All Tesco articles – Page 167
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NewsFormer Co-op farming boss Christine Tacon appointed first Groceries Code Adjudicator
The Government has appointed Christine Tacon, the former head of Co-operative Group’s farming business, to the newly-created role of independent Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA).
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NewsDutch suppliers implicated in horse meat scandal
The Food Standards Agency of Ireland has implicated Dutch suppliers as the suspected cause of the contaminated beef burgers which contained horse meat sold in UK supermarkets.
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OpinionComment: Lessons from the horse meat controversy
The horsemeat controversy has highlighted how crucial it is for retailers to be ready for the unexpected. Here are nine ways to help ride storms successfully.
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OpinionComment: Is The Co-operative Food preparing for battle?
Retail analysts seem to spend most of their lives talking about Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Asda when it comes to the nation’s supermarkets but much less attention is given to The Co-operative Food. However, that may all be about to change.
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AnalysisProfile: Robin Terrell, multichannel director, Tesco
Tesco’s new multichannel boss arrives with a strong track record in ecommerce, but can he succeed in making grocery work better online for the UK’s largest retailer?
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OpinionComment: Leading from the shopfloor provides great customer insight
In retail, nothing beats being on the shopfloor to learn from customers and colleagues and it’s important to deliver, day in, day out and, of course, especially at Christmas.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What does the horse meat scandal mean for retailers and consumers?
As the Food Standards Agency of Ireland (FSAI) investigates how horse and pig DNA entered beef burgers, Retail Week takes a look at the revelation and its implications for retailers.
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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.