Tesco news and analysis – Page 313
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Tesco boosts staff to fill shelves
Tesco is to hire 5,000 new permanent staff to ensure that shelves across its estate are full.The supermarket chain said each store would get seven new people to work its 24-hour operation to address the problem of out of...
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Standalones hit by delays
Tesco has been forced to delay the openings of its first two standalone Tesco Express convenience stores. The first site, due to open in Southborough near Tunbridge Wells this month (The Grocer, June 15) will not now open until December 9. A...
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Sainsbury in pricing overhaul
Sian Harrington Sainsbury is to beef up its pricing strategy as it prepares for a price war between Asda and Tesco and seeks to reduce the gap in the longer term. The retailer, narrowly hanging on to its number two position, is to increase...
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There's room at the top for two
Morrisons and Asda share top spot in the retailer chart, and stand eight percentage points ahead of the rest. Tesco moves up to third place, pushing Safeway down to number four. The top three are strong on alcoholic drinks and Tesco is...
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Tesco catches a chill abroad
The frustration at Tesco head office must be palpable. Another six months double digit top bottom line growth, and the shares dive 11.5p. Meanwhile analysts are busy muttering about lacklustre trading in central Europe and ratings agency Fitch has...
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How big a deal is the coupon printed at bottom of receipt
Tesco has been doing Clubcard mailing for a while -Â posting targeted coupons to shoppers based on products bought/not bought, typical spend, parts of the store shopped, and response to previous offers - and it is now giving them even more rewards...
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Brands make thirsty work of it
Morrisons and Asda sit at numbers one and two respectively and have drawn further ahead of the field, standing eight percentage points ahead of Safeway at number three. Tesco slips just one place, now standing in fourth position. Sainsbury and...
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Expansion ramped up
John Wood Morrisons has stepped up its expansion plans as it revealed interim figures that showed its like-for-like sales were well ahead of the figures Tesco announced earlier in the week, at 5.7% compared with 3.9%. The no frills retailer...
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Millionaire time at Tesco
Tesco aims to take the wind out of Nectar's sails next month by launching what it claims to be the "biggest promotion in supermarket history". Through a tie-up with Who Wants To Be A Millionaire owner Celador International, shoppers will get the...
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Morrisons interim like-for-like sales ahead of Tesco
Morrisons has said its first half like-for-like sales rose 6.3% and as its growth continues apace it has firm plans for expansion in hand.Interim pre-tax profit to August 11 increased 16.1% to £114.5m up from £98.6m last year boosted by...
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Tesco to create thousands of jobs at home and abroad
TescoÂ’s interim pre-tax profit has jumped 13.3% but said it was seeing a return to a more normal level of trading in the UK with like-for-like sales slowing to 3.9%.The retailer said pre-tax profit for the six months to August 24 rose to...
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Battlelines for premium
Elaine Watson A major battle is brewing between the multiples for supremacy in the premium own label market. Tesco is gearing up for a complete overhaul of its Finest range in October with a raft of new and reformulated products, and pack...
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...as Tesco hails FGP as a success
Tesco is handling 20 million cases a month through its factory gate initiative  just one year after it was launched, says group supply chain chain director David Wild. The major multiple started the project with its frozen goods suppliers and...
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Tesco's Maltese question
While taking a break in ex-pat magnet Malta, one of our eagle eyed reporters thought she'd stumbled on a scoop when her guidebook said that the local supermarket was run by Tesco. All thoughts of catacombs abandoned, she hot footed it to the...
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ÂAnd where the rest fell down
Tesco Date of shopping trip: 20.09.02 Time taken in store: 55 minsWhaley Bridge Time of shopping trip: 08.58 Time taken at checkout: ...
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New quartet shakes up brands
Morrisons has pulled further ahead of the other retailers in the chart this week and now stands six percentage points ahead of Tesco which has moved up to number two. Sainsbury has shown improvement, moving up from fifth place to number four...
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Tesco to double Scottish cheese levels
Tesco is preparing to increase its Scottish cheese orders by more than double the existing level. The retailer said it would be taking nearly 8,000 tonnes a year from McLelland of Glasgow, which will push the supplier's share of Tesco's UK...
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It's enough to make Tesco's advertising icon Dotty choke on
Everyone, it seems, from soft drinks manufacturers to brewers, are jumping on the sex bandwagon, smothering their brands with a large amount of sauce and even, on occasions, a pinch of sexual violence. So what's going on? Did Britain's...
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Fury at Lotto's Tesco tie-up
Lottery operator Camelot has upset independent retailers by linking up with Tesco to promote direct debit ticket subscriptions with loyalty points. Selected Tesco loyalty cardholders are being invited to play by subscription  by setting up...