Shame on Tesco - Removing Irish Brands from its Stores

dh0661 · 30-06-2009 9:59pm

Maglight wrote: »

Then I looked at the cheese. Dubliner cheese - made in UK.

AFAIK- Dubliner cheese is actually made in west Cork. I don't know what country of origin it displays on label.

gurramok · 30-06-2009 10:05pm

I had to drop into the new 'refurbished' Tesco stores at Blanchardstown and the giant one at Finglas.
Blanch car park was full at 6:15pm on a tue evening, obviously news got around. It was quite a scene in store.

They have put up circular labels on each aisle 'price cut', 'cheaper than Dunnes Stores', 'Buy me, I'm Irish'(i'm sure i saw a small Irish flag on these).

Then i headed over to the tea section as that had the most controversy in the media. In the centre with enough of space was Barry Tea and Lyons tea, surrounded on both sides by new brands of Yorkshire Tea and Typhoo Tea. So far, they have placed them with equal prominence, so far of course

Then I headed to the Finglas branch which is a huge store like an Asda up north. The outside of it has a huge emblazened Irish flag going across its windows, talk about patriotic!!

In store, it was same again as Blanch but the aisles were more laid out professionally.

I gave into temptation when i saw some of my fav foods at 25% discount on old prices and promptly bought a big basket full despite my loathing of Tesco as after all, money in my pocket counts. Won't be going up north this month as a result.(prices are less than 10% dearer than the north after conversion, thats fair hence i buy)

I also noticed how the alcohol section was full to the brim. Some beer was still on special(that June promotion extended), other beer stalled at same price and astonishingly Beamish beer reduced further which is a shocker.:)

Every brand under the sun of wine and beer was available, more than on previous occasions, all stocked up professionally unlike a previous ragged stocking of the stock.

Its as if the stackers got training on how to show off the goods!

Overall, it seems Tesco are really pushing the Irish line visually in store but how long that will that last says this sceptic!

wmpdd3 · 01-07-2009 12:03am

I was one of those 'stackers' in clearwater, I'm glad you liked the store!!

ejmaztec · 01-07-2009 12:25am

Obviously Tesco's still got a big wad, seeing as there's some talk of their buying Northern Rock from the British government.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article6613502.ece

cfcj · 01-07-2009 12:35am

K-9 wrote: »

The only reason Tesco are doing this is because they are losing to NI border stores. Tesco have very few border stores compared to Asda and others so are losing out in over all market share. As you say they are all the same and we should be asking them all, why now?

Superquinn have been sourcing there imports from NI for months, before Tesco announced this, but sure they're Irish! Dunnes are very secretive about what they do and Super Value can probably afford to take a hit as their owners are big players in the wholesale sector too.

I doubt if many see it as them being the peoples heroes, just glad to see prices being reduced and some competition. Personally I prefer seeing the money spent in my local town rather than Derry or Strabane as other local shops will benefit too. People don't have to shop there and they are taking a gamble as Irish people are generally brand snobs and do value guaranteed Irish goods.

On the carrots point! Yes they should state it's Irish produce where possible. It depends on whether it was genuinely misleading or an oversight and it wasn't worded precisely!

I understand about their timing and have already mentioned this in an earlier post, what I was highlighting was that they were prepared to rip off the customer till now. Setting the bar on some of these enormous price hikes yet get the credit for being so good to us to allow us a cheaper shopping basket. Its like a victim of theft being grateful more wasn't stolen of them, doesn't really address that the theft happened in the first place. Also like I covered in an earlier post how much of the money that goes through your local Tesco is retained locally. Again short term strategy. I really don't see any difference in shopping in Tesco UK or in ROI. Irish jobs will be lost either way. Roll on the ombudsman, though realistically I have hardly any faith in it since Tesco are refusing to sign up to the watchdog in the UK.

As far as the other posts about rolling the price cuts into Dublin well it seems the good old Tesco PR campaign is working. The store that has the Irish flag flying, well that is a utter disgrace. And more fool those that feel anything but disgust at it. Just because it tarts itself with the Irish flag doesn't make it remotely Irish or even a supporter of Irish. Again there is a need for more indepth investigation of this company in Ireland and of the industry as a whole. Something that is not being done.

They have been outed over their bulling of suppliers and it has been proven that they have removed Irish products from the shelves. They have lied when the have said they didn't. They have treated the staff in Douglas disgracefully and their strategy to have more and more staff outsourced to companies where they limit their responsibility as an employer and deny basic employee rights is shocking. They have been found out at supporting child labour, denied it even though there is TV footage (Channel 4 News) of a child making their clothing.

