Veg from my garden is flippin terrible.
I sometimes forget how snobby this place is...
This place is nothing compared to Bath council.
Tesco's tried have wanted to build a supermarket on two different sites in the last 20 years and were told in no uncertain terms to jog on; and other supermarkets went there instead.
They are now trying again. Well, I say now, they've owned the site for 5 years or so but can't get planning.
All they have in Bath is a petrol station and a couple of corner shops.
Apparently the biggest problem the major supermarkets have got is, somewhat perversely, online grocery shopping. Which has put Morrisons, who don't do online shopping/home deliveries, at a distinct advantage.
They're charging £5 for home grocery deliveries. But the orders, with delivery, are costing £15-20 each to process. And that cost isn't going to move. But people won't pay that. They'll pay £5.
So...Potentailly... if we all decided right now to do all our shopping with Tesco online, we could potentially bankrupt them 😀
We must be the only town without a big Tesco but we do have two express shops, great little places and very handy. We have a Tesco RDC within a few miles that employs a hell of a lot of people. I really hope they don't go down the shitter because I don't think the local farm shop will take up the slack. Tesco direct is great as well as I can stuff delivered to the local store without having to wait in for Mr Postman.
They're charging £5 for home grocery deliveries. But the orders, with delivery, are costing £15-20 each to process. And that cost isn't going to move. But people won't pay that. They'll pay £5.So...Potentailly... if we all decided right now to do all our shopping with Tesco online, we could potentially bankrupt them
The other element of profit that Tesco et al are losing because of online shopping is that people will generally spend less online as they're not walking around a store putting extra things in their trolley that they didn't actually go in for.
We always end up spending an extra £20 or so in-store than when we shop online.
Which is why I don't mind paying £3-£4 delivery, as overall I save (plus it costs me £1.50ish in petrol to get to the supermarket and back).
I really doubt tesco will be gone in 20 years, if anything will be more successful than ever, and im not saying that because i work for them, and im sure im not the only one on here that does. Currently Tesco is currently re-modelling its UK business, less new store openings, refit and refurb of tired old stores in the UK, pulling out of non-profitable situations such as Japan (last year i think it was) and US being wound down at the moment. The board have accepted they have ignored the UK market too long and the coming years will focus on regaining the UK as its an important part of the business. Early reports show Tesco won christmas this year at 1pc growth, while JS at 0.97pc and Morrisons and Asda at negative year on year growth. So goes to show they are getting something right.
Can you imagine the UK's second biggest employer going belly up? it would kill the economy again.
100-ish years ago the population of the UK was about 40 million, now it's, what, 65 million plus? Things have changed.
That's not that big of a change in comparison to other countries, though.
bust open a pack of chicken bought on saturday with a sell by of the 10th from tesco by the mrs.
Rancid smelling as soon as i opened the pack , stringy fatty red bits - all hidden by other bits of chicken on top
yummy - straight in the bin.
That's one chicken out of thousands (millions?), trail_rat.
...plus it gave you an anecdote to post a on here. So not a complete loss.
I have bought countless chickens and chicken breasts from Tesco and loads of other retailers. Only had one bad pack that I can remember, can't even remember where it was from.
Was the chicken delivered before or after your eggs?
I think wife n I spend about £50 a month on the farm shop thing and about £30 on meat/fish on top of that. Leaves more money for beer and stuff.
That's £80 on veg and meat but what about the few hundred quid on all the other bits the average family needs. I must spend 120 a week (there,s 4 of us plus animals) and that's not including the little extra trips to the coop for milk etc.
its a sample of 1 ive had from tesco in the last year.
so thats 100% failure rate
even better - it was replaced by a pack of frozen oak ridge chicken breast 😉
That's £80 on veg and meat but what about the few hundred quid on all the other bits the average family needs. I must spend 120 a week (there,s 4 of us plus animals) and that's not including the little extra trips to the coop for milk etc.
There is just the 2 of us - no kids. No pets etc.
We buy a ton of shittickets at a time, washy stuff etc. We actually don't buy a huge amount of other things preferring a pretty simple home life and making do etc. If i put the wheely bin out more than once a month i get a bit worried we are going through too much stuff if you know what i mean.
Wife does seem to buy a huge amount of scouring pads though to be fair. I suspect a few hundred pound a week on those 🙂
Our milk comes once a week in the basket with 6 eggs and some cheese. We don't use all that before the next one arrives generally.
shittickets
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shittickets
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I think he means toilet paper.
tbc costco is your friend for cheap shittickets(that are not like scouring pads for your arse)
I think he means toilet paper.
