Tesco news and analysis – Page 330
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International expansion: Polish planning threat looms
As foreign hypermarket operators race to win market share in Poland, a row has broken out over proposals to give local authorities (Gminas) greater powers to control planning permission for new developments. Tesco said it was concerned new laws...
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Ireland: Tesco ignites price war in the Irish Republic with
Tesco has set off a price war in the Irish Republic, slashing 20% off the cost of more than 50 food, drink and household products in its 75 stores across the country. Its big local rival, Dunnes Stores, has immediately hit back, with matching...
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Internet trading exchanges WWRE: here's how we'll outsmart t
Tesco and Ahold are already trialling procurement through the WorldWide Retail Exchange, its newly appointed chief executive Colin Dyer revealed this week. In his only interview with the UK trade press, he told The Grocer that buying and selling...
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Tesco/ WH Smith newstrade deal: Tesco soothes publisher ange
Tesco chief executive Terry Leahy is leading an attempt by the retailer to avoid a clash with publishers over magazine distribution. Leahy headed a delegation from Tesco which met representatives of the Newspaper Publishers Association this week....
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TESCO IRISH CHARGE GOES UP
Tesco Ireland is to put a new delivery charge of I£1.50 on home deliveries. This is to be run on a trial basis in six of its stores. Until now, free delivery was offered with a minimum purchase of I£25. However the service was confined to those...
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Tesco speeds up in Taiwan
Tesco will open its first store in Taiwan six months earlier than originally planned, following the acquisition of a retail outlet in the country's largest shopping mall. The store was purchased from Dutch group Makro Asia, which is shifting its...
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News analysis: newstrade distribution
Bagging the mags Will the Tesco/WH Smith distribution deal prove bad news for many small retailers? John Wood reports This week the row over Tesco's national deal for magazine supplies intensified when the Newspaper Publishers' Association...
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John Willie's set to become major player in bottled ale
Independent Manchester brewer JW Lees is making the most of its success last year in the Tesco Beer Challenge. Its John Willie's Manchester Champion Ale won the coveted prize of a 36 week exclusive national listing with the multiple. It is now...
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Tesco caught up in Irish probe
Tesco has found itself at the centre of an Irish state probe into why a cap on superstore size was eased. The cap was imposed by environment minister Noel Dempsey two years ago, following a campaign by independent retailers' group RGDATA, public...
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Share ware
Exchanges have the potential to achieve real breakthroughs in demand and supply side management says Spencer Marlow Many suppliers embraced the early private extranets of companies like Tesco and Wal-Mart and were looking forward to the promised...
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TESCO CHOOSES TWO SOUTH AFRICAN GROWERS
For the first time outside the UK, Tesco has awarded two South African fruit growers its Nature's Choice accreditation and expects to add a further eight similar quality suppliers of apples, grapes and pears to its list. They are the Montelth Trust...
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Imperial cool moves at Tesco
Sir; Your Opinion column said it all. Tesco's campaign to save pounds and ounces must go down as one of the smartest stunts ever seen in British grocery. Their rivals must be livid for not thinking of it themselves. Tesco's founder the late Sir...
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Fancy a glass of Old Engine Oil?
Castle Eden from Hartlepool and Harviestoun from Clackmanshire in Scotland took a radically different approach to winter beers to beat off 43 other breweries and win Tesco's Autumn Beer Challenge. The Castle Eden team won the large brewer category...
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Newstrade: PPA challenges Tesco/WH Smith
The Periodical Publishers Association is preparing a legal challenge to Tesco's exclusive distribution deal with WH Smith News, and is collecting funds from members to back the challenge. PPA chief executive Ian Locks said: "If the magazine...
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Tesco: Replenishment plan to be tested
Tesco is to test continuous replenishment of fresh foods in up to 10 stores over the Christmas period, according to a leading analyst. Schroder Salomon Smith Barney's David McCarthy says in a briefing note: "Assuming the system works, and that any...
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Online retailing: Tesco rejects digital interactive TV for h
Exclusive Belinda Gannaway Tesco.com chief executive John Browett has ruled out digital interactive TV as a medium for its store based home shopping service. Speaking exclusively to The Grocer he said: "There are clearly roles for all these...
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Sunday trading: Licence for hours fight
The government could soon find itself being lobbied by both Sainsbury and Tesco as the supermarket chains try to change a law that prevents them opening more than six hours on the Sabbath. Executives at both groups have examined their options in...
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Grey market is not all dodgy
Sir; The news that Tesco buyers went "undercover" to buy grey market spirits (The Grocer, June 24, p9) says plenty about the multiple and just as much about suppliers. But the fact remains that grey market wines, beers and spirits have been...
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Drinks: Grey spirits: distillers hit back
Distillers have shrugged off claims by Tesco that it had to mount top secret import operations because they are ripping off UK customers. Tesco made the accusations when it revealed it had sourced brands such as Teacher's, Bacardi and The Famous...