Tesco news and analysis – Page 236
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Tesco sets the pace with hike of 0.5ppl
Tesco has increased the price it pays to its dedicated milk suppliers by 0.5ppl in a move that will put pressure on rivals to follow suit.The chain is now paying 28ppl, 6ppl more than a year ago when it launched its direct sourcing...
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What the papers said - 5th April 2008
Tesco has put the rollout of its US c-store chain Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market on hold while it reviews its performance. The Telegraph said Tesco was understood to have called a three-month halt to the expansion after opening almost 60...
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Price Survey - 5th April 2008
It's tight at the top again but Asda has reclaimed the cheapest retailer title after a series of price hikes forced Tesco back to third place. Asda leapt from fourth place to first with a £48.88 basket, despite only cutting the price of one product...
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Sainsbury's: on the road to restoring greatness?
As straplines go it was as much an admission of past failing as a bold statement of intent. The 'Making Sainsbury's Great Again' plan vowed to address the issues that saw Sainsbury's outmanoeuvred by first Tesco and then Asda as the former...
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Tesco to roll out local supply of strawberries
Tesco is extending its scheme to supply locally produced strawberries to stores across England.Last year Tesco carried out a trial in Kent in which strawberries produced in the county were stocked in its Kentish stores.The scheme...
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Price Survey - 29/03/08
Tesco has fought off Asda and Morrisons to become this week's cheapest retailer, with Sainsbury's coming a close second. Tesco undercut its nearest competitor on 13 items but such is the competitive nature of price cutting between the retailers that...
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Bottlegreen goes for sharper brand appeal
Adult soft drinks brand Bottlegreen is overhauling its packaging and launching a raft of new products including a kids offer in a bid to double turnover to at least £25m in three years.The redesigned cordial range will arrive in Tesco,...
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Tesco's online clothes pulled
Tesco has removed its online clothing range less than six months after it was launched, pending a review of its performance. A spokeswoman denied the move was a result of poor sales, saying the trial, which started in November, had...
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Ocado: Tesco's 'rubbishing' led to record Sunday orders
Ocado claims Tesco's negative advertising campaign over the price-match battle between the two retailers has backfired, as Ocado's sales shot up. "On the day Tesco placed ads rubbishing us, we had our record number of orders on a...
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One postcode left for Tesco
Tesco has stores in all but one postcode area of the UK after buying three stores in the Northern and Western Isles of Scotland.The stores were bought from Somerfield and expands the supermarket giant's reach into every postcode area of the...
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Ocado says it's put a 'big fat hole' in Tesco web ambition
The chief executive of Ocado has accused Tesco of running scared in an increasingly bitter war of words following Ocado's claims it would price-match Tesco.Tim Steiner told The Grocer the price-match policy appeared to have caused "angst...
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A mango for on the go
Mangoes have become the latest fruit to go miniature as retailers look to cash in on the trend for on-the-go snacking.Tesco's launch this week of mini mangoes comes in the wake of mini bananas (bananitos) and doughnut-shaped peaches....
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Pressure on retailers to increase milk price
Pressure is mounting on Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda to increase the milk price paid to their dedicated producers and "calm farmer nerves".Tesco is expected to increase the price, which is based on a formula geared 60% towards costs of...
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Tesco food miles under fire
Tesco has come under fire from environmental campaigners for sending its Scottish chicken on a 1,000-mile trip to be slaughtered and packaged.The chain's Scottish chickens are slaughtered in an abbatoir in Scotland, driven 500 miles to Essex...
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Tesco Ireland hires Jacobs for marketing
Kenny Jacobs is set to join Tesco Ireland as marketing director.Jacobs, who is currently customer manager for wholesaler Makro, will join the retailer on 1 May.At Makro, Jacobs was second in command to managing director Hannes...
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Tesco threatens action over Ocado ads
Tesco is threatening to complain to the Advertising Standards Authority about Ocado's latest advertising campaign.An advert run this week by the online retailer claimed it would match Tesco on 3,500 branded products, but Tesco claims it is...
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Supermarket shares fall
Shares in Tesco, Sainsbury's and Morrisons fell yesterday after analysts warned the chains could struggle to hit sales expectations.“Consensus forecasts appear to assume that Tesco, Sainsbury and Morrison will all continue to grow UK sales...
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Ocado to match Tesco on branded products
Online retailer Ocado is planning to match Tesco on 3,500 branded products.The retailer will have to invest about £10m to keep its price pledge and the move has surprised the industry because Ocado is thought to have recorded a pre-tax loss...
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Price Survey - 15th March 2008
Asda has been consigned to the second-cheapest retailer position for a third week courtesy of Morrisons. Morrisons climbed from fourth place to the top spot with a £37.28 basket, but Asda's total was only 7p more and Tesco was close behind with a...
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Price Survey - 8th March 2008
It has taken eight months but Tesco has regained its title as cheapest retailer in our The Grocer 33 price survey. Tesco has swapped places with Morrisons, which plummeted from first to fourth place this week. Tesco slashed the prices of four items...