All Tesco articles – Page 5
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Tesco makes U-turn over garden site
Tesco has backed out of plans to build a store on the site of a community garden in Brighton, East Sussex. Following a long-running battle with the community and local Green Party MP Caroline Lucas, Tesco community and government director...
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Go to Tesco, Daily Mail tells readers
The Daily Mail is under fire for excluding independent retailers from its free DVD offers.
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Sheringham Tesco goes to public vote
The long-running battle to keep a national supermarket chain out of the Norfolk town of Sheringham will take a new turn next month when residents vote on the future of the development.
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Dear Jac: Putting a spanner into Tesco’s works
Ian Layton, who runs Maple Street Stores in Bracebridge, Lincoln, has put together a letter intended primarily as information for local councillors in the hope that they'll want to put a spanner in Tesco's works
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Communities take a stand against Tesco
Scores of pro-community protesters besieged a new Tesco store in Norwich on its first day of opening following a bitter seven-year battle.
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Anti-Tesco protestors stand strong
Demonstrators have attempted to stop bulldozers moving in on the site of a community garden in Brighton, East Sussex, in protest at plans to build a Tesco store.
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Head to head with Tesco Express
You can moan about the retail giants or, like Arul Masilamany, you can reign on their parade. Dave Visick visits an independent store with a mult next door.
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Local council calls on Tesco to keep out
One of Britain's most passionate struggles against the growth of the multiple supermarket chains has received the backing of local councillors
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Tesco reveals massive expansion
Tesco has announced plans to open 2.4million sq ft of selling space - equivalent to 80 superstores - in Britain this year.
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Tesco self-scan ‘dehumanises’
A supplier of epos systems has urged convenience retailers to take advantage of their ability to offer customers meaningful interaction at the till. Phil Lee, business director of Torex P&C, told visitors to last week's Food and Drink...
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Sheringham says no to Tesco... again
The Norfolk town of Sheringham has taken its battle to keep out Tesco into its 14th year with its latest refusal of the multiple's planning application.
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Harefield retailers unite to fight new Tesco store
Despite a joint effort from Londis and Spar retailers to keep Tesco out of Harefield, London, the supermarket chain has re-applied for planning permission to build a new store in the area.
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2,000 hours to see off Tesco
A convenience store retailer who has spent more than 2,000 hours and thousands of pounds battling a Tesco development in Ottery St Mary, Devon, is about to find out if all his hard work has paid off.
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Tesco to take Express route for expansion
Tesco has suggested it is preparing a new assault on the convenience sector which would see it double its existing portfolio of small format Express stores.
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Blues for Tesco and Everton after stadium plan rejected
A £400m football stadium and retail park development in Liverpool has been refused permission on the grounds that it would have had harmful effects on the “vitality and viability” of the local community
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Tesco holds fire on Holmfirth store
Tesco has withrawn its application to build a 5,500sq m store in Holmfirth, Yorkshire, home of the long-running BBC series Last of the Summer Wine. The supermarket chain had applied to build the store on a site two miles outside of the...
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Raj rallies his town to take on Tesco
Londis retailer Raj Aggarwal is leading the fight to keep a Tesco One Stop store out of Wigston, Leicester, where he owns a store
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Tesco’s planning tactics under fire
Tesco has been found guilty of making misleading claims to support its planning application for a new supermarket in Essex, the second time in recent weeks that the retail giant's tactics have been questioned. In an earlier case, a letter of support...
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Editor’s comment: Does Tesco have any friends any more?
Does Tesco have any friends any more? Although the company is, on the whole, widely respected in the retail trade, it also has some very active opponents. The retail giant has increasingly come under...
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Tesco in fake letter storm
Retailers and residents in Leeds are angry after a letter in support of plans to build a Tesco store was found to be a fake.The discovery has sent the planning process into chaos with hundreds of other documents having to be checked to...