Following Mr UPVC's kind mention of discounted compact fluorescents at
Tesco I thought I'd detour past my nearest one today to see if they had
any stock.

It's been closed for ages for a total rebuild so thought I'd check first
to see if it was open again:

1. Website says yeeeey, these are our opening hours but please check
with the store, number given.

2.1. Call store, are you open? Yep, sure are.
2.2. Ooh great, when did it reopen after the refurb? silence
2.3. You know, has it been a month, a few days, what?
2.4. Oh yeah, we just reopened last week.
2.5. Great, thanks for the help, see you tomorrow.

3. Detours past store to check today and the place is still a building
site, security fenced, no access, building not even closed to the
elements.

In summary, web site wrong, call centre op (as it turned out) lied
through his teeth and Tesco don't give a flying f'ck.

So, I'd like to nominate Tesco for the supermarket **** list this week.

Any other nominations?
--
fred
FIVE TV's superbright logo - not the DOG's, it's ********

fred wrote:
Following Mr UPVC's kind mention of discounted compact fluorescents at
Tesco I thought I'd detour past my nearest one today to see if they
had any stock.

It's been closed for ages for a total rebuild so thought I'd check
first to see if it was open again:

1. Website says yeeeey, these are our opening hours but please check
with the store, number given.

2.1. Call store, are you open? Yep, sure are.
2.2. Ooh great, when did it reopen after the refurb? silence
2.3. You know, has it been a month, a few days, what?
2.4. Oh yeah, we just reopened last week.
2.5. Great, thanks for the help, see you tomorrow.

3. Detours past store to check today and the place is still a building
site, security fenced, no access, building not even closed to the
elements.

In summary, web site wrong, call centre op (as it turned out) lied
through his teeth and Tesco don't give a flying f'ck.

So, I'd like to nominate Tesco for the supermarket **** list this
week.
Any other nominations?

Yes, I'd like to nominate Tesco for selling **** food - seriously, I've
never had anything from there that's been nice - their pies, sausage rollls
and cold meats have got to be the worst available in the developed world -
how can you **** up boiled ham? - I've no idea but they manage to make it
taste like salty polythene with added gristle.
Their bread is stale when you buy it and tastes like cardboard and the veg
have usually rotted away before you've got them home....I can't be certain
but I think they're buying Asda smart price stuff that has passed it's sell
by date and repackaging it as their own

--
Phil L
RSRL Tipster Of The Year 2008

In message , fred writes
Following Mr UPVC's kind mention of discounted compact fluorescents at
Tesco I thought I'd detour past my nearest one today to see if they had
any stock.

It's been closed for ages for a total rebuild so thought I'd check
first to see if it was open again:

1. Website says yeeeey, these are our opening hours but please check
with the store, number given.

2.1. Call store, are you open? Yep, sure are.
2.2. Ooh great, when did it reopen after the refurb? silence
2.3. You know, has it been a month, a few days, what?
2.4. Oh yeah, we just reopened last week.
2.5. Great, thanks for the help, see you tomorrow.

3. Detours past store to check today and the place is still a building
site, security fenced, no access, building not even closed to the
elements.

In summary, web site wrong, call centre op (as it turned out) lied
through his teeth and Tesco don't give a flying f'ck.

Or -you dialled a slightly different number and the person on the other
end, getting fed up with these phone calls, was winding you up

--
geoff

DILLIGAF

In message
,
1501 writes
DILLIGAF


Ooh look - a clueless ****

--
geoff

In article , geoff
writes
In message , fred writes

In summary, web site wrong, call centre op (as it turned out) lied
through his teeth and Tesco don't give a flying f'ck.

Or -you dialled a slightly different number and the person on the other
end, getting fed up with these phone calls, was winding you up

Possible I suppose but he must get quite a few calls, he had the,
"Hello, Tesco, Nick speaking" off to a tee.
--
fred
FIVE TV's superbright logo - not the DOG's, it's ********

On 6 Aug, 17:03, fred wrote:
Following Mr UPVC's kind mention of discounted compact fluorescents at
Tesco I thought I'd detour past my nearest one today to see if they had
any stock.

It's been closed for ages for a total rebuild so thought I'd check first
to see if it was open again:

1. Website says yeeeey, these are our opening hours but please check
with the store, number given.

2.1. Call store, are you open? Yep, sure are.
2.2. Ooh great, when did it reopen after the refurb? silence
2.3. You know, has it been a month, a few days, what?
2.4. Oh yeah, we just reopened last week.
2.5. Great, thanks for the help, see you tomorrow.

3. Detours past store to check today and the place is still a building
site, security fenced, no access, building not even closed to the
elements.

In summary, web site wrong, call centre op (as it turned out) lied
through his teeth and Tesco don't give a flying f'ck.

So, I'd like to nominate Tesco for the supermarket **** list this week.

