All Tesco articles – Page 171
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AnalysisHorse meat controversy: The facts
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has moved to clarify the situation as it investigates how horse and pig DNA were found in beef burgers. Here it explains the state of play.
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NewsTesco apologises for horse meat burgers as FSA considers legal action
Tesco has taken out full page adverts in national newspapers today apologising for selling beef burgers that contained horse meat as the Food Standards Agency considers taking legal action.
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OpinionComment: Tesco’s Philip Clarke on the horse meat controversy
Tesco is a food retailer, first and foremost: providing safe, nutritious food is the core of what we do.
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OpinionBlog: Are there any winners from Horsegate?
It was all going so well for Tesco. It came up trumps at Christmas, with the UK business seemingly back on its way up, when along galloped a near PR disaster – horsegate.
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NewsGrocery volumes bounce back as supermarkets increase ad spend
Grocery revenue by volume bounced back into growth in the four weeks to January 5 as supermarkets upped their advertising spend over the Christmas period.
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OpinionBlog: NRF's big size triggers big ideas
The NRF conference in New York was bigger than ever this year – rumours of 27,500 attendees were circulating on the Tuesday against 25,000 last year.
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NewsKiddicare inks ITV sponsorship deal as it poaches Tesco director
Kiddicare has poached Tesco buying director Alex Fisher as its new commercial director as the baby specialist broadens its business and launches its first major marketing campaign.
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NewsNRF: Tesco to give store managers control over localised ranges
Tesco is to start giving store managers more power as the retailer increases localisation of its ranges, chief information officer Mike McNamara said at the NRF conference in New York on Tuesday.
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NewsThe Co-operative Food poaches Sainsbury's Andrew Mann in management reshuffle
The Co-operative Food has reshuffled its management team poaching Sainsbury’s director Andrew Mann and former New Look and Asda IT director Howard Reed.
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NewsTesco and Iceland embroiled in horsemeat controversy
An investigation by food safety officials is underway to discover how beefburgers contaminated with horsemeat were sold in supermarkets including Tesco, Iceland and Aldi.
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NewsGrocers and Amazon expected to benefit most if HMV was to shut
The big four grocers and Amazon are expected to be the biggest beneficiaries if collapsed entertainment retailer HMV were to shut all its stores and close down completely.
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NewsKantar declares ‘dead heat’ between Sainsbury’s and Tesco in Christmas grocery battle
A ‘dead heat’ has been called between Tesco and Sainsbury’s by Kantar Worldpanel after releasing data which showed the archrivals recorded identical growth rates over Christmas.
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OpinionComment: Morrisons puts focus on quality and service
Morrisons’ festive trading figures were a bit gloomy. The grocer suffered a limp end to 2012 amid heightened competition from all flanks.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What does Judith McKenna’s departure mean for Asda?
The promotion of Asda’s chief operating officer Judith McKenna to join parent company Walmart last week was met with dismay by analysts. Retail Week takes a look at the implications of the move.
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NewsTesco launches baby and toddler brand as children's market heats up
Tesco has today launched a new brand for baby and toddler products called Tesco Loves Baby as it attempts to strengthen its hold on the competitive baby market.
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OpinionComment: Who won the Christmas battle on the high street?
This week has been an eventful week for UK retail. Despite weak overall figures from the BRC there have been some clear winners and losers over the Christmas period.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Lucy Neville-Rolfe says farewell to Tesco
As she retires from a 15-year career at Tesco coinciding with phenomenal growth, executive director Lucy Neville-Rolfe tells Alex Lawson about her career with the top retailer.
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OpinionComment: Do retailers’ marketing efforts tally with Christmas sales results?
Have retailers’ Christmas performances tallied with the effort they put into their marketing? As they announce their sales figures for the Christmas period, MediaCom looked at social sentiment via its Twitter Tracker, YouGov’s BrandIndex and YouTube channels to track their impact.
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OpinionBlog: Tesco piles on the pressure
Tesco’s boss Philip Clarke seemed on relaxed form this morning. The Christmas like-for-like performance, up 1.8%, is the strongest its been for three years and - while a different reporting period - is higher than competitors Sainsbury’s and Morrisons.
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OpinionComment: Tesco should be relieved but there are still more vices than virtues
Tesco is approaching the anniversary of a dark day in its history when it announced a major underperformance of its home market leading to a material acceleration in the group’s change strategy.