Tesco - Latest News and Analysis – Page 291
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As Tesco and Levi battle it out in the European Court of Jus
How big a problem is parallel trade? Phil Evans The amount of grey market trading is small overall, but big in a few areas. It seems like a perversion to allow corporations to use a legitimate tool for identifying goods (a trademark) but then...
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Coin machines give shoppers the charitable option
Supermarket coin exchange service Coinstar has linked up with leading UK charities to give shoppers an option of donating loose change. A Coins that Count' service now allows customers at Asda, Sainsbury and Tesco to pay in money to causes...
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Sainsbury and Asda angrily hit out at Tesco Best Value' cla
Asda and Sainsbury are both threatening to report Tesco to the Advertising Standards Authority over its claims to be the Best Value Supermarket'. Tesco is standing by claims made in its latest ad campaign that it is on average 8% cheaper than...
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Tesco boosts wine online
Tesco is taking on specialist wine retailers with a new online Wine Warehouse offering 800 wines by the case at rock bottom prices. Tesco.com chief executive John Browett said: "Our aim is to be the best wine by case delivery service in the UK."...
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Tesco closes in on Asda while Walkers gives snacks a leg up
Competition becomes more fierce in the fascia chart this week with only two percentage points separating the top three. Asda and Tesco retain first and second positions respectively with Safeway rising to third place. Heinz slips to fourth...
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Women's union demands an apology for alarmist survey'
The Women's Food and Farming Union has demanded an apology from Tesco over its shopper survey on farming in Britain in 2001. Chairman Janet Godfrey said some of the questions were ambiguous and could cause concern among shoppers about food safety....
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Mini-hypers for overseas
Tesco has developed a mini hypermarket format as part of its aggressive plan to accelerate store openings overseas. The mini-hypers still boast sales areas of around 75,000 sq ft compared with the 100,000 to 120,000 sq ft Tesco normally opens....
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Irish republic
Discounters force Tesco into deeper cuts The recent arrival of Lidl and Aldi in the Irish market has intensified competition in the grocery sector over the past year, according to Maurice Pratt, managing director of Tesco Ireland. Tesco, once...
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the customer
is king n It ain't easy being this good, so the saying goes. Behind Tesco's apparently effortless supremacy lies hard work and a relentless drive to understand shifting consumer demands, a perspective now crucial for the whole food chain as Terry...
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Global standard would cut costs
Ed Bedington, Geneva A globally accepted food safety system could lead to lower costs for retailers and suppliers, the Global Food Safety Initiative conference heard in Switzerland on Wednesday. John Longworth, Tesco's trading law and technical...
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Tesco says its continuous replenishment system is going live
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Independents face challenge of standalone Express stores
EXCLUSIVE Julian Hunt Tesco has confirmed every independent retailer's worst nightmare it is planning to start trials of standalone Express c-stores. Thanks to its partnership with Esso, the multiple is on track to have 150 Express forecourt...
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JS pours scorn on Tesco price boast
Clive Beddall Sainsbury has slammed Tesco's research findings which claim it enjoys a price advantage over competitors as "fanciful" In a bluntly worded statement as The Grocer went to Press, the Stamford Street multiple said: "Nobody believes...
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The Tesco interim results presentation ended up being a bit
Terry Leahy bounced into the briefing room, looking extremely chirpy after his early morning spat, sorry interview, with Today on Radio 4. Sadly, very few of my media colleagues bothered to turn up to hear what the chief of the Tesco profit...
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Vodka links up with the Red Devil
A new Icelandic vodka and cranberry spirit, Ursus Roter Vodka, is going on test in Tesco this month. It will be promoted in the multiple by a linked purchase with Red Devil Energy Drink. The deal has been created by Maritime Foods which...
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Multiples threaten hard times with c-store expansion plans
The independent c-store sector is facing a fresh onslaught from the major multiples and oil giants, with BP, Sainsbury, Tesco and Marks and Spencer announcing new developments. BP has indicated it is ready to set up standalone stores as part of its...
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Birds Eye Chicken O's Buy one get one free Gondola en
Birds Eye Bigtime Codcakes 4s Price promotion 98p Gondola end Asda Birds Eye Frozen Beef Curry Price promotion 99p Gondola end Tesco Birds Eye Mega Burgers 320g ...
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TESCO RULES AT THE TOP END
Tesco is fast becoming the supermarket of choice for higher ticket food items for special occasions, an area of the market traditionally dominated by M&S and Sainsbury, according to new Mintel research. In a survey of 2,000 shoppers polled in the...