Tesco to increase payments to pig farmers by £6.6m amid ‘unprecedented costs’ May 16, 2022 Supermarket giant Tesco has announced it will increase payments to pig farmers by £6.6m, as the industry faces price hikes for wheat and soya. Total support for Tesco farmers will stand at £10m since March, as the farming sector faces staggering commodity price inflation. Feed prices have shot up since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine earlier [...]
Tesco chief Ken Murphy collects £4.7m: 224 times overall pay of median staff member May 13, 2022 Ken Murphy, the chief of supermarket giant Tesco, received a £4.74m pay packet for the past year, the group has revealed in its annual report. The report, which was filed on Friday morning, said Murphy’s bumper total pay deal was 224 times the overall pay of the median member of staff at Tesco. It comes [...]
Office workers can now use local Tesco to work from as supermarket giant joins forces with IWG May 12, 2022 Office workers across the UK will soon be able to use their local Tesco to work from as the supermarket group launches a new partnership with IWG. Tesco has said the flexible workspace business will convert excess space at its supermarket stores into office space designed for hybrid working. It comes amid the continued shift [...]
‘Taking the pistachio’: Watchdog bans Tesco Mobile ads for potential ‘serious and widespread offence’ May 11, 2022 UK advertising watchdog banned Tesco Mobile’s advertising campaign this morning for using expletives as names for food substitutes. The Advertising Standards Authority ruled that the names were likely to cause “serious and widespread offence”, ruling the use of “shiitake” and “pistachio” to be unacceptable. One advert seen in February featured text saying: “What a load [...]
Supermarket sales slow over Easter as Brits start to cut back on grocery purchases May 4, 2022 Supermarket sales slowed last month as spending habits returned to normal after pandemic restrictions. Households are tightening their purse strings after the first tranche of higher bills hit budgets this spring while spending habits are also normalising after the easing of lockdown restrictions. Shoppers added slightly fewer items to their baskets over the last four [...]
Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Greggs join forces to lobby Sunak to slash business rates May 3, 2022 Supermarket giants have reiterated calls for a cut in business rates as firms endeavour to keep prices competitive for shoppers amid rising inflation. Big names including Morrisons and Co-op have come together under a new Cut the Shops Tax campaign, organised by the Retail Jobs Alliance. In a joint letter to Chancellor Rishi Sunak, bosses [...]
Retail union ups pay ask to £12 per hour as cost of living spikes May 2, 2022 Retail firms should pay a minimum wage of at least £12 per hour, as recent pay hikes offer little respite against soaring inflation, a trade union has urged. In recent weeks, several large employers have hiked wages for shop floor and warehouse staff. Supermarket giant Tesco will raise hourly wages by 5.8 per cent from [...]
Grocers see more than £1bn wiped off value after Tesco profit warning April 14, 2022 Supermarkets had a total of more than £1bn chipped off their market value on Wednesday, after a warning over inflationary pressures from Tesco. Grocers including Ocado and Sainsbury’s suffered poor performances on Wednesday, after Tesco warned that profit could be hammered by rising costs and shifts in shoppers’ behaviour. Ocado took a hit on the [...]
Tesco profit surges but bosses warn of sky-high inflation side effects April 13, 2022 Tesco has rebounded from the pandemic with a 65 per cent boost in operating profit, climbing to £2.56bn for the full-year.
35 per cent of Brits admit bulk buying amid war and inflation shortage fears, report claims April 12, 2022 Warnings have been made against claims of stockpiling food after a report claimed 35 per cent have bulk bought items recently. Consumers are reportedly purchasing items in scenes reminiscent of the start of the pandemic, amid concerns about falling production for items such as wheat and oil, impacted by the war in Ukraine. Items such [...]