Tesco Fraudulent advertising

Voltex

Im sure most of us are aware of the Tesco "Buy me I'm Irish" promotion.
Basically ther pick out a number of products that they claim are Irish produced and tag them with this label at shelf level with a nice tri-colour giving the impression they product is from the irish republic.

Having taken a closer look at some of thier products I discoverd an error in a particluar store where some products produced in Northern Ireland were tagged with the BuyMe I'm Irish promo. I sent a mail to the Tesco customer service centre and the reply I got is listed below.

to my shock I dicovered whats described in my proceeding mail this evening.
What is amounts to is nothing short of a fraud and deception.

DFM

G,

Thank you for the response to my query. I presumed that following my email, Tesco would have made a point of ensuring that the products they have merchandised in their stores were being done so in a fair and honest manner going forward, whilst allowing that a certain time frame would be required to facilitate such. So I'm sure that you will understand my surprise and almost shock, when shopping in your Lucan store I discovered the following all listed as "Buy Me I'm Irish":

• Tesco Giant Baps (prominent statement to front of packaging stating Produced in Northern Ireland).
• Tesco light choices Hot Cross Buns (produced in United Kingdom).
• Tesco Value Pancakes (produced in the United Kingdom).
• Tesco Value soda farls ( produced in Northern Ireland).
• Howell House Snowy Joes (produced in Northern Ireland)
• Rankin cinnamon and raisin Soda (produced in Northern Ireland).
• Rankin irish fruit soda (produced in Northern Ireland)

I can understand to a point that given the enormous number of SKU's any Tesco store may deal with, private label products could be mislabelled...but the relatively high number of Tesco own brand products being falsely advertised as being Irish would suggest to me that there is a systematic attempt to deceive and mislead the Irish consumer.
I feel that this issue is not a minor one of a mistake on a duty managers part...but an attempt by Irelands leading multiple, at an executive level, to disguise the fact that the level of Irish produced product on their shelves is being reduced (as I understand it, Group Corporate Buying has almost entirely moved to the United Kingdom, with exception of Bakery).
To this end I have felt the need to copy our correspondence to leading Irish National media.

Kind regards

DFM

> Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:53:01 +0000
> From: customer.service@tesco.co.uk
> To: @hotmail.com
> Subject: TES7321972X Re: Misleading Tesco Merchandising
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> Dear D
>
> Firstly, I would like to apologise for the delay with my response.
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> Please let me assure you that we will always try to respond to our customers’ queries in a timely manner and I am sorry that this has not happened on this occasion.
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> I was concerned to learn that on visiting your Celbridge store that, the Ormo "Hi Fibre" Wheaten and Rankin Irish Sodabread were listed under the "Buy Me I'm Irish" tagline and that you have reason to believe these products are not Irish due to the details on the packaging of the Bread.
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> In relation to this, I can assure you that we would never intentionally mislead any of our customers and I can assure you that intensive research is done when listing a product.
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> However, I have fully logged your concerns regarding this issue and passed details of your complaint onto Mary the Duty Manager.
> She has assured me that this will be investigated further and addressed accordingly.
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> I would like to thank you for taking the time to contact us and if I can help you any further please don't hesitate to contact me at customer.service@tesco.co.uk quoting TES7321972X.
>
> Kind Regards
>
>
> G
> Customer Service Manager
> Tesco Customer Service
>
>
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>

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Original Message

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> From: "F@hotmail.com>
> Date: 14 February 2010
> Subject: Misleading Tesco Merchandising
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> Dear Sir/Madam,
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> On a recent shopping trip to your Celbridge Store, I was most surprised to notice, on the pre-packaged breads, the following products listed under the "Buy Me I'm Irish" tagline:
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> Ormo "Hi Fibre" Wheaten.
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> Rankin Irish Sodabread.
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> On closer inspection of the products labels it states the company's offices are both located in Northern Ireland...United Kingdom!!...not Republic of Ireland as the tagline and the underlying tricolour insinuates
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> This type of branding/advertising/merchandising is unfair to the discerning consumer and I would ask that Tesco ceases this practice.
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> Kind regards
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> DFM
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ejmaztec

Northern Ireland's Irish enough for me.


I remember the Guaranteed Irish campaign that was here years ago, before Tesco showed up, and particularly remember the Guaranteed Irish orange juice. I always wondered where they got the fruit from.

dudara

They are Irish - or are you forgetting that there are 6 other counties on the island of Ireland?

