Tesco news and analysis – Page 193

  • RUSTLERS-GOOD-THING
    News

    Rustlers back in Tesco after two-year break

    2011-09-17T00:00:00Z

    Rustlers burgers will return to Tesco's shelves next month after a two-year break as Kepak Conven-ience Foods ramps up NPD and distribution in a bid to double the size of the business in the next five years. All of Kepak's products were...

  • News

    Tesco baffled as ASA bans sausage advert

    2011-09-17T00:00:00Z

    Tesco said it was "baffled" by the ASA's decision this week to ban a TV ad for its Butcher's Choice sausages. The watchdog upheld four complaints that challenged whether the ad, showing pigs roaming in a field and walking freely in a...

  • News

    Waitrose targeting Tesco rather than Ocado inside M25

    2011-09-17T00:00:00Z

    Waitrose MD Mark Price claims the retailer's expansion of its online service into London will steal market share from Tesco not Ocado. Describing Ocado as a "business partner", Price said his goal was for Waitrose and Ocado to overtake...

  • PIG
    News

    Tesco in hot water over pig welfare claims

    2011-09-14T12:23:42.380Z

    Tesco has been slammed by the advertising watchdog for misleading shoppers about the conditions in which pigs used for its Butcher's Choice sausages are reared.

  • News

    Food Doctor unveils new noodle pot

    2011-09-10T00:00:00Z

    The Food Doctor is rolling out a new noodle pot snack to Tesco stores this week as the company seeks to attract female shoppers looking for a healthy twist on Pot Noodles. The snackpots (rsp: £1.39) are among 15 Food Doctor lines...

  • News

    Hughes heads ops at Dobbies Garden Centre

    2011-09-10T00:00:00Z

    Michael Hughes has been appointed operations director of Tesco-owned Dobbies Garden Centre.

    Hughes, who was placed by headhunters Anthony Gregg Partnership, was most recently general manager for central operations at Coles in Australia,…

  • ALDI
    Analysis & Features

    Is Tesco and Asda’s loss Aldi and Lidl’s gain? It looks like it

    2011-09-10T00:00:00Z

    After the rollercoaster ride of 2008-2009, Aldi and Lidl are back on form – and this time it’s not about recession chic. James Halliwell reports

  • GARLIC
    News

    Maritime to supply Tesco with garlic

    2011-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Maritime Food Group has won a new contract to ­supply own-label conventional garlic to Tesco. The new deal won through a recent annual tender process will see Maritime supply all Tesco stores from 11 September.

  • Comment & Opinion

    Tesco finds the market in the gap

    2011-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Fresh & Easy got off to a sterile start. But now it’s getting its act together, says Dr Clive Black

  • News

    World News: 03/09/2011

    2011-09-03T00:00:00Z

    JAPAN: Tesco is to pull out of Japan, admitting it "cannot build a sufficiently scalable business". The supermarket said it planned to sell its 129 convenience stores, focused around Tokyo, eight years after launching in the country. Nearly half...

  • News

    Tesco to quit Japan

    2011-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Tesco is set to pull out of Japan admitting that it “cannot build a sufficiently scalable business”. The supermarket revealed today that it plans to sell its entire business in Japan, eight years after launching in the country.

  • Comment & Opinion

    Not so big in Japan

    2011-08-31T00:00:00Z

    The principle of not losing face is deeply ingrained in Japanese culture. Luckily for Tesco it’s not such a problem for the Brits.

  • Comment & Opinion

    Batten down the hatches

    2011-08-30T00:00:00Z

    In our current issue, we reveal how Tesco is ratcheting up the pressure in the supermarket milk wars by switching its Creamfields discount brand to semi-skimmed and whole milk for the first time.

  • HARVEST-PALE
    News

    Harvest Pale success leads to Tesco listing

    2011-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Sales of Camra's 2010 supreme champion beer of Britain have doubled in the past 12 months and are ­predicted to double again following a national listing with Tesco. Sales of 4.3% abv pale ale Harvest Pale have risen to £500,000 since it...

  • MILK-FIGHT
    News

    Tesco chops milk prices to counter discounters

    2011-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has responded to the resurgence of the discounters by switching its Creamfields discount brand to semi-skimmed milk and whole milk for the first time. Following the move, four pints of semi-skimmed and whole milk will be available...

  • FACEBOOK-TESCO
    News

    Tesco racks up ‘fans’ on Facebook...but they’re not all happy

    2011-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Supermarket giant Tesco has proved an unlikely hit with the Facebook generation, after more than 260,000 people joined its social network in the past three months. ChannelAdvisor revealed Tesco had one of the fastest-growing retail...

  • NORA-ARMOUR
    Grocer 33

    Tesco Extra, Newtownbreda

    2011-08-26T00:00:00Z

    The Grocer 33 is a weekly mystery shopping survey, tracking price, service and availability at the five leading grocery retailers: Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose. Each week the winning store manager is interviewed by The Grocer.

  • TESCO CARRIER BEST
    News

    Biodegradable bags now ‘too weak’ for Tesco

    2011-08-16T11:46:08.797Z

    Tesco has quietly ditched biodegradable carrier bags, citing customer concerns about the bags’ strength. The supermarket said it was switching from biodegradable bags to bags containing 15% recycled material. The changeover began earlier this year.

  • TESCO BEST
    News

    Tesco eyes legal challenge to OFT price fixing fine

    2011-08-11T11:45:13.673Z

    Tesco has vowed to battle the multimillion-pound fine it was handed yesterday by the Office of Fair Trading. The UK’s largest supermarket was fined £10.4m as the competition watchdog’s long-running probe into price fixing in the dairy trade finally drew to a close.

  • HUGH-FISH-IGNORE
    News

    He’s queasy, but Hugh lets Tesco off the hook

    2011-08-06T00:00:00Z

    After years of hounding the nation’s biggest retailer, campaigning chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has finally buried the hatchet with Tesco and will instead focus his attention on John West when his Fish Fight returns to TV on Monday.