All Tesco articles – Page 230
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NewsAsda heralds ‘the official end of the grocery price war’ with price guarantee
Asda is putting its money where its mouth is with a guarantee that it offers shoppers lowest prices on groceries or will give them their money back, a step which it said “heralds the official end of the grocery price war”.
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NewsAsda lags behind the market
Asda is still under-performing the market with year-on-year growth well behind the growth of the other major retailers, according to Kantar Worldpanel.
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OpinionTesco’s food fight
Tesco showed once again this week why it is market leader, but with rivals hot on its heels, the sector is squaring up for an interesting food fight.
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NewsAsh cloud splits retailers over absence pay
The air travel chaos because of the volcanic ash cloud has caused retailers a headache over whether to pay staff absent as a result of not being able to fly home.
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AnalysisFive big questions for Asda’s new boss
Asda is finding trading tough but has big ambitions. As Andy Bond prepares to take a back seat, Jennifer Creevy looks at the big issues his successor will need to tackle to get the grocer back on track
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NewsTesco ‘back in the lead’
Leahy laughs off Asda’s non-food ambitions as Tesco posts strong year’s sales and record profits
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NewsCity sticks with Tesco but share price falters
Record results from Tesco failed to help either the grocer’s or its peers’ shares, which all fell over the week.
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GallerySainsbury’s Dursley: The new green norm
Eco-stores may be old hat, but Sainsbury’s latest in Dursley shows green thinking can play a part in a regular store. John Ryan reports
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OpinionTesco primed for economic recovery
Sir Terry Leahy may be many things, but you won’t often hear him accused of being a ray of sunshine. So when you hear him speaking as positively as he was this week about how UK consumers have left the recession well and truly behind them, you know he is ...
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OpinionUK sees eruptions of optimism
The recent spate of sunny weather has brought not just an uplift in spring 10 sales but also a renewed sense of optimism. Results from some of the leading fashion firms seem to suggest we are over the worst.
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AnalysisThe green team
The UK’s biggest retailers are casting their nets ever wider when it comes to taking responsibility for sustainability initiatives. How exactly are they raising their green game
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NewsTesco launches first social networking site
Tesco has launched a social networking site aimed at people taking part in or supporting Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life.
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Opinion
Dry as the Sahara
Terry Leahy was on particularly dry form at the Tesco results today, but the poker face couldn’t mask his pride that Tesco is back on top of its game.
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OpinionThe land of plenty?
The supermarkets seem to think there’s unlimited opportunity to open convenience stores. But is there?
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NewsTesco tops £3.4bn profits
Tesco has recorded a 10.1% increase in underlying pre-tax profit to £3.4bn in its full year results, in line with City estimates.
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NewsVolcanic ash hits supermarket supply
The supply of flowers, green beans, mangetout, sugar snap peas and some exotic fruits are under threat as volcanic ash grounds planes destined for the UK.
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NewsRetailers among firms fined £225m for tobacco price fixing
Nine retailers are among 12 businesses fined £225m by the Office of Fair Trading for collusion on tobacco prices between 2001 and 2003.
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OpinionThe big questions for Andy Bond’s successor
Andy Bond will leave his successor with two big headaches: How Asda can arrest its underperformance and can a food retailer prosper on Everyday Low Prices alone?
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OpinionBanish cynicism – it’s sincerity we want
Why do people think that running a garden centre is so jolly easy? The countryside is littered with examples of experienced entrepreneurs, many from the high street and DIY industry, having trodden the primrose path without realising they are heading to the compost heap rather than the Garden of Eden.
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NewsStrong sales figures draw interest in retail
Store stocks flew off the shelves as strong sales data and swirling takeover talk prompted demand.