Tag: Tesco
Hurdles to hop in Booker merger
Tesco deal comes under competition scrutiny
TESCO’S proposed merger with Booker could lead to a “substantial lessening of competition”, the UK Competition and Markets Authority...
Ain’t no stoppin’ the discounters
EXPONENTIAL growth continues unabated for the discounters, with new figures revealing both Aldi and Lidl continuing to post double-digit gains on last year’s value...
Interesting times
Oil prices are down, environmental concerns are up, and Tesco could be on the verge of radically reshaping the independent forecourt market. To help...
‘Focus on the day job’
Bestway’s managing director on wholesale, alcohol, tobacco, Tesco, Booker and Brexit.
MARTIN Race was named as Bestway’s new managing director in August last year. With...
These things happen – but what next?
A month on from the shock announcement that supermarket giant Tesco is to merge with Booker, the UK’s largest food wholesale operator, Scottish retailing...
Brexit by the basket
Supermarket shoppers’ political preferences revealed by survey
People who shop at German discount supermarkets are more likely to have voted for the UK to leave...
Record Christmas for supermarkets
Supermarket shoppers spend £480m more than in 2015
SUPERMARKET checkouts rung up a record Christmas while the grocery market returned to inflation for the first...
Tesco to merge with Booker in £3.7bn deal
SUPERMARKET and multiple convenience store giant Tesco has announced a £3.7bn deal to merge with Booker Group, the UK’s biggest food wholesaler.
The deal, which...
Supermarket share grab
Tesco continues its comeback and shows best sales growth for three years
BRITAIN’S biggest multiple grocer Tesco has recorded its best year-on-year sales figures for...
Supermarkets on the way back?
Researcher records first two months consecutive growth for two years as drinks sales boom
MULTIPLE grocers in the UK could be emerging from one of their...
A new style of retailing
From full-blown franchise store solutions, to parcel collections services, local dry-cleaning hook-ups, and opportunities to add a post office to a shop there are...
Independents’ sales slip 5.6%
TIMES were tough in the 12 weeks to late April for the major supermarkets but they were even tougher for symbol and independent stores,...
Tesco slammed in adjudicator report
SUPERMARKET and multiple convenience store giant Tesco treated its suppliers in ways that were a serious breach of the industry code, the Groceries Code...
Multiples struggle
Symbols, Sainsbury’s and Co-op ahead of game
DISCOUNTERS Aldi and Lidl continued to register substantial sales growth as Britain geared up for the 2015 festive...
The giant c-stores
BRITISH shopping habits are changing and shoppers are increasingly shopping ‘little and often’ for c-store-sized basket loads. But that doesn’t mean they’re always...
Salads or sandwiches?
HOW should you stack your food-to-go shelves? Two recent reports give different suggestions.
Food-to-go packaging manufacturer Planglow says sandwiches are 30 times more popular than...
