General Chat

Ooh Heather, thats awful - I would take it back, catapillars as well!

Put me off broccoli now *shudders with you*.


Wouldnt bother me having to queue for a bit longer for a better quality store and food stocks Dawn.

T.

I bought broccoli in Tesco yesterday for todays dinner. I bought the one that is wrapped (because it's cheaper) not the loose one. When I opened it there was a family of green catapillars living in it......about six of them..........*shivers at the thought*

I too think he should have a copy! would we mind queueing for an extra 5 mins if we got everything we wanted and the veg was fresh?

Well I think Tesco's Chief Executive should have a copy of this. Seems to me no matter what part of the British Isles you are living in the vegetables are disgraceful. The stock is unreliable and the state of the stores disgusting. They need to do something about it. I think they should concentrate on the stores they have got without building any more and employ more staff in their existing stores.

Tina

I was in Lydl the other day......queues at the tills. the checkout girl had to leave the till to go and mop up a spillage.............they don't employ the staff

Our local Tesco seems to have a problem with stock control too. Fruit and veg not very good quality. Staff quite often short ( I`m not moaning about their height here!) Granted you don`t have to wait long in a queue, but that`s not enough to keep me shopping there.

Harp ,no I dont live in the West Country.I used to (Plymouth).Now East Midlands!

I have to say the reason the cages are left out and the shelves are empty is because the company gives priority to having no queues at the checkouts so takes the shop floor staff to man the tills instead of filling the shelves

My daughter works at our local Tesco's (part time now as she's gone back to college). As far as I'm aware, she's always polite - I'd like to think that I've raised her to be so. You'll always get some staff in any shop with a face like a smacked-whatsit! That's probably the law of averages or whatever!

It's a difficult one really as regards to the racks in the aisles etc. I guess if the shelves are empty, they need to re-stock, or people would be complaining the items they want aren't available. Let's face it, if the stock is out in the warehouse and NOT on the shelves, people won't be able to buy it. It's a bit of a catch-22 if you ask me - you're damned if you do and damned if you don't!

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Because they don't care Dawn and there isn't enough competition.
Where I live we have Lydl, Aldi, Tesco. 2x Dunnes Stores and a large Supervalu. If people aren't happy they shop elsewhere. This happened about two years ago when shopping centre where Tesco is tried to bring in paid parking. Customers went to the other supermarkets and the paid parking was done away with.
Protest with your feet !!

Why do you think the shelves are empty and the shops a mess?

i'm glad other mentioned the fruit and veg at Tesco....its rubbish....i now go to my local fruit n veg shop.....fresher,cheaper and nice staff,


Karen x

just got back from local tesco superstore, lots of empty shelves dont know if they are moving things round again or what.
Waited ages at deli counter while three assistants carried on a conversation, when one of them did eventualy come to serve us she appologised for keeping us waiting, and i appologised for interupting her conversation and told her i would go elsewhere for my cheese, she was gobsmackes
Jackie

just got back from tesco lol it was a mess but i bought 3 mens t-shirts for my son, 2 tops and a cardigan for me, 2 loaves of bread and 8 pints of milk all for £29 so dont wish to complain too much pmsl

PMSL Helen. I know what you mean!! LOL You dont live in the West Country do you?

We've just had a new super-duper Tesco opened near us. It's caused chaos with all the traffic trying to get to it. Don't think I'll bother!

I mainly shop at Tesco,but it is being turned into a super store so it is chaos at the mo.I have started using Aldi to buy sliced cheeses,sliced hams ,pork steaks,bacon,biscuits,and other stuff too.
Not being funny but there a lot of strange folk shop in Morrisons here. The Co-op are all Geriatric,not there is anything wrong with that ,but trying to get round the car park with peeps who don't know how to drive anymore does my head in!!!!!!!!.Hope I haven't offended anyone .

Dawn you are so right in mentioning the vegetables. I keep my vegetables in the fridge to try and keep them longer - if I get them to last a week I count myself very lucky. I love M&S for vegetables but cannot afford to shop there on a regular basis, although having said that at least there is no waste as it keeps so well.

Problem is that Tesco buy in vegetables to store at their distribution centres for them to then deliver to their stores which are stored in their stores ready for the shelves! No wonder the poor veg are limp lol

And theres another thing.......the veggies in tesco are really not that fresh! and the bread often only has 2 days on it and I was in there once and someone had picked up some out of date cheese and when looking there was a whole bunch of it on the shelf...tut tut

Ours became like this four years ago, and still is. On the ciggie counter, four or five staff,but only one doing anything,the other tree or four carry on talking amonst themselves, and look straight through the customers. They are only bidding their time till there pension at 60. Shelves never filled up etc.
We now go to Morrisons, two towns away, and you are treated like royalty. Plenty of stock usually on the shelves, but anything you can't find they will fetch it for you. Ciggie and Lottery counter works a treat, it is just the thick customers that cause any problems. Best selection of veggies and freshest I've ever seen.
Julia in Derbyshire