We round up three developments in the market as Tesco receives clearance for its purchase of Joyce’s Supermarkets and SPAR South Africa announces its first half results, discussing BWG’s performance. Tesco receives clearance for Joyce’s acquisition After announcing its intention to purchase Joyce’s Supermarkets in November 2021, Tesco Ireland has received clearance from the country’s Co...

As Musgrave’s Centra banner announces its 2021 results and its SuperValu banner launches its Taste of Local initiative, we round up developments from the company. Centra: +2.5% growth to €1.98 bn in 2021… Centra reported annual growth of 2.5% in 2021, taking its sales to €1.98 bn. The banner said the growth was driven by its convenience offering, increased consumer demand for its wide range...

As Tesco releases its annual results, Senior retail analyst Nick Gladding shares his initial thoughts on today’s numbers and what they tell us about the direction of travel at the UK market leader. Strong performance across the group drives sales and profits Group sales growth of 3.0% in the year to February 2022 is undoubtedly impressive against highly challenging pandemic elevated compara...