(Sainzburyx0rz cru reprazent)
― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 10:12 (nineteen years ago) link
EVIL despair
One of the Sainsburys in Edinburgh has big "ye olde Edinburgh" wall murals near the checkouts.
― caitlin (caitlin), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 10:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― Johnney B (Johnney B), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 10:24 (nineteen years ago) link
Sainsbury - too large and impersonal, confusing layout, overly orange
Asda - like shopping in a warehouse, poor lighting, ambience so poor it verges on the possiblity of triggering a major depressive episode.
(according to a personal survey carried out in the South London area)
― Bob Six (bobbysix), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 10:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― N _RQ, Tuesday, 19 April 2005 10:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― Rumpie, Tuesday, 19 April 2005 10:33 (nineteen years ago) link
Tesco will eventually become unstuck like all dominant market leaders. They were good when they were trying to establish themselves as clear #1 in the mkt - the 'one in front' campaign, the loyalty card etc. Now they're running out of ideas. They have peaked and they will be unable to grow profits further probably by the middle of next year or 2007 latest. Then a competitor will get their strategy sorted out and show that they want it more - Asda?
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 10:48 (nineteen years ago) link
One friday night I was doing my shopping in Asda, this is going to sound sad as fuck, but they had loud upbeat tunes playing, Basement Jaxx etc, the atmosphere felt dead good and the amount of freebies on offer was such that I din't need to buy dinner that night....
― Rumpie, Tuesday, 19 April 2005 11:01 (nineteen years ago) link
So are their nappies.
They are the winners of my mother-in-law's Maidenhead baguette challenge though.
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 11:06 (nineteen years ago) link
which other supermarket can you go in, and do the "deeleeleela da da" thing as you pat your bum?
― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 11:07 (nineteen years ago) link
And Asda is the only supermarket in the vicinity with one of those Coinstar Machines in the foyer.
― Rumpie, Tuesday, 19 April 2005 11:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 11:12 (nineteen years ago) link
even so, i've been sucked in by their £2 off coupons, and then every time we go there, more coupons, etc.
and they have a phonebox ad that i just don't understand. it has a picture of milk, and says 'islington. home of the chattering classes. here's something to talk about-- milk is 33p at tesco islington green'. isn't that somewhat insulting to their target market?
― colette (a2lette), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 11:22 (nineteen years ago) link
(and if I have to look at DEBBIE DE SOUZA MUM IN A MILLION once again I shall vomit forth bullets of bile)
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 11:30 (nineteen years ago) link
Last time I was in Asda the pa was playing Annie's Heartbeat, if I hear Mia next time I'm in I'll know it's some Ilxor picking the tunes.
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 11:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 11:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 11:44 (nineteen years ago) link
it's a shame there are so few large Co-op's these days cos their stuff is really good. lots of own brand fair trade stuff etc.
xpost, i have!
― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 11:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 11:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 12:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Huey (Huey), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 12:15 (nineteen years ago) link
The source of the Porters' wealth is clear. Her father, Sir John Cohen, founded Tesco, which he named after his wife, Tessa Cohen.
― Huey (Huey), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 12:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 12:21 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.bushywood.com/council_images/dame_shirley.jpg
― suzy (suzy), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 12:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 12:35 (nineteen years ago) link
The one that services the entirety of Skye is pretty hot shit, possibly more so than it needs to be in that isolation. Pak choi in the Highlands, who'd a thunk it?
Tesco get a fair amount of my lunch money, being as they've carpeted Bloomsbury with Metros. And there's a Krispy Kreme kabinet. Major shops go increasingly to Waitrose though, as I've suddenly developed a half-assed conscience.
― Liz :x (Liz :x), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 12:38 (nineteen years ago) link
Liz, we go to that Waitrose too after years of the Angel Sainsburys and emergency Sunday trips to the DISCO DISCO TESCO (as was, due to its usage on Sundays by monged clubbers) that Colette goes to
― suzy (suzy), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 12:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 12:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― suzy (suzy), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 12:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 12:51 (nineteen years ago) link
Scotmid (ie, Scottish Midland Co-Op) used to have a big department-store-style branch in Edinburgh, but it closed down a few years ago. Half of it is a Lidl now.
