Tesco launches sugar collection scheme to help with conservation of the British honey bee
CHESHUNT, England, 2017-Feb-09 — /EPR Retail News/ — Stricken bees struggling to get enough nectar to feed themselves are being given a sweetener thanks to a sugar collection scheme run by Tesco.
Sugar from split bags that is no longer fit for human…
Tesco and Yeo Valley together help tackle food waste and support FareShare with the creation of new yogurt
CHESHUNT, England, 2017-Jan-22 — /EPR Retail News/ — Tesco and Yeo Valley have joined forces to create a delicious new yogurt variety to help tackle food waste and support food redistribution charity, FareShare.
This is the latest move by…
Tesco announces the appointment of Alessandra Bellini as Chief Customer Officer
CHESHUNT, England, 2017-Jan-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — Tesco is pleased to announce the appointment of Alessandra Bellini as Chief Customer Officer, from 1 March 2017. Alessandra will join the Executive Committee and the UK Leadership team.
Alessandra joins from Unilever where she has worked for…
CHESHUNT, England, 2017-Jan-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — Tesco has today (9 Jan 2017) launched ‘Food Love Stories brought to you by Tesco’, a new campaign which aims to set out the retailer’s food quality credentials and celebrate the passion and care that goes into the meals we all love.
The campaign will introduce food love…
CHESHUNT, England, 2017-Jan-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — Tesco has today (9 Jan 2017) proposed changes to its distribution network in order to run its business more simply and in a way that best serves its customers.
These changes form part of a wider programme of transformation, which has been taking place over the last two…
Tesco won 64 awards for its own-label range at the International Wine Challenge
CHESHUNT, England, 2016-Dec-09 — /EPR Retail News/ — Tesco has struck gold this Christmas at the UK’s biggest wine competition, scooping an impressive 64 awards for its own-label range at the International Wine Challenge.
Topping the leaderboard of winning wines are some of the…
Nutrition and fitness guru Joe Wicks to become best seller in the Tesco celebrity chef book chart
CHESHUNT, England, 2016-Dec-07 — /EPR Retail News/ — Nutrition and fitness guru Joe Wicks’ fantastic year has got even better – he’s just taken Jamie Oliver’s crown as the UK’s favourite recipe book author.
Joe, who rose to fame with…
Tesco hosts its biggest ever Neighbourhood Food Collection, December 1-3, 2016
CHESHUNT, England, 2016-Dec-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — Tesco is encouraging people across the UK to donate generously during its biggest ever Neighbourhood Food Collection, which takes place in all Tesco stores from Thursday 1 December until Saturday 3 December.
The Neighbourhood Food Collection, run by…
This December 15,000 additional Festive Colleagues set to help customers with their Christmas shopping at Tesco
Tesco customers are set to be given an extra helping hand with their Christmas shopping this year by over 15,000 additional Festive Colleagues.
CHESHUNT, England, 2016-Dec-01 — /EPR Retail News/ — The majority will start in stores across the UK from the…
The Tesco mince pie van is back and it’s delivering a very Hap-pie Christmas to people across Britain.
CHESHUNT, England, 2016-Dec-01 — /EPR Retail News/ — To help customers get into the festive spirit, the retailer is once again delivering thousands of the little festive treats, free, to people’s front doors over the next few weeks.
Visiting…
Tesco calls on food waste entrepreneurs to join its new crowdfunding platform, BackIt
CHESHUNT, England, 2016-Dec-01 — /EPR Retail News/ — Tesco appeals for food waste entrepreneurs to join new crowdfunding platform, BackIt. BackIt helps small businesses gain vital funding, in order to bring their food waste-busting products to market. Hannah McCollum, founder of ChicP, is…
Tesco introduces Christmas selection of European food traditions
CHESHUNT, England, 2016-Nov-29 — /EPR Retail News/ — European festive staples such as the sweet fruited breads Stollen, from Germany, and Panettone, from Italy, are now so popular in the UK that Tesco has seen demand double in the last three years.
The popularity of European Christmas markets, which…
Tesco announces Black Friday deals until 1 December 2016
CHESHUNT, England, 2016-Nov-26 — /EPR Retail News/ — Customers are set to benefit from even more Black Friday deals today (25 Nov 2016) with the retailer releasing another 300 promotions.
Over 700 participating Tesco stores offering Black Friday deals across the country
Tesco is already offering market…
Tesco announces amazing deals to kick off its online Black Friday event
CHESHUNT, England, 2016-Nov-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — Tesco has kicked off its online Black Friday event by announcing amazing deals for customers on hundreds of products across its electrical, toy and home ranges. The Black Friday event includes discounts on 650 products with…
Tesco announces further reductions of sugar levels in its own brand soft drinks
Tesco reaches next reformulation milestone in bid to give customers healthier choices.
