Tesco (Shop)

WHO ARE THEY? Tesco are simply the biggest grocery retailer in the UK, and by some margin. Unlike ASDA, Tesco is not just a chain of superstores or hypermarkets, they have now split their retail business into groups of shops of varying sizes: Tesco Extra - a full size hypermarket carrying a full range of food, groceries and non-food goods. Tesco - a traditional "supermarket" size store carrying food, groceries and some non-food products. Tesco ...
...non-food retail stores. Tesco are also expanding rapidly in Eastern Europe, Poland and Slovakia increasingly "enjoying" Tescos market dominance. From our experience they are far less popular out there as single handedly (it took a group of supermarkets in the UK to do it!) they are running all of the smaller native supermarkets out of business. HOW MANY BRANCHES? In the UK there are currently 1,780 stores, with a further 111 to open this year. ...

RICHADA 25.03.2006 · Read full review
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>------------------------------< TESCO STORES PLC >------------------------------< >---------------< Introduction >---------------< Tesco is one of the worlds largest companies, with supermarkets ranging the world over and products now far in excess of food and drink. To some, Tesco is a company that is too big for its boots, too powerful, and too manipulative over local areas. To an extent I am inclined to agree with them. Small shops which ...
...a large Tesco to the area. However, I am a huge fan of Tesco not just because I have a large 24hr Tesco at the end of my road but also I am in favour of the huge range of products and services that Tesco provide and the jobs that it brings to the local area. Clearly this review has the potential to go on forever, but please bear with me and I will try to make it as short as possible. I will discuss further the damage that Tesco causes to the local ...

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...last 5 years, going from Tesco - the convenient place to shop, to Tesco - the root of all that is evil! I think particularly over the last couple of years as a nation we have become far more aware of the bully boy tactics used by the big corporate enterprises, and the food that we eat and our own local economy suffers considerably as a consequence. Tesco, it is estimated takes £1 of every £3 spent in the retail industry in the UK and the monopolies ...
...majority of my shopping in Tesco simply because the Devil is the root of all evil, and his biggest threat is temptation and decadence, so why would I travel 8 miles out of my way, when the devil tempts me into a nicely laid out, convenient store that is 2 minutes from my front door? Lets face it these days, unless you live in way out in the sticks, its 2 minutes from everyone's front door. Outside the Store It looks welcoming, there is a huge sign ...

Digbycat 27.02.2006 (03.03.2006) · Read full review
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...I have been shopping at Tesco for the last couple of years. I usually buy groceries, as the frozen foods on offer though tasty seem to be on the expensive side. Prices are competitive compared to its rivals Sainsbury's and Safeway although this is a matter of swings and roundabouts. There is adequate parking space but obtaining a parking ticket for free parking upto 2 hours can be a pain. A few years ago Tesco was a food only store. How times have ...
...Every time I have purchased Tesco liquid soap the squeezing mechanism stops working. This means that I have to manually pour the soap onto my hands. I also tried to make a trifle consisting of sponge fingers, custard and jelly. After eating the trifle both my wife and I had blotches on our skin. The toiletries + medicine sections are cheaper than Boots. Stationery, CDs, CD-ROMs, cards, toys, kitchenware + household stuff like cushions are available ...

mrpaella 19.11.2000 (25.02.2006) · Read full review
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We’ve just had a new Tesco built near us and I must say I do like it. It’s a big new store and has a huge range of stock. The construction of this new store caused some controversy locally as the old cattle market which has been part of the town for many years had to be demolished , which as you can guess caused a great deal of anger from the older residents of the town. The battle raged for months but eventually, as you would expect big business ...
...I don’t know if Tesco have adopted this steamroller approach else where in expanding their empire but I don’t think they will be very popular for long if they continue this policy all over the land. The trouble is its one of those big hypermarket type of stores designed for, out of town shopping usually located on a shopping park, or on the edge of town, and they have built it slap, bang in the middle of town. There are a lot of small villages in ...

