Tesco news and analysis
Tesco is the largest supermarket in the UK. With more than 3,000 retail stores in Britain, it operates across Extra hypermarkets, supermarkets and in the convenience space, with the Express format. It also runs the market-leading customer loyalty programme Tesco Clubcard. Online business, Tesco.com, offers home delivery and click & collect services. The Grocer runs Tesco news, analysis, insight and opinion.
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Comment & OpinionTesco ad finds monstrous way to give kids healthy food
A monster chases a grape-pinching lad into the car park. Fortunately, it’s friendly
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Grocer 33Tesco Fraserburgh’s Angela Mckay on running an ‘extremity’ store
‘Local lass’ Angela Mckay on running a community hub, free fruit & veg, and being ‘Broch and proud’
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Grocer 33Fraserburgh Tesco wins UK’s best ‘extremities’ mystery shop
The Grocer visited some of the UK’s most remote supermarkets this week in our first-ever ‘extremities special’ mystery shop
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Comment & OpinionFood safety enforcement: why ‘proportionate’ often feels like Russian roulette
Recent high-profile prosecutions show that the line between minor infringement and criminal liability is thinner than many retailers realise, says Tom McNeill, specialist food safety lawyer at BCL Solicitors
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NewsTesco appeals for supplier support on ‘food first’ strategy
Tesco last week unveiled a new set of strategic priorities, promising to turn up the heat on rivals by investing in quality and innovation as well as price
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NewsPlant-based 33% cheaper than meat versions, research finds
The analysis comes amid rising costs for producers and customers caused by the war in the Middle East
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NewsTesco launches Aldi Price Match across Express stores
Aldi Price Match will run alongside Clubcard Prices in Tesco’s conveniece stores
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NewsLidl matches Morrisons in grocery market share again
Lidl’s sales rose by 8.8% year on year in the 12 weeks to 19 April 2026, to put it again level in market share with Morrisons
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NewsTesco doubles size of Free Fruit & Veg for Schools programme
Tesco has also pledged to double the size of the programme again next year
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NewsTesco and Morrisons equal pay cases face ‘pivotal moment’
So-called material factor defence hearings are to be held that will see the supermarkets face questioning over why predominantly female store workers are paid less than predominantly male distribution centre workers
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Comment & OpinionThe big question for Sainsbury’s: whether to stick or twist
Sainsbury’s is well equipped to handle the macro economy even in a crisis. It’s the next strategy that’s vexed
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Grocer 33Tesco is Maidstone’s finest supermarket in mystery shop
Our shopper found the 32,317 sq ft Tesco ‘clean and well stocked’ with an ‘excellent range of more unusual brands’
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Grocer 33Maidstone’s best supermarket: how Tesco Grove Green thrives at its busiest
Stuart Smith was talking to Stephen Jones What’s the most challenging aspect of managing this store? Our busyness. We’re quite a small unit, under 32,000 sq ft. Our aisles are narrow, so it can be an intense shopping environment. It’s a fine balancing act to keep it ...
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Grocer 33Clubcard Prices help Tesco edge ahead of Asda
Tesco’s eight Clubcard price cuts provided this week’s deepest discounts
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Tesco results, retail government bailout, supply chain crisis
Tesco has highlighted another £500m in cost savings for the year ahead and no doubt AI will play a part there
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Comment & OpinionTesco’s new strategy: this time it’s (even more) personal
After posting another stellar set of results, Tesco’s unveiled a new strategy. What’s it all about?
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NewsTesco commits to minimising Middle East conflict impact on shoppers
Tesco CEO Ken Murphy also questioned last month’s FDF warning that food inflation would reach more than 9% by the end of the year
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NewsBooker delivers modest growth but ‘adapting quickly’ to challenges, says Tesco CEO
In the 52 weeks to 22 February 2025, like-for-like sales rose by just 0.2% at the Tesco-owned wholesaler
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NewsTesco’s Ken Murphy pledges to keep shoppers’ costs down in Iran war
Murphy said the supermarket was ‘committed to doing whatever it can to help keep down the cost of the weekly shop’
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NewsTesco and Adobe sign AI deal to boost Clubcard personalisation
The ‘strategic AI partnership’ is focused on personalising the content and offers Tesco serves up to its Clubcard members and ‘better anticipating’ their needs along the shopping journey