The people up there may be British citizens, but they are no less Irish than you or I.

They're just not 'Republic of Irish'

IrishTonyO

dudara wrote: »

They are Irish - or are you forgetting that there are 6 other counties on the island of Ireland?

The people up there may be British citizens, but they are no less Irish than you or I.

They're just not 'Republic of Irish'

But the point is they place a republic of Ireland flag on these products

Voltex

regardless of your opinion or feelings on the whole N.irish issue....the fact remains that the 6 counties of N.ireland are part of the United Kingdom Of Great Britian and Northern Ireland. Taxes paid are for the benefit of her Majestys Goverment....to serve the population of GB...not the republic of Ireland.

Northern Ireland does not fly the Tri-colour...so why use this as a mechanisim to replace Irish food manufactuers?

Tesco is trying to hide the fact that they are replacing Irish suppliers with british ones. Take a look down the cold meats isle. IMHO Carroll meats is the mainstay of irish cold meat producers...but look at the fact they now occupy a tiny shelf space in comparison with mainland UK manufactuers.

looksee

I suppose they could have 'Buy me I'm Irish' and a Union Flag on the label of things made in the North, then it would be correct either way

GerardKeating

IrishTonyO wrote: »

But the point is they place a republic of Ireland flag on these products

the Tri-colour actually predates the Republic of Ireland, some people "up north" fly it on occasion.

ztoical

GerardKeating wrote: »

the Tri-colour actually predates the Republic of Ireland, some people "up north" fly it on occasion.

That may be the case but it is recognized as the flag of the republic of Ireland not the island of Ireland. Have to agree with the OP Northern Irish is a different country. Regardless of wither people feel the whole island is one country the fact is, at this point in time, it isn't. Alot of peoples motivation for buying Irish products would be to support local jobs which products from Northern Ireland do not do.

Tesco should either alter there advertising or make it clear in said advertising that items marked as "Irish" could be sourced from the whole island of Ireland and not just the Republic.

Magenta

A product doesn't have to be produced in Ireland to be labelled as "Irish".
If it is packaged here, it can be labelled as Irish.

ballsymchugh

agree with magenta, paulo tullio was on newstalk last week talking about labelling of food. there's a big difference between smoked irish salmon, and irish smoked salmon, but both can have the tricolour on them.
the rest of the stuff he said was really really scary!!

dudara

I can see your argument with regard to use of the tricolour. That could be interpreted as meaning Republic of Ireland.

I wouldn't however, call the advertising 'fraudulent' as that implies criminality. I would instead call it 'misleading'.

If I were in your position, I would register a complaint with the ASAI - they're quite good at processing complaints.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

While I accept the point made by the OP, I cannot say it's fraud. It's a mistake!
To be honest I think the whole thing is a bit petty.

Xterminator

the tricolor is used by republicans in Ni. So its incorrect to say its ROI only

its advertised as 'by me im irish' and not 'by me im ROI-irish. '

so i think there is a bit of an assumption on the part of the OP here.

Also just to mention, this is more of an industry wide issue, not just tesco related. I'm sure if tesco didn run the 'buy me im irish' campaign, that would have far worse ramifications for us. So damned if they do, and damned if they dont it appears.

Dymo

Magenta wrote: »

A product doesn't have to be produced in Ireland to be labelled as "Irish".
If it is packaged here, it can be labelled as Irish.

Exactly, everyone associates Lyons tea with Ireland but I don't recall seeing any tea trees in Ireland.

keithclancy

I got 'Irish butter' in my local supermarket in Duesseldorf.



Made at the factory in Neukirchen-Vluyn....

I FEEL DECEIVED !!!!

rubadub

Misleading marketing!?! well I never... Next you'll be telling me those products are really not "new & improved"

If you want the REAL info on a product it is in the small print on the back, ignore all big fonts on the front and signs in the aisles.

bladespin

Someone's trolling Tesco's lol.

Don't see any issue, the products are made in Ireland after all.

kowloon

I thought the guaranteed Irish scheme and similar existed to promote produce from this country, as in this nation state. I doubt it has anything to do with nationalism and the north. Otherwise it's no different to buying from Spain or Austria.

IrishTonyO

bladespin wrote: »

Someone's trolling Tesco's lol.

Don't see any issue, the products are made in Ireland after all.

How are pancakes and bread made in the UK, Irish?????

