Firstly, Service & Staff - The injection of £200m to increase employment, training and equipment for key departments in existing stores to improve level of service. Pledging to create 20,000 jobs within two years and catering to their fresh food particularly in Fruit and Vegetable Team.
Secondly, Stores & Formats - Over £200m was used to refurbish their existing store ambience with the implementation of their Store Refresh program; presenting warmer and friendlier environment. Tesco also highlights that future investments will focus on Express stores and online offers.
Thirdly, Price & Value - With the investment of more than £500m to reduce prices of 3,000 products, Tesco plans to stay competitive through better pricing and promotions with better personalized offers, couponing and loyalty.
Fourthly, Range & Quality - The plan includes refurbishing 8,000 Tesco brand products and re-launched of Tesco Value as Everyday Value. This idea helps consumers manage on tight budgets. Tesco UK had welcome exclusive products and apply more personalisation and localisation in stores to tailor their ranges for their local area.
Fifthly, Brand & Marketing - Tesco plans to convey the right message to consumers with better and clearer communication.
Lastly, Clicks & Bricks - Tesco UK intends to offer more ‘Click & Collect’ channel to provide the opportunity for consumers to pick up products wherever it suits them from 770 stores. Tesco will also invest £150m to grow their online businesses by improving their websites, promotions and increase the number of products available online.
Comparison with academic literature, Tesco has five similarities.
Firstly, retrenchment - Instead of retrenching staff and building bigger Tesco store, they plan...
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Tesco is a UK based Supermarket Company which was founded in 1919 by Jack Cohen, since then it has grown to become a multinational company which specialises in a lot more than just groceries, this has improved the overall profit of the company. The overall employees recorded at the end of 2015 was 476,000+, this shows that is a source of employment for nearly half a million people in the UK. The supermarkets are no longer just in the UK they also have shops based in Malaysia, India and Poland, this presents that they are increasing the size of business to a multinational company and is also a good source of jobs for people in poorer countries. In the world over 75million people travels
In terms of strengths, TESCO has a very strong market position, holding more than 28% of the market shares in the grocer sector (Market Watch, 2016). This, in combination with the variety of store front styles that the brand is using, places them in good stead to continue to capture a large percentage of the total revenue in their market. In contrast, however, ASDA is offering a more diversified total line of products, or market offerings, which means that they are not only competing in the grocery niche but other niches as well. However, they are seen as a big-box store, and their failure to provide other store front styles is a major weakness, as big box stores are generally faltering across the UK in favor of stores with a more home-town feel (Hayward, 2015).
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In its discount scheme, Tesco offers discount on theme parks, holidays, gym membership, health plans, dental cover and private medical insurance.
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