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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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Tesco results, retail government bailout, supply chain crisis
Tesco has highlighted another £500m in cost savings for the year ahead and no doubt AI will play a part there
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Comment & OpinionTesco’s new strategy: this time it’s (even more) personal
After posting another stellar set of results, Tesco’s unveiled a new strategy. What’s it all about?
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NewsTesco commits to minimising Middle East conflict impact on shoppers
Tesco CEO Ken Murphy also questioned last month’s FDF warning that food inflation would reach more than 9% by the end of the year
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NewsBooker delivers modest growth but ‘adapting quickly’ to challenges, says Tesco CEO
In the 52 weeks to 22 February 2025, like-for-like sales rose by just 0.2% at the Tesco-owned wholesaler
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NewsTesco’s Ken Murphy pledges to keep shoppers’ costs down in Iran war
Murphy said the supermarket was ‘committed to doing whatever it can to help keep down the cost of the weekly shop’
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NewsTesco and Adobe sign AI deal to boost Clubcard personalisation
The ‘strategic AI partnership’ is focused on personalising the content and offers Tesco serves up to its Clubcard members and ‘better anticipating’ their needs along the shopping journey
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NewsLean Kitchen launches high-protein ready meal brand exclusive to Tesco
The Hide range includes ready meals, salad bowls and snack pots, all focused on whole ingredients and ‘nutrient prioritisation’
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News‘Transformational’ Tesco animal feed site marks ‘step change’ in war against food waste
The opening of the animal feed production facility in Chelveston marks a page turner for Tesco, following a major scandal that derailed its food waste reduction targets
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: The ceasefire, retail crime, and the Co-op merger
Keeping up with the latest developments on the Iran war feels like a job in its own right, and how much relief the 14-day ceasefire will actually bring to UK consumers and grocery businesses remains uncertain at best
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Grocer 33‘Excellent’ Sainsbury’s is the best store in Sheffield
Our shopper praised Sainsbury’s ‘excellent condition’ and said it was ‘worth the trip’
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NewsTesco launches meal-planning, basket-building in-app AI assistant
It can converse with customers to find personalised recipe ideas, and add the required ingredients to their basket.
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NewsTesco Media launches video ads on website and app
It’s the first time video ads have been made available to brands to run on Tesco.com or the Tesco app
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NewsEx-Warburtons boss quits big food to launch healthier kids’ snacking brand
A former marketing director at Warburtons has launched Jungle Squad, a healthier children’s snacking brand featuring HFSS-compliant cake bars
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NewsGroundbreaking supermarket lorry trial set to save food poverty charities ‘millions’
Retailers have developed new ways to deliver food surplus from their suppliers using spare space in their delivery vehicles
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NewsSupermarkets to launch biggest-ever joint food poverty campaign
Retailers are launching this year’s Let’s Make a Meal of It campaign next week
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KVI TrackerLamb prices up to a third more expensive this Easter
Analysis by The Grocer has revealed that lamb joints are on average 8% more expensive than they were at the same point ahead of last Easter weekend
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News‘No truck with genociders’: Tesco pulls vandalised Israeli dates from sale
A box of the fruit from Israel at Andover’s Tesco Extra was found on 23 March defaced with the statement, ’no truck with genociders, stand with Palestinians’
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Category ReportIs 2026 the year for fruit beer?
The coming year will see a “huge” number of fruit lagers roll into the market, predicts Jesse Wilson, founder & CEO of fruit lager brand Jubel
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NewsRapid grocery: awareness high, usage low finds YouGov
Only 1% of those surveyed used rapid delivery of groceries on a daily basis.
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NewsTesco invests £200m in above‑inflation hourly pay rise
Tesco has invested over £200m in its latest pay rise, with an above-inflation increase of 5.1% for hourly-paid colleagues