Its not what they do wrong that matters to them its how quick they can bury it, deny it and move on usually by shoving another carrot under the donkey's nose. I wonder when do people realise what is an acceptable limit to Tesco's market share. It stands at 26% at the moment. Thats over a quarter of all grocery with growing increases in their clothing. Is 30%, 40% or 50% the limits when we start looking around and realising that suppliers have been forced out of business and think ohhh maybe we let Tesco get too big? If you think that is preposterous to presume they want that massive market share... well look at their rapid growth in the Irish market. The 'Tesco Towns' in the UK, all strategies of Tesco. I for one will never ever shop in such a disgusting company, I hope their PR spin backfires, though they seem to have the Irish media cosy and not too many questions get asked.

Digi_Tilmitt · 01-07-2009 12:45am

cfcj wrote: »

Explain that one for us all...

Only buying products made in an arbitrary geographic area (in this case Ireland) destroys the wealth gained from comparative advantage in international trade. Some goods in Ireland cannot be made as efficiently as those in other geographic areas, so it makes sense to import those while exporting things that Ireland can make more efficiently to other areas. Buying Irish products even in cases where they are expensive or of crap quality interferes with this mechanism and results in a real loss of wealth for everyone, as specific goods are manufactured in the area where it is less efficient to manufacture them while the consumers of these goods have less purchasing power (having spent more of it in paying for the premium to buy inefficiently made goods) to spend on others things hence dragging down their ability to consume other goods in their vicinity.

If protectionism makes sense for Ireland, then why not take it a step further and only buy things made in your own county? Or how only buying things made in your own town? Or best of all, consume only what your family makes?

Can you see now how this silly arbitrary boundary drawing and reckless pursuit of self sufficiency destroys the ability of people to efficiently specialise in the production/provision of a good/service?

Buy Irish is a marketing scam - it means pay a premium for inefficiently manufactured junk. It's just as absurd as "Buy Limerick" or "Buy local" or "Buy intra-family".

K-9 · 01-07-2009 12:57am

cfcj wrote: »

I understand about their timing and have already mentioned this in an earlier post, what I was highlighting was that they were prepared to rip off the customer till now.

I agree totally. Still, Dunnes, Superquinn etc. where at it too. That's all I'm saying.

cfcj wrote:

Also like I covered in an earlier post how much of the money that goes through your local Tesco is retained locally. Again short term strategy.

Hard to know. Obviously taxes are being paid into the states coffers rather than Londons. Profits are being repatriated I'd assume but do we know what happens Dunnes profits? Again I'm not arguing they are whiter than white.

cfcj wrote:

I really don't see any difference in shopping in Tesco UK or in ROI. Irish jobs will be lost either way. Roll on the ombudsman, though realistically I have hardly any faith in it since Tesco are refusing to sign up to the watchdog in the UK.

I had this debate on a shopping in NI thread and apparently one of the reasons to shop in NI is there is less foreign nationals working behind the till there. Kid you not! :eek:

The way I look at it, my local Tesco and Dunnes was absolutely dead, even at Xmas barring the usual couple of days. Staff where on shorter weeks etc. If they are busier, they need more staff. Yes I understand about the job losses but people need to look around them. Jobs ARE being lost everywhere. People are going up North in droves.

I'm not sure where you are from cfcj, but if you seen border towns like Letterkenny and Sligo, they are ghost towns compared to a couple of years ago. Chances are extra people who shop in Tesco now will also buy a few bits in the shopping centre, trade that was going to the North before.

cfcj wrote:

As far as the other posts about rolling the price cuts into Dublin well it seems the good old Tesco PR campaign is working. The store that has the Irish flag flying, well that is a utter disgrace. And more fool those that feel anything but disgust at it. Just because it tarts itself with the Irish flag doesn't make it remotely Irish or even a supporter of Irish. Again there is a need for more indepth investigation of this company in Ireland and of the industry as a whole. Something that is not being done.

I wouldn't stop at that. Dunnes and their treatment of staff too, Musgraves control of the independent sector and RGDATA etc. etc.

cfcj wrote:

They have been outed over their bulling of suppliers and it has been proven that they have removed Irish products from the shelves. They have lied when the have said they didn't. They have treated the staff in Douglas disgracefully and their strategy to have more and more staff outsourced to companies where they limit their responsibility as an employer and deny basic employee rights is shocking. They have been found out at supporting child labour, denied it even though there is TV footage (Channel 4 News) of a child making their clothing.

