How low can Tesco go

Does anyone remember the old days when the corner shop ripped you off?

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Mayor West said:
black mamba said:
Yes , i find it's getting dearer and dearer at Tescos, probably why they're offering so many coupons ...... i only live a few hundred yards from one , so i use them frequently , but i am thinking of turning elsewhere .

They did however offer 24 tins of Coca Cola for £7 this week ... which i thought was a pretty good deal.

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I almost fell for that deal too, until I saw directly under it was a 12 pack for £3, so I bought 24 cans for £6. Surely they realise this??

they aim to catch you out.
 
wayne71 said:
Get your meat at the local butchers, you really can taste the difference.

You really can. Bacon for example, maybe its a little more expensive, but the rashers themselves are much thicker, less pumped with water and considerably tastier
 
pominoz said:
Challenger1978 said:
Just from memory in recent years they've been fucked for selling shit beef as Topside/Silverside.

They've been fucked for ripping people of with their best value items.

They've sold pissing horse meat as beef.

They've abused the fuck out of the work for benefits scheme.

NOTE: Since that scheme came out the quality of their fresh food as gone right down hill. I'm not surprised as the poor bastards that are forced to work there as slave Labour probably don't give a flying fuck.

Now the ***** are passing of peppered burgers as bleeding steak. Which btw just ruined what i had planned for my dinner today the *****.

Whats the next scandal for Tesco going to be then. Are with going to start cutting the baby formula with bloody left over flour or possibly something even worse ?

When the fuck is Tesco going to get properly fucked for all the shit the bastards get up to. Instead of getting the usual slap on the wrist and told not to do it again.

I love peoples moral stance on things like this,

"Yes i know they sell horse meat as beef, i know that they rip people off with their "best value items", i also know that they treat their staff like shit and use kids as slave labour.

I could live with that, but they fucked tea up. Bastards, i will never shop there again.

You go shopping at a supermarket mainly so you can cook meals. If you can't reliably cook meals because of the shit they're pulling they've gone to fucking far.

Seriously man you go out to buy steak and you get home to find out its pissing burgers how pissed of would you be ?<br /><br />-- Sat Jul 27, 2013 5:25 pm --<br /><br />
wayne71 said:
Get your meat at the local butchers, you really can taste the difference.

I used to but the old guys that worked in the butcher i went to retired and the place closed. The only other butchers I've seen round where i live are Bexleys and I'm not sure they're a proper butcher as there's loads of them all over the place.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
I'd shop at Sainsbury's if I had the choice and I do occasionally pop into Waitrose on the way home from work if I'm feeling flush, but I do most of my shopping at Tesco now, due to where I've been living for the last nine months. A Tesco Metro and a 24 hour Superstore are two and four minutes walk from mine respectively.

The quality of meat, fish and vegetables is well below that of Sainsbury's (and Waitrose, obviously) imo.

Do Harrods not deliver in your new area?
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
I'd shop at Sainsbury's if I had the choice and I do occasionally pop into Waitrose on the way home from work if I'm feeling flush, but I do most of my shopping at Tesco now, due to where I've been living for the last nine months. A Tesco Metro and a 24 hour Superstore are two and four minutes walk from mine respectively.

The quality of meat, fish and vegetables is well below that of Sainsbury's (and Waitrose, obviously) imo.
God that's heavy stuff from you GDM, I might have to return to this post to realise it's full import.<br /><br />-- Sat Jul 27, 2013 8:09 pm --<br /><br />
Ronnie the Rep said:
I supply Tesco. They are typical of all the big rapacious supermarkets. They are just bullies. Fortunately, our products are niche from their point of view so if we don't like what they ask for we tell them to do one. They can't get it elsewhere :-)
So you're just as bad as them?
 
Uncle Wally One Ball said:
I always go to Asda but did some shopping in Tesco the other day as I as close to one. Flipping eck its as expensive as Sainsburys in there, I really noticed the difference. And I bought some frying steak that Im sure was the sole of somebodys shoe. It was shite. I'm sticking to Asda, it might smell of piss and be full of gypsies, but its a lot cheaper. And its quite a milf fest too in the afternoons when their kids are in school.

ASDA=Walmart

Fuck em off except for the lunchtime wank in the carpark of course.
 
The Pink Panther said:
black mamba said:
Yes , i find it's getting dearer and dearer at Tescos, probably why they're offering so many coupons ...... i only live a few hundred yards from one , so i use them frequently , but i am thinking of turning elsewhere .

