Could only happen at Tesco.

geri1965_2

Scarab wrote: »

Tesco tends to attract a certain demographic,

Which is what? I shop in Tesco and I haven't noticed a particular "type" of person at all.

paulineb_2

My local lidl actually gives away some free food if its close to its use by date. They just stick it on the counter after you go through checkout and you can go and help yourself, Ive had packs of salmon (cats were very happy), salad bags, my mum has also picked up a few bargains. Fabulous idea.

paulineb_2

I dont think Tesco attracts any certain demographic to be honest. Where I live theres no waitrose nearby, in fact I think theres only a few in Scotland.
Theres an asda, a Morrisons, a farmfoods, an iceland, a B and M, a home bargains, a lidl, a wilkinsons, all within a couple of miles of where I live

Its all much of a muchness really, as I said I was in M and S the other day and the people shopping there looked no different to anyone who shops in any of the stores.

I shop wherever I'll get a decent bargain. If Im in Morrisons and I see yellow stickered stuff, I'll take it if its useful. I very rarely shop in Tesco as I think its too expensive, Im on a low income. Im not a huge fan of lidl, I prefer aldi, shop in home bargains a lot.

I actually think in these tough times you'll get people who go from shop to shop to pick up bargains and many people shop around. I actually wouldnt like anyone to look at me and think, oh she falls into a certain type. I live in a very poor area. Im on a low income. But im well educated and I dont stand and fight people for the last loaf

Someone looking at me, I dont think they would be able to tell whether I earned 7 grand a year or 40 grand a year, thankfully and thats the way it should be.

Ive seen a lot of people comment about aldi over the years and suggesting that the people who shop there have certain problems, seen it said that only low lifes shop there. Which in my view is ridiculous, the people I see in aldi are just ordinary people doing their shopping, never seen anything untoward there, service is fine from staff, food is cheap and thats why I shop there

And even if I earned 5 times what I do right now which I have in the past, Id still shop there.

Frugalsod

cjalynch wrote: »

Actually I would lay a lot of the blame for this on the supermarket policy of reductions.

The other day I was in my local Tesco and their reduced section was jammed full of salmon, ready meals, cheeses and other refrigerated produce. It was 1pm and they were reduced by less than 10% (not worth buying really).

Doing late massive reductions only encourages thetype of behaviour described above and what I have witnessed locally and increasingly in the early evening. If the produce were better marked down earlier in the day and left at its original selling point (which is what Waitrose does) then others could get a bargain without the need for a scrum at 8pm. We all love a bargain but it can be better managed in light of the amount of waste we have recently been told the supermarkets are trying to cut.

There are advantages of all the clearance items together. They can keep marking it down throughout the day. My local Asda does this. It also makes it easier to find all the deals with them being together.

My local Tesco express has a similar arrangement but also has the prices marked down next to the full price items. It looks like they are trying out all options.

My local Co-op keeps discounted items on original shelves or in a basket next to the till.

Lequirk_2

Not that this has anything to do with yellow stickered stuff, but yesterday i nipped tesco get just a few things and as i got back to the car there was a massive row errupting in the car park, just opposite where i was parked.

I thought maybe there had been a car accident or something but it was a massive uproar over a car parking space. Now it was over a non disabled driver taking the last disabled space available, so can appreciate the perspective of the disabled party, but by god they were swearing and shrieking at the non disabled woman who had discourteously parked in the disabled bay. No need for that. State your case. Go find a tesco staff member to deal with it, but dont scream your head off hurling f words and all. They were in their 60's so should have known better IMO.

I was so glad to be leaving. It can happen anywhere of course, but i have found tesco and asda shoppers to be the most 'aggressive' both in the stores and in their car parks.

Scarab

geri1965 wrote: »

Which is what? I shop in Tesco and I haven't noticed a particular "type" of person at all.

I live smack bang in an area with a Tesco superstore on one side, a large Sainsbury's on the other, a Waitrose nearby and an Aldi up the hill.
I've shopped in all four over the years and am now a devout Aldi patron.
I can honestly say that you are more likely to encounter the lumpenproletariat (underclass) in Tesco than the other three. Now this is not to say you have to be a member of the underclass to shop there, I never said that, I merely intimated that a certain type are attracted to the supermarket 'given the choice'.
If you live in an area where the lumpenproletariat do not and therefore never come across them, then lucky you!

cybervic

My nearest Tesco and Asda often has 90% off the original price near the end of day everyday, Aldi and Waitrose never had similar reduced price discount unless it's Christmas eve. I don't think it's about the type of customer though.

geri1965_2

Scarab wrote: »

I live smack bang in an area with a Tesco superstore on one side, a large Sainsbury's on the other, a Waitrose nearby and an Aldi up the hill.
I've shopped in all four over the years and am now a devout Aldi patron.
I can honestly say that you are more likely to encounter the lumpenproletariat (underclass) in Tesco than the other three. Now this is not to say you have to be a member of the underclass to shop there, I never said that, I merely intimated that a certain type are attracted to the supermarket 'given the choice'.
If you live in an area where the lumpenproletariat do not and therefore never come across them, then lucky you!

I don't know if you actually mean the type of people Marx was referring to or if you are misusing the word to describe ordinary working class people.

I live in a very multicultural area, so my Tesco has a mix of different ethnic groups and social classes.

Scarab

geri1965 wrote: »

I don't know if you actually mean the type of people Marx was referring to or if you are misusing the word to describe ordinary working class people.

I live in a very multicultural area, so my Tesco has a mix of different ethnic groups and social classes.

Firstly, I never misuse words, when I say underclass (lumpenproletariat) that's what I mean, a member of the crude, poorly educated, lowest class of society.
Marx referred to the underclass as undesirables, you know, the sort of dysfunctional people that behave and act outside social norms, who are prepared to use violence to get loaves of discounted bread or form gangs to intimidate people in supermarkets into staying away from the YS items!
The term these days can also be used to define poverty stricken, undereducated, criminally inclined benefit claimants and immigrants, you know, the sort you find in multiculti areas and for the umpteenth time I did not say only a certain type shop at Tesco, I said Tesco attracts a certain type, there is a huge difference!

* Lumpen originally meant “rags,” but began to be used to mean “a person in rags.” From having the sense of “ragamuffin,” it came to mean “riff-raff” or “knave,” and by the beginning of the eighteenth century it began to be used freely as a prefix to make a range of perjorative terms.

LadyDee

But OP, you entitled this thread "Could ONLY Happen in Tesco", so perhaps you could have chosen your words more carefully at the start, but thank you for the lecture. The next time I'm attracted into Tescos I'll make sure I'm dressed the part.