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Tesco sales soar as customers turn to deliveries in pandemic | Business
Tesco sales soared during lockdown as shoppers switched to buying online, in local stores as well as returning to big weekly shops at the supermarkets. The UK’s biggest supermarket chain said sales at established stores rose 8.7% in the three months to 30 May, with sales of food increasing by 12%. However, clothing sales dived …
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Rishi Sunak should take share of blame for Tesco dividend anger | Nils Pratley | Business
Outrage about Tesco’s dividend should also be directed at Rishi Sunak. Why on earth did the chancellor include supermarkets, whose stores remain open and popular, in his business rates holiday? There was no need to do so. The result is a fine mess that the Tesco chief executive, Dave Lewis, made worse with a disingenuous …
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Tesco defends £635m dividend payout after coronavirus tax break | Business
Tesco has defended its decision to pay a £635m dividend while accepting a similar-sized tax break from the government’s emergency coronavirus support package. The Labour peer Andrew Adonis tweeted that it was “absolutely wrong” for Tesco to accept the business rates holiday worth £585m and said the retailer should “pay it back” if it could …
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I joined Tesco for a stress-free life but now I’m on the coronavirus frontline | Simon Lord | Opinion
I joined Tesco seven years ago this week, after a disastrous 12 months working as a manager for a small business in which I was bullied by the owner. I deliberately looked for as simple a role as possible where all I had to do was clock in, do my shift, clock out and go …
Tesco limits online orders to 80 items to speed up deliveries | Business
Tesco is limiting online shoppers to 80 items per order as part of a plan to increase the number of delivery slots available to vulnerable households. Supermarket home deliveries usually contain fewer than 60 products but some worried shoppers have been placing orders of more than 100. To “reach more customers with more deliveries”, Tesco …
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UK supermarket restrictions: what you need to know | Business
Tesco Limits to shopping hours All stores closing at 10pm for restocking. Some larger stores with pharmacies will stay open later. Temporary closure of all fresh food counters except bakeries. Purchase restrictions Maximum of three of each item. Multi-buy promotions axed. Vulnerable customers Priority hour on Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning from 9am-10am (apart from …
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Tesco plans £2.5bn pension top-up with Thai and Malaysia sales | Business
Tesco is planning to hand out £5bn to shareholders and pump £2.5bn into its pension fund after lining up the sale of its Thai and Malaysian businesses. Thai conglomerate CP Group, which operates thousands of 7-Eleven stores in Thailand and the Siam Makro cash and carry chain, has agreed to buy Tesco Lotus in Thailand, …
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Tesco opens cashless store in central London | Business
Tesco has joined the growing cash-free revolution in the UK after opening its first cashless store in central London. The outlet offers shoppers a range of electronic payment methods via self-service tills but does not accept notes or coins. The store, which Tesco says is a permanent outlet, is aimed at shoppers in a hurry. …
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Tesco puts 1,800 jobs at risk as it scales down in-store bakeries | Business
More than 1,800 jobs are at risk at Tesco, after the retailer said it would cut staff at its large in-store bakeries to adapt to changing consumer tastes. The supermarket chain said it would do less baking from scratch in stores from May onwards, and would require fewer bakery staff as a result. Tesco said …
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Tesco launches range of plasters to match different skin tones | Business
The UK’s largest retailer Tesco is introducing a range of plasters to match different skin colours and better reflect racial and ethnic diversity. In a supermarket first, its new own-brand fabric plasters, available in light, medium and dark shades, go on sale in all 741 Tesco stores nationwide and online from Monday. Tesco developed the …
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