Any other nominations?
--
fred
FIVE TV's superbright logo - not the DOG's, it's ********

And I'll nominate Tesco (spit!) for their ****e 60Watt pearl
incandescent bulbs. Bought a dozen and they ALL blew with a
fourtnight. Email them and they tell me to take the packaging back to
get a refund. Who FFS keeps their cardboard bulb cartons?.
(and their "food" is third rate ****e as well

Never eat Asda "own brand"...

Low calorie - we made it smaller.
Chocolate pudding - diamond core dust is more edible.
Bread - congratulations you got the bag of salt.
Diet hot chocolate - brilliant, you'll never want to eat again.
Ham - mechanically recovered, from the ceiling of the chainsaw
massacre.
Extra Special - more sugar than Tait-n-Lyle's inventory.
Toilet Paper - forget diamond dust, this stuff is worse. Better than
chocolate pudding though.

Sunday, the day when you probably want 24/7 opening - they shut at
4pm.

Only good thing is the branded stuff is cheap if you time things
right.

Overall the simple question is why is the most profitable UK business
a Supermarket or "Warehouse". I guess the same reason banks are paying
0% and charging 6-33%. Some farmers do ok, many are stuck between the
poor house & self-sufficiency if you are a rabbit. I guess the old
adage, don't buy the crap product they sells like hot cakes, buy those
selling it.

On 7 Aug, 00:20, "js.b1" wrote:
Never eat Asda "own brand"...

Low calorie - we made it smaller.
Chocolate pudding - diamond core dust is more edible.
Bread - congratulations you got the bag of salt.
Diet hot chocolate - brilliant, you'll never want to eat again.
Ham - mechanically recovered, from the ceiling of the chainsaw
massacre.
Extra Special - more sugar than Tait-n-Lyle's inventory.
Toilet Paper - forget diamond dust, this stuff is worse. Better than
chocolate pudding though.

Sunday, the day when you probably want 24/7 opening - they shut at
4pm.

Only good thing is the branded stuff is cheap if you time things
right.

Overall the simple question is why is the most profitable UK business
a Supermarket or "Warehouse". I guess the same reason banks are paying
0% and charging 6-33%. Some farmers do ok, many are stuck between the
poor house & self-sufficiency if you are a rabbit. I guess the old
adage, don't buy the crap product they sells like hot cakes, buy those
selling it.

I did some technical work for a Tesco sub-contractor. They explained
Tesco's business practice wrt suppliers.
The first year is always good business with Tesco, lulling the
supplier into a false sense of security. Once essentially locked in
and from then on, year by year, Tesco turn the screws until they have
the suppliers by the balls.
I've never had much truck with 'poor' farmers but in Tesco's case this
is the result. It's either continue dealing with Tesco or write off
everything and try to start again.
Yes, a profitable company. Even then, their labyrinthine accounting
structures seemingly display only a selected part of the real
profits.

On 7 Aug, 00:56, wrote:

Yes, a profitable company. Even then, their labyrinthine accounting
structures seemingly display only a selected part of the real
profits.

no sh1t sherlock..

they declare just enough for the market boys to keep the share prices
up i.e. a corporate "all is well" signal - just like the bankers -
"oooh we made a bit sure but no don't be silly, we can't pay you back
anything just yet" maybe soon......

great stuff!

Jim K

wrote in message
...
I did some technical work for a Tesco sub-contractor. They explained
Tesco's business practice wrt suppliers.
The first year is always good business with Tesco, lulling the
supplier into a false sense of security. Once essentially locked in
and from then on, year by year, Tesco turn the screws until they have
the suppliers by the balls.
I've never had much truck with 'poor' farmers but in Tesco's case this
is the result. It's either continue dealing with Tesco or write off
everything and try to start again.

Indeed.

I can't decide what I find more surprising.
The fact that such a vast percentage of the population are happy to give so
much of their hard earned to an unscrupulous, tax dodging, peddlar of ****e
such as Tesco.
Or that when someone comes up with a new product they are happy to roll over
and hand it to Tesco on a plate for next to nothiong.

"js.b1" wrote in message
...
Never eat Asda "own brand"...

Low calorie - we made it smaller.
Chocolate pudding - diamond core dust is more edible.
Bread - congratulations you got the bag of salt.
Diet hot chocolate - brilliant, you'll never want to eat again.
Ham - mechanically recovered, from the ceiling of the chainsaw
massacre.
Extra Special - more sugar than Tait-n-Lyle's inventory.
Toilet Paper - forget diamond dust, this stuff is worse. Better than
chocolate pudding though.

Sunday, the day when you probably want 24/7 opening - they shut at
4pm.

Only good thing is the branded stuff is cheap if you time things
right.

