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The Tesco Chainstore Massacre
Paul Kingsnorth
1st May, 2006
How one small English town took on a superstore - and won more...
Titnore vs. Tesco
Jan Goodey
9th April, 2009
One of the country’s longest standing tree-camps is determined to see off Tesco, its planned new hyperstore and allied £3bn development at Titnore Woods, Durrington, near Worthing. more...
TV chef raises £87,000 to pay Tesco for shareholders resolution
Peter Clark & Ranajo Dezanett
12th June, 2008
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has reached the target of £86,888 set by Tesco to print and distribute leaflets to its shareholders. more...
Tesco announce £1.99 chicken
News
7th February, 2008
The supermarket chain has reached a new low with a special offer chicken sold whole for £1.99. more...
The future of waterways
Tom Savory
1st January, 2008
Parliament has recommended it, Sainsbury’s has tried it and Tesco is doing it, but what is the future for sustainable transport along the UK’s inland waterways? more...
How to be free: going off your trolley
Tom Hodgkkinson
1st January, 2008
Now here is an ecological pub quiz question: who wrote the following phrase and when? more...
Milk cartel accused of price fixing
News
21st September, 2007
The Office of Fair Trading has accused the big four supermarkets of colluding with dairies to artificially increase the cost of dairy foods. more...
Andrew Simms' book, Tescopoly
Andrew Simms
7th June, 2007
Confused when shopping? Wondering if, when you go into the nation’s favourite supermarket, you’re getting the maximum green bang for your buck? Andrew Simms’ latest book, Tescopoly, is a forensic investigation of all things Tesco – including the chain’s green and ethical credentials. Forget the hype, he says, Tesco’s most recent charm offensive, the Good Neighbour policy, launched in May 2006, isn’t good enough. Could Britain’s largest retailer do it better? Take a look at Tesco’s Plan A – then read Plan Bmore...
‘I’m walking into the jaws of hell’
Katharine Hamnett
1st May, 2007
Katharine Hamnett tells how Choose Love, hernew line with Tesco, is her attempt to change the
nasty business of making and selling clothes more...
Competition Commission - what is it good for?
News
12th April, 2007
Unless the Competition Commission fails to act to curb the power of supermarket chain Tesco, 'people will be justified in questioning exactly what the Commission is for', says Andrew Simms, Director of the think-tank the New Economics Foundation (NEF). more...
Tesco calls for the word 'local' to be redefined
News
3rd April, 2007
Tesco, under pressure from the Competition Commission's inquiry into its share of the UK supermarket sector, has called for a redefinition of the term 'local'. more...
The Battle Against Tesco
News
30th January, 2007
The battle of local communities against Tesco is much larger than first thought with over 80 local campaigns against the supermarket. more...
Tesco: 25/45 of 45
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Competition Commission goes softly softly on Tesco
News
23rd January, 2007
The Competition Commission - the government body charged with investigating whether companies are stifling competition within markets - has published its 'emerging thinking' document on the actions of the major supermarkets. more...It's good to talk (...the talk)
News
22nd January, 2007
BT has become the latest company to proclaim its green credentials, pledging to cut its emissions of carbon dioxide by 80 per cent by 2015. more...
Tesco demolishes Co-Op store
News
17th January, 2007
Tesco is bulldozing a Co-Op supermarket in Slough despite being ordered to sell it to a rival by the Office of Fair Trading.more...
Neighbourless Hoods
Paul Kingsnorth
1st December, 2005
Churches turned into pubs. Brooding Victorian warehouses replaced with sparkly identikit apartments. Family shops and independent cafes bankrupted by Starbucks, Tesco’s et al. When will we wake up to this grim, placeless reality? more...
The case against Prunella Scales, the case against Jamie Oliver
Jeremy Smith
1st September, 2004
The most successful celebrity endorsement ever, Prunella Scales’ TV ads have added more than £2.2 billion to Tesco’s profts. And yet she says she really cares about the environment. more...
Beware the buyer
Joanna Blythman
1st September, 2004
Supermarkets are keen to portray themselves as loyal and supportive business partners, nurturing suppliers in their quest for the best deal for consumers. more...
Every little helps: TESCO
Jeremy Smith
1st September, 2004
Are you a ‘premium loyal’, a ‘loyal low spender’, a ‘can’t stay away’… or don’t you care? Tesco does, and uses the data collected from your loyalty card to dictate what you buy, when you buy and how much you buy. more...
Special Report Supermarkets: checkout
Joanna Blythman
1st September, 2004
I had always wondered what it was like to work at a supermarket checkout. So when I stumbled upon an article about a Tesco scheme called Twist – short for Tesco Week In Store Together – I took my chance. more...Members
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