Tesco
This coverage examines Tesco’s strategy, operations, and performance within the UK grocery and retail sector. Reporting highlights store and online initiatives, product development, pricing strategies, financial results, marketing campaigns, sustainability efforts, and leadership decisions. With a focus on commercial outcomes and competitive dynamics, it provides insights for professionals managing grocery, convenience, and multi-channel retail.
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Jan- 2022 -4 JanuaryNews
Tesco unveils first commercial electric articulated HGVs
Tesco has launched the “UK’s first” commercially used fully electric heavy freight articulated trucks. Two new 37 tonne DAF electric vehicles will transport food and other products from Wentloog rail terminal outside Cardiff to Tesco’s distribution centre in Magor, Wales, in partnership with logistics and international freight forwarding company FSEW.…
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Dec- 2021 -21 DecemberSupermarkets
Unite suspends two-day HGV strike action
Unite union has suspended a two-day strike which could have affected deliveries to 1,500 convenience stores across London and the South East. The two-day strike, which was due on 23 December 2021, would have included Christmas Eve by drivers employed by the Tesco-owned Booker Retail Partners at its Thamesmead site.…
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16 DecemberSupermarkets
Tesco turns to refrigerated rail service to slash CO2 emissions
Tesco has announced it will begin to use a refrigerated rail freight service to transport goods across the UK over the festive season. The new rail service marks the first time Tesco has used refrigerated rail freight in the UK. It will be operated by Direct Rail Services (DRS), who…
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15 DecemberSupermarkets
Tesco avoids Usdaw strike action with new pay deal
Tesco has agreed a pay deal with Usdaw to avert strike action at nine of its distribution centres in the run up to Christmas. Prior to the new agreement, action would have seen Usdaw workers at the distribution centres walk out during the week leading up to Christmas Eve. Instead,…
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8 DecemberNews
Tesco reopens talks with Usdaw amid planned worker strikes
Tesco has reopened further talks with Usdaw after members in nine distribution sites voted in favour of industrial action over pay disputes. It comes as Usdaw revealed that planned industrial action, starting on Monday 20 December and concluding on Christmas Eve, is at this stage still set to go ahead.…
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6 DecemberNews
Tesco set for Christmas shortages amid strike action
Tesco shoppers in many parts of the UK “face empty shelves” in the run-up to Christmas as members of Unite, the UK’s leading union, announced strike action in a dispute over pay. It revealed the strike is a result of Tesco offering the workers “just a four percent pay increase”,…
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Nov- 2021 -22 NovemberSupermarkets
Tesco unveils refillable cleaning range
Tesco has announced the launch of a new cleaning range where customers will be able to buy refills for cleaning sprays in a bid to help UK homes save up to 60 million pieces of plastic a year. Tesco said that customers looking for more sustainable ways to shop can…
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17 NovemberSupermarkets
Tesco bolsters product buying team with new partnership
Tesco has partnered with product sourcing platform RangeMe in a bid to support its product buying teams with better access to the “most relevant” products for customers. Tesco will use the platform to help its buyers scale product sourcing efforts with streamlined submissions and simplified discovery tools. Buyers will be…
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16 NovemberSupermarkets
Supermarket Income REIT acquires new sites for £73m
Supermarket Income REIT, the real estate investment group, has announced the acquisition of a Sainsbury’s supermarket in Swansea, South Wales, and a Tesco supermarket in Maidstone, Kent, for a total purchase price of £73m. The Sainsbury’s store opened in 1989 and was refurbished in 2016. The seven acre city centre…
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15 NovemberSupply Chain
Supply chain issues to last until 2023, APB warns
Supply chain issues could continue into 2023, the chief executive of the Association of British Ports (APB) has warned. According to the Sunday Times, APB CEO Henrik Pedersen, said he would be “pleasantly surprised” if the supply chain crisis was resolved before the end of next year, citing the fact…
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