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21 July 2008 - BID TO REVIVE THE BRITISH TRADITIONAL TEA BREAK

A major move to revive the British traditional tea break and boost tea sales in general kicks off across country today (Monday August 21).

Over the last 10 years coffee culture and its trendy cappuccinos, lattes and espressos has replaced the good old fashioned tea party and knocked tea sales for six.

21 July 2008 - BID TO REVIVE THE BRITISH TRADITIONAL TEA BREAK

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18 July 2008 - TESCO TO GET POWER FROM STRAW

Britain's favourite supermarket is to cut its carbon footprint by using straw to power its business.

01 July 2008 - TESCO STATEMENT: ZIMBABWE

The amount of produce Tesco sources from Zimbabwe – worth around £1 million per year – is insignificant in terms of global trade and influence. However, in the current circumstances, we have decided to stop sourcing any products from Zimbabwe as long as the political crisis persists in that country.

30 June 2008 - TESCO APPEAL TO COMPETITION APPEAL TRIBUNAL ON PLANNING REMEDY

Tesco has today launched a legal challenge to one of the remedies recommended by the Competition Commission in its latest inquiry into the grocery sector. Tesco has lodged its application with the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT), to challenge the Commission's proposal to introduce a 'competition assessment' into the UK planning system. One of the main points in the judicial review is that the competition test does not remedy the adverse effect on competition identified by the Commission.

13 June 2008 - TESCO UNVEILS MASSIVE NEW VOUCHER SCHEME FOR SCHOOLS

Tesco announced today that it is creating a brand new voucher collection scheme that will offer schools and clubs a huge range of exciting products to collect for.

13 June 2008 - FOREIGN PLAYERS NOT HOMEGROWN TALENT PROVIDE INSPIRATION FOR NATIONS YOUNG FOOTBALL FANS

ONE in four children look up to Christiano Ronaldo as their ultimate football star – and almost half say it is foreign footballers not home-grown heroes who are their role models on the pitch. Wayne Rooney was the top English player but just one in ten named him as their favourite.

10 June 2008 - TESCO PLC FIRST QUARTER TRADING STATEMENT STRONG GROWTH IN GROUP SALES UP 13.7 PERCENT

Chief Executive, Terry Leahy commented:

"We've made a good start to the financial year thanks to the growing breadth of the Group and the strength of the Tesco business model – this has been achieved despite the more uncertain economic environment. Our International operations continue to grow strongly; we're pushing on well with new store developments in our established markets and our expansion into new markets, including the United States. We also made solid progress in the UK in the first quarter. Core food categories showed good growth as we helped customers spend less at a time when household budgets are becoming stretched. The business has also coped well with the more cautious mood on non-food spending."

14 May 2008 - TESCO STRENGTHENS POSITION IN SOUTH KOREA

Tesco has today announced the acquisition, subject to the usual regulatory approvals, of 36 Homever stores in South Korea from the E-Land Group, for a total consideration of £958 million, including existing debt.

13 May 2008 - TESCO HAS MORE EVERYDAY PROMOTIONS THAN EVER BEFORE

Tesco will this week introduce almost 1000 new promotions into store in a bid to help hard up consumers make ends meet. As household costs - from mortgages to energy bills - continue to increase, Britain's favourite supermarket will have more products on promotion than it has ever had at any one time.

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