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Tesco news and analysis – Page 310
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Carlsberg 24 x 250ml Price promotion £9.99 Gondola end
Carlsberg Export Lager 24 x 330ml Price promotion £12.98 Floor stack Asda Carlsberg Export Lager 4 x 330ml Price promotion £2.34 Floor stack Tesco Carlsberg Lager 24 x 440ml ...
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Online retailing: Tesco targets Mothercare with baby site
Tesco has launched a new web site offering parents and prospective parents advice, information, shopping facilities and chatrooms to talk to other parents about their experiences. The You and Your Child site accessed via Tesco.com deals with issues...
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Tesco: New deli trialled
Tesco is following Safeway and Sainsbury's lead as it trials new deli counters at its Bar Hill superstore, north of Cambridge. The new look store boasts Continental-style touches such as Tesco's first ever self service olive bar. Other innovations...
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Customer habits: Asda takes the top spot for loyalty to the
Asda has the most devoted shoppers visiting its stores, while Tesco ranks highest in the loyalty stakes for shoppers who combine use of its stores, web site and loyalty scheme. Exclusive research from relationship marketing agency, Carlson...
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Tesco veg margins extortionate'
Sir; The prices charged for fresh vegetables at Tesco in Mickleover, Derby, are extortionate. For instance, the potatoes which I bought cost me £1.79 a kilo. According to the label they were Maris Piper. This equates to a price of £1,790 a tonne...
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Multiples: Extra pivotal as Tesco works to boost entertainme
Tesco aims to double its turnover of entertainment products online by the end of this year and aims to sell more than 12 million items both at Tesco.com and in store between October and December. At a conference for entertainment suppliers, Tesco...
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Shepherd Neame wins Tesco award
Shepherd Neame is to showcase one of its beers in Tesco after winning the chain's Autumn Beer Challenge. It is the first time the Faversham-based brewer has won the competition, although it has entered beers on a number of occasions. Shepherd...
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Kraft's search is on for the new face of Angel Delight
Kraft Foods is looking for an angel to star on revamped packs of children's instant dessert Angel Delight. The search for a cherubic child will be promoted both instore and on milk cartons at Tesco in the Midlands, south and Wales, nationally in...
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Online shopping: Tesco.com opens for WAP/PC orders
Shoppers are now able to buy their groceries on the move following the launch of a new service from Tesco.com. The online grocer has teamed up with software giant Microsoft and launched Tesco Access, which allows users of handheld computers and WAP...
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Online shopping: Golden gateway for Tesco.com
The US roll-out of Tesco.com's online shopping system will start in San Francisco, it was revealed this week. Last month Tesco licensed its technology to US supermarket chain Safeway and took a 35% stake in the latter's warehouse based online...
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The Grocer focus on Scotland: Get yer oats
A first for the oatmeal market is a resealable 500g aluminium ring-pull can developed by Hamlyn's of Scotland. Originally created for the US, pinhead oatmeal is now available in this format in the UK and has been taken up by Tesco and Waitrose at an...
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Tesco out of stocks frustrating'
Sir; Considering the size of Tesco, its leading position and its hi-tech warehousing and supply systems, the least you could expect is well stocked shelves. But, unfortunately when it comes to the store in Elmers End, that appears to be far from...
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The Grocer focus on home entertainment: Children's Video
The total video retail market is valued at more than £1.1bn, according to the British Video Association, and children's titles are boosting sales through grocery. Tesco is among the multiples to heavily promote this genre which accounted for 20.5%...
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Multiples: Grimsey's three-year strategy to restore fortunes
Iceland's chief executive Bill Grimsey hopes to transform the chain into the Tesco of high street retailing. His three-year strategy aims to improve availability, customer service and to exploit links with wholesaler Booker and foodservice firm...
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Central Europe: Expansion will push the markets to saturatio
Central European markets such as Poland and the Czech Republic will reach saturation point next year if retailers' expansion plans are realised, claims a new IGD Market Focus report on the region. Assuming international players such as Tesco and...
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United States: Tesco delivers to US Safeway
Tesco.com is exporting its successful online shopping model across the Atlantic in a bid to turn around the fortunes of Safeway Inc's flagging net shopping division Grocery Works. Under the deal, Tesco will license its store based technology to...
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Asda: Cuts fuelled with £100m
Asda is setting the scene for another summer of supermarket price wars as it raises the stakes on the £70m investment Tesco announced earlier this month. The multiple is taking over £100m off its complete range over the next four months in a bid...
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National Vegetarian Week: A week for the veggies
The Co-operative Group and Tesco are marking National Vegetarian Week (June 25-July 1) with a series of instore initiatives and promotions. The event is organised by the Vegetarian Society, which is also launching an awards ceremony to recognise...
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Wal-Mart in the UK: The last word
Compare and contrast...what the industry had to say at the time of Asda's takeover and the words of wisdom they're offering now, two years on Ex-Tesco chairman Lord MacLaurin of Knebworth (May 1999) "Before entering a new market you must feel you...
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The Grocer focus on petcare: trends and developments
Themed events have already been a success in other food sectors, and Tesco's support for National Pet Week last month and its pet insurance schemes with a free guide to pet astrology were surefire attractions. But quirky ideas have a way of...