― caitlin (caitlin), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 12:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 13:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― Liz :x (Liz :x), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 14:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 14:29 (nineteen years ago) link
Seriously though, that's a real bummer.
― Liz :x (Liz :x), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 14:31 (nineteen years ago) link
Tesco isn't as bad as Asda. Morrisons is just plain awful.
― Matt (Matt), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 14:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 14:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dave B (daveb), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 14:48 (nineteen years ago) link
At my local (to where I work) butcher, I can buy organic meat at no more than it costs in Sainsbury, and I get good conversation (if a bit surreal at times), the butcher knows where all his meat comes from, and if I want somethign different, he'll do it for me.
At my local farm shop I get local produce that is in season. I will soon be able to buy a large bundle of aspargus, grown in a field about half a mile away, for about £1.50. In Sainsbury it would cost me about 3 or 4 times that (and may come from hundreds of miles away). I really went off supermarkets when I saw parsnips from New Zealand in the middle of July.
Local food, in season is the best.
― andyjack (andyjack), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 14:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 15:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 15:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 15:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 16:28 (nineteen years ago) link
Revive!
Slang guide for Tesco's silver army
Older supermarket workers are being given a guide to youth slang to help them understand younger colleagues and customers.
The pamphlet is being tried out in some of Tesco's 1,500 stores with a high proportion of employees over retirement age.
Key phrases in the guide include:
Bad: Good (but this can also mean bad. When in doubt, just nod). How’s it hanging’?: How are you today? Laters: Cheerio, goodbye. Minging: Ugly, unattractive. Phat: Wicked (in the good sense), cool. Slammin’: Pleasing to the eye. Talk to the hand: I’m not listening. Wack: Weak, boring.
A Tesco spokesman said: “It aims to help bridge the generation gap and offer a guide for older members of staff looking to chat with younger colleagues and customers."
Lionel Gardner, 70, who works at Tesco Extra in Eastbourne, East Sussex, said: "It's a great idea. I love working with young people but a lot of the time I have difficulty understanding what they are trying to say.”
And Ash Coley, 18, who works in the same store, said: “We youngsters learn a lot from the old timers. It is very interesting to talk to them - especially when they go on about the war.
“Hopefully, we will be able to have even better conversations with them now with the help of this guide.”
Tesco PR chief Jon Church, who recruited daughters Nicola, 15, Gemma, 14, and 11-year-old Hannah, to help write the guide, said: “We have a very diverse workforce and customer base and in today’s fast-moving world there can be a communication barrier between generations.
“If the leaflet is well received, we will roll it out to all UK stores.”
Aren't most of these words a little anachronistic?
― CharlieNo4, Wednesday, 30 May 2007 09:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Richard Littlejohn blames the Sixties.
― Marcello Carlin, Wednesday, 30 May 2007 09:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Tesco PR chief Jon Church, who recruited daughters Nicola, 15, Gemma, 14, and 11-year-old Hannah, to help write the guide, said: “We have a very diverse workforce and customer base and in today’s fast-moving world there can be a communication barrier between generations
Ohh and child labour too!
― suzy, Wednesday, 30 May 2007 10:31 (sixteen years ago) link
can't they get any tory kids to work there then?
― Marcello Carlin, Wednesday, 30 May 2007 10:35 (sixteen years ago) link
They all work at Waitrose.
― PJ Miller, Wednesday, 30 May 2007 10:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Dud for not delivering my muesli this week.
― Dom Passantino, Wednesday, 30 May 2007 11:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, but vegetables and fruit are ridiculously expensive in supermarkets in general, herbs all come from israel, despite being entirely growable in this country, hideously overpackaged with yards of choking plastic and overall, I find that small family owned asian, chinese and african foodshops around the country are much cheaper for basics. I get milk and juice there and usually want to kill myself afterwards.
