Tesco

cfuserkildare

Just saw on the Sky News website rumour that Tesco are to shut down Deli/Fish/Meat counters.


As they were responsible for Many local butchers closing down, Where will we be able to purchase these products once these counters are closed?

JohnnyFlash

In plastic packaging in chill cabinets.

Having people serve you costs money.

sbsquarepants

cfuserkildare wrote: »

Just saw on the Sky News website rumour that Tesco are to shut down Deli/Fish/Meat counters.


As they were responsible for Many local butchers closing down, Where will we be able to purchase these products once these counters are closed?

Presumably, if people were arsed enough to buy the stuff, they wouldn't be shutting them down would they.

Auguste Comte

In the chill Isle that doesn't need to be manned by a staff member, packaged in plastic and polystyrene.

Vote with your money.

Boom_Bap

Trap and kill what you want to eat.

JohnnyFlash

Most of their stores are grotty kips anyway filled with bored and unfriendly staff. Closing down the meat counter won’t make too much difference to the overall shopping experience.

Auguste Comte

Auguste Comte wrote: »

In the chill Isle that doesn't need to be manned by a staff member, packaged in plastic and polystyrene.

Vote with your money.

That's the problem, people are voting with their money and are going to Lidl and Aldi, where there is no staffed deli counter.

Stephen Gawking

I've always used the local butcher & I'm lucky enough theres a fishmongers nearby so i get fresh seafood daily. I generslly try & avoid Tesco wherever possible because its just not a pleasant experience.

McMurphy

You just can't beat a good local butcher anyway.

Dakotabigone

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

You just can't beat a good local butcher anyway.

Depends on the size of your tool.

McMurphy

Dakotabigone wrote: »

Depends on the size of your tool.

32mm impact socket - inch drive.

murpho999

Auguste Comte wrote: »

In the chill Isle that doesn't need to be manned by a staff member, packaged in plastic and polystyrene.

Vote with your money.

As in Ibiza? Long way to go for shopping.

I cant say that I ever noticed a meat counter in Tesco anyway

RMAOK

cfuserkildare wrote: »

Just saw on the Sky News website rumour that Tesco are to shut down Deli/Fish/Meat counters.

Are they going to go vegan as well? :eek:

jam_mac_jam

I will stick with a butcher.

Your Face

Like a few posters said, you can't beat the local butcher. Way better quality.

Poor Uncle Tom

Your Face wrote: »

Like a few posters said, you can't beat the local butcher. Way better quality.

And you can get a lot more of the animal as well,

freshpopcorn

This is only in the UK at the moment.
Whenever we make changes in our business, colleagues are always the first to know," he added.

The company will close some fresh food counters and scale back the opening hours of others, the newspaper said.

It was also considering changes to its in-store bakeries, such as using frozen instead of fresh dough, the report added.

TheValeyard

Plenty of local butchers around. They seem to be thriving.

mad muffin

We only ever use Tesco for the bits that we absolutely can’t get in Aldi. For meats we use the local butcher. Aldi quality of meats is too variable.

chicorytip

Your Face wrote:

Like a few posters said, you can't beat the local butcher. Way better quality.

.....and vastly more expensive.

I was hoping Tesco would just close up their shops and bugger off.

Bring back Crazy Prices.

The Rape of Lucretia

Eating animals is on the wane anyway, so looks like sound business strategy.

Duckworth_Luas

One thing about the plastic packaged meat at Tesco is the size of the label they put on.

Under the unlabelled part you could clearly see a fine chop.

However, the label always covered over some fatty piece of crap that you wouldn't feed to the dog.

freshpopcorn

Duckworth_Luas wrote: »

One thing about the plastic packaged meat at Tesco is the size of the label they put on.

Under the unlabelled part you could clearly see a fine chop.

However, the label always covered over some fatty piece of crap that you wouldn't feed to the dog.

I find this with all supermarkets tough, you've to really shake the packets around!

Alison_Flynn

The reason that Tesco are closing the Butchers and Deli section is that too many claims have been awarded for personal injury. On average when an employee cuts their finger they get 20k.

A woman who slipped on grapes get 1.2 million
irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/woman-who-slipped-on-grapes-in-tesco-has-award-cut-to-1-2m-1.2996697

buried

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Eating animals is on the wane anyway, so looks like sound business strategy.

Eating anything will soon be on the wane for the UK altogether, apart from eating the establishments horse$hit

chicorytip

chicorytip wrote: »

.....and vastly more expensive.

Exactly how much more expensive do you know? 10 percent?

Alison_Flynn

Tesco want to get rid of 9k staff in general

irishtimes.com/business/retail-and-services/tesco-cuts-9-000-jobs-in-stores-shake-up-1.3773451

Muckka

I preferred Quinsworth, it was more friendly and the layout was better.

Tesco has miserable staff, miserable looking management and really bad customer service.

There's an undercurrent of depression there or something, no staff comadry like good old Quinsworth.
I only shop in Tesco's when I don't want to look for parking spaces anywhere else.

Tesco's in Ennis always has plenty of parking space, same can be said for the Tesco's in Coonagh Limerick, and Oranmore in Galway...

