Tesco

cfuserkildare · 28-01-2019 02:08PM #1

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 · 28-01-2019 02:10PM

In plastic packaging in chill cabinets.

Having people serve you costs money.

sbsquarepants · 28-01-2019 02:13PM

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 · 28-01-2019 02:13PM

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 · 28-01-2019 02:13PM

Trap and kill what you want to eat.

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JohnnyFlash · 28-01-2019 02:16PM

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.

28-01-2019 02:25PM

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 · 28-01-2019 02:30PM

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 · 28-01-2019 02:47PM

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

Dakotabigone · 28-01-2019 02:49PM

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

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

Depends on the size of your tool.

McMurphy · 28-01-2019 02:56PM

Dakotabigone wrote: »

Depends on the size of your tool.

32mm impact socket - inch drive.

murpho999 · 28-01-2019 03:14PM

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.

28-01-2019 03:17PM

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

RMAOK · 28-01-2019 03:17PM

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 · 28-01-2019 03:18PM

I will stick with a butcher.

Your Face · 28-01-2019 03:18PM

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

Poor Uncle Tom · 28-01-2019 03:23PM

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 · 28-01-2019 03:36PM

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 · 28-01-2019 03:38PM

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

mad muffin · 28-01-2019 04:46PM

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 · 29-01-2019 12:24AM

Your Face wrote:

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

.....and vastly more expensive.

29-01-2019 12:28AM

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

Bring back Crazy Prices.

The Rape of Lucretia · 29-01-2019 12:35AM

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

Duckworth_Luas · 29-01-2019 12:51AM

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 · 29-01-2019 12:53AM

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 · 29-01-2019 01:00AM

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 · 29-01-2019 01:02AM

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

29-01-2019 01:05AM

chicorytip wrote: »

.....and vastly more expensive.

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

Alison_Flynn · 29-01-2019 01:10AM

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 · 29-01-2019 01:26AM

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 · 29-01-2019 01:29AM

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

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