Magenta

Dymo wrote: »

Exactly, everyone associates Lyons tea with Ireland but I don't recall seeing any tea trees in Ireland.

Plenty of Yorkshire Terriers and German Shepherds in the country... they are misleading too

bladespin

IrishTonyO wrote: »

How are pancakes and bread made in the UK, Irish?????

Made in Northern Ireland, still part of Ireland (not getting into the politics) so they're certainly Irish.

IrishTonyO

bladespin wrote: »

Made in Northern Ireland, still part of Ireland (not getting into the politics) so they're certainly Irish.

These are 2 products listed as made in the UK the others are listed as made in Northern Ireland

bladespin

IrishTonyO wrote: »

These are 2 products listed as made in the UK the others are listed as made in Northern Ireland

Ah, well everyone can make mistakes wouldn't hold that against them.

Voltex

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom

Iv just dropped that in there for all those who think Northern Ireland is a part of the Republic of Ireland

...and of course the union flag which is the only flag with offical staus in Northern Ireland ( not the tricolour as someone mentioned).

the tricolor is used by republicans in Ni. So its incorrect to say its ROI only

its advertised as 'by me im irish' and not 'by me im ROI-irish. '

so i think there is a bit of an assumption on the part of the OP here.

Also just to mention, this is more of an industry wide issue, not just tesco related. I'm sure if tesco didn run the 'buy me im irish' campaign, that would have far worse ramifications for us. So damned if they do, and damned if they dont it appears

...so what your saying is that Tesco have joined in the political debate on Northern Irelands status by validating the offical use of the tri-colour to associate Northern Irish produced product as Irish/32 countyish??

I think we had better scoot off to the DUP,UUP,UK Independence Party and see what they all have to say about that.

Heres another way of looking at it....why does anyone think Tesco bothered with this promotion?...why did they bother spending time concieving the concept...rolling it out on a national store wide level...spending the money having the fliers printed...spending the money on its staff placing these fluttering labels all over thier isles if they didnt think for one moment that there would be a commerical benefit!!!!..of course they did...because they know..that there is a significat portion of the Irish consumer cohort that makes a concerted effort to purchase locally or irish produced product (as distinct from Irish origin Mr lyons tea bag, orange juice poster).

brian ireland

I was in Tesco Clare Hall a while back. They had a big display in the fruit & Veg section claiming it all to be Irish fruit and veg.
My mother was with me, she took out a tomato and removed the stem and smelt it. She told me that they were not Irish as she says Irish tomatoes have a distinctive smell, she said get the manager.
I said leave it out Ma! they will think you are bonkers. She got the manager and told him what she thought, he went off, came back and said he apologised and they were put there by mistake and the were Dutch . Don't know if they ever changed the stock, but I guess not.

They are good at mistakes in their favor.

Del2005

Voltex wrote: »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom

Iv just dropped that in there for all those who think Northern Ireland is a part of the Republic of Ireland

...and of course the union flag which is the only flag with offical staus in Northern Ireland ( not the tricolour as someone mentioned).


...so what your saying is that Tesco have joined in the political debate on Northern Irelands status by validating the offical use of the tri-colour to associate Northern Irish produced product as Irish/32 countyish??

I think we had better scoot off to the DUP,UUP,UK Independence Party and see what they all have to say about that.

Heres another way of looking at it....why does anyone think Tesco bothered with this promotion?...why did they bother spending time concieving the concept...rolling it out on a national store wide level...spending the money having the fliers printed...spending the money on its staff placing these fluttering labels all over thier isles if they didnt think for one moment that there would be a commerical benefit!!!!..of course they did...because they know..that there is a significat portion of the Irish consumer cohort that makes a concerted effort to purchase locally or irish produced product (as distinct from Irish origin Mr lyons tea bag, orange juice poster).

If people are so worried about buying Republic of Ireland only products why are they shopping in Tesco and not Dunnes or Superquinn? Surely by supporting a native Irish supermarket they'd be more supportive of RoI, since all the profit that Tesco makes is taken out of the country.

If you are really worried about where something is made then check the back of it and it'll tell you. There have been plenty of threads here about special offers but the product on special isn't close to the sticker. You need to verify for yourself which product is on special same as the "Irish" products in Tesco.

Voltex

just in case...for those who dont know what promotion Im on about..see attached a picture of the tesco light choices hotcross buns..that have Produced in the UK printed on the back

Voltex

Del2005 wrote: »

If people are so worried about buying Republic of Ireland only products why are they shopping in Tesco and not Dunnes or Superquinn? Surely by supporting a native Irish supermarket they'd be more supportive of RoI, since all the profit that Tesco makes is taken out of the country.

