Is Tesco tanking?

[Alien52]

What's so bad about freezing food?

 

Nothing. The vitamin content in freshly frozen vegatables can be higher than those that have been on a supermarket shelf for a day or two.

[Resident]

we need more co ops

 

No we don't.

 

In my area they petitioned against Tesco building a store that would have created much needed jobs and even if the Co-op shut down the number of jobs that Tesco would have created would have out-weighed the number 'lost' (Tesco stated that any co-op employee would have a job if co-op closed)

 

Co-op's main argument was that Tesco's would cause the three supermarkets we had at the time (Spar, Somerfields & Co-op) to go out of business and create a localised monopoly.

 

Local government agreed and Tesco's withdrew.

 

Since that decision Co-op have taken over Somerfields and the Spar in the area, leading to the very monopoly that was the basis of their argument against Tescos.

 

What's even funnier is that 2 of the Co-ops are less than 300 yrds apart and all three are within 1.2 miles of each other. Despite this, each store seems to have a completely different pricing structure

 

They may be "Good with food" but pricing and general management aren't their forte.

[Ian Dome]

Perhaps you should explain why you feel one of the few places that we need Iceland if as you now claim you wouldn't eat anything they sell. SWEETIE.

 

haha i love posters who mis-read things and get all narky.

 

[Phanerothyme]

Nothing. The vitamin content in freshly frozen vegatables can be higher than those that have been on a supermarket shelf for a day or two.

 

That's more or less guaranteed.

 

Frozen food snobbery, what next?

Edited February 28, 2012 by Phanerothyme

[Number Six]

I think if you are prepared to eat anything bought at Iceland you have a very strange conception of what quality means.

 

Not sure where i said "i'm prepared to eat anything bought at Iceland".

 

I really wish I was such a fabulous person that I never ate frozen food. But those frozen peas are so convenient, healthy, cheap and delicious you see. And I like ice cream.

 

Uptowngirl - how could you draw any conclusions about someone's concept of 'quality' based on a statement that they would eat something from Iceland? (if indeed they made such a statement - I can't see it.)

 

I eat kebabs every now and again, fully aware that the 'quality' in terms of the expense of the ingredients, the healthiness and so in, is low. Really low sometimes. But sometimes I fancy one almost *because* of that, What conclusions can you draw from that?

 

Re: Tesco - I would say the demographic of "the typical Tesco customer" has been hit harder financially in recent years than for any of the other big 4, so it's no surprise if they are performing less well.

[L00b]

That's more or less guaranteed.

 

Frozen food snobbery, what next?

Oh, I dunno...freshly-frozen PROCESSED food & vegetables?

[Phanerothyme]

Are they better or worse than 12 month shelf life PROCESSED food and vegetables do you think?

 

(why are we capitalising PROCESSED btw?)

[Number Six]

Oh, I dunno...freshly-frozen PROCESSED food & vegetables?

 

Are you one of these people that only eats stuff if it is raw? Or do you process your food?

[L00b]

I'll expand in the morning, tablet really is a PITA for typing

 

I'll edit quick, though: you both missed the point...but then I acknowledge it wasn't clearest-put either.

[Phanerothyme]

I find using my fingers works best.