Overall the simple question is why is the most profitable UK business
a Supermarket or "Warehouse". I guess the same reason banks are paying
0% and charging 6-33%. Some farmers do ok, many are stuck between the
poor house & self-sufficiency if you are a rabbit. I guess the old
adage, don't buy the crap product they sells like hot cakes, buy those
selling it.

If you need to re-sole your shoes, Asda beef. I also object to some of their
offers, similar to £2.50 each or 2 for £3. Just shows what profit they're
making and the poor old biddy who doesn't need/want 2 gets screwed (bad
choice of word).
Tesco - They built a new Tesco near us (selling crap as usual) and
effectively killed the town and markets. Why is it that nobody bothers to
look in the town and buy decent quality stuff? 50 yards from Tesco carpark
and folks could buy proper food.

On 7 Aug, 01:01, "brass monkey" wrote:
"js.b1" wrote in message

...



Never eat Asda "own brand"...

Low calorie - we made it smaller.
Chocolate pudding - diamond core dust is more edible.
Bread - congratulations you got the bag of salt.
Diet hot chocolate - brilliant, you'll never want to eat again.
Ham - mechanically recovered, from the ceiling of the chainsaw
massacre.
Extra Special - more sugar than Tait-n-Lyle's inventory.
Toilet Paper - forget diamond dust, this stuff is worse. Better than
chocolate pudding though.

Sunday, the day when you probably want 24/7 opening - they shut at
4pm.

Only good thing is the branded stuff is cheap if you time things
right.

Overall the simple question is why is the most profitable UK business
a Supermarket or "Warehouse". I guess the same reason banks are paying
0% and charging 6-33%. Some farmers do ok, many are stuck between the
poor house & self-sufficiency if you are a rabbit. I guess the old
adage, don't buy the crap product they sells like hot cakes, buy those
selling it.

If you need to re-sole your shoes, Asda beef. I also object to some of their
offers, similar to £2.50 each or 2 for £3. Just shows what profit they're
making and the poor old biddy who doesn't need/want 2 gets screwed (bad
choice of word).

True, although some people are so stupid. "I bought 2 and I didn't
need the other one so I chucked it in the bin". Freeze the stupid
thing. Just about anything will freeze. Same with reduced price offers
'cos the date is nearly up. Freeze it, and the use-by date is
suspended !
And the best value ham I've found is "offcuts" from iceland. Sometimes
its rubbish (check through the plastic wrap), but often its small
pieces of pretty good ham. I've got 3 in the freezer at the moment.
£1.50 a pack.
Simon.

brass monkey wrote:
Just shows what profit they're making and the poor old biddy who
doesn't need/want 2 gets screwed (bad choice of word).

That seems *really* unfair to me. I feel like taking the offer and then
flogging them at the reduced price at the door, but I don't have the time.

Tesco - They built a new Tesco near us (selling crap as usual) and
effectively killed the town and markets. Why is it that nobody bothers to
look in the town and buy decent quality stuff? 50 yards from Tesco carpark
and folks could buy proper food.

Because the Councils are making it impossible to drive into town and if
you can be bothered, the parking charges are horrific. Years ago,
Swansea I think it was, had two lanes in up to 3'oclock, reversed to two
lanes out for the rest of the day, which seemed a good idea ! Now we're
restricted by bus and cycle lanes, which rarely see a bike, congesting
the town even more. I live on the outskirts of a largish city and rarely
go in there. Mind you, if they did attempt to resolve the imbalance, it
would be by charging for parking at the supermarket, not the other way
round, that's for sure. I've always felt it should be free to park in
your own town anyway.

Andy C

On 7 Aug, 06:46, Andy Cap wrote:
brass monkey wrote:
Just shows what profit they're making and the poor old biddy who

*doesn't need/want 2 gets screwed (bad choice of word).

That seems *really* unfair to me. I feel like taking the offer and then
flogging them at the reduced price at the door, but I don't have the time..

Tesco - They built a new Tesco near us (selling crap as usual) and
effectively killed the town and markets. Why is it that nobody bothers to
look in the town and buy decent quality stuff? 50 yards from Tesco carpark
and folks could buy proper food.

Because the Councils are making it impossible to drive into town and if
you can be bothered, the parking charges are horrific. Years ago,
Swansea I think it was, had two lanes in up to 3'oclock, reversed to two
lanes out for the rest of the day, which seemed a good idea ! Now we're
restricted by bus and cycle lanes, which rarely see a bike, congesting
the town even more. I live on the outskirts of a largish city and rarely
go in there. *Mind you, if they did attempt to resolve the imbalance, it
would be by charging for parking at the supermarket, not the other way
round, that's for sure. I've always felt it should be free to park in
your own town anyway.

Andy C

"Use by" dates are just ********. Suff doesn't just suddenly rot on
the use by dates. The real purpose is that stuff is sold in the
correct rotation. Ie you don't get year old produce at the back of the
shelf.