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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Promotional FeaturesReconsidering 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 & FeaturesIs 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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NewsSainsbury’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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NewsTesco 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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NewsCadbury 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Packs of five Freddos have been replaced by packs of four in Tesco
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Grocer 33Tesco 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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NewsTighten 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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NewsTesco 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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NewsTesco’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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NewsAllan 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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NewsHeinz 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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NewsTesco 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 PreviewTesco'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.
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NewsMedia Bites 27 May: M&S, trade deals and store security
Papers had plenty to pick over during the long weekend, but the ongoing M&S developments, the UK’s trade deals and ramped-up store security measures were the frontrunners for many.
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NewsMedia Bites 23 May: Matthew Barnes, M&S cyberattack, Klarna
The shock departure of Tesco UK CEO Matthew Barnes is the top story in the nationals
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NewsMorrisons stores get major overhaul as it aims for ‘farm shop feel’
Morrisons’ changes include more premium SKUs and a revamped Market Street
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NewsTesco CEO Matthew Barnes steps down in executive team shake-up
Matthew Barnes has stepped down as UK CEO to pursue other opportunities, as part of a wider executive team shake-up, effective from 30 June
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NewsFood poverty: supermarkets and manufacturers set new target to provide 30 million meals
A food industry coalition has announced an ambitious new target to provide 30 million meals a year by 2028
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Comment & OpinionCould this be a new era of positive food poverty action?
Genuine, unadulterated good news has been the scarcest of all commodities lately, making today’s landmark collaboration by Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Morrisons and Waitrose to tackle food poverty a genuine breath of fresh air
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Comment & OpinionTesco 30% share aim puts different complexion on profit warning
The last time Tesco enjoyed 30% share in UK grocery sales was October 2013. Then the wheels came off