I thought everyone should know...

TheInquisitor

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!

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...

Jax Teller

Every little helps

mstan

Dis madness must end soon

admiralofthefleet

yeah i was reading that in centra earlier :pac:

Mint Sauce

Shocking stuff indeed OP.

Brenireland

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

skipz

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

rebel10

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

Little Acorn

"they took our jobs Quinnsworth!"
rabble rabble....

bmarley

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

admiralofthefleet

Little Acorn wrote: »

"they took our jobs Quinnsworth!"
rabble rabble....

and crazy prices

TPD

rebel10 wrote: »

Tesco vs Denmark

Was going to post that myself. Shocking stuff.

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.

Latchy

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 .

stovelid

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

That's terrible, OP.

Autosport

I love Tesco

Pauleta

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

Fratton Fred

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.

TheInquisitor

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!

Mike 1972

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 ?

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 .

Mint Sauce

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

landsleaving

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

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! :pac::pac:

Snakeblood

Ghost Buster wrote: »

Any Tesco churches?
Imagine what you could get on the loyalty cards...

Bummed?

Latchy

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 .

Alter-Ego

I for one welcome our new supermarket overlords.

PeteEd

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!"

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.

mickydoomsux

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.

Mike 1972

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 ?

Turtyturd

bmarley wrote: »

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

Yeah lets support the people who rip us off because they are local.

Svetti Arss

Autosport wrote: »

I love Tesco

When they have wiped out the local baker, the local butcher, the local garage, the local newsagent, the local greengrocer and bought up every bit of land in your town to prevent any competition whatsoever and then up their prices I wonder will you still love Tesco.

I hate Tesco they are corporate scum. Every little helps my arse should be "Every little helps us"

dj jarvis

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

oh yes they sell food , but study's i have invented for dramatic point scoring indicate that the food they sell tends to be ****e , they sell more unhealthy salt and trans fat filled crap than all the other chancers sell..... FACT

and lets all face the elephant in the room !!! tesco backwards spells ocset :eek:

bring back h williams

Mike 1972

^^ Your Avatar and that post seem to sit well together

Autosport wrote: »

I love Tesco

I used to love them although maybe its my imagination but they seem to have become a bit shyte over the last ten years or so.

All part of their plan no doubt ?

hardcore

TheInquisitor wrote: »

Lads tesco is taking over EVERYTHING over here in England. Its crazy

If only they would take over governments, I'd vote them in anytime

Mike 1972

hardcore wrote: »

If only they would take over governments, I'd vote them in anytime

How much do the donate to the Tories/Lib Dems/Labour ?

It maybe that they (and you) already have ?

Pete M.

keysersoze_88 wrote: »

Every little hurts

FYP

Fcuk the Tescopoly I say.

They ain't doing anyone but themselves any favours.

r3nu4l

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 .

Latchy wrote: »

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 .

My local Asda has pumps at the store, not miles away Thankfully it's pay at pump ONLY so no waiting for some idiot to arse around in the shop buying chocolates, pot noodles and the Sun before paying.

Turtyturd

I wonder if Tesco will start doing cheap laser eye surgery.

silverspoon

I've noticed Tesco get steadily more expensive for steadily sh*ttier products over the last while. But then that's not a trend limited to Tesco. There's better value to be had in Dunnes really, and the stuff in Dunnes is better (not saying it's great but it's better than Tesco!)

landsleaving

Mike 1972 wrote: »

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

I keep asking myself that same question.

landsleaving

mickydoomsux wrote: »

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.

Yes, but they sell most of their products for the same price as everywhere else, every other supermarket anyway. People just seem to assume they're cheaper.

It strikes me that the same people who say 'that's capitalism' are those who'll say we need more Irish businesses to create jobs. (not directed at you Micky btw, just in general)

xoxyx

I've been thinking the same. Tesco does mobile phones now, insurance, loans... What's next!?! I predict that, in a few years' time, we'll have nothing but Tesco Starbucks, Tesco Subway and Tesco Tesco - which sells everything else.

I'm cool with this though - I love Tesco!!!

Mike 1972

xoxyx wrote: »

What's next!?! I predict that, in a few years' time, we'll have nothing but Tesco Starbucks, Tesco Subway and Tesco Tesco - which sells everything else.

Tesco headshop :pac:

fproviders

Another monopoly...

Gunsfortoys

If it was up to boards, we would still be driving a cart and using horses to plough fields.

Latchy

r3nu4l wrote: »

My local Asda has pumps at the store, not miles away Thankfully it's pay at pump ONLY so no waiting for some idiot to arse around in the shop buying chocolates, pot noodles and the Sun before paying.

My local ASDA's the equivalent to a Walmart ......it's fooking huge so maybe they didn't have enough space for the petrol pump

MistyCheese

Tesco's is cheaper.

hardcore

At least they dont treat there employee's like slaves, take a look at Aldi and Lidl for that. I find them grand to be honest as theyre the cheapest place I can get my shopping done in.

brianthebard

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

and crazy prices

yes our prices are much better now; http://www.saveafewbob.ie/eu-grocery-survey/