Tesco money off - hilarious!

COOLTRIKERCHICK

hi...i am sure i heard or read somewhere that tescos is in the top 5 world supermarkets for turnover...(i think this is right)....and they are so powerfull that the more or less allways get what they want when it comes to planning etc....we campaigned not to have the tescos built in the next village as it would kill local business...18 months down the line....you can now see the effects...which they said would not happen.....so i feel justified in any extra i can get out of them.... as what we are doing with vouchers r & r's is just like a grain of sand on the beach....
also just going over what welsh dragon have said about the way they treat their suppliers....it is also known that they agree a price for a product... say lettuce ..and they tell that supplier they want x amount... when the lettuce are ready to go into the stores....tescos turn round and change the price to a lower one....and then the farmer's back is against the wall does he take the price drop or lose all the crop.....also they have done deals and agreed to take fresh produce... and have arranged a certain strain...etc.... and then at the last minute have cancelled the order.... and the farmer is left again with not a leg to stand on.......:mad:

Amys

Also, it is common pratice for the companies that have items displayed on the end of shelves and in good positons to have pay for those placements in one way or another.

Felicity

chloejane wrote:

i did this too, sales assistants not to happy mind you, managed to put shopping through at £15.55p for the £4 off a £15 shop lol, thinking it might be the same store we have been shopping in![/QUOTE]

Very possibly!

I did some shopping there again yesterday and used the £3 off vouchers PLUS other vouchers again. Got a total of £12 off 2 £10 shops. They don't seem as bothered about accepting vouchers now!

The vouchers last till next w/e so I will be stocking the cupboards up (again, LOL!).

Felicity

I studied retail at university and also had a few clients (I used to work for an IT company) that were in the supply chain.

I have seen 'being the scenes' and believe me, the retailers get away with absolute murder! They dictate to their suppliers regarding cost / volumes etc.

I had a client who sold flowers to M&S. M&S would totally dictate the terms and would have a policy where they could return the flowers to the supplier if they were 'faulty'. Unfortunately for the supplier, M&S would return any flowers that were unsold and claimed them as being 'faulty' even after thier expiry date was up. The returns would come in weeks after the expiry date was up and the flowers would be dried out by then!

Suppliers have to accept this unfortunately.

If anybody can use coupons, R&R (although I would never have the nerve!) etc, then go for it.

I enjoy seeing the consumer winning over the retailers and I very seriously doubt that it makes even the tiniest dent in their profits!

I love buying produce from our local shop and farmers market and pay full price happily. Whenever I shop at Tesco or the other big retailers, i always, always look to get a discount via vouchers!

The_Old_Bag

Must agree that I think Tesco are only following down a well worn and highly lucritive path laid out by the likes of M&S. They would order 1000 gross of blouses say, but if one box had any fault ( by THEIR definition) they could and would send the whole consignment back. Now you know why British manufacturing industry is on its knees. Add to this the lower wages the big retailers benefit from in the far east and North Africa and hence M&S can no longer claim their 90% British logo.
BUT, remember it is not just us Brits that are so cut throat - Asda is now part of Wal-Mart (US i think) and if you track back far enough I think a lot of companies which we traditionally thought of as British, arn't. So maybe OUR businesses have just not been ruthless enough - Scary thought !!:eek:

COOLTRIKERCHICK

at the end of the day the big supermarkets have got us just where they want us...at their checkouts.......by slowly brain..washing us.....with ads and loss leaders....as they say... once we go there for an average of 6 weeks we are hooked......out of habit.....so we should get into the habit of using money off vouchers....r & r 's .....going to the reduced section.....and finding those reduce products that also have an offer on...like bogof... and save a £1.00 when you buy 2 as these discounts also click in when the items are reduced.....so we go out of the shop winners not the supermarkets...and finding any loophole...that will make us smell of financial roses and not them.......

BoltonMinx

I just want to point out that even if you use vouchers, do overcharge refunds and other things, it makes not a jot of difference to their bottom line and the small shops still go out of business. Maybe we should boycott tesco (and indeed all supermarkets) instead? How about a no supermarket week where we all go to our local suppliers and put our dosh in their pockets? who is with me on this?

Felicity

BoltonMinx wrote:

I just want to point out that even if you use vouchers, do overcharge refunds and other things, it makes not a jot of difference to their bottom line and the small shops still go out of business. Maybe we should boycott tesco (and indeed all supermarkets) instead? How about a no supermarket week where we all go to our local suppliers and put our dosh in their pockets? who is with me on this?

I would ABSOLUTELY love that! A national uprising against the retail giants!

Unfortunately our plan would be flawed though. I have no doubt that everybody would like to shop locally at the independent stores, but i doubt a lot of MSE's would be able to afford it.

I am with you though. Wonder how much difference you and I could make?????????

COOLTRIKERCHICK

i do buy form the local traders...i only by my meat from the local butcher....my papers with the money off vouchers in them i go to my little newsagents....and i buy potatoes by the sack from a fruit and veg guy about 15 miles away....when i'm passing ..

i would totally love it... just going out every day and just buying what i wanted for that day etc...from the local traders...

but going back to the old demon........supermarkets........they have got us by the whatsits when it comes to prices on the every day stuff like washing powder etc.......

in an ideal world.....i would not use supermarkets...i would not be in debt....and there would be no 3rd world famine..... but in reality.....at the moment i need the supermarkets as i am up to my eyeballs in debt....i use money off coupons even though i dont buy the products.......and 3rd world poverty and famine is a total disgrace.......

but if there was a big campaign to not use supermarkets for a day of protest or what ever...i would totally back it.......:rotfl:

wigginsmum

I used to work in the site research department of Tesco head office. If there's a large gap between two Tesco stores anywhere in the country, they'll be analysing and producing reports on the viability of sticking another one in the middle. They also specialise in buying ailing supermarket chains abroad (I looked after France, Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic when I was there 10 years ago but I think they've expanded even further now). No consideration whatsoever on the effects on the local community beyond working out where parking and right turns would cause a nightmare - purely a question of increased profit.