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I've had enough of Tesco. I'm never going there again.

This will be really hard, as my closest shop is a Tesco Metro, and my closest big supermarket is a Tesco too. The larger store has a petrol station, making them the closest place to fill up.

And that it exacly what I have against them.

It is in the nature of large companies to increase their share of the market, and protect that share. Lately, Tesco appear to me to have decided to go one further and eliminate competition, be it from small outlets or larger competitors. This has got to be bad news for the consumer.

Of course marketing, including the location of outlets, plays a big part in this, but in the main good customer service is the biggest driver of success or failure, particularly in the retail sector.

Tesco know this, and they understand the limitations that it places on growth. Basically, good customer service costs a fortune. So they've tried it another way.

By extending their rate of growth to the levels we see today, I believe that Tesco are trying to dominate the market in order to reduce the choice available to consumers. In short, they want people to shop at Tesco not because they prefer to, or even because it's more convenient. I believe that they want people to shop at their stores because they have no alternative.

This is bad enough, but it will be worse when the business plan of Tesco changes. Having gone through the period of massive expansion that we see today, Tesco may well achieve a position of (unchallanged) monopoly in the majority of the country. Following this, there is BOUND to be a period of consolidation, which will see the least profitable stores closed. In areas where Tesco have managed to secure the only retail outlet within walking distance, this will have a devastating effect. It seems very obvious to me that, having worked and invested so hard in securing the monopoly, Tesco will be unwilling to let it go. So I reckon they will find a way to ensure that the stores that are closed do not re-open with competing outlets. They could easily achieve this by retaining the freehold on sites, thereby controlling the types of business that operate, or simply by adopting a 'slash and burn' approach, demolishing the stores and selling the land to housebuilders or other property developers. Again, by selecting developers with no interest in retail projects, or even by building caveats into the deeds, they could make it very difficult for grocery retailers to regain a foothold in particular areas.

Lots of speculation, I know, but food for thought. I for one will not be spending any of my money with them for the time being.

Can I have your Clubcard points Col ?

I don't have any.

I have had several cards, but lost them all and never registered them so the points are lost.

I've got one of them key ring things, but the points go on my wife's account. I'm going to try to talk her into joining my boycott but, given the circumstances, she'll probably tell me to fuck off.

Are you an ALDI man, now then Col?

I dunno how awful tesco is and isn't. They're no Co-Op I'm sure. but enither are they ASDA/Wallmart, surely that counts for something?

Tesco's food is delicious tho :D

this is the one and only goal of any trade.

they do not run business to make money but to make the more they can, so that includes having a monopoly on their market.

it would be interesting to know who they work with... because another strategy is to multipliate brends to let people think that they have an alternative...

exemple : if you do not want to go shopping in Carrefour (in France), you can go to a Champion. But Champion is a part of Carrefour... funny, isn't it ?

Jiphy wrote: this is the one and only goal of any trade.

they do not run business to make money but to make the more they can, so that includes having a monopoly on their market.

it would be interesting to know who they work with... because another strategy is to multipliate brends to let people think that they have an alternative...

exemple : if you do not want to go shopping in Carrefour (in France), you can go to a Champion. But Champion is a part of Carrefour... funny, isn't it ?

Yes, much the same as buying books in the UK.

But what Tesco is up to is worse than this.

They seem to have an active policy of closing down local shops in order to remove competition. Surely this allows them to be shit, without worrying about losing customers?

they are all capitalist scum. no matter what they say, they are it it for them, not for you. there are a few independant shops. my cousin in italy works of a shop called fair trade. they deal directly with the suppliers and pay them a fair price.

it's nice but once you starve or are likely to be on the dole, you can't go shopping to fair traders anymore.

Meanwhile, big companies own hard discounters... they keep you in their incomers (don't know if this word is Jiphy's English or a standard one)...

Jiphy wrote: it's nice but once you starve or are likely to be on the dole, you can't go shopping to fair traders anymore.

Meanwhile, big companies own hard discounters... they keep you in their incomers (don't know if this word is Jiphy's English or a standard one)...

it is true, when you are poor every dollar counts. then its aldi time.

If Tesco folded,Behind Closed Doors would have fuck all to talk about! Well there is Maya....FUCK TESCOS

I was quoting your post when I was told that there was an error. You deleted it ?

Is it what you call flippant ? I do not know if I got this word right last time when you said it to me. I always thought it was a French slang word only...