If you are really worried about where something is made then check the back of it and it'll tell you. There have been plenty of threads here about special offers but the product on special isn't close to the sticker. You need to verify for yourself which product is on special same as the "Irish" products in Tesco.

so the mitigating factor in Tescos ball of lies..is that if we wanted to be sure we were buying Irish..we should have checked the packet, as opposed to trusting what this major multi national multiple was telling us??

Guys...theres no getting away from the fact that Tesco are misleading irish consumers. I cant wait to hear the reasoned argument defending the promo flier on the pic I posted!!

Voltex

http://new.breakingnews.ie/archives/2009/1211/ireland/tesco-to-sue-dunnes-for-alleged-misleading-adverts-437940.html

Pot...kettle....black....all words that come to mind!!

Joey the lips

To me northern irish is irish. I am a nationalist. As for those who say the money goes to the englis govt where do you think tesco profits go...

ejmaztec wrote: »

Northern Ireland's Irish enough for me.


I remember the Guaranteed Irish campaign that was here years ago, before Tesco showed up, and particularly remember the Guaranteed Irish orange juice. I always wondered where they got the fruit from.

it was concentrate reproduced as juice in cabra by fruit juices/batchelors.

Dymo wrote: »

Exactly, everyone associates Lyons tea with Ireland but I don't recall seeing any tea trees in Ireland.

Same as the bathcelors story above. Bought in bulk...Mixed and packaged.


It also happens with most of our eggs. They are stamped uk but from northen ireland.



With the amount of people using aldi.lidl I dont imagine many care.

IrishTonyO

Joey the lips wrote: »

To me northern irish is irish. I am a nationalist. As for those who say the money goes to the englis govt where do you think tesco profits go...

Well no offence but they are using the national flag of the republic of Ireland on the promotion. As regards where the money goes, yes Tesco's profits go to the UK, but the money they paid for Irish goods goes to Irish suppliers and the tax goes to the Irish government and the salaries go to Irish citizens.


it was concentrate reproduced as juice in cabra by fruit juices/batchelors.



Same as the bathcelors story above. Bought in bulk...Mixed and packaged.


It also happens with most of our eggs. They are stamped uk but from northen ireland.

Rightly so Northern Ireland is part of the UK.


With the amount of people using aldi.lidl I dont imagine many care.

Think you will find Aldi and Lidl also sell Irish products

I think also you will find most people when they see the tricolour on a product or promoting a product, assume that the product is made where the flag symbolises, i.e. the Republic of Ireland, and rightly so.......

Voltex

Joey the lips wrote: »

To me northern irish is irish. I am a nationalist. As for those who say the money goes to the englis govt where do you think tesco profits go...



it was concentrate reproduced as juice in cabra by fruit juices/batchelors.



Same as the bathcelors story above. Bought in bulk...Mixed and packaged.


It also happens with most of our eggs. They are stamped uk but from northen ireland.



With the amount of people using aldi.lidl I dont imagine many care.

thats great...so if I start paying €6 p/h min.wage it should be ok?..in fact if we just forget about the euro and adopt Sterling..it should all be good!
If the department of SW cut the dole to €60 per week..that should be ok?
if we all swear allegence to her majesty..that should also be ok?
If we all carry the Royle Standard on our Passports...that should be ok?

your point can be reversed with the above effects!!...so you can see its pointless making the argument that N.Ireland is the same as Ireland...when quite clearly it isint!!

Joey the lips

IrishTonyO wrote: »

I think also you will find most people when they see the tricolour on a product or promoting a product, assume that the product is made where the flag symbolises, i.e. the Republic of Ireland, and rightly so.......

lol.... I would say half of the worlds ornaments and tourist flags are made in china and tbh... i dont imagine many care.

I buy local fruit and veg where possible and from reputable irish labels like Brennans Flavens and GreenIsle. That is the only way I can be sure its irish...

But own brand labeled irish... Yeah right... would not trust it in a million years.

Voltex

Joey the lips wrote: »

lol.... I would say half of the worlds ornaments and tourist flags are made in china and tbh... i dont imagine many care.

I buy local fruit and veg where possible and from reputable irish labels like Brennans Flavens and GreenIsle. That is the only way I can be sure its irish...