Completely agree. I don't buy clothes there or in Penneys if possible. Where do I buy clothes now though?

cfcj wrote:

Its not what they do wrong that matters to them its how quick they can bury it, deny it and move on usually by shoving another carrot under the donkey's nose. I wonder when do people realise what is an acceptable limit to Tesco's market share. It stands at 26% at the moment. Thats over a quarter of all grocery with growing increases in their clothing. Is 30%, 40% or 50% the limits when we start looking around and realising that suppliers have been forced out of business and think ohhh maybe we let Tesco get too big? If you think that is preposterous to presume they want that massive market share... well look at their rapid growth in the Irish market.

What rapid growth?

Can you point to figures?

Jip · 01-07-2009 8:24am

Maglight wrote: »

Check out the manufacturing stamp on the back.

It's not neccessarily a manufacturing stamp, more so a processing stamp. Which is why for example Thai chicken can be sent over here, processed like being injected with water or filleted and then be stamped with an IRL EC stamp.

Maglight · 01-07-2009 12:34pm

Digi_Tilmitt wrote: »

Why are you only buying Irish products regardless of price or quality? This type of protectionism is disastrous for the economy, as well as your own financial well-being.

Who said anything about ignoring price and quality. I have made a conscious decision to buy locally grown produce in season. This is because it tastes better and has lower food miles.

Why would I buy tasteless imported Spanish tomatoes or Dutch strawberries in June when there is an abundant local crop with a vastly superior taste and competitive price. But I'm also a realist. If I can't find Irish apples, I'll buy British or the next closest country - because, in general, they taste better. Also, I only buy Citrus fruits in the winter becuase they are in season in Spain. I only buy asparagus in the summer when it's in season. What I avoid is out of season fruit and veg from the other side of the world that's picked under ripe and tasteless.

The only thing I'm protectionist about is the quality of food in my kitchen and the cost effectiveness of my spend.

tomcollins97 · 01-07-2009 12:58pm

Is there a list anywhere of the products that have been removed form the shelves?

cfcj · 01-07-2009 3:14pm

Digi_Tilmitt wrote: »

Only buying products made in an arbitrary geographic area (in this case Ireland) destroys the wealth gained from comparative advantage in international trade. Some goods in Ireland cannot be made as efficiently as those in other geographic areas, so it makes sense to import those while exporting things that Ireland can make more efficiently to other areas. Buying Irish products even in cases where they are expensive or of crap quality interferes with this mechanism and results in a real loss of wealth for everyone, as specific goods are manufactured in the area where it is less efficient to manufacture them while the consumers of these goods have less purchasing power (having spent more of it in paying for the premium to buy inefficiently made goods) to spend on others things hence dragging down their ability to consume other goods in their vicinity.

If protectionism makes sense for Ireland, then why not take it a step further and only buy things made in your own county? Or how only buying things made in your own town? Or best of all, consume only what your family makes?

Can you see now how this silly arbitrary boundary drawing and reckless pursuit of self sufficiency destroys the ability of people to efficiently specialise in the production/provision of a good/service?

Buy Irish is a marketing scam - it means pay a premium for inefficiently manufactured junk. It's just as absurd as "Buy Limerick" or "Buy local" or "Buy intra-family".

LOL, Hilarious! Find the post that anyone on here has advocated self sufficiency or protectionism. So everyone be careful when you are buying your Tayto crisps cause it interferes with the mechanism! lol

cfcj · 01-07-2009 5:00pm

K-9 wrote: »

I agree totally. Still, Dunnes, Superquinn etc. where at it too. That's all I'm saying.

Hard to know. Obviously taxes are being paid into the states coffers rather than Londons. Profits are being repatriated I'd assume but do we know what happens Dunnes profits? Again I'm not arguing they are whiter than white.

I had this debate on a shopping in NI thread and apparently one of the reasons to shop in NI is there is less foreign nationals working behind the till there. Kid you not! :eek:

The way I look at it, my local Tesco and Dunnes was absolutely dead, even at Xmas barring the usual couple of days. Staff where on shorter weeks etc. If they are busier, they need more staff. Yes I understand about the job losses but people need to look around them. Jobs ARE being lost everywhere. People are going up North in droves.

I'm not sure where you are from cfcj, but if you seen border towns like Letterkenny and Sligo, they are ghost towns compared to a couple of years ago. Chances are extra people who shop in Tesco now will also buy a few bits in the shopping centre, trade that was going to the North before.