They did however offer 24 tins of Coca Cola for £7 this week
... which i thought was a pretty good deal.

<a class="postlink" href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CEcQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tesco.com%2Fgroceries%2FProduct%2FDetails%2F%3Fid%3D273867627&ei=5dPyUbrXItS0hAfUtYDQDQ&usg=AFQjCNFbfXQOTRmMzzrWkRswp7AuxLJwSQ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j ... p7AuxLJwSQ</a>

Tesco are the mafia of the food industry

They didn't reduce their margin to offer the Coke deal. Coca Cola will have fully funded it. I've so many stories to tell on this

I will only buy from Tesco if it's an emergency and there's nowhere else to go

Pretty sure there would be an agreed plan on it between the two. Tesco invest margin all the time on footfall drivers.
 
-- Sat Jul 27, 2013 8:09 pm --

Ronnie the Rep said:
I supply Tesco. They are typical of all the big rapacious supermarkets. They are just bullies. Fortunately, our products are niche from their point of view so if we don't like what they ask for we tell them to do one. They can't get it elsewhere :-)
So you're just as bad as them?[/quote]



How do you work that out? We are a small supplier standing up to bully boy tactics from a supermarket giant. How does that make me like them?
 
On a side note. This is one of the most successful UK companies of this century.

It is successful because it gave the UK shopper what it wanted. They might be immoral twats (and I could tell you some things on suppliers they've fucked over) but they have brought prices down for us all.

Ps.dont assume a local butcher has better traceability than a supermarket. The horsemeat scandal was a failure by some of the UK,s biggest suppliers. You wont be surprised to know they have since felt the pain of their failures
 
Ronnie the Rep said:
-- Sat Jul 27, 2013 8:09 pm --

Ronnie the Rep said:
I supply Tesco. They are typical of all the big rapacious supermarkets. They are just bullies. Fortunately, our products are niche from their point of view so if we don't like what they ask for we tell them to do one. They can't get it elsewhere :-)
So you're just as bad as them?



How do you work that out? We are a small supplier standing up to bully boy tactics from a supermarket giant. How does that make me like them?[/quote]

It doesn't, and good on you! I still see suppliers to this day regret getting involved with them. Keep your many irons in the fire!!!!
 
Josh Blue said:
MadchesterCity said:
johnmc said:
If you looked into any company you would find something morally wrong. Pretty sure tesco do plenty of good things.

Every little helps, much rather give money to Tesco than many of those crooked Halal shops.

When possible local butcher, fish manger or source our own foods

Halal meat is beautiful. My number 1 choice. Best meat in England.

How can it be the best meat when it is inhumanly killed animals.

Sick
 
MadchesterCity said:
Josh Blue said:
MadchesterCity said:
Every little helps, much rather give money to Tesco than many of those crooked Halal shops.

When possible local butcher, fish manger or source our own foods

Halal meat is beautiful. My number 1 choice. Best meat in England.

How can it be the best meat when it is inhumanly killed animals.

Sick

I suppose you are a vegeterian.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
How low can they go? They could open a branch by the Dead Sea.
They operate in Thailand as Tesco-Lotus. That's quite low on a world map.
 
Len Rum said:
gordondaviesmoustache said:
I'd shop at Sainsbury's if I had the choice and I do occasionally pop into Waitrose on the way home from work if I'm feeling flush, but I do most of my shopping at Tesco now, due to where I've been living for the last nine months. A Tesco Metro and a 24 hour Superstore are two and four minutes walk from mine respectively.

The quality of meat, fish and vegetables is well below that of Sainsbury's (and Waitrose, obviously) imo.
God that's heavy stuff from you GDM, I might have to return to this post to realise it's full import
I was boring myself as I typed it.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
Len Rum said:
gordondaviesmoustache said:
I'd shop at Sainsbury's if I had the choice and I do occasionally pop into Waitrose on the way home from work if I'm feeling flush, but I do most of my shopping at Tesco now, due to where I've been living for the last nine months. A Tesco Metro and a 24 hour Superstore are two and four minutes walk from mine respectively.

The quality of meat, fish and vegetables is well below that of Sainsbury's (and Waitrose, obviously) imo.
God that's heavy stuff from you GDM, I might have to return to this post to realise it's full import
I was boring myself as I typed it.
Gdm makes me smile :))
 

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