But own brand labeled irish... Yeah right... would not trust it in a million years.

Its just blatant lies!!!...I wouldnt mind if they were using some sort of fancy marketing ploy to make fools of us...but they arent...they wont even give us that credit...they are just telling dammed lies!!!!!!!

Voltex

a few more photos of Tesco lies!

jhegarty

Voltex wrote: »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom

Iv just dropped that in there for all those who think Northern Ireland is a part of the Republic of Ireland

...and of course the union flag which is the only flag with offical staus in Northern Ireland ( not the tricolour as someone mentioned).


...so what your saying is that Tesco have joined in the political debate on Northern Irelands status by validating the offical use of the tri-colour to associate Northern Irish produced product as Irish/32 countyish??

I think we had better scoot off to the DUP,UUP,UK Independence Party and see what they all have to say about that.

Heres another way of looking at it....why does anyone think Tesco bothered with this promotion?...why did they bother spending time concieving the concept...rolling it out on a national store wide level...spending the money having the fliers printed...spending the money on its staff placing these fluttering labels all over thier isles if they didnt think for one moment that there would be a commerical benefit!!!!..of course they did...because they know..that there is a significat portion of the Irish consumer cohort that makes a concerted effort to purchase locally or irish produced product (as distinct from Irish origin Mr lyons tea bag, orange juice poster).

You are mistaking Ireland, for the Republic Of Ireland.

The first is an island on the west coast of Europe , the other is a country that doesn't use that whole area.


Well done tesco tbh.

IrishTonyO

jhegarty wrote: »

You are mistaking Ireland, for the Republic Of Ireland.

The first is an island on the west coast of Europe , the other is a country that doesn't use that whole area.


Well done tesco tbh.

Then Tesco are making the same mistake using the flag of the Republic of Ireland on products not made there. I don;t see how you can congratulate them on misleading the public. The tricolour is the flag of the Republic of Ireland not the island of Ireland

Voltex

jhegarty wrote: »

You are mistaking Ireland, for the Republic Of Ireland.

The first is an island on the west coast of Europe , the other is a country that doesn't use that whole area.


Well done tesco tbh.

and would you agree that the National flag of the Irish Republic is identicle to the one Tesco have used in their promo?

well done Tesco alright...

rubadub

Voltex wrote: »

if we wanted to be sure we were buying Irish..we should have checked the packet

Yes, this goes for anyshops, the only reason I look at marketing stuff is for a good laugh at the sh!te they expect me to believe.

Voltex wrote: »

I cant wait to hear the reasoned argument defending the promo flier on the pic I posted!!

I would say its most likely a mistake, some 16 year old lad who couldn't give a crap about his job could have put it up when he was given a handful of them and told to put them up. You would swear the head of tesco snuck it in and put it up, those evil Irish hating bastards. This thread might be better moved here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=576

I think we could do with a "I hate tesco" forum, it would be very popular. I posted in bargain alerts that tesco were selling 15 bounties for €3.25, 22cent each and some bizarre tesco hating troll came along to say it was not worth of posting in bargain alert!

IrishTonyO

rubadub wrote: »

Yes, this goes for anyshops, the only reason I look at marketing stuff is for a good laugh at the sh!te they expect me to believe.

I would say its most likely a mistake, some 16 year old lad who couldn't give a crap about his job could have put it up when he was given a handful of them and told to put them up. You would swear the head of tesco snuck it in and put it up, those evil Irish hating bastards. This thread might be better moved here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=576

I think we could do with a "I hate tesco" forum, it would be very popular. I posted in bargain alerts that tesco were selling 15 bounties for €3.25, 22cent each and some bizarre tesco hating troll came along to say it was not worth of posting in bargain alert!

Yeah he was ridiculous saying 15 snickers for €3.25 wasn't a bargain cause he could get 7 for €1.99 in Dunnes (whioch is dearer and also a special offer) and then went off on a Tesco rant

Voltex

rubadub wrote: »

Yes, this goes for anyshops, the only reason I look at marketing stuff is for a good laugh at the sh!te they expect me to believe.

I would say its most likely a mistake, some 16 year old lad who couldn't give a crap about his job could have put it up when he was given a handful of them and told to put them up. You would swear the head of tesco snuck it in and put it up, those evil Irish hating bastards. This thread might be better moved here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=576

I think we could do with a "I hate tesco" forum, it would be very popular. I posted in bargain alerts that tesco were selling 15 bounties for €3.25, 22cent each and some bizarre tesco hating troll came along to say it was not worth of posting in bargain alert!