I wouldn't stop at that. Dunnes and their treatment of staff too, Musgraves control of the independent sector and RGDATA etc. etc.

Completely agree. I don't buy clothes there or in Penneys if possible. Where do I buy clothes now though?

What rapid growth?

Can you point to figures?

They bought 67 stores when they took over Powers' Supermarkets Limited and now have 116 and have branched into selling petrol, mobile phones and a whole list of other things. Almost doubling the store count all in the space of 12years, and also take into account the 10 hypermarket 'Tesco Extra' stores that are included in that, they incidentally have a greater floor space on average than in the UK.

I think the fact that there is more native staff working behind the tills in Northern Ireland is irrelevant. I think that is more indicative of the attitude of working in 'menial' jobs that the boom in Ireland has created. I am from the border area, literally beside the border, the nearest town is Dundalk and am well exposed to the traffic going north to shop. What did make me laugh was when Tony Keohane said at the time of the price reduction "We are starting this in these 11 stores to secure jobs and livelihoods in the border towns." errr no he wasn't. He was starting in the border towns because they have a lesser presence in Northern Ireland as Asda are the only true competition for Tesco, just as bad as eachother.

There seems to be too much attention on getting it cheap, no matter what. I have read on other threads, with disgust, how people have described companies that cannot compete with the likes of Tesco and Primark or even Dunnes Stores on price are 'crap' and deserve to go under. So in order to compete with these brands you must get either children in asia or adults in detained inhumane working conditions. To cover myself... I do acknowledge there is no evidence of Dunnes Stores using this type of labour, though the questions need to get asked and there lies the failure of the Irish media in investigating consumer affairs properly.

As for food suppliers nobody seems too concerned as to what they are doing to food to make it so cheap. Tesco have been constantly criticised for demanding cheaper prices from suppliers but protecting their margins. This is food... there is an obesity epidemic and it baffles me that people don't take that into account. Natural organic food is a niche market... it used to be that everything was natural and organic, what happened? My thoughts are that too much power over our food is with supermarkets and large scale food production.

I am sceptic that the shops in your local centre will avail too much of the increased footfall but that depends on what is on offer in those shops.

K-9 · 01-07-2009 5:53pm

cfcj wrote: »

They bought 67 stores when they took over Powers' Supermarkets Limited and now have 116 and have branched into selling petrol, mobile phones and a whole list of other things. Almost doubling the store count all in the space of 12years, and also take into account the 10 hypermarket 'Tesco Extra' stores that are included in that, they incidentally have a greater floor space on average than in the UK.

I think the fact that there is more native staff working behind the tills in Northern Ireland is irrelevant. I think that is more indicative of the attitude of working in 'menial' jobs that the boom in Ireland has created. I am from the border area, literally beside the border, the nearest town is Dundalk and am well exposed to the traffic going north to shop. What did make me laugh was when Tony Keohane said at the time of the price reduction "We are starting this in these 11 stores to secure jobs and livelihoods in the border towns." errr no he wasn't. He was starting in the border towns because they have a lesser presence in Northern Ireland as Asda are the only true competition for Tesco, just as bad as eachother.

There seems to be too much attention on getting it cheap, no matter what. I have read on other threads, with disgust, how people have described companies that cannot compete with the likes of Tesco and Primark or even Dunnes Stores on price are 'crap' and deserve to go under. So in order to compete with these brands you must get either children in asia or adults in detained inhumane working conditions. To cover myself... I do acknowledge there is no evidence of Dunnes Stores using this type of labour, though the questions need to get asked and there lies the failure of the Irish media in investigating consumer affairs properly.

As for food suppliers nobody seems too concerned as to what they are doing to food to make it so cheap. Tesco have been constantly criticised for demanding cheaper prices from suppliers but protecting their margins. This is food... there is an obesity epidemic and it baffles me that people don't take that into account. Natural organic food is a niche market... it used to be that everything was natural and organic, what happened? My thoughts are that too much power over our food is with supermarkets and large scale food production.

I am sceptic that the shops in your local centre will avail too much of the increased footfall but that depends on what is on offer in those shops.

I don't think they've had massive market share growth though, despite all the extra stores. Dunnes have held their own, Lidl and Aldi have come in, the so called "independent" sector is still very strong here.

Dunnes where caught selling cheap labour clothes back in the early 90's, shirts if memory serves me correctly. They have moved more up market since but it would be interesting if all the bigstores were investigated.