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...I have a moderate sized Tesco one mile away from home & I have to say they do rather a good job. Its open from 6am in the morning to midnight most days, the shelves are usually well stocked & the staff are actually quite good. The place is alwys clean & its always easy to get parked outside. Generally the prices are OK; I think Asda could match them on many goods despite price comparisons on each isle to state that Tesco are cheapest. I do notice ...
...like mile & bread but Tesco increases the prices on other items to compensate, so I take these price wars with a pinch of salt (29p a pack). Just like the other supermarkets their vegetables are tasteless & buying meat from the butchery section is a 'hit or miss' affair. I like their wine section & their fresh bakery section is quite good despite the grumpy baker. Although its not a huge store they do offer many non food items, their CDs & DVDs ...

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...to write this opinion on Tesco Extra in Aberdeen as it is a great store to do my shopping in. You can find everything under one roof, from DVD’s to bikes and food to financial services. Tesco Extra is the largest style of store, you may come across smaller Tesco Express or Tesco Metro stores. Extra Things you can find in a Tesco Extra Store Newspapers and Magazines – You will find an extensive collection of magazines here covering all types of interest ...
...always found the staff in Tesco to be very helpful. If you are struggling to find an item, ask a member of staff and they will be happy to lead you to it. They are easy to spot in their blue checked shirt and navy trousers or skirt and there is usually many of them on the shop floor, stacking shelves, etc. The queues can be quite bad at busy times, but Tesco have a contingency plan for this. You will hear a tannoy announcement where all staff are ...

Leigh1 05.06.2003 · Read full review
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...or not so cheep! Tesco brand items I find to be inexpensive and often very good value and to be honest I cant tell the difference between Tesco kidney beans and any other brand – apart from I pay 10p for a can of Tesco’s rather than 30 p for another brand. Tesco boasts a huge array of food, drink, house hold goods etc plus I get the option of saving money here and there on buying Tesco own brand stuff. I can’t applaud them enough on their fresh fish ...
...info on this in the Tesco book when you sign up for the card. I myself am saving up to take the boys for a weekend to a theme park (which I will Op on when I’ve been!) For me, Tesco’s is a hassle free option I can do the bulk of my shopping with out the rest of the world and their kids by going at night or I can make an early start on a sat with the kids get what I need have a bite to eat then have the day with my boys. It’s perfect! What more can ...

Pastynicholls 22.02.2004 (15.08.2004) · Read full review
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I have worked at Tesco now for nearly a year and a half. But please don’t think I am going to rave about how good the store is, being totally biased, as I am not going to at all! This store, Allerton, Liverpool, is not the best store in the city, but for some reason, it IS by far the busiest. Imagine IKEA on a Sunday. Tesco is twice as bad on a Saturday! And that is bad. The store is situated smack bang in the middle of the busy shopping area of ...
...an Asda, Sainsbury and another Tesco 10 minutes up the road. ~THE STORE~ Car park The car park at this store is absolutely huge, and goes around two sides of the store. However, trolley parks are sparsely positioned and usually full of trollies, when really ther are meant to be empty, with all trollies being moved to the bay at the entrance to the shop. Another gripe I usually have about the trollies is that they normally have the odd chocolate ...

mi_ke 13.10.2003 · Read full review
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Now everybody knows and loves Tesco don’t they. They have supermarkets and shops everywhere from Inverness south – don’t know about Orkney and Shetland. Now to be honest I used to love Tesco too, but that love affair is on the wane a bit and with a new Asda hypermarket opening just round the corner Tesco is gonna half to work that much harder to keep me! Shopping used to be a simple choice between Safeway, about 2 miles away or Sainsbury about ...
...a petrol station. Along came Tesco about four years ago, only a mile away, with petrol station, and the love affair began. Our Tesco seems big in comparison to Safeway. The car park is huge, and the ‘shop’ is bright, airy and welcoming, with plenty of (free) trolleys. It has the usual array of goods on sale plus newsagents, film processing, delicatessen, fresh meat and fish counters and a bakery - almost standard spec now I suppose. The café is ...

