Tesco mega reductions thread (updated)

quoia

quoia wrote: »

If you're talking Homeplus, I found reference that there are 5 stores.

QUOTE
"As of 2 October 2006 Homeplus remains a "trial" format and no decision has been taken on expansion beyond the three stores already open and two that will open shortly"

Four of these are MANCHESTER, ABERDEEN, STAINES and BROMBOROUGH.

The reference doesn't mention the 5th but the original poster mentions SOUTHAMPTON.

Although it does suggest that a Homeplus offers NOTHING MORE than any Superstore or Extra - they are "exactly the same" & "same range" EXCEPT NO FOOD !

The theory behind HOMEPLUS is that building/opening an EXTRA has all the usual planning issues, the needs etc if Asda/Sainsbury nearby, but without the food side the competition is Homebase/B&Q etc and therefore "easier" to do !

UPDATE - Another reference mentions BRISTOL and TELFORD

AND also CHELMSFORD

Looks like the "trial" is over - and from the above list of 8 locations I think ABERDEEN must have closed/changed given Tesco currently say 7 Homeplus (and the others look confirmed elsewhere)

Tesco outlines mission to up non-food estate
Published: 03 September 2007 -- Author: James Thompson

Tesco is gunning to more than double its number of Homeplus non-food stores in the UK.

Tesco Homeplus operations director Alison Horner said the UK’s biggest supermarket will add 10 shops to its existing portfolio of seven Homeplus stores.

She added that Tesco has identified six new sites, but a time frame for openings will depend on how quickly landlords can finalise contracts.

The supermarket giant has tested different approaches in each of its Homeplus stores, but Horner said its most recent launch, at Bromborough in Merseyside, earlier this year is the “most successful store to date”.

She added: “We are a lot clearer about our format now and it will probably be along the lines of Bromborough.” However, she stressed Tesco would continue to refine the format. “We need to do some work on the blue print with [non-food chief] Terry Green,” she said.

Tesco Homeplus stores provide an extensive non-food offer, including clothing and beauty products and Costa Coffee cafés. They also house Tesco Direct service desks, where customers can order and collect products from its catalogue and web site offer.

Three of its Homeplus stores, including Bromborough, measure 50,000 sq ft – a size that Horner said allows Tesco to optimise its non-food offer. The other stores total about 35,000 sq ft.

Rival Asda has largely adopted the same format for its non-food fascia Asda Living, which it aims to roll out to 300 UK locations. At present, the UK’s second-biggest supermarket has nine Asda Living stores and plans to add a further four shops before the end of November.

However, Retail Knowledge Bank senior partner Robert Clark said that standalone non-food stores are more important for Asda, because it has far fewer UK stores than Tesco. “Asda has suffered from a lack of outlets in the past 10 years,” he said.

quoia

Capitol Retail Park in Preston seems to one of them !

ladysparklexx

My local tesco in salisbury had a huge toy sale on today, lots of items were on the reduced toy isle with no price tickets so I got them scanned at customer services and got the following

Barbie my throne - 7.50
5 X Tickle me cookie monster - 1.87
Kid K'nex zoomin buddies - 4.99
K'nex 20 model building set - 4.99
Chou chou mummy make me better - 7.49
6 X Hama bead tubs with 5000 beads and four boards - 0.99
2 X My little pony star flight pegasus - 2.49
Girls single butterfly/spots quilt set - 2.00
Action command spiderman - 8.74
Interactive talking new gobin - 6.24
Interactive talking black suited spiderman - 6.24
2 X Spiderman web slinger target set - 2.49
New goblin talking room guard - 3.24
Cordz set - 4.99
2 X Magna wheels hot rod set - 1.24
Mega bloks plasma dragns vs plasma dinsaurs - 2.49

They have loads of other bits from dr who, harry potter, high school musical, barbie island princess, they did have the huge remote control darleks for 12.49 from about 70.00 ish.

Also loads of reduced DIY pieces, so thats my twins done for birthday and some for christmas and all of their school friends parties, nieces and nephews etc. It did over full a whole trolley and there was a lot more on the shelves although I did get the last cordz set.

hflower74

Childrens 5 piece CHRISTMAS dinner set now £1.31

Plastic with snowmen on.

mollymunchkin

Capri Sun lunch bags - 12p

Chezza0304

Just got back from Tesco's and they're selling the Valentines Belgian chocolates and Lanson Black Label Rose Champagne gift box (35cl) for £10 (half price). If you remove the valentines gift tag it makes a great gift for a woman for any occasion. The sell by date is 11/08

deb

ladysparklexx wrote: »

My local tesco in salisbury had a huge toy sale on today, lots of items were on the reduced toy isle with no price tickets so I got them scanned at customer services and got the following

Barbie my throne - 7.50
5 X Tickle me cookie monster - 1.87
Kid K'nex zoomin buddies - 4.99
K'nex 20 model building set - 4.99
Chou chou mummy make me better - 7.49
6 X Hama bead tubs with 5000 beads and four boards - 0.99
2 X My little pony star flight pegasus - 2.49
Girls single butterfly/spots quilt set - 2.00
Action command spiderman - 8.74
Interactive talking new gobin - 6.24
Interactive talking black suited spiderman - 6.24
2 X Spiderman web slinger target set - 2.49
New goblin talking room guard - 3.24
Cordz set - 4.99
2 X Magna wheels hot rod set - 1.24
Mega bloks plasma dragns vs plasma dinsaurs - 2.49

They have loads of other bits from dr who, harry potter, high school musical, barbie island princess, they did have the huge remote control darleks for 12.49 from about 70.00 ish.

Also loads of reduced DIY pieces, so thats my twins done for birthday and some for christmas and all of their school friends parties, nieces and nephews etc. It did over full a whole trolley and there was a lot more on the shelves although I did get the last cordz set.

hi hun - can you remember what high school musical stuff was reduced - my dd is mad on hsm

Harrietxxx

Tesco Finest percale fitted single sheet and pillow case £2.50. Was £10 I think.

HTH

ladysparklexx

deb wrote: »

hi hun - can you remember what high school musical stuff was reduced - my dd is mad on hsm

Right from memory which might not be to good as my children havent yet hit this stage there was a inflateble chair, a purple bag that you plugged your mp3 player into and another fairly bigish box from 29.99 bu I cant remember what was in it. Sorry i know it wasnt to helpful.

GeoThermal

In Tesco today and they have loads of mobile phones reduced. I picked up a Nokia 6230i for £20.