All Tesco articles – Page 8
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Norfolk sticks by its 'no' to Tesco
Retailers in Norfolk have been angered by an application from Tesco for a major extension to its store in Stalham which will see it incorporate a significant non-food offer.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: When you're strapped for cash and under the shadow of Tesco, every penny counts.
And certainly every £20-30 quid counts. Douglas Gill, who runs Doug 'n Di's in Stockport, has been in business for 20 years. Over that time he's had to watch superstores springing up all around him. So far he has managed to stay afloat, but says it is touch and go. ...
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Tesco to appeal council ruling
Tesco has lodged an appeal against Barnet Council's decision to withhold planning permission from an Express store.
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Tesco price shocker
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has turned up the heat on the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) in its efforts to persuade it to refer the grocery market to the Competition Commission by submitting new research into pricing in Tesco’s One Stop
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Tesco slated for pushy attitude
Tesco has been slammed for riding roughshod over local planning authorities.
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Tesco set to take Spar’s top spot
Tesco is likely to leapfrog Spar to become the biggest c-store chain by sales this year, according to latest research from retail analysts Verdict.
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Tesco uses report to counter critics
Tesco has moved to counter recent bad publicity by using results of a report it commissioned that suggest its Express format has brought trade back to other local stores.
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Tesco buys get okay
In the same week that the OFT agreed to reconsider its views on the effect of multiple grocers’ entry into the c-store sector, it gave the green light to Tesco’s acquisition of another 21 petrol forecourts.
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Dear Jac
Tesco surges on
Tesco is on course to open its 600th Express convenience store this month, and could soon push well past that with the acquisition of another 21 petrol station sites from Morrisons.
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Tesco tries its luck
All eyes are on the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) following Tesco’s offer to buy 30 petrol stations from Morrisons. The sites were formerly part of the BP-Safeway joint venture and Tesco says if the deal is successful, it would convert them into Expre
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Craig slams ‘Tesco World’
Surviving in “Tesco World” would require resilience and the need for independent retailers, wholesalers and suppliers to join forces and work together Lizette Craig, managing director of Botterills Convenience Stores, told the Lanarkshire-based group
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Features and analysis
Tesco’s own cop shop
Police have set up home in a Tesco c-store’s back office in a bid to combat anti-social behaviour in Dorset.
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Tesco under attack again
Tesco has once again come under attack over its growing presence in the grocery market, but this time some of its own shareholders have joined in.
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Anger over Tesco rates reduction
A local authority in Norfolk has granted a Tesco superstore a 20% reduction in its business rates because it is having to compete with other stores owned by the multiple giant in the region.