Tag "Tesco"
Tesco To Sell ‘Ugly’ Potatoes To Help Flood-Hit Farmers
Date: 2019-12-20 08:10:50
UK retailer Tesco has announced that it has introduced potatoes sourced from the flood-hit farmers in the eastern region in collaboration with supplier Branston. The floods have resulted in lower...
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The Hungarian Red Cross’s food collection set a record
Date: 2019-12-13 11:16:51
Outperforming previous years’ results, the Hungarian Red Cross collected more than 72,000 kilograms of durable food and cleaning products in a two-day campaign with Tesco in December. The humanitarian organization...
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Tesco and WWF launch ground-breaking measure to map environmental impact of food production
Date: 2019-12-12 08:50:25
Tesco is teaming up with World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) to map the environmental impact of food production in what is said to be a “ground-breaking measure” that will...
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New research of Tesco says Christmas is more colorful than 30 years ago
Date: 2019-12-05 11:33:07
Most Hungarians adhere to the Christmas traditions. However, some holiday consumer habits have changed in many respects since the change of regime. For example people nowadays are eating more, paying...
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1 + 1 has become 8 million HUF
Date: 2019-12-04 11:22:55
Nestlé and Tesco support the work of the Hungarian Food Bank Association with a total of 8.1 million HUF thanks to their cooperation in the autumn. As part of its...
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This year the Hungarian Food Bank organizes Christmas collection in more than 200 stores
Date: 2019-11-20 11:23:16
For three days, from Friday to Sunday, the Hungarian Food Bank Association awaits the food donations of the population in about 120 settlements and more than 200 stores nationwide. The...
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Tesco battles discounters with paid-for loyalty card
Date: 2019-11-18 13:30:14
Tesco becomes the first major British supermarket group to offer a subscription customer loyalty scheme. This serves as a weapon in its fight against German-owned discounters. No less than 19...
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Consumer protection authorities give good marks to online FMCG
Date: 2019-11-18 13:19:20
On 31 October the consumer protection state secretariat of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology organised the latest event in the ‘Consumer Protection Friday’ programme series. This time the topic...
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283 tons of long shelf life food for people in need
Date: 2019-11-18 11:39:15
Between 22 and 24 November the Hungarian Food Bank Association’s 5,400 volunteers collected 283 tons of long shelf life food at 200 locations – Aldi, Auchan, Metro and Tesco stores...
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Tesco’s time-travelling Christmas advert will celebrate its 100th anniversary
Date: 2019-11-18 08:50:20
Tesco has unveiled its 2019 Christmas advertising campaign by sending one of its delivery drivers back in time to celebrate the Big 4 giant’s 100th anniversary. The grocer said its...
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Tesco handed over a new domestic investment
Date: 2019-11-13 11:30:10
Tesco’s first self-operated Northeast Regional Distribution Center began operating in early November in the Industrial Park in Polgár – origo wrote. The new unit will be able to respond quickly...
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Tesco banishes plastic bags
Date: 2019-11-11 11:28:01
Tesco takes another step towards reducing the environmental footprint by offering recycled paper bags instead of plastic bags so far available for online shopping. From now on, the supermarket chain...
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Magazine: The Trade Parliament was in session (Part 1)
Date: 2019-11-11 07:29:32
This year our magazine organised the Business Days conference in Tapolca under the name Trade Parliament, between 16 and 20 September. A record-breaking 750 FMCG experts and decision-makers came to learn...
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Tesco vows to remove 1 billion pieces of plastic packaging by end-2020
Date: 2019-11-01 08:10:48
Britain’s biggest retailer Tesco (TSCO.L) has pledged to remove one billion pieces of plastic packaging from products in its UK stores by the end of 2020, seeking to reduce its...
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EDF Renewables agrees PPA with Tesco for renewable energy
Date: 2019-10-29 08:30:14
EDF Renewables has signed three power purchase agreements (PPA) with Tesco to supply renewable energy to the company. The three PPAs cover two onshore windfarms and one solar installation and...
