Tesco Clubcard and Sainbury’s Nectar schemes do help consumers, regulator says Retail A year-long probe into UK supermarkets’ pricing practices has found “very little” evidence that shoppers are being treated unfairly with loyalty programmes such as the Tesco Clubcard scheme and Sainsbury’s Nectar points. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) probe, which has been ongoing since November last year, investigated whether supermarket loyalty schemes cause inflation by faking the [...]
Tesco boss Ken Murphy: ‘The AI revolution is upon us’ Business Tesco boss Ken Murphy has said that personalised grocery offers like Tesco Clubcard could “nudge” consumers towards making healthier decisions and that the AI “revolution is upon us” in retail. The Tesco chief executive said that, for example, an AI programme could note someone’s high sodium intake and encourage them to buy lower-sodium and healthier [...]
Tesco Clubcard discount promo DID copy Lidl logo, High Court rules against UK’s largest supermarket Supermarket ruling German discount supermarket Lidl has won its trademark lawsuit against Tesco at London’s High Court over the use of a yellow circle on a square blue background. Lidl sued Tesco in 2020 shortly after Tesco adopted a yellow circle against a blue background to promote its “Tesco Clubcard Prices” discount scheme. Judge Joanna Smith said in a written ruling [...]