On the extra footfall, that really is up to the shops to make of it what they can. It's definitely a good thing that it's there!

imjustsaying · 06-07-2009 5:53pm

Digi_Tilmitt wrote: »

Only buying products made in an arbitrary geographic area (in this case Ireland) destroys the wealth gained from comparative advantage in international trade. Some goods in Ireland cannot be made as efficiently as those in other geographic areas, so it makes sense to import those while exporting things that Ireland can make more efficiently to other areas. Buying Irish products even in cases where they are expensive or of crap quality interferes with this mechanism and results in a real loss of wealth for everyone, as specific goods are manufactured in the area where it is less efficient to manufacture them while the consumers of these goods have less purchasing power (having spent more of it in paying for the premium to buy inefficiently made goods) to spend on others things hence dragging down their ability to consume other goods in their vicinity.

If protectionism makes sense for Ireland, then why not take it a step further and only buy things made in your own county? Or how only buying things made in your own town? Or best of all, consume only what your family makes?

Can you see now how this silly arbitrary boundary drawing and reckless pursuit of self sufficiency destroys the ability of people to efficiently specialise in the production/provision of a good/service?

Buy Irish is a marketing scam - it means pay a premium for inefficiently manufactured junk. It's just as absurd as "Buy Limerick" or "Buy local" or "Buy intra-family".

I don't think the boundary drawing is in any way arbitrary, its economical. The Irish govt and taxpayers draw the boundary quite clearly. I'm not supporting protectionism, but where the Irish choice is competitive I will certainly chose a more local product for a number of reasons; freshness, air miles & environmental concerns, supporting the local (or national) economy and jobs. where the Irish alternative is non-existent or inferior of course international trade is the answer.

can you please explain how buy irish or buy local is a marketing scam?????

StealthRolex · 07-07-2009 12:53pm

They're not just removing Irish products now. It seems that after a visit from their UK price coordinator a couple of weeks back they are increasing the prices on some stock that other retailers do not carry.

As an example, Cravendale filtered milk was €2.45 for 2lt. Ok, it's a little expensive but it does taste better and lasts longer than other offerings.

Current price €2.45 for 1Lt and 2Lt bottles are no longer available.

Now that's Tesco at their Finest

rameire · 07-07-2009 3:02pm

has anyone actually found anything that has been removed that is irish.

i dont think i have seen anything on this thread yet to suggest yes.

StealthRolex · 07-07-2009 3:16pm

Ballymaloe Country Relish

Now if they replaced it with some decent British stuff like Sharwoods Green Label Chutney Sauce it wouldn't be so bad.

Personally I don't go next night or near Tescos if I can avoided it - brings me out in a bad case of Tourettes, almost worse than Ryanair does.

soups05 · 07-07-2009 6:47pm

walked into aldi with a friend and he seen the sign
"40% of our stock comes from irish suppliers"

"yeah,and the rest are cheap" he commented.

think this now applies to tescos. if you want to buy irish then look out for the dearer products and get them.

brettmirl · 07-07-2009 9:52pm

StealthRolex wrote: »

Ballymaloe Country Relish

That's still available in Tesco. They've removed the Ballymaloe Salad Dressing range, but not the relishes.

Dark Stanley. · 08-07-2009 5:50pm

We shop at Tesco, Lidl and Aldi, because they're cheaper.
Remember the groceries order, when it was removed did the prices come down did they f*ck. It's about time Dunnes, Quinnsworth and Supervalue, were given a kick up the ar*e.............:mad:

Fighting Irish · 08-07-2009 6:13pm

I want shit cheap, don't care if its irish

cfcj · 08-07-2009 6:33pm

Fighting Irish wrote: »

I want shit cheap, don't care if its irish

or who had to suffer? though many can give you sh*t for free if thats what your after!

cruizer22b · 08-07-2009 6:45pm

Fighting Irish wrote: »

I want shit cheap, don't care if its irish

Me to, if the quality is good or as good thats all that matters to me, Although I shop in Dunnes most of the time now because I find there offers brilliant and the store is not always in bits like the local Tesco.

In saying that Tesco dont seem to be able get a break, if they are expensive they get it from the consumer and if they bring in the good deals / E.U sourced food they get slaughtered to. If European countrys took the same attitude then Ireland would be fooked as most of our food is exported. Plus if I was a farmer id be careful because Tesco are still one of if the largest exporters of Irish food.

