Tesco news and analysis – Page 300

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    Not for Tesco a slow and painful Sainsbury-style advent into

    2002-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Then it can get on with its plans to convert 450 prime sites to its lucrative Express format over the next three to four years. The masterplan is to use T&S's distribution network to serve the new standalone Express chain and around 400 residual One...

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    Tesco buys T&S Stores

    2002-10-30T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has agreed to buy convenience store group T&S Stores for £377.3m to boost its presence in the convenience market.T&S's portfolio of stores includes more than 1,200 shops including 862 convenience stores under the One Stop and Day &...

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    Stock failures revealed

    2002-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Elaine Watson Tesco and Sainsbury are missing out on a major sales opportunity through poor product availability, according to new research by Taylor Nelson Sofres revealed at the Schroder Salomon Smith Barney Food Retailing conference. Data...

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    Stock failures revealed

    2002-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Tesco and Sainsbury are missing out on a major sales opportunity through poor product availability, according to new research by Taylor Nelson Sofres revealed at the Schroder Salomon Smith Barney Food Retailing conference.Data from TNS...

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    Twist is ready to dance for the nation

    2002-10-26T00:00:00Z

    Bacardi-Martini is ready for a national roll out of its Breezer Twist after a four-month trial in Tesco. Breezer Twist's range of fruit-flavoured spirits comes in three versions, lime, watermelon, and mango with passion fruit, each with a...

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    Clubcard partners

    2002-10-26T00:00:00Z

    Allders and Dollond & Aitchison have signed up as partners for Tesco's Clubcard and are the first of many, according to the retailer. Tesco is negotiating with "a number of other companies", said a spokesman, to make loyalty points available "in...

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    Tesco teams up with high street store

    2002-10-21T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has ramped its loyalty card offer in time for the festive season by linking up with Allders to offer Clubcard points on all goods bought at the department store group.Clubcard holders will get one point for every £1 spent at Allders or...

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    Terms of global impediment

    2002-10-21T00:00:00Z

    Tesco is the latest big retailer to rattle its sabre in the battle to sweep away local pricing strategies in pursuit of global goals. Tesco’s decision to tackle head on the discrepancies in terms it is receiving in the different markets in which...

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    Usdaw recruiting

    2002-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury and Morrisons have been targeted by shopworkers' union Usdaw for a recruitment campaign. Usdaw broke through the 100,000 members barrier at Tesco last week and has plans to grow membership. Both Sainsbury and Morrisons claim to...

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    Tesco ranging really is a revolution

    2002-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Sir; re There is competition in ranging' (Letters, October 12) in which Carol Bavister of Shelfmax challenged Ben Wishart's claims about Tesco's ranging systems. Wishart, IT...

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    Tesco top for flowers

    2002-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Judges have voted Tesco Fresh Flower Retailer of the Year at the 2002 Retail Industry Awards. Tesco was up against Sainsbury and Marks and Spencer for the award, which was sponsored by the Flower Council of Holland. The judging panel...

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    innovation leads to the finest ideas

    2002-10-19T00:00:00Z

    As Tesco prepared to celebrate the fifth birthday of its Finest sub-brand with a major revamp of the range, delegates at the IGD convention were hearing from one major marketer how UK retailers were in danger of destroying value in the grocery...

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    Source tags eyed by Waitrose

    2002-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Anne Bruce Waitrose has become the latest UK supermarket to develop source tagging capabilities as momentum builds behind the technology. Marks and Spencer, Safeway, Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury are also conducting analysis and trials of the...

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    UK is driving value out'

    2002-10-19T00:00:00Z

    John Wood Procter & Gamble's European head Paul Polman has warned Tesco and Asda/Wal-Mart that their obsession with forcing down prices was driving value out of UK grocery and could cause permanent damage. Speaking at the IGD 2002 Convention...

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    Waiting for closure on the issue of screwcaps

    2002-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has taken a lead on the cork issue, but others linger So the Royals prefer the sound of popping corks, judging by Prince Charles' pronouncement earlier this year about "nasty plastic plugs". And that's fine, as long as they don't shop at...

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    Tesco impatient to enter China, Japan

    2002-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has detailed its ambitions for further overseas expansion and signalled an eventual switch to warehouses to support its internet shopping business. The company already has a presence in Ireland, Hungary, Poland, Thailand, the Czech...

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    Tesco broadens Finest with homeware lines

    2002-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Julian Hunt A raft of homeware products has been introduced to the Tesco Finest range as part of a major overhaul of the multiple's most important sub-brand. Finest has already been stretched into health and beauty products. But the...

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    Beer and lager sustain drinks

    2002-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Though Morrisons and Safeway remain at numbers one and two respectively, Morrisons has pulled further ahead of the field and extended its lead to six percentage points. Asda moves up one place to number three, forcing Tesco down one spot. ...

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    GRO Usdaw

    2002-10-12T00:00:00Z

    Shopworkers' union Usdaw has broken through the 100,000 members barrier at Tesco, strengthening further the union's position as the holder of the biggest section of union members in the UK. Head of recruitment strategy at Usdaw,...

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    Exclusive Philadelphia coup for Tesco

    2002-10-12T00:00:00Z

    Mary Carmichael Kraft Foods has done a deal with Tesco to bring out an exclusive limited edition variant of its Philadelphia soft cheese brand. The Blue Cheese spread, made with Danish Blue, will be available in the chain's stores from now...