Tesco news and analysis – Page 255
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'Tesco was very naughty. So it needed a smack'
Who's afraid of the big bad Tesco? Not Will Chase, owner of snack foods company Tyrrells Potato Chips. He became the little pig who took on Tesco's wolf when he threatened the retailer with legal action for stocking his crisps without...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited. Cost Cutter Eden Street, Kingston-upon-Thames. Budgens Queen Charlotte Street, Bristol. Mace Monkstown Road, Newtownabbey, Belfast. Co-op Group High Road, South Benfleet, Essex. Tesco express,...
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Products recalled due to glass contamination
Tesco and Sainsbury's have both recalled products because they could contain small pieces of glass.Tesco has withdrawn its own-label hot salsa dip due to possible glass contamination. The affected product is Tesco Hot Salsa Dip, 300g, batch...
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Impartial voices badly needed
SIR; Liz Hamson's piece on planning highlighted a number of serious problems with the UK's planning system. One of the biggest has to be conflict of interests. The article mentioned Darlington, where councillors recently voted against a Tesco...
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Impartial voices badly needed
SIR; Liz Hamson's piece on planning highlighted a number of serious problems with the UK's planning system. One of the biggest has to be conflict of interests. The article mentioned Darlington, where councillors recently voted against a Tesco...
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Injury worries spark store ban on Heelys
Youngsters who whizz around on their 'Heelys' - shoes with wheels fitted to the soles - have been banned from Tesco's 90-plus stores in Ireland. Company bosses took action after receiving customer complaints. Notices alerting people of...
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Greenpeace guns for beam trawling
Greenpeace ratcheted up the pressure on multiples to improve fish sourcing policies by "displaying" hundreds of dead fish and crabs at store entrances.Tesco, Asda and Morrisons in Oxford were targeted in two days of protest this week and...
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Bogof's week
Bogof was in Scotland last week for the launch of Tesco's new eco-friendly superstore at Wick. Unfortunately, when he landed at Inverness at 10pm ready for a 6am drive up to the remote superstore the next morning he discovered his luggage had...
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Bogof's week
Bogof was in Scotland last week for the launch of Tesco's new eco-friendly superstore at Wick. Unfortunately, when he landed at Inverness at 10pm ready for a 6am drive up to the remote superstore the next morning he discovered his luggage had...
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Fairtrade fans boosting nuts
Tesco is extending its Fairtrade nut offer. It claims more than 13,000 farmers in Malawi, Mozambique and India will benefit from the decision to launch a 200g Fairtrade peanut and raisin mix and Fairtrade natural cashews in 150g...
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Fairtrade fans boosting nuts
Tesco is extending its Fairtrade nut offer.It claims more than 13,000 farmers in Malawi, Mozambique and India will benefit from the decision to launch a 200g Fairtrade peanut and raisin mix and Fairtrade natural cashews in 150g...
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In Brief: Carluccio's expands; Tesco to the rescue; A Humphrys grilling
Carluccio's expands Café and grocery chain Carluccio's is eyeing 100 sites as part of a major expansion programme. This week the company announced a pre-tax profit of £3.4m, up 6%. Sales were £45.8m, up 24%, for the year to 24...
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Tesco 'collusion' stunner
Nisa-Today's launched a scathing attack on Tesco when it met the Competition Commission, it has emerged. In what could be the most damaging evidence yet to come out of the Commission's grocery market investigation, Nisa-Today's...
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Tesco 'collusion' stunner
Nisa-Today's launched a scathing attack on Tesco when it met the Competition Commission, it has emerged.In what could be the most damaging evidence yet to come out of the Commission's grocery market investigation, Nisa-Today's...
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Tesco reveals scale of its international goals
In the week it reported international sales of 17.9% in its third quarter, Tesco announced its biggest store opening programme overseas, with plans for a possible 600 new stores. Tim Mason, Tesco US chief exec, presided over the opening...
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Tesco reveals scale of its international goals
In the week it reported international sales of 17.9% in its third quarter, Tesco announced its biggest store opening programme overseas, with plans for a possible 600 new stores.Tim Mason, Tesco US chief exec, presided over the opening...
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Letter of the week
Liz Hamson's article on retail planning applications 'The People's Planopoly' (2 December, p28) was misleading and unduly negative about Tesco's involvement in the planning process. Instead of speaking to Tesco directly, the article quoted a...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited. Spar, Chesham, Buckinghamshire. Texaco, Nottingham Road, Ashby de la Zouche. Sainsbury's Local, Bridge Way, Cobham, Surrey. Co-op Group, Kingfisher Drive, Westbury, Wiltshire. Tesco Express, Warwick...
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A passage to India delayed, not cancelled
You would have thought Tesco would be hurting. With its aspirations plainly aimed at foreign shores, the news that Wal-Mart has successfully wooed Bharti Enterprises, beating Tesco into India, should have come as a blow. IGD estimates the Indian...
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The people's planopoly
The battle lines have been drawn. On one side are Friends of the Earth, local community groups and small independent retailers. They accuse Tesco et al of: browbeating local authorities with "legalised bungs" (aka planning gains); submitting...