Archive of all Tesco articles – Page 272
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Own label hits shelves faster with web specs
Tesco and Asda are relaunching their online technical information sites to get new products to market faster.The new Tesco due diligence information system developed by software supplier Ramesys will allow suppliers to validate their own...
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Coors’ epic Tesco deal
Coors Brewers has teamed up with Tesco as part of a branding deal to support the brewer’s newly-launched Coors Fine Light. The brand is featured on the side of 50 of the retailer’s delivery vehicles in a move that Coors said was confirmation of...
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Tesco goes for colour-coding to quickly identify frozen food lines
Tesco is aiming to boost availability by developing a colour-coded packaging system with the British Frozen Food Federation to help its staff locate frozen food stocks.“Freezers are empty, but staff are not able to quickly identify foods at the...
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Six of the best: tobacco and accessories
>>nominated this month: asda, booker, budgens, the co-operative group, somerfield and tescoDanny Aytoncategory buyer, BookerAyton joined Booker in 1998, having worked for BP as a retail category buyer, and then One Stop...
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First Safeways go to Waitrose
Tesco and Sainsbury are frontrunners in the race to pick up the remaining Safeway stores that Morrisons must sell to satisfy regulators.Waitrose this week picked up 14 stores from the disposal list plus four other Safeway stores and a Morrisons...
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Tesco set for 75% FGP target
Tesco plans to increase its volumes through factory gate pricing from 66% to 75% within the next 12 months.Supply chain director Stuart Ross told suppliers at the IGD Supply Chain Transformation conference that he expected 15 million cases per...
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Somerfield taps expertise
Somerfield revealed the extent of its convenience retailing ambitions when it swallowed Scottish Mace chain Aberness this week.Aberness’s new md, David Cheyne, said Somerfield saw huge potential in the convenience sector as did Tesco and...
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Durose is Tesco’s new director of produce
Tesco has appointed Peter Durose category director for produce in the wake of senior management changes announced last week.He replaces Steve Murrells who was promoted to chief executive officer of T& S Stores, the convenience store chain Tesco...
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The role of new media in the P-O-P mix
from Martin Kingdon, director general, POPAI UK and IrelandSir; I was interested to note that Tesco says of Tesco TV that “advertisers believe it is the first media format to work in the ‘last 10 feet’,” encouraging customers to...
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Tesco TV ‘better than terrestrial’
Brands are seeing better results from advertising on Tesco’s instore digital TV service than from terrestrial TV campaigns, the company handling TescoTV’s media sales has claimed.JCDecaux, which has been appointed as the exclusive provider of...
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Home baking café style
Bakehouse, best known for supplying frozen continental pastries and bread to instore bakeries and foodservice outlets, is launching its first bake-at-home range aimed at consumers.Available in Tesco freezers and priced at £1.79, the Café Simple...
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Asda’s latest price war with Tesco a risk to margins
Asda risks destabilising UK margins with its latest tranche of highly aggressive short-term promotions, analysts have warned.The cuts, launched as part of Asda’s latest £40m Rollback campaign, follow the publication of TNS switching data...
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Ross range gets £1m
Dalepak is boosting the marketing budget for its Ross frozen burgers and grills brand by 50% to more than £1m, to back new products and revamped packaging.The range, which was introduced last year and has secured listings in Tesco, Sainsbury,...
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Tesco raises £2.5m for Barnardo’s
Tesco is to present a cheque for £2.5m to children’s charity Barnardo’s from fundraising through its charity trust.The money has been raised by some 230,000 Tesco staff, who have been involved in a variety of activities over the past year...
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Tesco moves into DVD rental
Tesco is set to launch an online DVD rental service this month, in a bid to copy the success of Netflix, an online DVD rental firm in the US.Tesco has created a partnership with a new British company Video Island, which will allow customers...
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'New' Ethical 'Old' Ethical
>>major ethical offerings and how they have been doingBrand: Tesco own labelLaunched: March 2004Brand proposition: 15 product range including orange juice, cookes, coffee, tea, chocolate and South African Wine,...
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Gildersleeve departs from Tesco
Tesco’s commercial and trading director John Gildersleeve has now retired from the board.He has been replaced by Richard Brasher, who was head of non-food commercial activities (The Grocer, September 13, pp4, 22). Brasher’s former...
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Tesco ready to enter the Chinese market
Tesco is in talks to enter the Chinese market with a possible 50% stake in the 25-strong Hymall chain from holding group Ting Hsin International.And a Citigroup Smith Barney report into grocery retailing in the Far East, said it believed...
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Tesco launches Fairtrade range
Tesco will launch a new own label Fairtrade range this week to coincide with the start of Fairtrade Fortnight and the 10th anniversary of the Fairtrade Mark.Fairtrade Fortnight runs from March 1-14 and annual sales of Fairtrade goods have...
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The silent problem
A code is toothless if suppliers won’t speak out says Elaine WatsonTesco, Asda, Sainsbury and Safeway have all welcomed the review. They have said they will co-operate with the audits and they have stressed their commitment to building strong...