― I know, right?, Sunday, 29 June 2008 14:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Really, at this stage, Tesco is just the illusion of cheapness. It's pretty shite value really, it's just that most people only compare it to the other supermarkets and the difference between them all is pretty negligable.
― I know, right?, Sunday, 29 June 2008 14:18 (fifteen years ago) link
"'It all comes down to customers. There was the example of tomatoes, which in British supermarkets are generally tasteless. Tesco thought why not invest in making a brilliant tasty tomato, but when they tried it people made clear they preferred the tasteless one, so they went back to that. They follow the basic advice: listen to the customer and don't act too quickly. As the sales figures show, they have still got their finger on the pulse of the British consumer."
Wah?
I want nice tomatoes, supermarket ones are crap, but so are local grocer ones up here.
― Jarlrmai, Sunday, 29 June 2008 15:54 (fifteen years ago) link
I think Tesco's stock a lot of good value frozen stuff the the big 1kg bags of chicken breasts, mixed veg, runner beans, etc...
― Bodrick III, Sunday, 29 June 2008 17:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Sounds filthy:
Tesco has started selling fish finger sandwiches, complete with lettuce and ketchup, to be eaten cold. The move comes as fish finger sales soar - with sales up from £584m to £610m in the past year as the recession eats into family budgets.Tesco product developer Laura Fagan, who came up with the idea, said, "The inspiration for the sandwich came from my own student days - it really was survival food back then."I realised that every now and then I was getting a hankering for one - and guessed I wasn't alone. Nothing makes us feel better in difficult times than comfort food. We're thinking of developing other classic sandwiches - we'll see how well this one does."
Tesco product developer Laura Fagan, who came up with the idea, said, "The inspiration for the sandwich came from my own student days - it really was survival food back then.
"I realised that every now and then I was getting a hankering for one - and guessed I wasn't alone. Nothing makes us feel better in difficult times than comfort food. We're thinking of developing other classic sandwiches - we'll see how well this one does."
― James Mitchell, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 12:33 (fourteen years ago) link
I realised that every now and then I was getting a hankering for one
But couldn't be bothered tearing off a piece of lettuce, finding a bottle of ketchup, and putting it all between two pieces of bread.
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 12:38 (fourteen years ago) link
ketchup no mayo/tartare/similar yes
― unban dictionary (blueski), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 12:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Tesco currently v dud since their van fridge broke down when delivering our groceries yesterday but they aren't returning phone calls or emails inquiring whether they are going to refund us or redeliver the fridge/freezer stuff. It's not that hard a question.
― Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 12:50 (fourteen years ago) link
I had one of these Tesco fish finger sandwiches an hour ago and it was delicious.
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 13:00 (fourteen years ago) link
it didn't taste 'evil' to you?
― Amateur Darraghmatics (darraghmac), Tuesday, 8 September 2009 13:06 (fourteen years ago) link
It was weird because it was cold - fish fingers should be hot and the butter should be melted. But that weird feeling soon went. Plus I couldn't decide which flavour crisps to have with them, don't think salt & vinegar really worked.
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 13:08 (fourteen years ago) link
They should obviously include crisps with the sandwich, to save their customers the excruciating trouble of finding and opening a separate package.
