Supermarket giant

Supermarket under fire for selling beer at just 25p a bottle

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009

A SUPERMARKET giant was under fire yesterday for selling bottles of beer for just 25p.

Supermarket under fire for selling beer at just 25p a bottle

News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009

A SUPERMARKET giant was under fire yesterday for selling bottles of beer for just 25p.

• Supermarket under fire for selling beer at just 25p a bottle - Scotsman.com

Supermarket hits back at decision

BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009

Supermarket giant, Sainsbury's, hits back at a recommendation made by council officers in Cumbria who said the store's plans could pose a legal challenge.

Tesco tipped to show 3 per cent rise in sales

The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday

Supermarket giant Tesco will update shareholders on Tuesday about its sales, which analysts expect to be 3 per cent up on the same period a year ago. Management at the retail giant will also discuss plans for the peak Christmas period when stores typically make up to 25 per cent of their annual profits.

Tesco to reveal latest performance

Independent.ie - European RSS Feed (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009

Supermarket giant Tesco, which issues a third quarter trading update on Tuesday, has shown signs of a return to form in recent weeks.

Sainsbury’s deliveries go electric

TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk blog (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009

Smith Electric Vehicles is to deliver 51 of its Edison electric vehicles to J Sainsbury Plc. The well-known supermarket group will used the vehicles in Sainsbury’s Online grocery delivery service in London and will make the supermarket giant one of the largest operator of commercial electric vehicles in the UK. The vans will be delivered in the first [...]

Liverpool Great Homer Street regeneration gets green light after Tesco loses battle with Sainsbury's

Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009

ONE of the biggest regeneration projects in Liverpool can finally get under way, after supermarket giants Tesco lost a legal battle with rivals Sainsbury’s.

• Liverpool Local News: Tesco loses legal battle over £150m north Liverpool regeneration project - Liverpool Echo.co.uk
• Tesco loses legal battle over £150m north Liverpool regeneration project - Liverpool Echo.co.uk

2 December 2009 (Wednesday) - Petrol, Retards and a Flood

The Secret Diary of Manky Badger (Aged 45 1/3) (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009

I’ve mentioned Facebook a few times recently. I’ve heard that teachers have been advised not to use it. Now doctors are getting the same advice , since amorous patients are using it as a means of making unwelcome advances. Meanwhile one of the UK ’s supermarket giants has demonstrated they have more money than sense by spending nearly a million quid where they should...

Tesco call off store opening in Newtown

A View from Rural Wales (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009

I'm not in Mrs D's good books - or those of Pam in the Conservative Office, or Maggie in the CPRW Office, or daughter-in-law, Adrienne who has just moved into the Barn opposite, or every other person that I've met today who shops. And the reason for this witholding of geniality from my person - I supported Powys County Council in its decision to take legal action to prevent Tesco opening its new supermarket...

Tesco in court over Martlesham store 'infestation'

EADT24 - News (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009

SUPERMARKET giant Tesco was due back in court today when the case surrounding an alleged mouse infestation at its Martlesham Heath superstore was due to resume.

Worst Birthday Cakes Ever

Look At This... (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009

Cocaine, Spices, Hormones Found in Drinking Water What's For School Lunch? Foods That Slow Aging The Guerrilla Guide to Cheap (and Sometimes Free) Eats Worst Birthday Cakes Ever Tesco's rivals accuse the supermarket giant of trying to dupe customers with half-price turkeys 'that don't add up' College students arrested for not paying tip Rude radishes 10 Foods That (Thankfully) Flopped...

iPhone popularity could create problems for mobile broadband networks

Broadband Expert Blog (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009

... iPhone is now available through a couple of other rival network providers as well as through the supermarket giant Tesco on a pay as you go basis, and this could lead to the popularity of this smart phone increasing significantly. Whilst the rising popularity of the iPhone is going to prove great news for Apple as well as for the resellers that will be dealing with this device, there...

Tesco Sign Elen Rivas To Diamond Boutique For Her First Ever Lingerie Campaign

eprnetwork | 12/02/2009

... 169 Tesco stores. The 34 year old mother-of-two, who appears in a Spanish inspired-shoot for the supermarket giant, has been chosen to front the latest campaign in which she models the brand's new Christmas collection. Her pictures will appear in Tesco stores throughout the UK and online through the site.This is Elen's very first campaign and her first-ever modeling assignment, but

Norman ruled out M&B post before alleged blocking move

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009

ARCHIE Norman had privately ruled out taking over in the near-term as chairman of pubs giant Mitchells & Butlers even before billionaire currency trader Joe Lewis is belie

Under David Cameron, the egghead is an endangered species

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009

... capitalism. I don't believe for a minute that Mr Cameron's government will pick a fight with the supermarket giant. But it does the Tory leader no harm at this stage in the electoral cycle to have a scholarly sidekick suggesting that he might do such a thing, generating headlines ("The 'Red Tory' takes on Tesco") that correspond nicely with the prevailing mood of hostility to banks,...