{"id":4599,"date":"2010-04-12T12:37:58","date_gmt":"2010-04-12T12:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2010\/04\/12\/every-little-helps-tesco-goes-halal\/"},"modified":"2016-01-07T12:33:41","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T12:33:41","slug":"every-little-helps-tesco-goes-halal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2010\/04\/12\/every-little-helps-tesco-goes-halal\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Little Helps &#8211; Tesco goes Halal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3>Birmingham branch draws in Muslim customers<\/h3>\n<div><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"right\" width=\"180\" height=\"270\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/theasiantoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/TescoHalal_180x232.jpg\"\/>SUPERMARKET giant Tesco have opened a Halal meat counter at their Hodge Hill branch in Birmingham.<\/strong> <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Staff and local dignitaries turned out in force for the official launch of the Halal meat counter. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The counter, which is a National Halal Food Group concession within the store, was officially opened with a blessing given by local Imam, Sheikh Siddique.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The store, which opened in December and created 250 new jobs, stocks a range of Halal products which are popular with many shoppers.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Store manager Emma Grant, said: \u201cDemand\u00a0in the store for Halal products is high and customers are delighted with the quality of the foods they can find here. The launch of the new counter means greater\u00a0local choice and convenience for\u00a0new and existing\u00a0customers.\u201d \u00a0<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>This is the second Halal Meat Counter that the Birmingham-based National Halal Food Group has opened\u00a0for Tesco\u00a0customers within the region. Chief\u00a0Executive Mohammed Z Yaquoob, said: \u201cThe launch of the counter in Hodge Hill means that customers can readily obtain a range of high quality meats which meet specific spiritual requirements. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>\u201cWe are delighted to be able to work with Tesco to bring our products to the marketplace and feel confident that every shopper will find something they enjoy here.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Tony Fletcher, corporate affairs manager for Tesco, also attended the official blessing. He commented: \u201cToday marks the\u00a0continuation of\u00a0the special partnership between\u00a0ourselves and National Halal in\u00a0Birmingham.\u00a0The new counter at Hodge Hill\u00a0underlines our\u00a0commitment to providing our customers with\u00a0quality products\u00a0that meet their needs at reasonable prices\u00a0that they have come to expect from us.\u201d <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham branch draws in Muslim customers SUPERMARKET giant Tesco have opened a Halal meat counter at their Hodge Hill branch in Birmingham. &#13; Staff and local dignitaries turned out in force for the official launch of the Halal meat counter. &#13; The counter, which is a National Halal Food Group concession within the store, was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}