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 13:18 (fourteen years ago) link
subject line of pr email received today:
Tesco launches the UK's first lad's granola
i dare not open it
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 16:34 (twelve years ago) link
i really hope it's called GRANOLADS
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
MANGRAN
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
LAUNCH OF UK’S FIRST LAD’S GRANOLAThe first ‘lad’s granola’ breakfast cereal has been launched in the UK.FUEL is a delicious chunky breakfast granola packed with vitamins and minerals essential for keeping men fighting fit. It is being sold exclusively in 459 Tesco stores.FUEL is aimed predominantly at active, healthy males – or men who are aspiring to be – and comes in two varieties: 70% Chocolate Chunks and Fruit Loaded.Containing only natural ingredients, FUEL, whose brand strapline is “One Life – Live It”, is rich in Vitamin B and E, high in fibre and contains guarana extract. It is a blend of both slow release and fast release energy.The aspirational packaging tells customers to: ‘Throw off the shackles, sail away from the safe harbour, climb to the peak of your ambitions. Whoever you are and whatever you choose to do in life, be it jumping for joy, trekking the Amazon or chasing that business dream, you need the right FUEL to give you the boost that will get your day off to a great start.’Barney Mauleverer of FUEL said: ‘Men are fed up with the lack of choice in the breakfast cereal market. We wanted to create a fantastic tasting new cereal just for guys which has all the energy a man needs to get his day – and evening - off to a great start. But we’ve also heard that lots of women like it too.’FUEL will be sold in 400g packs with a retail sale price of £3.69. It is on special offer in Tesco during November for just £2.49.
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
WHERE DO YOU EVEN START
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
assuming FUEL stands for File Under: Energetic Lads
― Buster Mottrhymes (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 17:10 (twelve years ago) link
lol @ "men who are aspiring to be"
i'm sure 70% chocolate chunks will help them in that regard
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eo1E3uKybJ4/Tqp2Vgig_-I/AAAAAAAACdU/LRV6it1iEsc/s400/IMG_7095a.JPG
― Lars and the Lulu Girl (NickB), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
Get Matt Cardle to advertise it. I'm sure he's not doing anything at the moment.
― asked Dermot O'Leary, but he couldn't help me either. They call me the (snoball), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
Actually the silhouette on the box looks like Alan Partridge shouting "ah HA!"
― asked Dermot O'Leary, but he couldn't help me either. They call me the (snoball), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
Can't really spot from the photo what makes it so different from any other cereal. Maybe you pour beer over it instead of milk?
― Lars and the Lulu Girl (NickB), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
the DAY on the packet looks like GAY
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
The fruity one looks like...
http://gcbooks.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/empire-of-the-sun.jpg
― Lars and the Lulu Girl (NickB), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
There's something fishy going on. Last month, the respected journalist Sarah Editor at Simply Woman magazine reported on the launch of this breakfast sensation.
At that time, Barney Mauleverer was quoted as saying it wasn't just men who were fed up with the lack of choice in the breakfast cereal market but people generally. Attracted as I am by the call to throw off the shackles, sail away from the safe harbour, climb to the peak of my ambitions, I need to be confident that this product is really aimed at me. If the odd manly woman happens to like it, despite it not really being designed for them, as is now claimed, that's one thing, but I don't want granola turned into some gender-bending free-for-all.
Simply put, I don't like fudge for my breakfast, Barney.
― Alba, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
Is Barney an Apprentice candidate, by any chance?
― Alba, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
Awsome from Tescos
― The Robustness of Captchas (Tom D.), Sunday, 7 February 2016 12:56 (eight years ago) link
This is a weird story.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/dec/22/tesco-halts-production-at-chinese-factory-over-forced-labour-claims-christmas-cards
― Soup on my lanyard (Tom D.), Sunday, 22 December 2019 16:16 (four years ago) link
Makes me feel guilty for buying that box of Lemsip from there last night.
― Soup on my lanyard (Tom D.), Sunday, 22 December 2019 16:17 (four years ago) link
“help i’m stuck inside a fortune cookie factory indeed” :(that said is it so different from all the zillions of US prisons with big mfg contracts? not that that makes it better obv
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 22 December 2019 16:19 (four years ago) link
Yes, prisoners are used for cheap labour all over the world surely?
― Soup on my lanyard (Tom D.), Sunday, 22 December 2019 16:24 (four years ago) link
how the US prison population manages to dwarf China's with a fraction of the population is another matter!
― calzino, Sunday, 22 December 2019 16:27 (four years ago) link