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...shoot off to my local Tesco store in the middle of the night to grab a bottle of Calpol or box of tablets when one of the family is glued to the loo with a dicky tummy. Tesco was founded in 1924. It presently has over 2000 stores worldwide including the one down the road form where I live in Top Valley Nottingham. I am in desperate need of a bag of sugar, so I will be happy to show you around while I am there. This particular store has been open ...
...a good few years now Tesco has operated a really handy free bus that travels around the local estates on a regular basis picking up and dropping off many of the elderly residents and those mums with young children and no transport. This is a real help to lots of the people living in the community and I remember being grateful for it on a few occasions before we got our wheels. Now that we do drive, there is a handy 24 hour petrol station that Tesco ...

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...all about my new found Tesco store. Not just any store but a newly built and opened superstore at Hucknall in Nottingham. Why, you may ask would I only be so keen to tell you about this store in particular? Well there are quite a few reasons, but I should start with the fact that I have shopped at many Tesco stores across the country, Skegness, Top Valley Nottingham, Carlton, Rugby, Stratford upon Avon and London to name but a few, but this new ...
...always see in the other Tesco stores, greetings cards, music, DVD and videos, bedding, towels,car accesories, electrical items and then onto clothing. Although I have come across clothing in a few stores before, this one certainly has an excellent range. Could you hang on a mo while I grab some jeans? Thanks, hubby will be so pleased…two pairs for £10,ideal for when he gets oiled up playing cars. Toiletries and babies isles next, they’ve certainly ...

babajane32 26.06.2003 · Read full review
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...Offline Shopping » Supermarkets » Tesco (Shop) Tesco have two stores in Chelmsford. One based right on top of town, and one just out of town near the Miami roundabout, which is my local store, and the one that this opinion is based on. I try to do most of my shopping at Tesco. The food is good, the prices are reasonable and my local store sells everything from food and drink to clothes and CDs. There is also a petrol garage situated alongside the ...
...away from the store) Tesco stock a wide variety of products and like most supermarkets sell primarily the big names. If you want to be something made by Birds Eye, Coca Cola, Ben & Jerrys or Huggies, then Tesco will sell it. They also offer their own ranges, these being the Value range, which is a cheap and cheerful offering aimed at those who don’t care if their goods have fantastic packaging. Most of the value range has very simple white and blue ...

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...all fairly regularly. My local Tesco is probably the largest of the bunch and situated out-of-town it is the hardest for me to get to and so the one I visit the least. Along with my local store I have visited others within a 20 mile radius and in areas that I used to live in. With all of the major stores I've visited there's been ample free parking with plenty of dedicated spaces for disabled shoppers and those with children in tow. Unlike all the ...
...and regularly under stocked. Tesco was the first major store to introduce a 'value' brand, and this used to be the very thing that persuaded me to spend £6 travelling by train to my nearest store. Tesco's value brand is cheap, but not always the cheapest, and seems to be a bit hit and miss quality-wise. The value baked beans are extremely good value and taste ok, but their value 'cola' is revolting. Along with the value brand, Tesco also offers a ...

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Tesco is now only 2nd in the UK food retail market, surpassed by ASDA who have intentionally formed an allegiance with Wal-Mart. Naturally those in the know will tell you its a take over that occurred there but whatever the events that were witnessed over there, it affected Tesco and has started one of the biggest price wars in recent history. For those of you who have kept their heads in the sand the last year you'll know that when the American ...
...was even better is that Tesco has tried to keep its position as number one retailer by cutting prices further. And so started the price wars. After the original surge we have had quite a lull, but anyone opening their local papers in the south today will have found the latest Tesco leaflet (if not then you better go and declare blasphemy upon your local delivery boy who wasnt doing his job properly!). If you take a close (although actually the print ...

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