I'm basically in the middle of the three closer to Ennis I suppose.

IrishLad90

That's ****e news , I do a bit of online shopping there and grab steaks and fish from the counters .

Will avoid shopping there when possible due to Lidl being the single best thing to happen to us since the release of Mundys Galway Girl

Arghus

This has kinda happened on the quiet without much fanfare in Ireland. A lot of stores have closed their meat and deli counters already over the last few months or have seriously cut-down on the amount of space given over to non pre-packaged food.

The reason that Tesco are closing the Butchers and Deli section is that too many claims have been awarded for personal injury. On average when an employee cuts their finger they get 20k.

A woman who slipped on grapes get 1.2 million
irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/woman-who-slipped-on-grapes-in-tesco-has-award-cut-to-1-2m-1.2996697

While I think maybe there are some concerns about claims, I don't think that's really the first reason on their list for closing down their counters. They've just crunched the numbers and have figured that there's more efficient ways to sell fresh meat and produce than having a butchers counter/deli counter in most large stores. It does happen, but the amount of people who slip on grapes and get over a million as a result is a really vanishingly small number.

And I don't know where you are getting that figure of 20k for a cut finger from. When I worked there, almost everyone who worked at the deli/meat counter, including myself, cut or sliced their finger on something at some stage - I never got a penny and I never heard of anyone getting one either. Plus just as many, if not more, workers sustain injuries while working on the shop-floor, unloading trucks, pushing dozens of trollies around than ever get injured behind the counters.

Alison_Flynn

I only shop at Dunnes stores and Super Valu because I want to support Irish indusrty.

Ye should do the same!

Richard Hillman

The whole retail sector has gone to bits. I think they have come to the conclusion that people want efficiency and low prices over good service.

One thing that I'm not too keen about Lidl & Aldi is that they are very low staffed. There's only ever 2-3 on the tills, with big queues and never staff on the floor, with the place being quite untidy. It's a very cold atmosphere. Tesco seem to be going down that route with self service and self scan, whilst reducing their shop floor staff.

Jacking up the minimum wage doesn't help. Companies are getting more creative in eliminating staffing levels and are probably using cost trade offs for what they value service as and reducing wages.

But as mentioned previously, employees can be a liability. Work place injuries cost an absolute bomb. And then you have ridiculous cases of that woman who was awarded 4k because she was confronted over not paying for a bottle of wine.
https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/tesco-ordered-to-pay-4000-to-worker-sacked-for-taking-bottle-of-wine-from-store-without-paying-895392.html

There is responsibility on all 3 sides. The employer, the employee and government meddling.

lbc2019

Its a lidl disappointing But aldi fine without it.

lbc2019

Alison_Flynn wrote: »

I only shop at Dunnes stores and Super Valu because I want to support Irish indusrty.

Ye should do the same!

Aldi & Lidl FTW! Germans know better!

freshpopcorn

Alison_Flynn wrote: »

I only shop at Dunnes stores and Super Valu because I want to support Irish indusrty.

Ye should do the same!

Our town used have a local supermarket that became a Supervalu.
Every time I visit it I find out of date stock.
The deli counter is a mess and poor in general.
They are only got into stocking own brand items because they had to and they hide special offers at times.
The staff have improved a bit but they used be very rude and unhelpful.
They never sell off Christmas, Halloween, Eater stock and just leave it go out of date.
Tesco, Lidl and Aldi coming to the town was the best thing ever!

Alison_Flynn

Tesco just can't be bothered with all the hygiene regulations.

Was there not a Tesco closed for a day because they failed the hygiene inspection?

freshpopcorn

Alison_Flynn wrote: »

Tesco just can't be bothered with all the hygiene regulations.

Was there not a Tesco closed for a day because they failed the hygiene inspection?

Super-Valu also ran into this issue!

Alison_Flynn

Dunnes Stores is doing the opposite of Tesco and introducing local butchers, fish mongers, even cheese specialists

Just look at Pavillions Swords and Bishoptown Court Cork

Losty Dublin

Tesco's haven't had properly staffed meat or fish counters in their shops for years now. The few counters that they do have are literally just staffed by anybody to hand. My nephew was sent to work on a Tesco "meat counter".... On his first day. He wasn't even given an apron to wear :rolleyes:

Rubberchikken

we still have our butchers in town. always buy our meat there and shop for virtually everything else in tesco.
i tried to stick with aldi but it wears me down. stuff we liked disappears off the shelves. the staff on the tills are just getting slower and slower.

personally dont think tesco or any supermarket killed the local butchers - lazy shoppers, poor town parking, that killed local butchers.

Cookie_Monster

Alison_Flynn wrote: »

I only shop at Dunnes stores and Super Valu because I want to support Irish indusrty.

Ye should do the same!

Aren't Tesco the largest purchaser of Irish food produce in the world?

Graces7

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Aren't Tesco the largest purchaser of Irish food produce in the world?

Yes and in many towns they support local charities with food for the homeless and employ Irish people..

Graces7

Actually I never buy anything that is on open display. ... love tesco for some things; aldi and lidl and dunne's for others...supervalu now too ..