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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NewsAsda launches £5 premium lunchtime meal deal to undercut rivals
Asda said it had deliberately undercut rivals’ premium deals
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NewsGrace Beverley joins Lean Kitchen’s new food brand Hide as co-founder
Lean Kitchen Network launched Hide in Tesco last month, offering six chilled ready meals and two salad bowls
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NewsTesco puts back food waste reduction target by five years
In a revised target, announced yesterday in Tesco’s annual sustainability report, the retailer said it would aim to reduce food waste across its operations by 50% before 2030
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NewsTesco ties CEO pay to market share as Ken Murphy takes £10.8m
Tesco’s Ken Murphy took a £10.8m total pay package last year, after being awarded over 90% of his possible maximum annual bonus
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NewsTesco Northern Ireland doubles local suppliers in three years
The UK’s largest retailer said nearly 140 suppliers based in the devolved nation offered over 1,600 lines, with all Tesco own-brand fresh beef, pork, milk and eggs sold in the country sourced from them
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NewsKellogg’s and Pokémon quietly launch cereal into Tesco
Kellogg’s quietly launched the chocolate-flavoured cereal into Tesco last week
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News‘Dangerously high’ salt levels found in sandwiches at popular food-to-go chains
Gail’s, Paul and Pret a Manger were found to be among the ‘worst offenders’
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NewsHigh-fibre milkshake range launched by Shaken Udder
Available in Mint Choc and Banana flavours, the milkshakes deliver Shaken Udder’s ‘signature thick and creamy taste’ along with 7.6g of fibre per bottle – around 30% of the recommended daily intake for adults
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NewsRenshaw expands Tesco offering in biggest push since 2023 acquisition
The rollout spans dessert kits, fondant icing multipacks, and fruit bakery fillings
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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