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Tesco news and analysis – Page 198
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NewsTesco launches new assault on Asda
Tesco has launched a new offensive in its war with Asda. In an echo of Asda’s price guarantee scheme, shoppers can enter the details from their Tesco receipt online. If their shopping would have been cheaper at Asda, they will receive a Tesco voucher worth double the difference.
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Analysis & FeaturesCharles Wilson Q&A: Tesco 'is the scariest beast in UK grocery'
Everyone should worry about Tesco, says Charles Wilson. This week’s guest editor tells Adam Leyland why – and what else he’s keeping an eye on
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Focus On Chilled Ready Meals: English for Asda, Italian for Tesco
Chilled ready meals have experienced a strong year, growing ahead of both the total grocery market and the chilled grocery market.
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Grocer 33Tesco, Brent Cross
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.
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NewsMarch of the mults could drive Budgens out of Sheringham
A Budgens retailer is on the verge of selling up after 20 years because of the impact of a new Sainsbury's and plans for a new Tesco on the business. Speculation over the Budgens store in Sheringham has grown after details of a bid for...
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NewsPaula Radcliffe joins Tesco in Race for Life bid for a million
Olympic runner Paula Radcliffe will star in a TV advertising campaign for Tesco encouraging a million women to take part in this year’s Race for Life.
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Comment & Opinion
Fair's fare
Last week the papers were up in arms over the news that a shopworker in Essex had been arrested after helping herself to a pile of spoiled stock thrown out by Tesco following a power cut.
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NewsTesco ‘Creamfields’ dispute is resolved
Tesco and festival organisers Cream Holidings have resolved a long-running trademark dispute over the use of the Creamfields brand, it has emerged.
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Tesco fuel deal ‘may be last nail in coffin’ for indie forecourts
Retailers have warned that Tesco's new fuel price deal could be the final nail in the coffin for independent forecourts. This week, Tesco started offering shoppers a 5p-a-litre saving on fuel when they spend £50 or more in store and...
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Analysis & FeaturesTesco loses fizz as its dotcom queen quits for M&S board
Why did Tesco.com’s leading lady walk from Tesco just two weeks after her elevation to the retailer’s UK executive committee? Rob Brown reports
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NewsCritical Eye... on a dubious return to the Eastern Bloc
I haven't visited The People's Supermarket. So I can only go on the evidence presented in the first in a three-part series tracking eco-restaurateur Arthur Potts Dawson's mission to stick one to Tesco by opening a supermarket that's for the...
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NewsPets Corner in bid to beat Asda & co with its new price pledge
Asda has infuriated its big four rivals with the Asda Price Guarantee. Now independent retailer Pets Corner is taking on Asda and Tesco by promising to be cheaper on “loads” of products.
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Comment & Opinion
Tug of Laura
They used to say you really never leave the KGB. Or the CIA, for that matter. Apropos of nothing, it’s hard to think of many people who’ve jumped ship early from Tesco in recent times and gone on to genuinely bigger and better things.
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Tesco wins planning for Enfield DC
Tesco will create 550 new job opportunities after winning planning permission for a new e-commerce distribution centre in Enfield, North London. The supermarket giant signed a £20m deal with Gazeley, a global provider of sustainable...
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NewsDouwe Egberts guns for ground coffee fans
Douwe Egberts hopes to take the grind out of making ground coffee with the launch of a compressed ground coffee tablet a UK first, it claims.
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NewsTop of the Flops: When entertainment exclusives go bad
Tesco’s Coronation Street album is just the latest embarrassing flop for the retailer, so why is it persevering with its entertainment exclusives, asks Suzy Bashford
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NewsTesco shoppers will save the planet, says Leahy
The drive to make the world a greener place will be spearheaded by the likes of Tesco and its shoppers, according to Sir Terry Leahy.
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Grocer 33Tesco, Banchory, Aberdeenshire
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.
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NewsOnline and IT take centre stage as Tesco revamps top brass
Tesco has boosted the profile of IT and its online business on its “formidable” new executive committee.
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NewsTesco in push to grow online local food sales
Tesco is launching a dedicated local food microsite next week in a bid to grow online sales of locally sourced products. The retailer, which promotes local food in-store through PoS material, admitted it had failed to maximise sales to...