All Tesco articles – Page 6
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Nora Batty fans fight Tesco plans
Residents and store owners in one of England's most famous TV towns are banding together to oppose a Tesco store which they believe will spoil the charm of their iconic home.
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Tesco appeal success shows Inquiry's flaws
Retailers are fuming after the Competition Appeals Tribunal upheld Tesco's appeal against the proposed 'competition test'.
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Tesco loses price battle
A small rural retailer has launched a war on Tesco’s prices in a bid to change the public perception that small shops are pricier than the supermarkets. Pablo Dimoglou, who owns Yaxham Waters Farm Shop in Yaxham, Norfolk, is offering...
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Tesco stalls over CC test
Tesco has been accused of stalling for time after beginning an appeal which is likely to delay the implementation of the Competition Commission’s (CC) recommendations for the grocery market
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OFT to investigate Tesco acquisition
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is to investigate Tesco’s take-over of an independent supermarket in Barnstaple, Devon. Brian Ford’s Discount store was bought by a property firm on behalf of Tesco in 2003. It was only in August that Tesco’s...
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Tesco planning veto boosts small stores
Tesco’s proposed development in Sheringham, Norfolk, has been turned down – a decision which local MP Norman Lamb predicted would “send shockwaves through the planning system nationally”.
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Indies unfazed by Tesco local focus
Independent retailers say they are not threatened by Tesco’s goal of achieving sales of more than £500m from locally sourced products this year. The chain said that sales of locally produced items such as bread, meat and eggs had risen 40% this...
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ACS looks ahead as Tesco appeals
Tesco's decision to appeal against Competition Commission (CC) recommendations has been panned by retail trade associations.
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Council may get Tesco handout
North Norfolk Council will receive £1.2m from Tesco if the supermarket's plans for a 1,500sq m store in Sheringham are given the go-ahead.
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Anger at Tesco build plan
Tesco has risked the wrath of transport officials, green campaigners, local residents and historians in Wiltshire, after revealing plans to build a 21-acre depot on a greenfield site near Stonehenge.
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Council says no to Tesco again
Campaigners have moved another step closer to victory in a 10-year battle against Tesco's plans to build a supermarket in the town of Sheringham, Norfolk.
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Tesco's lead in grocery gets wider
Tesco has increased its dominance of the grocery market from 31.4% a year ago to a record share of 31.8%.
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CC rules against Tesco purchase
Competition Commission (CC) chiefs have ruled that Tesco's purchase of a former Co-op store in Slough has led to reduced competition and choice in the area.
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Tesco takes a ban but leaves a bill
A Tesco Express store in West Sussex has had its licence to sell alcohol suspended for one month - but local residents and businesses may have to foot the bill for the legal costs of imposing the ban.
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Celebrity chef set to take on Tesco
Celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is gearing up to take on his local Tesco when he opens a small grocery store in the Devon town of Axminster in three weeks time.
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Tesco blasted for "arrogance"
Norfolk retailer Nigel Dowdney has taken the battle for the high street right to the heart of the enemy by joining other protestors at Tesco's Annual General Meeting (AGM).
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Eastenders win battle with Tesco
Local retailers in Highams Park, East London, are rejoicing after Tesco lost a fight to build a colossal mixed-use development in their area.
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Tesco tries community spirit
Managers and staff at Tesco Express stores have been told to spend one day a year working in their local neighbourhoods after what the supermarket says is customer demand for more community-based activity from its stores.