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Internet training: State link boosts Tesco.com
Tesco's partnership with the government to set up instore internet cafes is a key part of its strategy to boost sales at its online shopping arm, said Tesco.com chief executive John Browett. While helping to fulfil the government's commitment to...
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Europe multiples market share:Tesco at seventh place in the
Tesco may dominate its home market, but it's only ranked seventh in Europe, according to a new index created by IGD. In its European Grocery Retailing 2001 report, Tesco is the only UK based retailer in the top 10. Asda scrapes in at 12 as part...
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Tesco: Trial PC deals
Cut price computers and peripherals will be available from Tesco after it signed a partnership deal with one of the leading IT manufacturers, Hewlett Packard. The two companies ran a pilot scheme at stores in Leicester and Cambridge and will now be...
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Nibble Big-Ears
Noddy and Big-Ears are the stars of poultry processor Glenhaven Quality Foods' new boxed chicken products range. Noddy Chicken Nuggets (420g) and Big-Ears (400g) Frozen Chicken Dippers will be in most Tesco stores from February 26. Each box...
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Price wars: Tesco kicks off 2001 blitz with weekly shop cut
Tesco is to invest £70m in a new round of price cuts across grocery and non-food from Monday as the multiples go back to war for 2001. The permanent cuts will reduce the cost of an average weekly family shop by 20%, claimed Tesco, with reductions...
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Tesco: Global sourcing highlighted by new emblem for non foo
Tesco shoppers will soon be able to assess the growing importance of the multiple's global sourcing activity. Christine Cross, world non foods buying director, said a new red and yellow emblem bearing the slogan "Buying globally saving locally"...
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Design: Tesco own label
Rightful owners Helen Gregory reports on how reshaping the design process helped to transform Tesco's own label range into a distinctive brand Tesco can rightly claim that its own label range is a success and much of it is due to the new-look...
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You have been warned
The food and drink industry has always served up verbal ammo for parliamentary hopefuls pressing flesh outside Tesco during an Election. Thus one of the early campaign features traditionally sees an army of would-be MPs plundering this magazine for...
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Badger's Glory
Badger has called its latest Tesco Beer Challenge winner Golden Glory Ale. It is hoping to repeat the success of Golden Champion, which topped the spring 1998 competition. Last year Badger's volume sales rose 54% and its volume shares of the premium...
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Northern Ireland: Tesco exclusive Angus deal
Foyle Meats has launched a range of Northern Irish Quality Assured Aberdeen Angus beef in selected Tesco Northern Ireland stores. The launch has been backed by cookery roadshows organised by the MLC. Foyle Meats producer club is supplying the beef...
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Irish multiples: Tesco widens lead in Republic
Dunnes Stores, once the dominant player in the Irish Republic's I£6bn-plus grocery sector, has now slipped to third place, according to latest market share figures. A leaked version of confidential research carried out by Taylor Nelson shows that...
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Badger's sights are set on a second golden champion with Te
The Badger Brewery has stamped its mark on the Tesco Beer Challenge by winning the big brewer section for the second time. The brewer has made it to the final of the competition in its last five attempts. At the final judging last week Tesco beer...
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Tesco tackles Levi Strauss
Tesco is confident of victory in its legal battle with designer jeans firm Levi Strauss over the right to sell imported designer clothes at discount prices. Lawyers representing Tesco and warehouse club operator Costco went head to head with the...
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The Grocer focus on logistics: partnerships: the way forward
In Holland they do the unthinkable grocery retailers and suppliers share a £25m cold store where automation yields big savings. Sarah Hardcastle reports Imagine Tesco, Sainsbury and Birds Eye Wall's sharing a cold store to benefit from goods...
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Retail spotlight: Tesco Extra hypermarket Kingston Park, New
Tesco Extra helpings Theyr’e big spenders at Kingston Park and staff at the purpose-built hypermarket give them every encouragement, as Elaine Watson finds out With almost 100,000 sq ft, 55 tills and its own railway station, Tesco Extra …
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Ireland: Fruit and veg is sold too cheap'
A fresh confrontation is looming in the Irish Republic between food producers and multiples over the latest price war initiated by Tesco. After a battle over cut-price milk (which they lost) and over frozen New Zealand lamb (which they won), Irish...
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The Grocer focus on logistics: availability: CR's hour has
Tesco's continuous replenishment drive will create a distribution system second to none says Sarah Hardcastle On shelf availability of 99% is the aim of Tesco's continuous replenishment (CR) distribution operation for food and drink which the...
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News analysis: Christmas period trading figures
The also-rans were... Tesco, of course, was number one. But it wasn't a bad end of year for the multiples fighting to recover. John Wood reports The UK grocery sector could be excused for feeling smug this week as they compared their impressive...
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Tesco takes a long lead in the push for market share
Tesco has emerged as the multiple with the biggest share of the magazines market from July to September. According to Seymour's December Monitor, Tesco had a market share of 7.4%, almost twice that of its nearest rival Sainsbury at 4%. Seymour's...
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The Grocer focus on jams, spreads & honey
Brand Ranking (based on value) 1 Hartley's Pure Fruit Jam 2 Robertson's Standard Jam 3 Robertson's Golden Shred 4 Tesco Standard Jam ...