Tesco

Counting the dough

24-Feb-2009 By Hayley Brown

As British shoppers cling on to their cash, Hayley Brown takes a look at discounted and value bakery launches entering the market

Supermarket squeeze is still tight, claim food suppliers

02-Jan-2009 By Rick Pendrous

Recent national press reports have stated that major supermarkets, such as Asda, have been drawing up plans to deal with the many suppliers they...

The proof is in the award-winning pudding

16-Jun-2008 By Rod Addy

HJ Heinz scooped the British Frozen Food Federation’s (BFFF’s) retail product of the year award for its Marks & Spencer Chocolate...

Glasgow hosts biggest Scottish food and drink promotion

28-Apr-2008 By Rod Addy

What is believed to be Scotland’s biggest food and drink promotional event to date took place on April 22-24 in George Square, Glasgow, supported...

Tesco keeps a keen eye on its fair-weather customers

26-Mar-2008 By Rod Addy

The UK's supermarket giant has been using complex weather analysis to predict demand

Tesco pushes forward with ethical initiative

26-Feb-2008

As Fairtrade Fortnight, which runs from February 25 to March 9, began, Tesco was urging firms to back an initiative to improve the conditions of...

Keep it local, but food safety comes at a price, says Tesco

26-Feb-2008 By Rick Pendrous

Tesco says new third-party safety audits are a drain on local food and drink firms

Tesco suppliers feel the chill as Sir Terry bans price rises

25-Jan-2008 By Elaine Watson

Industry sources say 'project iceberg' is part of a strategy driven by Sir Terry Leahy

Local supplier food safety scheme hailed as triumph

07-Jan-2008 By Rick Pendrous

A food safety approval scheme aimed at making life easier for smaller local manufacturers has proved a success since its launch in March 2007,...

Tesco puts poor-performing suppliers in 'intensive care'

26-Nov-2007 By Rick Pendrous

Regime of action plans and regular reviews

Retailers lock horns on carbon labelling as SA grounds imports

29-Oct-2007 By Sarah Britton

Supermarkets criticised for ill-thought out schemes that fudge the big footprint issue

Bolland: environmental features a licence to trade

15-Oct-2007 By Rick Pendrous

Good green credentials would become a “licence to operate” for manufacturers and retailers going forward, rather than just being a wish list,...

Clean up your product data - GDS is on the way, says Heinz

30-Jul-2007 By Elaine Watson

Warning as supermarkets draw up plans to embrace global data synchronisation

Kellogg boosts availability

27-Mar-2007

Powerful new number crunching tools from the company that processes Tesco's ClubCard data have helped Kellogg boost availability at the multiple's...

Tesco to focus on reducing its suppliers' input costs

27-Mar-2007 By Rick Pendrous

Tesco could soon start looking at ways of taking the cost out of manufacturers' inbound supply chains, following its success in raising efficiencies...

Coke leaves Tesco at factory gate

02-Oct-2006 By Elaine Watson

Coca-Cola and Tesco ‘mutually agreed’ to axe a factory gate pricing trial last Christmas, blaming ‘availability issues’, the soft drinks...

Jaundiced” suppliers seek direction on data synchronisation

26-Jun-2006 By Elaine Watson

A group of 'early adopter' food manufacturers have started uploading product data into the new GS1 UK data pool as part of an industry drive to...

Global data exchange system shows huge growth

26-Jun-2006 By Rick Pendrous

Companies using the GS1 Global Data Synchronisation Network (GDSN) - a global yellow pages supported by retailers such as Tesco and Asda, which...

Retailers set 2007 as global data deadline

02-May-2006

Manufacturers supplying Asda, Tesco and Makro will be expected to publish their product data in a standards-compliant data pool by the end of next...

New factory for It’s Nut Free

02-May-2006 By Elaine Watson

Nut-free snacks manufacturer It’s Nut Free will start production at a new purpose-built factory in the Thorp Arch trading estate in Wetherby, in...

Suppliers foot the bill as retailers implement spice control scheme

18-Apr-2006

Own-label manufacturers and spice suppliers will have to pay up to £650 to have their ingredients validated as two more major retailers join an...

Handmade puds on a roll

29-Mar-2006

Farmhouse Fare is building a 930m2 extension to its factory in Clitheroe, Lancashire, to meet growing demand for its premium chilled puddings.The...

Note of frustration as retailers fail to sing to the same tune

01-Mar-2006 By Elaine Watson

Incompatible product specs prompt action

Get in sync, Tesco tells suppliers

08-Dec-2005 By Elaine Watson

Larger manufacturers grasp the data nettle, but smaller firms rail against 'retail tax'

Tesco admits failures

05-Dec-2005 By Elaine Watson

Retailer says its own distribution is no better than its suppliers'

Time for supply chain quid pro quo

06-Sep-2005

Isn't it interesting how retailer-enforced changes in the supply chain are often better supported by suppliers than by the retailers' own staff!As...

Nestlé switches to vendor managed inventory with Tesco

10-Aug-2005 By Elaine Watson

Nestlé is switching to a vendor managed inventory (VMI) relationship with Tesco this year in a bid to improve availability.By shifting...

Joining the supply chain gang pays dividends on both sides

11-May-2005 By Elaine Watson

Elaine watson reports from paris on latest developments in efficient consumer response

Shelf-ready or not?

04-Apr-2005

Tesco's plans to put 10,000 products into shelf-ready packaging are sending shockwaves across the industry. Elaine Watson investigates

Call to arms on shelf-ready packaging

07-Mar-2005

It was only a few weeks ago that Tesco started its initiative on shelf-ready packaging (SRP). Already the big manufacturers that do not have largely...

Are you 'shelf-ready' for Tesco?

13-Dec-2004

Tesco is about to cause yet another shake-up in the UK supply chain with an initiative that will send shivers down the spines of many suppliers.The...

Tesco boss invites anonymous complaints to help retailer change its own behaviour

17-Nov-2004

Aggrieved Tesco suppliers will in future be able to complain anonymously to the retailer about poor treatment. In a move designed to appease critics,...