Tesco’s triumphant results announcement this week was any news of Safeway store acquisitions. Considering the UK’s...
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Government funds fuel remploy service
from Greig Smith, sector manager, retail & service, Remploy InterworkSir; re ‘Tesco’s vow on disability’ (The Grocer, April 10, p96).Remploy does not have charitable status. The company is a government-funded agency which was...
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FWD gets legal firepower
Wholesalers have ramped up their defence of independent retailers with the appointment of top London legal firm Macfarlanes to fight their case against Tesco’s acquisition of Adminstore. The Federation of Wholesale Distributors is asking the...
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Now Tetley keeps tea on the boil
Tetley is brewing up for another onslaught on the buoyant sectors of the hot beverages market with a 12-strong wave of new premium teas and a £5m support package.Trialled in Tesco since August last year, four speciality offerings, two green tea...
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Asda/Tesco under fire over organic
The Soil Association has slammed Asda and Tesco for not doing enough to promote the UK organic sector and asked the government to intervene.A Soil Association survey found less than a quarter of the organic pork on sale in Asda was from UK...
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Satsuma protection
Tesco is launching a campaign to protect supplies of satsumas, threatened by a downturn in world demand.The retailer claimed that because the fruit’s popularity is waning in other countries, growers were switching to more profitable...
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Tesco has the town to itself
Tesco’s plans to open a 35,000 sq ft store in Gerrards Cross have faced intense criticism from residents concerned about the impact it will have on the town and particularly on their local traders.The store was approved on appeal in 2002,...
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Giants’ c-stores have had welcome impact
Nearly one in five of Tesco’s and Sainsbury’s local store customers say the multiples’ moves into convenience have transformed the way they shop, according to exclusive research for The Grocer. A survey of 1,721 principal shoppers, conducted by...
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Tesco slips into Levi’s again
Tesco has resumed selling jeans by Levi Strauss two years after a legal battle between the two companies ended when Tesco agreed not to sell cheap Levi’s bought on the grey market. Levi’s has since launched a new brand named Levi Strauss...
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Anti-theft device trial
Asda and Tesco are conducting small-scale trials of new technology designed to tackle theft at the checkouts.Widely used in the US at chains including Kroger and Giant, the CartView surveillance system helps retailers detect goods that are...
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Media spend’s a vital growth aid
Media spends continue to be important to support the sales growth of the top four grocers and, with the exception of Sainsbury, there were double digit growths in advertising budgets last year. Nielsen Media Research confirms Tesco as one of...
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Press round-up…Tesco
Outgoing chief executive at Safeway, Carlos Criado-Perez has said that Tesco has been given too much of a free hand by the UK regulators.In the wake of Tesco’s clearance by the Office of Fair Trading to buy c-store group Adminstore,...