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  • 23-02-2011 9:15pm
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    TheInquisitor
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    Lads tesco is taking over EVERYTHING over here in England. Its crazy

    They have their massive tesco's, then tesco expresses and now they have the one stop shop, a little corner shop. I mean they are hitting every area on the map.

    But now i hear something really scary. Because they are so big into fuel now they have started getting contracts from Shell, Total etc to supply all the fuel to the garages. However for any independent garages supplied by these companies Shell is charging them 2p for delivery...This is when they are only making 3p a litre! 3 garages in 20 miles have closed down in the past 3 weeks!

    Tis' Madness!
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    Ghost Buster
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,172 ✭✭✭Ghost Buster


    TheInquisitor wrote: »
    Lads tesco is taking over EVERYTHING over here in England. Its crazy

    They have their massive tesco's, then tesco expresses and now they have the one stop shop, a little corner shop. I mean they are hitting every area on the map.

    But now i hear something really scary. Because they are so big into fuel now they have started getting contracts from Shell, Total etc to supply all the fuel to the garages. However for any independent garages supplied by these companies Shell is charging them 2p for delivery...This is when they are only making 3p a litre! 3 garages in 20 miles have closed down in the past 3 weeks!

    Tis' Madness!
    Any Tesco churches?
    Imagine what you could get on the loyalty cards...


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    Jax Teller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,763 ✭✭✭Jax Teller


    Every little helps


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    mstan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 286 ✭✭mstan


    Dis madness must end soon


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    admiralofthefleet
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    yeah i was reading that in centra earlier :pac:


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    Mint Sauce
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    Shocking stuff indeed OP.


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    Brenireland
    Registered Users Posts: 1,363 ✭✭✭Brenireland


    Oh cheers,thank's for letting me know,going to get started on my Tesco Resistant Bunker.


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    skipz
    Registered Users Posts: 671 ✭✭✭skipz


    I feel a protest coming on........where's the bandwagon?


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    rebel10
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfSi0D7KESk


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    Little Acorn
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    "they took our jobs Quinnsworth!"
    rabble rabble....
    :)


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    bmarley
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    I urge you to support your local businesses...even if they do charge more!


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    admiralofthefleet
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    Little Acorn wrote: »
    "they took our jobs Quinnsworth!"
    rabble rabble....
    :)

    and crazy prices


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    TPD
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    rebel10 wrote: »
    Tesco vs Denmark

    Was going to post that myself. Shocking stuff.


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    rebel10
    Registered Users Posts: 2,047 ✭✭✭rebel10


    TPD wrote: »
    Was going to post that myself. Shocking stuff.
    Well, I suppose we have been warned. The only man alive that would be crazy enough to stand up to them would be Gaddafi. I live in fear.


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    Latchy
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    Sainsburys are they only other supermarket chain I know that sells petrol at uk stores so maybe it all part and parcel of the competition .


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    stovelid
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    I'd buy my petrol from Colonel Gaddafi if it was cheaper.

    That's terrible, OP.


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    Autosport
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    I love Tesco :D


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    #18
    Pauleta
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    Tesco employ loads of people and provide affordable food but of course left wing loons dont like them because they hate successful companies. Employment and affordable food = Evil :confused:


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    Fratton Fred
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    Latchy wrote: »
    Sainsburys are they only other supermarket chain I know that sells petrol at uk stores so maybe it all part and parcel of the competition .

    Asda do as well.


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    TheInquisitor
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    Latchy wrote: »
    Sainsburys are they only other supermarket chain I know that sells petrol at uk stores so maybe it all part and parcel of the competition .

    Asda and Morrisons and Waitrose.

    Btw i am in no way left wing but there is a serious competition issue here when one group controls so much of the market!


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    Mike 1972
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    I dont know why there is so much vitriol directed at Tesco when the evilness of their main competior in the UK Asda rarely gets a mention in this side of the Atlantic ?


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    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    TheInquisitor wrote: »
    Asda and Morrisons and Waitrose.

    Btw i am in no way left wing but there is a serious competition issue here when one group controls so much of the market!

    Fratton Fred wrote: »
    Asda do as well.

    I should know that cos I'm in the large ASDA superstore at least once a fortnight but the petrol pumps at separate location a few miles away .


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    Mint Sauce
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    Latchy wrote: »
    Sainsburys are they only other supermarket chain I know that sells petrol at uk stores so maybe it all part and parcel of the competition .

    Its not a new thing, tesco's have been selling fuel 13/14+ years


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    landsleaving
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    Pauleta wrote: »
    Tesco employ loads of people and provide affordable food but of course left wing loons dont like them because they hate successful companies. Employment and affordable food = Evil :confused:

    Well because they open huge stores that crush their competition, leaving peope unemployed. If they then go to work in Tesco they're likely to be paid a lot less. Plus local indigenous businesses can't compete with such large companies, despite most likely having superior quality products. Tesco's 'affordable' food tastes like cardboard and they overcharge for fresh food that's absolutely terrible in comparsion to other shops, both in price and taste, leading to the false assumption that healthy food is more expensive, when in reality it just doesn't have the same profit margin.

    tl:dr, don't mind me, I'm a looooooooon! :confused::pac::confused::pac:


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    Snakeblood
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    Ghost Buster wrote: »
    Any Tesco churches?
    Imagine what you could get on the loyalty cards...

    Bummed?


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    Latchy
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    irish-stew wrote: »
    Its not a new thing, tesco's have been selling fuel 13/14+ years
    Yeah but it's only in recent years they have spread out all over the uk with more and more stores opening in every other neighbourhood and there are several Tesco metro expresss stores near were I am to .


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    Alter-Ego
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    I for one welcome our new supermarket overlords.


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    PeteEd
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    Little Acorn wrote: »
    "they took our jobs Quinnsworth!"
    rabble rabble....
    :)
    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    and crazy prices

    Don't forget Stewarts Supermarket!

    "they took our jobs Wine Barrel!"


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    StupidLikeAFox
    Registered Users Posts: 7,699 ✭✭✭StupidLikeAFox


    landsleaving wrote: »
    Well because they open huge stores that crush their competition, leaving peope unemployed. If they then go to work in Tesco they're likely to be paid a lot less. Plus local indigenous businesses can't compete with such large companies, despite most likely having superior quality products. Tesco's 'affordable' food tastes like cardboard and they overcharge for fresh food that's absolutely terrible in comparsion to other shops, both in price and taste, leading to the false assumption that healthy food is more expensive, when in reality it just doesn't have the same profit margin.

    Theyre only successful because people shop there. They dont take places by force, there are other options but people obviously use tesco for a variety of different reasons.


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    mickydoomsux
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    landsleaving wrote: »
    Well because they open huge stores that crush their competition, leaving peope unemployed. If they then go to work in Tesco they're likely to be paid a lot less. Plus local indigenous businesses can't compete with such large companies, despite most likely having superior quality products. Tesco's 'affordable' food tastes like cardboard and they overcharge for fresh food that's absolutely terrible in comparsion to other shops, both in price and taste, leading to the false assumption that healthy food is more expensive, when in reality it just doesn't have the same profit margin.

    Capitalism in action.

    We don't live in a happy little utopia where some weirdy beardys organic turnip shop can exist in the same town as a supermarket selling the same basic product for half the price.


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    Mike 1972
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    landsleaving wrote: »
    Well because they ...crush their competition, ...local indigenous businesses can't compete with such large companies.....they overcharge for fresh food that's absolutely terrible

    How are they crushing the competition if they are overcharging for inferior products ? :confused:


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