City Food Lecture calls for ‘transformational change’

City Food Lecture calls for ‘transformational change’

Tesco CEO Dave Lewis has urged the whole supply chain to work in partnership to change the way it produces food for the UK, challenging industry to come together to bring about “heavy duty, transformational change”. Delivering a keynote speech at the annual City Food...
Booker’s Charles Wilson named Tesco’s CEO

Booker’s Charles Wilson named Tesco’s CEO

Booker Group’s current chief executive, Charles Wilson, has been appointed as CEO of Tesco’s retail and wholesale operations in the UK and Republic of Ireland. He will take up the role upon completion of the retailer’s merger with Booker Group, expected to be 5th...
Multiple retailers boosted by strong Christmas sales

Multiple retailers boosted by strong Christmas sales

Grocery sales helped UK supermarkets report one of their busiest Christmas period, which saw shoppers splash out record amounts of cash. Lidl As previously reported, Lidl UK was the fastest growing supermarket over the Christmas period, according to Kantar Worldpanel,...
Tesco responds to Woodside Farms legal dispute

Tesco responds to Woodside Farms legal dispute

Richard Baugh, of Woodside Farm in Nottinghamshire, has joined with food and environment charity Feedback to threaten legal proceeding, if Tesco does not stop using the name Woodside Farms to sell its products. In a letter to Tesco’s CEO, Feedback reportedly...