Tesco Marks November Eighth As Launch Date For Six Stores
Jim Prevor’s Perishable Pundit, October 20, 2007 The countdown begins:: FRESH & EASY NEIGHBORHOOD MARKET ANNOUNCES DATE FOR FIRST STORE OPENINGS Grocer set to open first six stores in Southern California EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Tesco, one of the top three retailers in the world, announced the grand opening date for its U.S. venture, Fresh […]
Is Publix’s Ownership In Crispers A Future Strategy Against Tesco?
Jim Prevor’s Perishable Pundit, October 9, 2007 As Tesco prepares for its US rollout and is expected to rely heavily on a prepared foods offering, one of the obstacles it will encounter is that Americans tend to get much of their take-out at restaurants. Restaurants have better food, more convenient, often offering delivery or curbside […]
Tesco Expands Plans For
More Openings In California
Jim Prevor’s Perishable Pundit, September 26, 2007 Preparations are apace for Tesco’s rollout. The Pundit is on his way to the U.K. Wednesday night so will check out some Tesco stores there and see if we can discern anything that might be relevant to the U.S. launch. Previously we gave Tesco’s initial locations in Nevada, […]
Tesco’s Price-Hike Strategy
Jim Prevor’s Perishable Pundit, September 6, 2007 In late June we ran a piece, Tesco Launches Price War In The U.K., but now there are reports coming out of the U.K. that Tesco has a new strategy: GOING UP: THE NEW TESCO PRICE STRATEGY Retail giant signals an end to the cost-cutting war as concern […]
Kroger And Tesco Approach Store Acquisitions Differently
Jim Prevor’s Perishable Pundit, June 22, 2007 A&P had put up for sale all of its 66 Farmer Jack stores in Michigan. Now Kroger is buying 20 of the best locations all over southeast Michigan, including prime locations in places such as Bloomfield Township, Dearborn and Troy. A Wisconsin consultant got to the point: “I […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — Tesco’s Behavior
Jim Prevor’s Perishable Pundit, June 19, 2007 In response to our overall coverage of Tescos’ Voyage to America and, specifically, to our piece, Working With Wal-Mart May Not Be As Bad As You Think — Tesco Could Be Tougher, we received this thoughtful letter: I think people are going to find that the grass is […]
Working With Wal-Mart May Not Be As Bad As You Think — Tesco Could Be Tougher!
Jim Prevor’s Perishable Pundit, June 15, 2007 All our focus on changes in Wal-Mart’s buying practices has highlighted how unhappy many vendors are with Wal-Mart, to the point that they have strategic initiatives established to diversify their business away from Wal-Mart. This, in fact, is what has made many U.S. vendors so excited about Tesco’s […]
Snapshots Of Tesco’s Vegas
And California Stores
Jim Prevor’s Perishable Pundit, May 30, 2007 As part of our coverage of Tesco’s arrival in America, we ran some nice elevations of Tesco’s new concept as well as maps and addresses of all their first 20 stores that will open in the Phoenix area. You can see all three right here. Here is a […]
A Look At Tesco’s Stores
Jim Prevor’s Perishable Pundit, May 24, 2007 We’ve been dealing with Tesco’s arrival in America for some time. Now we have some additional information. Here is what the stores will look like: Here is a map of where the initial stores will be in the Phoenix area: Here is a list of the Phoenix area […]
Is Tesco Sending A Message
To U.S. Competitors?
Jim Prevor’s Perishable Pundit, May 16, 2007 It is hard to know if it is bluster — like Muhammad Ali unnerving his opponents with his bragging and strong claims — or if it is a strategic mistake that will telegraph to competitors what needs to be done — as George W. Bush would say about […]
