Supermarket News... Tesco's Ambitious Plans For China... Wow!
Tesco in China, The Co-op, Spar, Tesco drive through, Tesco, Spar UK, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s, Asda
In five years, Ken Towle, the head of Tesco in China, plans to open more new retail space in the country (40m sq. ft.) than Tesco has built up in the UK in the nine decades since it was founded. Read more
The Co-op will seek to silence critics of its £1.6bn takeover of supermarket rival Somerfield this week by reporting a sharp rise in first-half profits. Read more
SPAR International has opened its first store in Nigeria. Read more
Tesco will launch the UK's first drive-through supermarket this week. Read more
Tesco has signed a deal to open a Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Store in San Francisco. Read more
Spar UK is to sponsor a new "inspirational" cookery series on Channel Five this autumn. Read more
Morrisons and Sainsbury’s emerged as World Cup winners in July as bigger rivals Tesco and Asda lost ground, figures showed. Read more
Asda announced it was cutting the price of both unleaded and diesel by up to 1ppl and 2ppl respectively. Read more
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