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Tesco news and analysis – Page 307
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Tesco takes a proactive recruitment line
Tesco has stepped up its recruitment strategy with the introduction of a talent planning approach. David Fairhurst, the multiple's group resourcing director, said: "Tesco already has a widely respected talent spotting programme. What's changed is...
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Tesco sets up regional teams in bid to boost local sourcing
Tesco is to boost local food sourcing by opening regional buying offices in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and has upped its spend on UK organics. The multiple said the Welsh buying office was almost ready to begin running under Welsh...
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Label rebuke for Moy Park
Tesco has withdrawn Finest free range chickens after supplier Moy Park was caught using the Freedom Food brand without licence. Spot checks at Tesco stores by RSPCA subsidiary Freedom Food revealed the misuse, caused by what Moy Park is calling an...
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Soya integrity hinders pledge on pork
A year after Tesco and Asda pledged to source all chicken and pork from animals fed non-GM diets, they have failed to meet their targets on pork. Although they attribute the delay to foot and mouth disease, industry sources say the multiples are...
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Tesco struggles to grow market share
Further proof that the Tesco grocery juggernaut may finally be slowing comes this week with the first publication of The Grocer's TradeTrak market share figures in association with ACNielsen. For the 12-week period ending December 29, Tesco's share...
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Supplier consternation at ex-factory gate plans
The Grocer's exclusive report that Sainsbury and Tesco are planning to introduce ex-factory gate pricing across all categories (The Grocer, November 3) has sparked a frenzy among suppliers. The IGD has been inundated with questions as it prepares...
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Tesco has bought United Co-op's Hindley superstore near Wiga
Boots said early results of its standalone operations at six Sainsbury supermarkets were encouraging as it delivered better-than-expected sales figures for autumn and Christmas. Independent cashpoint provider Moneybox is to put its cashpoints on...
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TESCO: CR steams ahead in phase two
Tesco says it has been delighted by ongoing success with CR as fresh produce joined the fray last year says Sarah Hardcastle T esco has fully implemented the second phase of its continuous replenishment programme, a ground-breaking distribution...
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Tesco inconsistent on multi-buys
Sir; Residing in Northampton and working in Luton, Bedfordshire, I visit and shop at both Tesco in Weston Favel shopping centre in Northampton, and Tesco in the Arndale shopping centre in Luton. The Tesco Northampton is an Extra format and the...
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TESCO FIGHTS ON OVER LEVI'S
Tesco is continuing its legal fight to sell cheaper, grey market Levi's jeans in the UK. The European Court of Justice in Strasbourg ruled last month that the multiple could not source Levi's jeans from outside the EU without the brand owner's...
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Tesco goes poaching as Asda@tHome converts
Asda is planning a counterattack as Tesco launches a bid to poach Asda@tHome customers in the south east with an offer of 500 Clubcard points, the equivalent of £5. The move comes at the start of a three-month disruption for the Asda@tHome ...
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Becks 24 x 275ml Price promotion £11.99 Floor sStack
Becks 24 x 275ml Price promotion £12.49 Floor stack Tesco Cadbury's Chocolate Mousse 4 x 55g Price promotion 79p Gondola end Safeway Cadbury's Dairy Milk 200g 50% ...
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Code comfort for the few
n For key players in the British grocery industry, 2001 could be dubbed the year of recovery. Tesco remained firmly at the top, but Sainsbury started to show real signs of renaissance and Iceland and Somerfield started to pull round. The toothless'...
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Tesco and Superquinn vow to freeze prices for euro arrival
Two chains in the Irish Republic have announced price freezes during the changeover to the euro in a bid to reassure customers, while retailers in Northern Ireland are worried about the potential for forged euro notes. Superquinn said its freeze...
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After Curry, Blair must act
It's customary, at this time, for media soothsayers to rub their crystal balls and sound off about the shape of things to come. Fuelled by liberal amounts of seasonal Tesco sherry, pompous business scribes proclaim that we are "standing on the...
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The Grocer 33 six month test again shows Asda is cheapest
Sheila Eggleston Asda has notched up another six months as the UK's cheapest supermarket. The Grocer 33's six-month review shows that Asda produced 12 of the cheapest full baskets between June and November 2001. Its nearest challenger was Tesco...
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The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld Safeway's com
A Tesco Lotus supermarket in Bangkok was damaged when an anti-tank rocket hit a nearby building. Police are investigating the possibility the rocket was fired at Tesco Farmers are paying to promote milk throughout the festive season with a series...
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Tesco alliance set for 15 Malaysian hypermarkets
Tesco has announced aggressive expansion plans for Malaysia after signing a deal with local joint venture partner Sime Darby. But the multiple also released a trading statement showing a slight slowdown in its global sales growth. The Malaysian...
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If it's Monday it must be Scotland. And it was while visitin
Shoppers at the Tesco supermarket in Callander Road, Falkirk, were evacuated only to witness the store being sealed off by squads of soldiers and police last Saturday afternoon. They had been called in to look at a suspicious package left in the...
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Somerfield goes for gold with So Good
Rod Addy Somerfield aims to poach premium brand customers from Tesco and Sainsbury with So Good, its new own label upmarket food range. It is particularly looking to steal shoppers who are dedicated to those bigger rivals but still use Somerfield...