Archive of all Tesco articles – Page 273
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Tesco launches its own Fairtrade range
Tesco will launch a new own label Fairtrade range next week to coincide with the start of Fairtrade Fortnight.The 15-product range, developed in conjunction with the Fairtrade Foundation, will include orange juice, cookies, coffee, tea,...
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Larger Rippleglen beefs up senior staff with new roles
Rippleglen has bolstered its senior staff following its purchase of the 121 store Supercigs and Supernews estate from Tesco last November.The acquisition has prompted the CTN chain, which trades as Arden News, to create two new posts. Bill...
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Flippin’ good buys
As Pancake Day draws closer, the promotional activity on those key staples of lemon juice and syrup continues to increase. Although there is activity for the day across retailers, it is Tesco that seems to be making the biggest effort so far...
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Tesco under fire again
Independent chain Proudfoot has made fresh allegations of predatory pricing by Tesco at its Withernsea store.Joint MD Ian Proudfoot first reported Tesco to the OFT after the Withernsea store offered £8 off £20 of shopping in a four-week...
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Sainsbury’s gain is a high street loss
While January is traditionally a quiet time of year, with trading patterns returning to normal, both Tesco and Asda are continuing to attract new shoppers according to ACNielsen’s Homescan Total Till information. Meanwhile, Sainsbury has seen a...
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Irish chain mark-ups spark call for probe
The three biggest Irish chains, Tesco, Dunnes and Superquinn, charge consumers up to three times what farmers are paid for some of their produce, according to a new survey. The study was carried out by the main opposition party Fine Gael, which...
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Tesco baby & toddler club the largest
from Sarah Baldock, manager, Tesco Baby & Toddler ClubSir; in your Focus on Infant Care (January 17, pp39-41), you made reference to a claim by Huggies to be the largest Mother & Baby club in the UK with 400,000 members.Tesco...
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Label revamp plans revealed
Sainsbury is upping the ante in its own label war with Tesco by revamping its premium Taste the Difference line, The Grocer has learned.It is understood the top-secret overhaul will centre on cleaning up the packaging and accelerating...
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In the shadow of a giant
The Grocer returns to Tesco in Hove to discover how the mega retailer is faring after its first five months of trading. Consumers have certainly put out the welcome mat, its super technology is proving popular, even with senior citizens, but...
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Six of the best household goods buyers
>>nominated this month: Tesco, somerfield, Morrisons, ASDA, sainsbury, makroMike ArnottSenior buying manager, household, tescoArnott joined Tesco in 1995 to work in product marketing for two years. He then moved into...
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OFT attention drawn to tactics at Withernsea
Tesco’s marketing tactics are being looked into by the Office of Fair Trading after independent supermarket chain Proudfoot lodged a complaint.The OFT said it was looking at the complaint under the Competition Act, but it could not be assumed...
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Londis is worth far more than £40m
from Shamus Lehal, Wootton PO Londis, Wootton, BedsSir; In light of the recent offer to buy out Adminstore by Tesco for a reported £53.7m for 45 or so mainly leasehold stores, I think £40m is far too light a price to be selling Londis...
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Tesco takes London
Adminstore delivers the capital to Tesco. Siân Harrington reportsTesco’s £53.7m acquisition of Adminstore barely affected its share of the convenience market but in terms of customer catchment it means inner London is now under...
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Fingleton upbraided for ‘undermining’ the law
The head of an Irish state agency has been accused of undermining the law by calling for the ban on below-cost selling to be abolished, following last week’s conviction of Tesco and Dunnes Stores for illegal discounting (The Grocer, Jan 24,...
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Digital on the double
Encouraged by the favourable results from its trial of promotions-based instore screen advertising, Spar plans to roll it out to more stores. Siân Harrington reportsAs Tesco approaches the first anniversary of its digital media...
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Suppliers yet to be convinced by Tesco’s media channel
Tesco is removing branded point-of-sale material at shelf as it seeks to position its stores as media vehicles. But convincing brand manufacturers to view it as a media channel is not easy. Philip Rooke, media director of Tesco.com, who is...
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Tesco to raise more cash
Tesco is said to be in talks to sell up to £600m of property to Topland, the private property group run by Sol Zakay, through the sale and leaseback of its stores.According to a report in The Times, the deal could involve Tesco selling about...
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Tesco expands in Scotland
Tesco has opened its largest store in Scotland and its first to offer self-scan checkouts north of the border.Tesco Extra in Cumbernauld will compete with a nearby Asda to offer shoppers a 24-hour service. Meanwhile, Asda has won...
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End of a London empire
Tesco’s takeover of Adminstore would mark the end of one of the leading c-store chains in and around London.MD Jitu Patel started out in 1979 when he began to build a chain of seven stores trading as Crispins Food and Wine and joined...
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Tesco stuns withchain coup
Tesco stunned the convenience store sector with a £53.7m offer for upmarket London chain Adminstore this week.Tesco corporate affairs director Lucy Neville-Rolfe said that the multiple had been negotiating with the owners of the Adminstore...