Andy Clarke, Asda chief executive

Clarke: clarity on pricing key to sales success Subscription

21 Feb 2012 | By James Halliwell

Like-for-like sales at Asda grew by 0.5% in 2011, excluding VAT and fuel.

Marks & Spencer food hall

M&S gives bigger role to food marketer Weston Subscription

21 Feb 2012 | By Charlie Wright

Marks & Spencer has handed an expanded role to food brand director Rob Weston.

TESCO WORKER

Tesco blames ‘misunderstanding’ amid anger over workfare placement scheme Subscription

20 Feb 2012 | By Ian Quinn

Tesco has urged the government to change its policy over unpaid workers, after finding itself at the centre of a row over complaints of low wages and allegations of “slave labour”.

analysis & features

Will Tesco's Thai takeaway be appetising to investors?

Will Tesco's Thai takeaway be appetising to investors?

18 Feb 2012 | Updated: 20 Feb 2012 | By Simon Creasey

It’s Tesco’s first major property deal outside the UK and the outlook for Lotus is buoyant, but Thailand’s volatility could sour prospects.

Chokablok Easter eggs by Tesco

Can Chokablok keep up the pace outside the freezer?

11 Feb 2012 | By Vince Bamford

Tesco is driving its venture brand into new areas but it will face a tougher fight in the confectionery market than ice cream.

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opinion

You'd be forgiven for thinking Tesco had hauled Robbins before a firing squad Subscription

04 Feb 2012 | Updated: 07 Feb 2012 | By Ronan Hegarty

There was much schadenfreude in the business press this week as three capitalist titans were forced to eat humble pie.

Tesco needs to listen... and learn

04 Feb 2012 | By Clive Black

Tesco’s decision to accelerate the process of change to its core chain was a big surprise to the stock market.

For every useful question it answers, the carbon footprint label raises several more

28 Jan 2012 | By Adam Leyland

OK, we were wrong about self-service supermarkets in 1947, but our doubts about the Carbon Trust label have proved well founded.

Poll

David Cameron wants 'drunk tanks' and 'booze buses' to tackle British drinking culture.

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you say...

BRC is increasingly out of touch with industry

18 Feb 2012 | Updated: 20 Feb 2012

I can’t help but feel Stephen Robertson’s bemoaning of MPs shows the BRC to be increasingly out of touch.

Tesco's not taking a step back from carbon reduction

04 Feb 2012

Last week’s article does not quite capture our position. We believe carbon labelling plays a really important role.

Connection counts online

04 Feb 2012

Daljit Bhurji is right to highlight that follower numbers are not the most important when measuring the impact of social media.

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