Tesco news and analysis – Page 300
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Tesco to recall own label fruit muesli
Tesco is to recall its Tesco Fruit Muesli 1kg following seven customer complaints due to the presence of nuts in the product.Tesco is to put up point of sale notices in stores to highlight shoppers to the nut/seed allergy warning for the...
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Anne Bruce
Tesco is penalising cash-rich time-poor online customers with a 30% rise in delivery charges as off-peak fees are discounted. Internet shoppers in Hertfordshire and Essex are now being offered three price bands under a new system which will...
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n step change
Tesco has implemented new computerised warehouse management systems from Retek in South Korea and Malaysia that it claims will drive its Asian operations to new levels of operating efficiency. The software, which optimises the flow of goods...
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Tesco ramps up FGP
Factory gate pricing contracts will cover two-thirds of Tesco's volumes by February, as the company steps up its primary distribution drive. Logistics and IT director Philip Clarke told The Grocer Tesco was now "well into the implementation...
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The measure of a medium
Tesco's much awaited instore digital advertising trial, Tesco TV, kicks off this month. Its main aim is to test customer acceptance of brand advertising on screens dotted around the store. Two more stores come on stream next month and, if...
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Western expertise meets Eastern flair
Seoung-Han Lee’s enthusiasm is highly infectious. So much so, that it is hard not to be impressed by the president and CEO of Samsung Tesco and his vision for turning the company into South Korea’s top operator of hypermarkets. It will not be easy....
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One thing was certain after Messrs Leahy, DeNunzio, Morrison
All this spelt good news for consumers, we were told especially those cruelly denied the opportunity to sample Asda's prices or Morrisons' "unique offer" through an accident of geography. For all the emphasis on price, however, supermarket...
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Carry on cruising
The multiples have found their drinks operations in Calais lucrative, but times are getting tougher says Anne Bruce Ask Sainsbury which branch is its most profitable per square foot, or Tesco which store sells the highest volume of beers,...
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Pay@pump only for night fuelling
Tesco will start closing petrol stations kiosks overnight at its 24-hour superstores from next week in an efficiency drive. All Tesco forecourts have been upgraded over the last couple of years, with the Pay@pump card payment facility installed....
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Phil Wheatcroft
Senior buying managerfrozen foods Tesco Wheatcroft joined Tesco in 1982 in the instore bakery, becoming bakery specialist in 1988 with responsibility for 20 bakeries in the London area. Prior to his existing role, he worked in Northern...
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Big four grocers have lots to offer
Leaders from the UK’s big four supermarkets embroiled in the bid for rival chain Safeway have publicly pledged to lower prices, create jobs, enhance competition and increase consumer choice.Tesco boss Sir Terry Leahy told the Competition...
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The main supermarket retailers have failed to improve their
While Ocado continues to outperform the rest of the market and Waitrose offered a very good service, Sainsbury, Asda and Iceland have yet again proved to be unable to deliver a half-decent experience, while Tesco has niggles. Difficulties in...
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Snacks hit the spot
In the retailer chart Morrisons continues at the top, most noticeably strong on soft drink promotions with a number of buy one get one free offers. Tesco, Sainsbury and Safeway all move up by one place to positions two, three and four...
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Snacks hit the spot
In the retailer chart Morrisons continues at the top, most noticeably strong on soft drink promotions with a number of buy one get one free offers. Tesco, Sainsbury and Safeway all move up by one place to positions two, three and four...
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Tesco's wine testbed at Calais refurbished
Tesco will complete a refurbishment of its 20,000 sq ft Calais Vin Plus drinks superstore this month to mark the store's eighth anniversary. The store, which sells more beers, wines and spirits than any other Tesco in the world, has been...
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Cherokee gets trucking
Siân Harrington Tesco is rolling out truck-side advertising across the country with a campaign that promotes its Cherokee clothing range. The move is part of a media strategy in which Tesco will test different initiatives using its brand...
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Tesco widens gap with JS
Tesco, which reported a strong financial performance last week, continues to see a rise in year-on-year market share according to our TradeTrak data from ACNielsen.The retailer, which announced annual pre-tax profits up 13% to £1.36bn and UK...
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Tesco widens gap with JS
Tesco, which reported a strong financial performance last week, continues to see a rise in year-on-year market share according to our TradeTrak data from ACNielsen. The retailer, which announced annual pre-tax profits up 13% to £1.36bn and UK...
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Tesco hits out at Irish protectionism'
Tesco Ireland chief executive Gordon Fryett has accused independents' lobby group RGDATA of attempting to block his company's expansion through planning objections. "I always find it a bit strange," said Fryett, "when RGDATA objects to us...
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Better availability key driver of Tesco record
John Wood Improved availability was one of the key drivers pushing Tesco's UK profits and sales to record levels, according to chief executive Sir Terry Leahy. Speaking at the publication of Tesco's annual results, Sir Terry said the...