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Title: Tesco
Post by: smurfboy on October 01, 2006, 11:26:48 pm
GC and I were chatting today and both of us have had bad experiences with Tesco lately. Do you shop there and are you impressed? If not where do you go instead?
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Post by: loulou on October 01, 2006, 11:27:38 pm
Sainsburys.
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Post by: smurfboy on October 01, 2006, 11:28:50 pm
I find Sainsbury's expensive, and they hardly ever have anything new. They concentrate heavily on their own brand stuff.
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Post by: loulou on October 01, 2006, 11:29:26 pm
Their ready meals are nice.
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Post by: Forth Bridges on October 01, 2006, 11:32:48 pm
My dad does the OAP shopping in tesco, he get loads of club card points


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I only get a cinneromn whril form there

it Asda all the way

there are plans for big tesco in the centre of town NO ONE WAITS IT!

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Post by: smurfboy on October 01, 2006, 11:33:25 pm
I do go to Sainsbury's occasionally as we have one of those little local ones that stays open late.
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Post by: loulou on October 01, 2006, 11:33:49 pm
I like Asda but there isn't one close to me.
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Post by: lucifersplaym8t on October 01, 2006, 11:33:51 pm
Asda is quite good though sometimes runs out of the item you only went there in the first place for!! Morrisons is quite twee too - you can buy half portions ie Melon - handy if on a budget or an old fogey!
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Post by: loulou on October 01, 2006, 11:34:27 pm
Morrisons is for poor people.
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Post by: smurfboy on October 01, 2006, 11:35:42 pm

It's cheap but the fruit and veg goes off quick. 'You get what you pay for'.

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Post by: loulou on October 01, 2006, 11:38:25 pm
Very true.
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Post by: oldspice on October 02, 2006, 08:01:02 am
I don't really like Sainsburys because of the reasons Smurfy listed and because they are so smug. I too have had bad experiences of Tesco in recent years. In our huge one on the edge of town, the staff are very dimissive of the customers and despite its size, the shelves are often half empty.
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Post by: Cherry_Ripe on October 02, 2006, 09:22:23 am
I like Tesco generally and will continue to shop there, however I do find their customer services annoying.
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Post by: kevvosa on October 02, 2006, 09:51:15 am
I shop at Morrisons because it's the only one close to me. Much prefer Asda though, they have a nice range of products.  
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Post by: smurfboy on October 02, 2006, 12:09:02 pm
What annoys me about all supermarkets is that they stay open until 10 or 12 at night, but half the time they've run out of everything by about 8!
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Post by: goldencup on October 02, 2006, 12:52:47 pm
I have recently dabbled with Tesco and Asda but now returned to Sainsbury's.  I agree they tend to concentrate on their own brands but I find most of their own brands superior to everybody else's so I don't mind that.  I don't find that any of the fresh food from Tesco keeps well - particularly bread, milk and potatoes.  Locally I find the staff in Sainsbury's much better trained too.
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Post by: Cherry_Ripe on October 02, 2006, 02:47:30 pm

Quote from: goldencup
I don't find that any of the fresh food from Tesco keeps well - particularly bread, milk and potatoes.


How long do you expect these things to last?


I would rather freeze them and defrost what I need on a day-to-day basis (fine for bread and milk but not tried it with potatoes ) than have them made with preservatives.

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Post by: smurfboy on October 02, 2006, 03:15:43 pm

I expect things to last until at least their best before date, and recently with stuff I've bought from Tesco that hasn't happened.

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Post by: Forth Bridges on October 02, 2006, 04:04:14 pm
tomorrow ther expected to state ther made ! billion hlaf year profits! an ther still xmas! to come!
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Post by: smurfboy on October 02, 2006, 05:12:05 pm
£1 in every £8 spent in the high street is spent at Tesco.
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Post by: goldencup on October 02, 2006, 05:20:01 pm
Quote from: smurfboy

I expect things to last until at least their best before date, and recently with stuff I've bought from Tesco that hasn't happened.



Ditto!  And I had potatoes that turned liquid in 3 days. 

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Post by: wjp666 on October 02, 2006, 11:08:47 pm
Morrisons! three cheers for Morrisons!
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Post by: Forth Bridges on October 02, 2006, 11:24:26 pm
I'm sorry there in the red so we can only afford one1 
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Post by: kevvosa on October 03, 2006, 09:51:27 am

Quote from: smurfboy
What annoys me about all supermarkets is that they stay open until 10 or 12 at night, but half the time they've run out of everything by about 8!


Morrisons closes at 8 as far as I'm aware.
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Post by: smurfboy on October 03, 2006, 12:46:43 pm

True, but I don't shop there anymore. Our Tesco closes at midnight and the Asda at Smethwick closes at 10.

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Post by: lucifersplaym8t on October 04, 2006, 12:34:03 am

Somerfield - sooo good sooo sh*te sometimes but in any case, a dying breed now


 

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Post by: kevvosa on October 04, 2006, 10:07:56 pm
I used to like Somerfield. 
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Post by: Cherry_Ripe on October 05, 2006, 10:45:57 am

My local Somerfield is great for essentials shopping (when they have products on the shelves) however they are expensive on most things and you have to pay to park during the day which makes things even more expensive.

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Post by: loulou on October 06, 2006, 12:01:56 pm

Quote from: kevvosa
Quote from: smurfboy
What annoys me about all supermarkets is that they stay open until 10 or 12 at night, but half the time they've run out of everything by about 8!


Morrisons closes at 8 as far as I'm aware.


Morrisons here is open until 10pm but as smurfy says if you go in after 8pm they have nothing left. Tesco's is open 24 hours and I was told the best time to go for fruit and veg is when they are putting fresh out at 4am. Not much chance of me going shopping at that time though.

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Post by: Cherry_Ripe on October 06, 2006, 12:10:05 pm

I visit my local 24 hours Tesco at 7:30am and can confirm it's a good time for fruit, veg and bread also.