By the way... If you do not explain the word flippant to me, then I will tell everybody what you had deleted...

flippant - is just another way of being off-hand . saying it simplyoff -the cuff -not -much- to-it.

often can be the quick truth and it may not be appropriate in some situations. that's all. . how's that ? .maybe, not even given the three lines here. but that's okay.

on TESCO--nasty stuff is that they're setting up to bulldoze into the States. Walmart and K-Mart are giving local areas enough trouble here by using the formula of employing many part-time workers. then not having to have many full-time staff with benefits. and offering prices that are difficult to match by other shops. the fact that so much of their stock is produced under less-than- humane conditions raises other bad issues. and the locations that they build their huge- multi-function stores tend to be on cheaper industrially zoned-land which leads to faster. urban sprall.

Thank you for the vocabulary, 14 -K.

Also good point of view about Tesco, K-Mark and Walmart.

Funny how the Priors (in Czechoslovakia) were bought by K-mark, then sold to... TESCO. So without having been once in a UK Tesco, I experienced the joy of shopping in several Tesco in former communist countries...

All these brands are like plague. Everywhere I go in Europe, the same hypermarkets in industrial/commercial zones (which were no man's land - well a bit a rough nature) before they settled.

So, in France, we have : Carrefour Leclerc Auchamps Hyper U Casino or Géant Champion Discount : Leader Price Lidl Aldi Ed (I think it means European Discount)

and others that still share a tiny part of the market which will not remain for long in their hands I assume.

Then, when you go abroad, you find some of these brands + main European ones like Tesco and the American ones...

So, once you are out of the city center (where it becomes more and more difficult to find affordable places to buy food) you feel you are home everywhere you go... Same names, same massive and ugly hypermarket architectures, incredible traffic-jam and so on and so on... And a station where you can refuel your mega-trolley that is your car...

Sad time...

We live in capitalist countries and we should be happy to afford ourselves what we want. Well, for me, shopping in these conditions is just another source of stress and I really feel no joy when I go filling my trolley...

Jiphy wrote: 14 -K.the Priors (in Czec) -- bought by K-mark, then --sold to--TESCO.same hypermarkets in industrial/commercial zones . once you are out of the city center Same names, same massive and ugly hypermarket architectures, -- capitalist countries and we should be ....

are welcome. aucun ennui -- even- pas une mention.

edit- right. currently there could be so much global wealth possible. even constructive happiness of occupation, just with mineral resources etc. and yet these hypermarkets- like that - seemed to be the way things are going. and economics of it is almost impossible to stop.
everyone should definitely- buy fair-trade coffee- etc. when possible. didn't know about the link from Priors- to K-Mart- to Tesco. is nasty. and disturbing.- time for more sports w/ gear bought from..

BIGINOIL wrote: I've had enough of Tesco. I'm never going there again.

This will be really hard, as my closest shop is a Tesco Metro, and my closest big supermarket is a Tesco too. The larger store has a petrol station, making them the closest place to fill up.

And that it exacly what I have against them.

It is in the nature of large companies to increase their share of the market, and protect that share. Lately, Tesco appear to me to have decided to go one further and eliminate competition, be it from small outlets or larger competitors. This has got to be bad news for the consumer.

Of course marketing, including the location of outlets, plays a big part in this, but in the main good customer service is the biggest driver of success or failure, particularly in the retail sector.

Tesco know this, and they understand the limitations that it places on growth. Basically, good customer service costs a fortune. So they've tried it another way.

By extending their rate of growth to the levels we see today, I believe that Tesco are trying to dominate the market in order to reduce the choice available to consumers. In short, they want people to shop at Tesco not because they prefer to, or even because it's more convenient. I believe that they want people to shop at their stores because they have no alternative.

This is bad enough, but it will be worse when the business plan of Tesco changes. Having gone through the period of massive expansion that we see today, Tesco may well achieve a position of (unchallanged) monopoly in the majority of the country. Following this, there is BOUND to be a period of consolidation, which will see the least profitable stores closed. In areas where Tesco have managed to secure the only retail outlet within walking distance, this will have a devastating effect. It seems very obvious to me that, having worked and invested so hard in securing the monopoly, Tesco will be unwilling to let it go. So I reckon they will find a way to ensure that the stores that are closed do not re-open with competing outlets. They could easily achieve this by retaining the freehold on sites, thereby controlling the types of business that operate, or simply by adopting a 'slash and burn' approach, demolishing the stores and selling the land to housebuilders or other property developers. Again, by selecting developers with no interest in retail projects, or even by building caveats into the deeds, they could make it very difficult for grocery retailers to regain a foothold in particular areas.

Lots of speculation, I know, but food for thought. I for one will not be spending any of my money with them for the time being.

Its a solid enough case if its right.Even if its wrong,paraniod,or over insightful,if one can have too much insight?Nip it in the bud, just incase they are planning on taking over the world..Perhaps fabricate a "Scummy T++co Sells Fags to 9 year olds,booze to 8yr olds" story and fettle their dastardly little plans,with a series of PR disasters Show the fuckers you mean business,and they will think twice next time they try to impliment their corporate blueprints.