Tesco news and analysis – Page 304
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Tesco's stock-out crisis revealed
Ready meals is one of the growth sectors in frozen food, being a destination for family shoppers but more impulse driven for a single customers. Promotions are important across the board.Availability is therefore of utmost importance. Research...
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Tesco stock crisis shown
A fifth of frozen ready meals on promotion at Tesco have availability issues while 14% of non-promotional stock is at risk of being out of stock, according to The Grocer's first StockWatch category survey launching this week. The survey, which...
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I was floored by the Twist
Tesco group human resources director Clare Chapman was amazed by the range of questions she had to field during a stint on the shop floor. She explains how the TWIST scheme is revolutionising customer service I was standing nervously behind the...
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Tesco to tussle for Safeway
Tesco has entered the battle for control of supermarket chain Safeway and said it is making a submission to the Office of Fair Trading in relation to a possible bid.Tesco boss Sir Terry Leahy said: “We have always understood that competition...
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Tesco factory gate switch reaches 30%
Almost 30% of the cases delivered to Tesco's distribution centres now arrive on Tesco trucks as it presses on with its factory gate pricing initiative. Just over a year after Tesco started taking responsibility for the collection of goods from...
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Conversion to take six years'
Elaine Watson Tesco's aim to convert half the One Stop/Day & Nite estate to the Express format in four years looks overly ambitious, according to a new IGD report. In Convenience Retailing: Implications of Market Consolidation, IGD claims...
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Deals get cut to size
Supplier negotiations are becoming more complex as the multiples push for format-specific deals with one-size-fits-all thinking being scrapped says Elaine Watson What's the difference between a Tesco Extra and a Tesco Metro? Right now, not much,...
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Express fails to dent high street
Tesco's first standalone Express is exceeding sales targets, according to the company, but its customer research suggests Value lines should be added to the range. Customers surveyed during December said their main reasons for shopping at the...
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Meanwhile, at Tesco...
If you switched on the news any night this week, the chances were you caught Sir Peter, Sir Ken or Mr DeNunzio explaining why hoisting their respective fascias over Safeway's front door offered consumers the best deal. The only supermarket boss...
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The outlook at the OFT
The T&S deal got the go-ahead from the OFT after it ruled that convenience stores were a separate market to supermarkets (a reason why some industry watchers believe Tesco could consider swooping on smaller Safeway stores). But the OFT will not...
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Tesco to trial RFID tags
Tesco is to trial radio frequency identity tags to improve availability and stock levels and which could feature on food products to alert staff which items are close to sell-by dates.The smart chips will relay information as to which...
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Tesco works to tap into media owner potential
Siân Harrington Tesco is to pilot third party advertising on the sides of lorries leaving its Livingston depot as it seeks new ways to generate revenue by positioning itself as a media owner. The UK's largest retailer is also undertaking a...
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Press round-up
Air Miles, a British Airways subsidiary, has fallen £11m into the red after profits of £8m last year, reported The Business. The reward scheme operator severed ties with Sainsbury last year and began a new deal with Tesco. AirMiles blamed the losses...
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Weekend press round-up
Supermarkets could be allowed to operate at motorway service stations with formats such as Tesco Metro and Marks and Spencer’s Simply Food, according to the Sunday Telegraph.The paper said current operators such as Moto, Roadchef and Welcome...
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Press round-up
In response to the price cuts announced by Tesco and Asda, communications director at Safeway, Kevin Hawkins, told the BBC’s Radio 4 Today programme that he viewed the reductions with a big touch of scepticism. He said: "We have these so-called...
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Press round-up
Supermarket supplier Northern Foods is under pressure from shareholders for a shake-up after a profits warning.According to the Financial Mail on Sunday at least one major shareholder has asked to see chairman Peter Blackburn.Tesco's...
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Press round-up
Tesco and Marks and Spencer could face a consumer boycott over RFID smart tags – used to improve supply lines, to tackle product recalls and refine marketing – as civil liberty groups say the information could be used to snoop on people.The Mail...
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Tesco spreads 5-a-day gospel
Ed Bedington Tesco is hoping to spread its 5-a-day campaign message to a global audience. The retailer will be the only UK supermarket to give a key speech on the subject at the International 5 a Day Symposium in Berlin next week. Hamish...
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BABY WIPES
The baby wipes sector appears one of the fastest growing areas, with an overall growth in the latest year of 20%. All key outlets appear to be driving this growth with Boots, Superdrug, Sainsbury, Tesco and Safeway overperforming the total market. A...
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tesco deal forces mutual dependence
from John Emeny, chairman, Rusts Ltd Sir; The move into neighbourhood retailing is perhaps the final step that Tesco can take within the UK to maintain its profit momentum. It has led the trade in size of store, range of merchandise, price,...