Fighting Irish · 08-07-2009 6:47pm

cfcj wrote: »

or who had to suffer? though many can give you sh*t for free if thats what your after!

engrish?

cfcj · 08-07-2009 7:02pm

Fighting Irish wrote: »

engrish?

Sorry I don't know how to convert it into engrish for you... maybe Google Translate can help you lol

cfcj · 08-07-2009 7:08pm

cruizer22b wrote: »

Me to, if the quality is good or as good thats all that matters to me, Although I shop in Dunnes most of the time now because I find there offers brilliant and the store is not always in bits like the local Tesco.

In saying that Tesco dont seem to be able get a break, if they are expensive they get it from the consumer and if they bring in the good deals / E.U sourced food they get slaughtered to. If European countrys took the same attitude then Ireland would be fooked as most of our food is exported. Plus if I was a farmer id be careful because Tesco are still one of if the largest exporters of Irish food.

So basically accept what Tesco says or just go out of business. Poor Tesco... they just can't get a brake! tsk, if only they could continue to get on with the great work they do and great service they provide to everyone at the expense of the farmers you mention and the poor workers at their mercy in Bangledesh, South Korea and Thailand! If only people would just ignore all that and take the word they vomit out through their press agency.

cruizer22b · 08-07-2009 7:19pm

cfcj wrote: »

So basically accept what Tesco says or just go out of business. Poor Tesco... they just can't get a brake! tsk, if only they could continue to get on with the great work they do and great service they provide to everyone at the expense of the farmers you mention and the poor workers at their mercy in Bangledesh, South Korea and Thailand! If only people would just ignore all that and take the word they vomit out through their press agency.

Tesco can buy what they want from where they want and even the strong over the top tactics of the farmers wont change that aslong as people get value for money. If some farmers go out of business its not Tesco's problem, why would they care. Im sure Dunnes and Superquinn are the same. And ive no idea if Tesco run sweat shops, id hope not though. Im sure they are not under any obligation to buy from Irsih suppliers. That would be a poor business move if they can get a product of equel quality for cheaper somewhere else. Notice the IF.

cfcj · 08-07-2009 8:18pm

cruizer22b wrote: »

Tesco can buy what they want from where they want and even the strong over the top tactics of the farmers wont change that aslong as people get value for money. If some farmers go out of business its not Tesco's problem, why would they care. Im sure Dunnes and Superquinn are the same. And ive no idea if Tesco run sweat shops, id hope not though. Im sure they are not under any obligation to buy from Irsih suppliers. That would be a poor business move if they can get a product of equel quality for cheaper somewhere else. Notice the IF.

Tesco buys from suppliers who run sweat shops, fact!. This has been exposed by Channel 4 news. Primark Ltd and Tesco are two companies trading in Ireland that have been exposed at this. And being a customer of either company means you support this process, ignorance is not an excuse. If you have any evidence of any other companies that currently also use sweat shops then you can present it. I don't defend any of the supermarkets. There is little or no investigation from the Irish media into this practice here.

As for your other uninformed drivel then please go and understand how Tesco has treated its suppliers both here in Ireland and in the UK. I don't see any reports claiming that any other supermarket chain have demanded the same cuts in prices from suppliers. The issue is not that Irish suppliers should be given preferential treatment it is that they are not bullied into ensuring that Tesco retain the profit margins in Ireland. It is not the suppliers who are charging the end consumer the high prices that Irish people have to pay in supermarkets here and if you were to find out the cost price of each item you buy in Tesco maybe you would have a different view. Then go and examine how Irish suppliers or indeed any supplier in the UK can operate and make a profit. Something which seems acceptable for Tesco but not for the suppliers.

mcwhirter · 08-07-2009 8:31pm

StealthRolex wrote: »

They're not just removing Irish products now. It seems that after a visit from their UK price coordinator a couple of weeks back they are increasing the prices on some stock that other retailers do not carry.

As an example, Cravendale filtered milk was €2.45 for 2lt. Ok, it's a little expensive but it does taste better and lasts longer than other offerings.

Current price €2.45 for 1Lt and 2Lt bottles are no longer available.

Now that's Tesco at their Finest

That milk cost £1.66 last time I was up in the north. Where do they get the exchange rate from?

cfcj · 08-07-2009 8:35pm

mcwhirter wrote: »

That milk cost £1.66 last time I was up in the north. Where do they get the exchange rate from?

from Tesco credit card silly!

Shame on Tesco - Removing Irish Brands from its Stores

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