Jason Tarry news, comment and analysis – Page 9
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NewsTesco calls for Booker buyer 'culture change' after merger
Tesco ‘running out of time’ in adapting Booker to GSCOP rules says Adjudicator
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NewsTesco urges suppliers to cut prices and feel Booker benefit
New UK CEO Charles Wilson and chief product officer Jason Tarry have already confronted its 39 biggest suppliers over “anomalies” in their price files
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Comment & OpinionSuppliers search for clues as Tesco-Booker hints at future strategy
Booker boss (and Tesco’s newly installed UK CEO) Charles Wilson, together with Tesco chief product officer Jason Tarry, have held initial talks with 39 of Tesco’s biggest suppliers and will summoning smaller suppliers soon
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Comment & OpinionTesco’s conversion to the cause means DRS now has credibility
Whether it is the government, or Tesco, that gets there first, some form of DRS is on its way. What else may follow in the war on plastic in the next 25 years, who can say?
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Comment & OpinionCan Dave Lewis really get suppliers to cut the price of healthier food?
Lewis accused suppliers in some cases of failing to do enough to tackle obesity by keeping their prices artificially high
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NewsTesco to support producers via NFU's Fruit & Veg Pledge
Retailer joins Lidl, Aldi, and the Co-op in signing up to the pledge – designed to cultivate better relationships between retailers, intermediaries and growers
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NewsTesco shakes up commercial team with changes to buying
The retailer says it wants to create greater strategic and longer-term deals with fresh food suppliers
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Comment & OpinionDo consumers actually care about ‘fake farm’ brands?
The move by Morrisons could be seen as a cute PR ploy on a special day of promoting British agriculture … but it looks like it worked as the national media lapped it up
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NewsBooker deal 'will free up £500m war chest for Tesco'
A successful merger “will give Tesco a £500m war chest to fight against wholesale and supermarket price hikes”…
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Analysis & FeaturesDoes Farms spell the end for good, better, best tiering?
Could the trend for fluffy Farms branding spell the end for words like Value, Basics and Price?
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Analysis & FeaturesThe big six issues facing Tesco
551497Tesco is looking more upbeat on sales growth, but it is still up against a torrid landscape of challenges
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NewsTesco brings supplier talks forward to stave off inflation
Tesco has brought forward negotiations with suppliers to find alternatives to passing on inflation
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Comment & OpinionFarm brand pros and cons: they may annoy origin purists, but they do deliver
An actual old lady called Aunt Bessie didn’t make that packet of frozen Yorkshire puddings. Don’t be so naïve – it’s just marketing.
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NewsTesco backs supplier training that explains review strategy
The course will train suppliers on how to better understand the decisions of Tesco’s commercial teams
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NewsGeorge Wright to take up role of Tesco commercial director
Wright has been a key figure in the success of Tesco’s Project Reset strategy
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NewsTesco hails Reset II programme for improved prices at Express
The first phase of the c-store Reset saw an 18% reduction in SKUs
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Analysis & FeaturesPower List 2017: 100 leaders, thinkers and agitators shaping the grocery industry
Why Tesco boss is top for first time since 2011. Read on
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NewsTim Smith to retire from role as Tesco technical director
Smith will continue to be an adviser to the retailer
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Analysis & FeaturesTesco-Booker merger: all you need to know
What is the rationale, and who will the winners and losers be? What’s the view of the City?
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NewsTesco’s Booker takeover: the big questions answered
As the food and drink industry digests the news of the proposed mega-merger between Booker and Tesco, The Grocer looks at the key questions posed by the deal