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bundly

spunko2010 wrote: »

I've just cancelled my Delivery Saver with Tesco and am going back to ASDA.

Ha! Just received my ASDA delivery. Goodbye, Tesco.

jimpix12

Was any of it rotten, bundly? From memory my main issues were grapes and strawberries. To be fair strawberries only last 1-2 days after picking.

The other downside is 2 hour slot, I will miss the 1 hour slots with Tesco, but not enough to change back!!

Chrysalis

Tesco rotten to the core it seems.

All this huffing and puffing from them saying they made mistakes overcharging people for food, and then they do this, sticking two fingers up to single people on a budget.

At first I thought it was just delivery saver so cancelled by midweek plan.

Then I found this.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/591008/Tesco-charges-online-orders

So non delivery saver also affected, £4 surcharge if under £40.

Guess I am going to asda who do free delivery for long slots.

not to mention they already use home deliveries as a way to offload poor dated stock, even when they have a guaranteed self life they often breach it so I am having to constantly ring up for refunds.

Chrysalis

Gordon_the_Moron wrote: »

I work for another supermarket and I'm not a fan of Tesco - don't normally shop their, online or otherwise.

However in their defence I think £25 was too low in the first place - how could the profit margin on a £25 order possibly be big enough to cover the cost of the fuel, wages of the picker and delivery driver? Those of you complaining I spend £1500 to £2000 a year there, think about what you're doing and you could avoid delivery costs. £2000 a year is nearly £40 a week, how often do you want them?

To the person saying "a £39 order will now cost £43" you are daft if you make a £39 order - order a Trek Wholefood Mixed Berry bar with your order - I highly recommend them as they're very tasty, low fat and filling, costing £1 each normally if you add one to a £39 order it will cost you £-3.

Bit of a lack of respect for those with a small budget. People who also dont have a car so its not trivial to drive and do their shopping.

Those delivery drivers dont just fuel up and do one single delivery they will do multiple on each run. Guessing by the size of the vans its at least 30 deliveries on one run. Plus they save money by putting food in the orders noone will buy in store due to poor dates. Plus people who shop online get less offers.

Chrysalis

MysteryMe wrote: »

I think any moral outrage against the supermarkets instantly loses credibility when you get people suggesting ordering perishable items like £15 beef joints or sides of salmon with the sole intention of refusing it at delivery.

So what do you suggest to those people who can only afford £25, cannot drive, travel, housebound etc?

to buy food they dont need and as such budget badly?

Please dont suggest doing shopping once a month or something.

If all the supermarkets do this together its cartel action and needs reporting.

Perhaps they should stick up a big sign "families only welcome no single people, you dont eat enough"

Chrysalis

consumers_revenge wrote: »

Why are you guys not saving a fortune in aldi??????

Just buy a few non available items from tescos or asda on the way back.

because aldi dont deliver.

I suggest those moving to asda to email the CEO and make it clear you only moving because they still do £25, this may discourage them increasing prices.

Also contact your MP. Political pressure sometimes affects commercial companies.

Curveygirl

I've just decided that this might actually SAVE me money! I can easily spend less than £25 but add in things to make it up to the £25. Well I ain't making it up to £40, so I may as well go back to buying what I actually need, instead of overspending. I already save money by not actually going in and being tempted. So mr tesco, you might have wrenched £25 out of me previously, but, in future, if I need only £11 worth of shopping, that's what I'll get -even if it costs me delivry and surcharge to get it, I m still quids in. In fact, I wonder how little I can spend and still get it delivered!!!!!!

Pincher

There are certain pleasures in finding buttered croissants for 25p, down from 75p, at the end of the day. I just had some very nice strawberries, £1.49 down from £3, near expiration.

On the other hand, I am quite interested in finding when Lloyd Grossman pasta sauces are not 50% off at £1. I am almost tempted to pay £2 just for the experience.


You miss out on these things when you get home delivery.

Nada666

Chrysalis wrote: »

So what do you suggest to those people who can only afford £25, cannot drive, travel, housebound etc?

to buy food they dont need and as such budget badly?

Please dont suggest doing shopping once a month or something.

If all the supermarkets do this together its cartel action and needs reporting.

Perhaps they should stick up a big sign "families only welcome no single people, you dont eat enough"

What are you ranting about? What is new about supermarkets not caring about single people? You are talking rubbish about people only spending £25 per week. And you are all talking rubbish about not being able to spend £40 every two or three weeks.

Supermarkets charge single people 49p per pint for milk instead of less than 23p. They cannot buy most chilled lines or fruit or veg as they are pretty much all on multi-buy 'deals.' As such the idea that single people only shop weekly is utter bunkum.

Most people who do want to buy only fresh lines want to actually see what is on offer before buying.

A ridiculous thread filled with short-sighted selfish and greedy self-contradicting inexactituders.

PennyForThem_2

Trek mixed berry bar may be fat free but it is (carbohydrates)sugar heavy

Typical ValuesTypical values per 100g-Energy1254 kJ--300 Kcal-Protein16g-Carbohydrate56g-Fat2g