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Four ways retailers are reducing food waste
Date: 2019-10-28 08:10:32
Retailers globally are launching campaigns to become more sustainable. One of the main initiatives being adopted is seeing them target food waste. We looked at four initiative ways retailers are...
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Magazine: Tesco: Big box-type hypermarkets are about to disappear in Poland
Date: 2019-10-28 07:54:23
Tesco is decreasing the size of 60 its large floor space hypermarkets in Poland, but other retailers are also changing the size of stores. Since 2014 Tesco has closed almost...
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Tesco to launch Finest pop-up eateries
Date: 2019-10-25 08:50:15
Tesco is planning to launch a number of Finest branded eateries in the run-up to Christmas, according to reports in The Grocer. The temporary shops will open for four to six...
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Schwarz Group is the No.1 grocery retailer in the Czech Republic
Date: 2019-10-23 09:46:12
Schwarz Group is the leading retailer in the Czech Republic – and in Europe – as sales of the group soared by nearly 36 percent last year. Lidl and Kaufland...
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Tesco plans to hire 9,000 extra workers for the Christmas period
Date: 2019-10-20 14:04:03
Tesco announced in August that it would make 4,500 people redundant, but now the company says it will recruit 9,000 extra staff for the Christmas period. The seasonal customer service...
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Tesco tests checkout-free shopping
Date: 2019-10-20 12:56:07
Tesco has invested in Trigo Vision a checkout-free start-up company, to test cashierless technology at its Tesco Express store. Trigo Vision’s technology will make it possible for Tesco app users to...
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Life is fantastic without plastic!
Date: 2019-10-20 10:02:01
SPAR’s long-term objective is to stop using materials in the packaging of private label products that are difficult to recycle, and to only utilise just as much packaging material that...
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Tesco Launches New Plant-Based Food Range
Date: 2019-10-14 08:10:46
Tesco has announced that it has launched a new range of affordable, plant-based food items. Branded as Tesco Plant Chef, the range includes butternut cauliflower macaroni pasta, breaded soya goujons,...
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John Kingman takes over Tesco Bank
Date: 2019-10-08 11:19:25
The UK retail chain appoints John Kingman at the head of the company’s financial sector, who will thus become non-executive director of Tesco Bank’s board of directors – origo wrote...
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Magazine: Parliamentary reckoning
Date: 2019-10-08 07:58:06
The Business Days conference has become ‘the’ conference of the trade by now, a real ‘PRIME EVENT BRAND’ of the Hungarian FMCG sector. It is needless to say that this status...
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Coca-Cola, Invitech, E.ON, and Tesco wins Effekt 2030
Date: 2019-10-07 11:30:44
The EffeKteam recognized the companies’ effective environmental and social investment programs in the Chance Creating Business, Future Economy, Green Balance and Society of All categories. The Effekt 2030 Award will...
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Tesco wins the “OMÉK Food Waste Prevention Award”
Date: 2019-09-30 11:29:10
Tesco has earned the “OMÉK Food Waste Prevention Award” at the National Agricultural and Food Exhibition and Fair (OMÉK) for its inventory and handling practices. As a result of its...
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Tesco, Nestlé: 1 + 1 is now much more than 2
Date: 2019-09-26 11:25:40
Between September 26 and October 9, Nestlé and Tesco are teaming up to combat food waste. During the campaign period, Nestlé will offer 1 percent of the value of products...
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Tesco Launches New Plant-Based Food Range
Date: 2019-09-25 08:10:37
Tesco has announced that it has launched a new range of affordable, plant-based food items. Branded as Tesco Plant Chef, the range includes butternut cauliflower macaroni pasta, breaded soya goujons,...
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Tesco’s attutide Celebrated by UN
Date: 2019-09-24 10:49:29
Dave Lewis – chief executive of Tesco – is chair of the Champions 12.3 group which is working to meet SDG 12.3. This calls on all countries to halve their...
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