Ah. Now it makes sense.
Another brusque Scottish colloquialism [s]learnt[/s] [s]learned[/s] [s]lernered[/s] learnerised 8)
Sorry, that's a sweary word! Apologies mods.
I meant dual ply toilet tissues.
I've done some work for Sainsburys in the past. They aspire to be Tesco. Recruiting Tesco management is seen as a major win.
I understand that the express stores were a major gamble which could have put them down. It paid off, so it seems.
Tesco's meat isles shock me. Overpriced, small etc etc etc. Then theres ALL the whole chickens with their feet cut off to hide the piss burns from being squashed/not being able to stand with 'freedom' etc labelling..
Of course they will be here in 20yrs. Our expectations will continue to be much much lower..
Hora earlier today....
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ALL the whole chickens with their feet cut off to hide the piss burns from being squashed/not being able to stand with 'freedom' etc labelling..
I've never bought a chicken with feet still attached, and mostly I buy meat from my local farm shop (their own free range /outdoor chickens, reared on site mostly)
tbh i really wouldnt want to buy a chicken with the feet on ..... im not of far east origins.
Oops I mean the lower legs. Just after the 'knuckle' you'll sometimes see dark stains, like burns on the skin.
I will be near my local Waitrose later. Might just pop in to check out the chicken feet.
what supermarket do you buy chicken with their feet still on hora?!
its horrible cutting the feet off birds, if you knick the tendon then the craws clench and it feels like its grabbing your arm despite being dead.
Then theres ALL the whole chickens with their feet cut off to hide the piss burns from being squashed/not being able to stand with 'freedom' etc labelling..
I believe that the battery hen cages of old are now illegal in the UK (bought in from abroad is another matter) and that they do have some space to move around (although they are still in cages...).
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If it's chicken feet you're after, Wing Yip's sells bags of them in the freezer section ...
Hate the place, and I hate how they are one of the biggest supermarket responsible for all the unhealthy processed food thats passed on to us consumers thats full of salt sugar and water among lots more crap.
Have you absolved yourself of all other personal responsibility as well, or just on what you are forced to buy?
I would like to apologise for my comment above to grantway. I have no idea why I have to be so snotty all the time.
I don't know either, but you are really bloody good at it. Gives me something to aspre to.
I've done some work for Sainsburys in the past. They aspire to be Tesco. Recruiting Tesco management is seen as a major win.
Problem is they don't pay enough at shopfloor level, i earm more at tesco as a manager than i would at JS and they won't even salary match anymore. All of the big supermarkets will happily poach managers from each other, there is a shortage of experienced management at the moment due to expansion none of the big 3 or 4 have enough management and keep signing off inexperienced kids to do the jobs and then watch them fail 6 months down the line. Its not great at the moment.
so a good time for me to apply for jobs then lol
as long as you write a good CV/cover letter you should be sorted
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All of the big supermarkets will happily poach managers from each other,
I only had experience of comments relating to the HQ dwelling management. It was always "so and so is starting next month, [i]s/he's ex Tesco[/i]"
The Sainsburys building stock is in appalling order. The maintenance arrangements aren't fit for task. I'd never seen anything like it before I looked at some stores.
Tesco stores a infinitely better and 2 or 3 times more efficient.
Sainsburys, or at least the 2 in Peterborough, do seem to be run into the ground. Lack of staff, empty shelves, broken freezers/fridges. It was enough that I switched from them to Tesco a couple of years back.
I shop with Ocado because I hate going to the supermarket. It also means we can keep a check.on how much we're spending on food each week. I don't like Tesco, so don't shop there. We also don't have a local one. The nearest one is rubbish though.
We used to shop at Sainsbury's, who I still quite like. We're lucky because our local one was extended and refitted and is much nicer than ASDA or the nearest Tesco.
I wouldn't want Tesco to go bust due to the impact on the economy etc. I just don't like them so don't go there. My memory of all the ones that we're close to where I used to live was that they were pretty gritty compared to the equivalent Sainsbury's.
I've done some work for Sainsburys in the past. They aspire to be Tesco. Recruiting Tesco management is seen as a major win.
It's not just Sainsbury's - the property department at Waitrose now has many ex-Tesco people.
