All Jack's articles
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News
Inside Booker’s first Jack’s store in Blantyre
The Grocer takes a look inside the first-of-its-kind symbol store
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Booker launches Jack’s as symbol format for convenience retailers
The first store to be rebranded as Jack’s is set to open on 12 October and is owned by Mo Razzaq in Blantyre
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One Stop stores to sell range of Jack’s branded groceries
The range will be sold in its 700 company-owned One Stop stores and also made available to its franchise stores
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Tesco to continue expansion of discounter Jack’s estate
The retailer’s latest Jack’s incarnation is set to take over a vacant Mothercare store in Hull
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Tesco seeking new sites for Jack’s discount stores
The supermarket is seeking new locations that minimise cannibalisation of its existing estate, The Grocer understands…
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Comment & Opinion
New Tesco boss Ken Murphy faces Carrefour and Jack’s challenges
Dave Lewis’ legacy is impressive, but Jack’s has proven a format too far, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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Comment & Opinion
Jack’s customers want old-fashioned Tesco values, not to be part of an experiment
It would be no surprise to see Tesco pull the plug on the whole Jack’s concept
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News
Rawtenstall Jack’s store to close and revert to Tesco
Rawtenshall has been trialled as a bulk-buy format, sparking speculation the chain could morph into a cash & carry-style proposition
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco risks confusing its customers with rollout of Jack's-branded lines
Shoppers may like the prices, but Jack’s products could cannibalise Exclusively at Tesco sales
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News
Tesco selling Jack's branded products in 900 stores
The move will see nine Jack’s products on sale at Tesco until the end of May in nearly 900 of its larger stores
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Product Testing
Jack's Lemon Sorbet: acid test
The product is part of an ice cream tub market up 9.9% this year in grocery
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Comment & Opinion
Can Jack's tackle the discounters without cannibalising Tesco sales?
Jack’s is a pleasant shop but doesn’t match up to Aldi and Lidl in every respect, says Darren Smith of Making Business Matter
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News
Aldi will cut prices to stay cheaper than Jack’s, says UK CEO
A recent price comparison by The Grocer found Tesco’s new discount chain was £1.87 cheaper for a basket of 35 items
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Analysis & Features
We sent a mystery shopper to Jack's - here's what they found
To find out what the shopping experience is like, we sent a Grocer 33 mystery shopper to review Jack’s Chatteris
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Letters
Getting the balance right will be vital to Jack's success
It will be interesting to see how much more of the Tesco brand is reflected in the new stores
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Comment & Opinion
Dave Lewis is right to be cautious about Jack's launch
If you believed the hype, nothing less than the future of Tesco depended on this week’s launch of Jack’s
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Analysis & Features
Pricing analysis: Jack's prices vs Tesco, Aldi and Lidl
On the evidence of products selected from a flyer sent out to customers ahead of its launch in Chatteris this week, Jack’s
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News
Tesco: Jack's is a celebration, not a challenge to discounters
Tesco has told its senior management not to be distracted by the launch of its new discounter Jack’s
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Jack's locations: where Tesco is recruiting for the next five stores
Tesco has announced plans to open up to 15 new Jack’s discount stores across the UK within the next six months
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Analysis & Features
Tesco launches Jack's discount store: analysts' reactions
Following yesterday’s launch of Tesco’s first Jack’s store in Chatteris, here is the reaction from city analysts