Tesco news and analysis – Page 294
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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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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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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 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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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 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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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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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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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,...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...