CHESHUNT, England, 2016-Nov-08 — /EPR Retail News/ — As part of its ongoing commitment to reduce the sugar, fat and salt content across all its own brands to help Britain’s shoppers make…
Drunken Berries the first start up to hit their funding target through Tesco’s BackIt initiative
Welwyn Garden City, UK, 2016-Nov-01 — /EPR Retail News/ — A new award-winning drinks mixer that enhances the flavour of Prosecco could be hitting supermarket shelves thanks to the early success of a crowd-funding programme run by Tesco.
Despite winning two top food…
Tesco installs pumpkin rescue stations in stores this Halloween
This Halloween we're working with environmental charity Hubbub to save pumpkins from going to waste.
CHESHUNT, England, 2016-Oct-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — It might be getting spooky, as the ghouls and goblins begin to descend on London, but research suggests that it’s pumpkins that have got the…
CHESHUNT, England, 2016-Oct-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — Tesco is set to become the UK’s top destination for toys and games this Christmas as it looks to take the stress out of Christmas shopping for customers.
The retailer will today (20 Oct 2016) launch a price-checking initiative on hundreds of the UK’s most loved toys, to…
CHESHUNT, England, 2016-Oct-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — Parents take note! Tesco toy gurus predict that Hatchimals, a cute interactive toy, is set to top kids’ wish lists this Christmas.
The supermarket’s toy experts have been combing through this year’s new releases and monitoring shopping trends, to produce what they believe will be the most popular…
CHESHUNT, England, 2016-Oct-18 — /EPR Retail News/ — But now craft beer has become so popular right across Britain that demand at Tesco has rocketed by 130 per cent in the last year.
As a result of that soaring popularity and to meet the changing tastes of its customers, over the next week the supermarket will…
UK potato supplier Branston opens its £5m prepared potato factory extension in partnership with Tesco
CHESHUNT, England, 2016-Oct-18 — /EPR Retail News/ — Branston, one of the UK biggest potato suppliers, has officially opened its £5 million prepared potato factory extension in partnership with Tesco.
Producing around 3,500 tonnes of potatoes each week for sale in Tesco…
Tesco supports colleagues in the UK who volunteer as police Special Constables
CHESHUNT, England, 2016-Oct-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — Tesco colleagues in the UK who volunteer as police Special Constables will be given an extra five days paid leave each year to fulfill their policing duties. This is in addition to the ten days unpaid leave…
Tesco customers saved over 1.5 billion carrier bags in England since Government bag charge introduction
CHESHUNT, England, 2016-Oct-05 — /EPR Retail News/ — Tesco has revealed over 1.5 billion single-use carrier bags have been saved by Tesco customers in England since the introduction of the Government bag charge a year ago.
The figures represent an incredible 72% fall…
Tesco to launch the UK’s first ever range of mushrooms enriched with vitamin D
CHESHUNT, England, 2016-Sep-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — Brits will soon have an easy and delicious way to heed the advice of health experts and meet their recommended daily amount of vitamin D during the winter months.
This week Tesco will exclusively launch…
Tesco revamps the glamorous Sindy doll
CHESHUNT, England, 2016-Sep-15 — /EPR Retail News/ — Sindy, one of Britain’s most iconic toys, is making a comeback after being given a 21st century makeover by Tesco.
The glamorous doll has been revamped exclusively by Tesco which has made her seven inches taller with a fresh new look.
Sindy was, for many…
London, 2016-Sep-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — Costa Express, the UK’s leading on-the-go coffee brand, today (Sep 12, 2016) announces the installation of its 6,000th self-serve coffee bar in Tesco High Wycombe. The milestone puts Costa Express on track to achieve its target of over 8,000 machines by 2020.
Following the £59.5 million acquisition of Coffee Nation…
Tesco expands its Scan as you Shop service to further 20 stores
CHESHUNT, England, 2016-Sep-05 — /EPR Retail News/ — Tesco is rolling out its Scan as you Shop service to a further 20 stores in a bid to help customers save time at the checkout.
The Scan as You Shop service allows customers to scan products as…
Tesco supports this year's Notting Hill Carnival with in store displays, offers and Caribbean beach parties
CHESHUNT, England, 2016-Aug-25 — /EPR Retail News/ — Last Saturday (Aug. 20, 2016), customers at Notting Hill Gate and Portabello Road Metro stores were invited to soak up the spirit of Carnival with the help of the Ebony Steelband group who…
Tesco scheme led to a change in customers' fish shopping demands
CHESHUNT, England, 2016-Aug-17 — /EPR Retail News/ — A change in fish shopping habits at Tesco has led to a sharp rise in more unusual types of fish like Megrim, Swordfish and Brill.
Move over cod, plaice and haddock - fish of the day for increasing numbers…
CHESHUNT, England, 2016-Jul-21 — /EPR Retail News/ — Tesco is pleased to announce that Jane Lawrie will join the Executive Committee as Group Communications Director from 10 October 2016.
Jane has over 25 years’ experience of corporate, financial, colleague and digital communications, and will be joining from Coca Cola, where she leads European public affairs and communications.…