Tesco

Hamish Champ: Why not raise tax on off-trade booze?

25-Feb-2008 By Hamish Champ

Tesco's call for government action on alcohol pricing inevitably got the industry and anyone else interested in the issue in high dudgeon last week....

ALMR: Tesco all talk and no action on cut price booze

21-Feb-2008 By Ewan Turney

The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers has slammed Tesco for ducking its responsibilities

Supermarkets urged to follow Tesco's lead

21-Feb-2008 By Ewan Turney

Trade leaders have urged other supermarkets to follow Tesco's lead and ask the Government to legislate against cut price promotions. In an...

'Tesco wants ministers to ban cheap alcohol'

21-Feb-2008

Supermarket giant Tesco will today break ranks and call on the government to ban the sale of cut-price alcohol. The move comes amid growing outcry...

Reaction to Tesco's move on alcohol prices

21-Feb-2008

Why not add your voice to the debate? Click on the link to the right and have your say...Andy Bond, CEO of ASDA "We are already talking to government...

Tesco move to raise alcohol prices welcomed by trade

21-Feb-2008

Tesco's proposal to ban alcohol promotions has been welcomed by the pub trade and campaigners alike - and thrown down the gauntlet to other...

'Takeover Panel urged to intervene in Scottish & Newcastle bid'

16-Dec-2007

The acrimonious battle over the future ownership of Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) will take a fresh twist this week when the Takeover Panel is...

Grogan calls for supermarket code of practice

06-Dec-2007

John Grogan MP has called on supermarkets to come up with a code of practice against irresponsible promotions, in a Parlaimentarty debate today.After...

Tesco boss accused in the Commons

05-Dec-2007

Tesco chief Terry Leahy will be described as "the godfather of British binge-drinking" in the House of Commons on Thursday. Speaking at Wednesday's...

Brands comment

29-Nov-2007 By Rosie Davenport

Drinkers will pay for good taste Grab your torches - the witch hunt has started: which brewer signed on Tesco's dotted line, agreeing to knock out...

Competition report is divorced from reality

08-Nov-2007

London Road in St Albans, Hertfordshire, leads travellers from the south to the heart of the city, with its magnificent Norman cathedral, and a Roman...

Love pubs, love the planet too

20-Sep-2007

Pampering emporium Lush can lay more claims to the green agenda than most given that its products are derived from natural sources like seaweed and...

Another Tesco booze ban

17-Jul-2007

Supermarket banned from selling alcohol for four weeks after staff were caught selling to children.

MyShout

21-Jun-2007

The necessity for a rational alcohol policy is finally getting through to ministers, says John Grogan Most ministers have cleared their diaries for...

Collyer: M&B joint venture an option

05-Apr-2007 By The PMA Team

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) could follow the example of Tesco by creating a joint venture property company that crystallises property value but...

M&B could 'crystalise' property to release £950m

30-Mar-2007 By The PMA Team

Analyst says Mitchells & Butlers could follow Tesco by creating a joint venture property company but avoiding conversion to a real estate investment trust (Reit)

NewsDigest

25-Jan-2007

Details of the licence-fee review are expected to be revealed later this week, with a favourable outcome for the trade anticipated. The MA...

What the Sunday papers said

13-Nov-2005

Property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz and City money woman Robin Saunders are locked in a battle to buy Spirit Group, the managed pub business valued at...

L&E pubs set to ape Tesco model

10-Nov-2005

London & Edinburgh Inns pubs are aiming to become 'the new Tesco' of licensed retailing to counter the impact of smoking restrictions and take...

Oz Clarke's beer odyssey

12-May-2005

So many people were impressed by a speech given last year at the Tesco Brewing Innovation Awards by Oz Clarke that they clamoured for a repeat. So...

Punch experts

12-Dec-2002

Punch Pub Company is spending more than £500,000 a year employing a team of nine merchandising and marketing experts to help licensees develop their...