Without trying to put too fine a point on it...your reasoned argument is total rubbish...but ill humour your opinion. Regardless of who placed the fliers...due diligence requires that adverts,promotions, and product descriptors are un-ambiguous, clear, and not likely to mislead, something Tesco haveclearly side stepped on.

And tbh...I am little more amture than to be motivated by a "I hate Tesco"
slant!!! What I dont like...its to be dupped into parting with my hard earned cash under false pretences!!

Del2005

Voltex wrote: »

Without trying to put too fine a point on it...your reasoned argument is total rubbish...but ill humour your opinion. Regardless of who placed the fliers...due diligence requires that adverts,promotions, and product descriptors are un-ambiguous, clear, and not likely to mislead, something Tesco haveclearly side stepped on.

And tbh...I am little more amture than to be motivated by a "I hate Tesco"
slant!!! What I dont like...its to be dupped into parting with my hard earned cash under false pretences!!

Have you contacted the ASAI about this? There's no point in posting here and not following up if you care so much.

Magenta

Del2005 wrote: »

Have you contacted the ASAI about this? There's no point in posting here and not following up if you care so much.

Also, OP, if you care so much, then go into all your local shops and supermarkets and complain...it's happening everywhere.

91011

Such nonsense about so little.

Tesco have about 30,000 items in stock and some items are promoted as Irish. So what if they're made in northern Ireland - to many this is still Irish.

Did you know that Lyons tea is not made / packed in Ireland
Jacobs Biscuits are not made in Ireland
Waterford Crystal is not made in Waterford
Chivers Jams are not made in Ireland




I dispise this anti-tesco attitude too many people have. Yes, Tesco is based in the UK but it is a Public company and most pension funds would have a shareholding. So the chances are whilst the profits go into the uk, they are then spread out amongst all shareholders possibly including granny nora in tralee if she has a private pension.

ch750536

91011 wrote: »

Such nonsense about so little.

Tesco have about 30,000 items in stock and some items are promoted as Irish. So what if they're made in northern Ireland - to many this is still Irish.

Did you know that Lyons tea is not made / packed in Ireland
Jacobs Biscuits are not made in Ireland
Waterford Crystal is not made in Waterford
Chivers Jams are not made in Ireland




I dispise this anti-tesco attitude too many people have. Yes, Tesco is based in the UK but it is a Public company and most pension funds would have a shareholding. So the chances are whilst the profits go into the uk, they are then spread out amongst all shareholders possibly including granny nora in tralee if she has a private pension.

Think the point was that some of the items dont come from either northern or republic of, which I wouldnt mind personally. They use this to sell to the customer, which chivers don't do, along with lyons. Its one thing to imply an irish company its another to say 'Buy me I'm Irish' when it then says 'Made in Nottingham, UK'. About as Irish as me.

Magenta

ch750536 wrote: »

Think the point was that some of the items dont come from either northern or republic of, which I wouldnt mind personally. They use this to sell to the customer, which chivers don't do, along with lyons. Its one thing to imply an irish company its another to say 'Buy me I'm Irish' when it then says 'Made in Nottingham, UK'. About as Irish as me.

I was just about to post "I bet there'll be a "Stop buying from (English) Tesco and start shopping in an Irish store" post when I saw your sig :rolleyes:

snuggles09

just read page one and 3 and i've some pain in my head..can't believe someone actually went in with a camera, took the pictures and posted them here..bored?:rolleyes:

Magenta

snuggles09 wrote: »

just read page one and 3 and i've some pain in my head..can't believe someone actually went in with a camera, took the pictures and posted them here..bored?:rolleyes:

If he went into any other shop he would find the exact same thing but this is only scandalous because Tesco are English-owned. *yawn*

IrishTonyO

Magenta wrote: »

If he went into any other shop he would find the exact same thing but this is only scandalous because Tesco are English-owned. *yawn*

what stores and products???? Or are you just making assumptions?

Magenta

IrishTonyO wrote: »

what stores and products???? Or are you just making assumptions?

Any store that sells "Irish" products... Although I'm not going to go round taking photos, I have too many hobbies.

IrishTonyO

Magenta wrote: »

Any store that sells "Irish" products... Although I'm not going to go round taking photos, I have too many hobbies.

So you ARE just making assumptions then.