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Post by Veralynn on Jan 24, 2011 21:32:18 GMT 1
Tesco are terrible in my area, since moving in a number of years ago , there was a road created at the time , that bypasses the local town direct to Tesco, Now there are hardly any shops in my local area, and the town is full of s**t pubs aimed at piss heads and pound shops, and fast food take aways, , My town is in rapid declyn, but at the same time i brought from Tesco yeasterday, I live on a island and the time i could get to shops the only place oopen to me was Tesco Or it meant a min of 20mins drive to another superstore Asda, and Sainsburys, But on a whole i try to avoid Tesco and like, as much as possible infact it has been a NewYears resolution for us. Local Farm shop for Veg and salad, havent found a good butchers yet in my area though, so still on the look out but once found i will try to use as much as possible. I hate the fact that Tesco has helped to make my local high street void of any personality. Isle of sheppy? When Boris continues with the plan (which he'll make out is his) to build a f**king great airport in the middle of the Thames then the Isle of Sheppy will be reborn. They wouldn't have bothered building that bloody great bridge otherwise. Can't ignore the march of the internet..............surely once Tesco get their arse in gear the 'superstores' will become no more than distribution centres. With fuel costs where they are and rising, there will be a critical commercial point where everyone down my road (and yours, resistance is futile) has their shopping delivered at the same time (ish) on the same day. |
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Post by Guest on Jan 24, 2011 21:44:54 GMT 1
When Boris continues with the plan (which he'll make out is his) to build a f**king great airport in the middle of the Thames then the Isle of Sheppy will be reborn. They wouldn't have bothered building that bloody great bridge otherwise. Can't ignore the march of the internet..............surely once Tesco get their arse in gear the 'superstores' will become no more than distribution centres. With fuel costs where they are and rising, there will be a critical commercial point where everyone down my road (and yours, resistance is futile) has their shopping delivered at the same time (ish) on the same day. All rather depressing, Airport being proposed is about 5 miles from me, Infrastructures in place, widened the roads, Ebbsfleets up and running. Will it happen? a lot of apathy around so possibly will, though the RSPB will have their say, and they have done pretty well so far. Yep, we'll all have outside our little homes food storage bin as supplied by tesco with their logo spattered all over it, where the delivery driver can put our food in, we wont need to go to them, maybe once in a while order a little treat to be added to our set weekly shopping list. They can as a little thankyou lay off loads of staff, which is excellent news for the shareholders. f**king perfect |
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Post by sean on Jan 24, 2011 22:03:37 GMT 1
I worked in a venue that hosted an exhibition by Tesco's on their proposed development on the edge of a struggling town centre. It was in the early 90's, during the last recession.
The concerns of the residents was that Tesco's would further contribute to the decline of their town. To combat this and to show how they understood these concerns, the company mounted a PR campaign to demonstrate how much they cared by allowing the residents the opportunity to vote on what they wanted built on the land surplus to the supermarkets requirements. The options given were housing,a bowling alley, a cinema, or a combination of these. Over the course of the week the residents came and viewed what was on offer, and resigned to defeat voted on what they thought was best for their town.
The box in which the votes were cast was never taken away when the exhibition was finished. I phoned the PR company to tell them it was left behind, but they did nothing. I anonymously phoned a local councillor, who in public objected to the plans, to tell him about Tesco's attitude and contempt for the residents he was supposed to serve. He did nothing. Suffice to say the council got a new community building once planning permission was granted.
Seventeen years on the town is still suffering, and its decline has been continual since Tesco's set up shop.
The world moves on, but this isn't progress. It's greed and selfishness.
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Post by colinfishwick on Jan 24, 2011 22:05:59 GMT 1
not sure that's the case Manty, a lot of the shareholders are staff i believe - isn't part of their package incentivised with share options?
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Post by Veralynn on Jan 24, 2011 22:10:25 GMT 1
In time of course they, as global data controller, will be using our internet shopping lists to predict what we want, when we want it.
I seem to recall houses being built somewhere ready to accept internet food shopping into refrigerated spaces.
Also recall a business meeting in May at a cafe at the end of the Leysdown Road, Isle of Sheppy once in May - sun out, no wind, great food.....no Tesco Express, keep looking over your shoulder, they're coming.
On the plus side Sir Terry Leahy's buggered off, which means that 'growth' must be skewed from now....
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Post by Guest on Jan 24, 2011 23:49:18 GMT 1
not sure that's the case Manty, a lot of the shareholders are staff i believe - isn't part of their package incentivised with share options? You might be right ;D I honestly don't know |
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Post by Guest on Jan 27, 2011 15:51:09 GMT 1
When Boris continues with the plan (which he'll make out is his) to build a f**king great airport in the middle of the Thames then the Isle of Sheppy will be reborn. They wouldn't have bothered building that bloody great bridge otherwise. Can't ignore the march of the internet..............surely once Tesco get their arse in gear the 'superstores' will become no more than distribution centres. With fuel costs where they are and rising, there will be a critical commercial point where everyone down my road (and yours, resistance is futile) has their shopping delivered at the same time (ish) on the same day. All rather depressing, Airport being proposed is about 5 miles from me, Infrastructures in place, widened the roads, Ebbsfleets up and running. Will it happen? a lot of apathy around so possibly will, though the RSPB will have their say, and they have done pretty well so far. Yep, we'll all have outside our little homes food storage bin as supplied by tesco with their logo spattered all over it, where the delivery driver can put our food in, we wont need to go to them, maybe once in a while order a little treat to be added to our set weekly shopping list. They can as a little thankyou lay off loads of staff, which is excellent news for the shareholders. f**king perfect correct isle of sheppey.. |
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