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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Tesco boss Ken Murphy admits rivals have ‘upped their game’ in supermarket price war
Tesco’s sales hit £12.3bn in the quarter as its market share climbed to 28% in the latest Kantar results.
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Tesco wins more market share as Finest range goes from ‘strength to strength’
The rise in sales beat City expectations, with Tesco highlighting a strong performance from its premium Finest range
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Finsbury Food Group launches Nadiya Hussain cake range into Tesco
The range includes slices, loaf cakes and a celebration show-stopper
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Tesco boosts employee health benefits with new wellbeing offer
Tesco has boosted employee health benefits for its more than 300,000 members of staff, as it rolls out enhanced employee wellbeing benefits across the business
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Tesco to focus its Accelerator Programme on health and wellbeing
Tesco said the scheme will be re-focused to champion innovative brands that will tackle some of those key demands
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Jason’s Sourdough unveils flavoured Creations and protein rolls
‘Expanding our range is a natural step as the brand continues to grow,’ said Jason’s Sourdough
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New York Bakery unveils sub rolls and cookies in major NPD push
The launches will be supported by New York Bakery’s biggest marketing campaign in five years
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Promotional Features
Reconsidering responsibility for cybersecurity in retail
Cyber attacks on the UK’s biggest supermarkets are becoming more frequent, more disruptive and more costly. In the next article in our series on unlocking value in 2025, we explore why it’s time for retailers to rethink not just their cyber defences, but who in the business is responsible for them.
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Analysis & Features
Is Tesco’s call for mandatory reporting on healthy food sales a tipping point?
Several food companies have already agreed to Tesco’s reporting system on healthy food sales. Will it change the nation’s health?
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Sainsbury’s trialling electronic shelf-edge labels in latest tech test
The supermarket installed the tech at three of its larger format stores late last year and has been testing the technology’s impact across different categories, including Beers, wines and spirits, health and general merchandise
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Tesco starts offering Clubcard points for charging electric cars
Tesco has announced the new service as an extension of its tie-up with tech provider Pod
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Cadbury shrinks Freddo multipacks by 20% but prices remain unchanged
Packs of five Freddos have been replaced by packs of four in Tesco
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Tesco cheapest by 19p to stop Asda’s winning streak in Grocer 33
Key to Tesco’s success was a hefty discount of £7.59 for its Clubcard members
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Tighten rules on charity cash collection in stores, supermarkets told
The Fundraising Regular wants to prevent ’bad actors’ from defrauding shoppers by posing as charity collectors.
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Tesco demands mandatory health reporting to fight obesity crisis
Tesco group CEO Ken Murphy has written an open letter to health secretary Wes Streeting
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Tesco’s self-checkout ‘VAR’ trial mocked by shoppers
Tesco’s tech uses cameras focused on the shopper and the self-checkout from above
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Allan Leighton vows Asda won’t accept cost price increases
Asda’s executive chairman said its turnaround strategy has begun to carve out a price gap with its full-range rivals
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Heinz adds Little Beanz with ‘hidden veggies’ for toddlers
Suitable for 18 months and up, Little Beanz feature mashed and whole haricot beans
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Tesco names Booker boss as new central Europe CEO
Tesco has announced Booker’s chief operating officer is to take over as its CEO of central Europe
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Range Preview
Tesco's 2025 summer ranges: inspiration from Italy to the US
Tesco is going big on summer with the launch of over 230 new own-label lines for summer 2025 including ready meals, barbecue and picky bits.