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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NewsTesco, Kerry and DHL join brands supporting Grocer Golds 2026
Tesco, Kerry Group and DHL have joined existing high-profile names lending their support, including headline sponsor AlixPartners, PayPal and Uber Eats
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NewsNapolina launches quartet of stir-in pasta sauces
The stir-in sauces promise a ‘premium alternative’ to traditional pasta sauce
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NewsWall’s Feast recipe change sparks backlash as fans demand return of original ice cream
Wall’s Feast has been hit with a wave of negative reviews as fans demand the return of the original ice cream
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Grocer 33Nicola Sroka-Flannigan on leading Tesco’s flagship Glasgow store
‘This is the biggest store Tesco has in Glasgow at nearly 100,000 sq ft. We’re in the city centre, in the middle of a retail park, which gives us high footfall’
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Grocer 33Massive Tesco in Pollok is Glasgow’s top supermarket
Our shopper was most impressed by the staff and their ‘eagerness’ to ‘add value by making me aware of cost-effective options and preventing me from missing out on additional Clubcard points’
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NewsThe Grocer Gold Awards scores double win at Awards Awards 2026
The Grocer Gold Awards, also known as the ‘Oscars of fmcg’, has become an award winner in its own right
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NewsTesco reassures shoppers fridge ‘meltdown’ is not estate-wide
Tesco has said it remains confident in its infrastructure after fridges and freezers failed in a number of stores across the country during the heatwave
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NewsSupermarket fridges fail across UK in latest heatwave
As temperatures soared above 36°C in parts of the UK this week, chiller cabinets were bare in Tesco stores in Haslingden, Crewe and Altrincham, The Mirror reported
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NewsSupermarket meal deal fruit recalled due to possible salmonella risk
SKUs with use-by dates of 23 or 24 June across Asda, Morrisons, Tesco, M&S and Sainsbury’s have been affected
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NewsWildfarmed launches first packaged sourdough to use 100% regen flour
Simply Sourdough is the first supermarket packaged sourdough made using 100% Wildfarmed regenerative flour
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NewsTesco goes cage-free across own-brand shell and ingredient eggs in UK & Ireland
It means Tesco has fulfilled the commitment it made in 2016 and follows similar proclamations made by Asda and Lidl this earlier this year
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NewsTesco joins forces with Waitrose and B&Q for Dunnhumby-led retail media pilot
The retailers – as part of the newly formed ‘Dunnhumby network alliance’ – will launch the pilots in the coming weeks
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NewsBooker locks prices on over 600 products for foodservice operators
It marks the second phase of the Tesco-owned wholesaler’s Value Locked campaign, with prices frozen across branded and own-brand products until 8 September
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NewsOlder supermarket fridges not fit for heatwave, experts warn
The spring heatwave saw numerous fridges and freezers break down in supermarkets across the country
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NewsYoung adult and well-off household consumer confidence sinks
GfK’s long-running index held firm at –23 in June as worries about the impact of the conflict in the Middle East on household bills and petrol and food prices continued to weigh on consumer sentiment
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NewsTesco’s share price knocked by sales slowdown
Tesco’s share price took a knock on Thursday morning, after UK like-for-like sales slowed to just 1.8% in the first quarter to 30 May 2026
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NewsTesco CEO ‘confident’ in Booker’s performance despite Q1 sales decline
To offset the sales dip, Booker is putting a greater focus on its fresh and frozen offerings
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NewsTesco boss Ken Murphy says bad weather has had bigger impact than Iran war
Tesco revealed first-quarter like-for-like sales in the UK grew by 1.8%, although Murphy stressed that was against a period last year which included a summer heatwave
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NewsTesco slows to 1% growth amid price war
Tesco slowed to just 1% turnover growth in the first quarter amid fierce competition between the supermarkets
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NewsTesco faces protests over ‘widening’ worker pay gap
The worker-led campaign group Organise will attend the meeting at Tesco’s Welwyn Garden City headquarters to deliver a petition signed by more than 10,000 workers