Why shop at Tesco?

[piehabit]

Why do people shop at Tesco?

Their ethical standards are low when it comes to competition and animal welfare etc. Their advertising suggests they sell cheap crap to idiots who don't care. The funny thing is, you can get cheap crap else where for less! So why Tesco?

[LeMarchand]

Because most people only care about three things, and ethics isn't one of them:

Price
Convenience
Range

Whether you like them or not, Tesco does a pretty good job on all 3 fronts.

[CheekyChops]

Yep - I shop there because it's close to home and easy to park outside. The prices are cheap enough , they have good offers on, they sell everything I want and they have a good range of products.

I resent the implication that I am an idiot who doesn't care, buying cheap crap. I am on a budget and can't afford to shop at Waitrose every week (not that there is one within about 30 miles of here). Where do you suggest we shop?

[sir.prize]

Tesco true slogan . . . . eVERY LITTLE HELPs

[Goodsoulette]

Pie habit, I am on a budget now and have two kids and am about to become a student again, In preperation, I have built two large raised beds, to grow veg in and will continue to grow my own salad in grow bags, I also go directly to local farms or my mum and dad for eggs. I get fruit in the same way or by only eating what is in season to make it cheaper. This way I can continue to buy ecover products to clean with and the meat I can still afford to buy free range. I wouldn;t compromise my ethics to get cheap food.

[spudqueen]

Well I shop at Tescos (and Asda and Somerfield and occasionally Sainsburys and Morrisons) because they sell what I want at a fair price. I don't buy everything there, I have a local butcher and I buy my milk from the milk man, and I buy most of my fruit and veg from Booths supermarket (North West England). But they do sell a lot of other stuff that I use.

[tiggerblue10]

Tesco is the nearest supermarket to me and have a parking facility. The only others shops near me are Halal meat butchers and Asian green grocers. I often shop at the green grocers as the fruit and veg tastes nicer but I refuse to buy Halal meat as I don't agree with it. There are no other butchers near me. I have started buying ethically produced chicken from Tesco though.

I do not class myself as an idiot!

[FKNelectro]

TESCO IS TAKING OVER THE WORLD



just thought i'd say =]

[stewey]

Is 'Walmart' over there yet?

[gina32]

so what is the difference between the major supermarkets?

[tiggerblue10]

I haven't sen any Walmart over here. I thought Asda was part of the Walmart family.

Where are you stewey?

[gina32]

walmart has been here for a few years

[Goodsoulette]

walmart owns asda, I think.

Asda manage to make a pair of jeans for 3 or 4 quid. How is that possible?

[tiggerblue10]

Sweatshops I think Goods.

[gina32]

goody so do tesco

[tickledtrout]

I do my food shopping at Booths and other bits from Sainsburys or wilkinsons. Only use tesco for stuff like milk during the week as its my local 'corner shop'

[taliesin238]

Whats this animal ethics thing with tescos?? Please tell me, I may never shop there again!!

[taliesin238]

Is Asda alright??

[Goodsoulette]

Talesin its about chickens mainly. Chickens are the nations most eaten meat (and most poorly treated stock) and to produce them on such a grand scale , supermarkets have sort of bullied the farming industry into unethical practices, so that they can sell these birds at really low prices . So to get your whole chicken for 3 quid, the farmers hs to farm thousands of these birds which literally eat and sit in their own wee for their entire 6 week existance.

Farm assurance schemes have taken care of the larger cattle, this isn;t the same standard as your organic/free range meat but there are better standard. I believe the RSPCA have now included chicken into their freedom food.

If something is cheap, the supermarket is not going to be paying for you. They always win, cheap food comes at a cost.

[malpals]

I shop at Tesco and I'll tell you why. I live in the most northern part of North Wales and I would love to go to my local high street and shop there. I can, in fact remember going into town with my grandmother in the late 50's and early 60's and it was a real event! We went to the post office , then to various shops including the butcher, where I can remember looking at the cattle carcases hanging above the sawdust and being fascinated and horrified by it. We went to grocers, green-grocers, bakers, iron mongers , stationers and haberdashers. That same high street is now devoid of all those shops except for the very same butcher. The only place in town where food is sold now is Iceland and farmfoods! The only option is to shop at either Tesco or Morrisons.