strenghts weaknesses tesco
... scheme - This year we Tesco relaunched their Value brand, and now stock over 1,200 lines - Each week a team of price checkers compares the prices on over 70% of the basket, to make sure that no-one sells for less. Customers can now log on to tesco.com for a price comparison. WEAKNESSES - In Jan 2002, for the first time in years, Sainsbury outperformed Tesco over the Christmas period - Tesco has a range of food called Nature’s Choice, which it says encourages “rational” use of pesticides. However, according to Friends of the Earth details about the scheme are not publicly available. FoE also describes Tesco as “falling behind” other supermarkets in their reduction of the use of certain pesticides in fruit and vegetables STRENGTHS - This year, all parts of the Tesco strategy, the core UK business, non-food, retailing services and international, have increased in profitability. - Tesco opened 62 new stores this year. This brings the total number of stores in the UK to 1,982. - Currently the number one food retailer in the UK - There are four different store formats: Extra, Superstore, Metro and Express. All formats provide a different shopping experience for the customers, but all offer the same outstanding value. - Over 200 stores are being improved on this year - Tesco is Britain’s biggest supermarket. This year they have taken on an additional 9,000 people, with a further 5,000 over Christmas. - Clubcard is the UK’s most popular loyalt...