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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NewsSupermarket meal deal fruit recalled due to possible salmonella risk
SKUs with use-by dates of 23 or 24 June across Asda, Morrisons, Tesco, M&S and Sainsbury’s have been affected
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NewsWildfarmed launches first packaged sourdough to use 100% regen flour
Simply Sourdough is the first supermarket packaged sourdough made using 100% Wildfarmed regenerative flour
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NewsTesco goes cage-free across own-brand shell and ingredient eggs in UK & Ireland
It means Tesco has fulfilled the commitment it made in 2016 and follows similar proclamations made by Asda and Lidl this earlier this year
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NewsTesco joins forces with Waitrose and B&Q for Dunnhumby-led retail media pilot
The retailers – as part of the newly formed ‘Dunnhumby network alliance’ – will launch the pilots in the coming weeks
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NewsBooker locks prices on over 600 products for foodservice operators
It marks the second phase of the Tesco-owned wholesaler’s Value Locked campaign, with prices frozen across branded and own-brand products until 8 September
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NewsOlder supermarket fridges not fit for heatwave, experts warn
The spring heatwave saw numerous fridges and freezers break down in supermarkets across the country
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NewsYoung adult and well-off household consumer confidence sinks
GfK’s long-running index held firm at –23 in June as worries about the impact of the conflict in the Middle East on household bills and petrol and food prices continued to weigh on consumer sentiment
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NewsTesco’s share price knocked by sales slowdown
Tesco’s share price took a knock on Thursday morning, after UK like-for-like sales slowed to just 1.8% in the first quarter to 30 May 2026
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NewsTesco CEO ‘confident’ in Booker’s performance despite Q1 sales decline
To offset the sales dip, Booker is putting a greater focus on its fresh and frozen offerings
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NewsTesco boss Ken Murphy says bad weather has had bigger impact than Iran war
Tesco revealed first-quarter like-for-like sales in the UK grew by 1.8%, although Murphy stressed that was against a period last year which included a summer heatwave
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NewsTesco slows to 1% growth amid price war
Tesco slowed to just 1% turnover growth in the first quarter amid fierce competition between the supermarkets
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NewsTesco faces protests over ‘widening’ worker pay gap
The worker-led campaign group Organise will attend the meeting at Tesco’s Welwyn Garden City headquarters to deliver a petition signed by more than 10,000 workers
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NewsTesco rolling out electronic shelf labels to 3,000 stores
The supermarket has signed a multi-year deal with Chinese ESL manufacturer Hanshow, which will see the devices rolled out to stores over the next two years.
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NewsTesco announces 20% ‘health discount’ for staff to ramp up everyday wellbeing
The supermarket giant has announced a 20% colleague discount across a wide range of healthcare products
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Comment & OpinionGLP-1 fat jabs are a potential goldmine for supermarkets
Weight loss drugs wiped £780m from household grocery spend in the year to the end of February 2026 but there’s another side to this story
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NewsSupermarket CEOs demand Keir Starmer acts on retail jobs crisis
The CEOs of Asda, Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons hit out at a lack of opportunities for young people and accused the government of making their plight worse with a bombardment of expensive regulation
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NewsFarmers need help to adopt low-carbon fertilisers, Tesco boss Ashwin Prasad says
Tesco’s UK CEO said low-carbon fertilisers could play an important role in reducing emissions
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Range PreviewTesco launches new meal deal options for summer 2026
Tesco is refreshing its meal deal options for the summer with a mix of limited-edition mains, salads and snacks that lean into bolder flavours for a more premium lunchtime
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NewsHere We Flo teams up with Tesco for Chelsea Foundation girls’ football push
The initiative in partnership with Chelsea FC’s charitable arm will see 10% of value sales from Here We Flo’s core range sold in Tesco stores and online donated to Chelsea Foundation
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Grocer 33Tesco Chester store manager on its refit, reopening and competing with Aldi and Lidl
‘Customers literally poured in’: Tesco Chester on life after an 11-week refit