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Tesco news and analysis – Page 306
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It's paled to significance
An ambitious project by Australian producer Cranswick to target female shoppers with a dedicated wine range is paying dividends seven months after launch. The company claims the Image range it launched in Tesco and Sainsbury last August, in...
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tesco trials Electronic pricing
A high-tech trial is underway which could pave the way for the introduction of electronic pricing to Tesco stores. The company has launched its experiment with electronic shelf edge labelling at its Irlam store near Manchester. A spokesman said:...
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Morrisons is buoyed by alcoholic cheer and takes the chart b
The fascia chart has a new leader with Morrisons storming to the top and particularly active in the alcoholic drinks category with a wide range of floor stacks and off fixture displays for beers and lagers. Safeway, Tesco and Somerfield all remain...
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Tesco has set up its own travel company, Tesco Freetime, to
The FSA has repeated its warning that children should not eat mini cup fruit jelly products that contain Konjac because of the risk of choking on the sweets. Scottish & Newcastle has taken a 46% stake in Greek brewing company Mythos, the number two...
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regional branding
Celtic Pride hits shelves The Celtic Pride Welsh Lamb Sausage went on sale at Tesco and Sainsbury stores across Wales and the south west following pioneering deals struck by Wales' leading livestock co-operative The Welsh Meat Company. Just two...
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another partner for tarrango
Australian winemaker Brown Brothers has increased the off-trade distribution for its varietal Tarrango with a listing in Budgens. The grape is produced exclusively by the company and its stockists include the Co-operative Group, Tesco, Sainsbury...
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Tesco cracking on with
factory gate ambitions Tesco believes its new factory gate pricing initiative will help it slash the £500m currently spent every year moving products from factories into its distribution centres. Group supply chain director David Wild said: "We...
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MPs put local sourcing claims on trial
MPs have slammed representatives from the major supermarkets for claiming they take local sourcing seriously. Sainsbury, Tesco, Asda, Safeway, the Co-operative Group and Netto were witnesses as the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Select...
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Tesco works to reward individual at checkouts
Tesco has started trialling promotional initiatives utilising Clubcard data to target customers with ultra-specific deals at the checkout. Dunnhumby, the consultancy helping Tesco develop Clubcard, said trials had started in January in a cluster of...
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Whistling in the wind
The notion that Tesco and Sainsbury have reached an "understanding" not to undercut each other on the prices of popular products is as likely as Osama Bin Laden sharing a Tuscan holiday villa with the Blairs. Yet that was the scenario delivered by...
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Easter and Mother's Day bring in the good times for confecti
There is little change in the fascia chart this week, with all but Tesco and Morrisons remaining in the same position. Asda still retains the number one position but Sainsbury has moved a little closer and less than one percentage point separates...
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Anger at February cut price Carlsberg
Tesco's decision to slash the price of Carlsberg this week brought angry reactions from the trade. It offered a short-term deal on 24-packs of Carlsberg Lager 440ml cans which cut the price from £15.75 to £9.95, the same level as the cutthroat...
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Tesco Extra brings on the chart acts
Tesco is to increase its music offer and is inviting pop acts to perform in its growing network of Extra stores. The chain increased its music sales by 31% in 2001 and says the number of fixtures dedicated to selling albums will double in the...
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Tesco link with suppliers for personalised online appeal
Tesco is linking up with suppliers to send out personalised promotional e-mails to its home shoppers and it is considering altering the range in stores to give home shoppers more choice. The promotional e-mails will use information gleaned from...
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n Tesco.com is streets ahead of rivals and already flexing t
Can anyone stop the inexorable rise of Tesco.com? Although its store sales appear to be faltering slightly, there's no let-up in the retailer's relentless advance into shoppers' homes. It now covers 95% of the population, using 273 stores, and...
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Amoy Soy Sauce 150ml Save one third Shared gondola end
Amoy Straight To Wok Egg Noodles Save one third Gondola end Sainsbury Birds Eye Alphabites Bogof Shared gondola end Sainsbury Coke 2 litre Bogof ...
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Tesco begins Malaysian growth
Tesco has secured sites for its first stores in Malaysia as it starts its aggressive expansion plan in the country. Under a deal signed with joint venture partner Sime Darby last year, Tesco will invest £215m to build at least 15 hypermarkets...
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Tesco has announced that it will sell cars if expected chang
I hear you might be selling cars soon? Nothing's finalised but I think that's the plan, yes. Keep an eye on the press about it. Will it just be Smart cars or all different sizes? Oh, I think it'll be all kinds of cars, all sorts of ...
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Tesco adds Zest to Batemans' growth
Batemans' rapid growth in the off-trade will be given a boost this year by an exclusive 36-week listing in Tesco for a new beer. The listing is its prize for winning the big brewer category in the multiple's spring Beer Challenge. The new brew,...
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Zipfer into Tesco
Scottish Courage has won widespread listings for Austrian premium lager Zipfer less than a year after launching it in the UK. Tesco is the latest multiple to list it and it is already stocked by Sainsbury, Safeway, Asda, Morrisons, Booker and...