Tesco - empty shelves

marleyboy

I'm curious as to what all these customers are doing packed in a Tesco store, parading around empty shelves

tomstickland

My local Tesco is the same. Empty shelves are quite normal for certain items.

The thing I hate the most is signs saying things like "we're improving your store." It's not my store.
Do you remember the short lived "no more than one in front" campaign?

looby75

OP I have found exactly the same thing but with asda rather than tesco. For years our nearest adsa was pretty much as you described, half empty, understaffed and generally grubby and untidy. There was no other viable alternative in the area, there was an Aldi and a small co-op but that was it. The nearest tesco was over 20 miles away.

Then Tesco opened a 'extra' store pretty much on the door step of asda, the change in asda was amazing. Every shelf was chocker block, every till was open at peak times, loads more staff milling round the store and a total "facelift" for the whole store, new floors, shelving and the cleaning fairies visiting every night

So its not just tesco but any supermarket that doesn't feel as though it has any serious competition.

Dave_Brooker

eyelinerprincess wrote: »

Cos Netto's crap and they can't afford Waitrose, read the post DB...

He needs to get his act together then. and start shopping at waitrose.

looby75

Dave_Brooker wrote: »

He needs to get his act together then. and start shopping at waitrose.

is that before or after the magic money tree he just planted in his back garden grows?

Dave_Brooker

looby75 wrote: »

is that before or after the magic money tree he just planted in his back garden grows?

Waitrose aren't that expensive.

Where I live we have a co-op, an aldi and waitrose, so the poor white trash get to shuffle around aldi/co-op while the chosen ones like me get to shop in waitrose free of plebs.

Even if I am paying over the odds.....

smashedbooboo

Hi, my tecoes store is just the same with loads if empty shelves. Its been driving me nuts recently. They hardy have any stock in the warehouse either. And before anyone asks why i shop there its because its the only supermarket in ilkley where you dont need a second mortgage just to do your shopping.

smashedbooboo

oops sorry, I meant tescos. Bit late for spell check

Doc_N

Dave_Brooker wrote: »

Waitrose aren't that expensive.

Where I live we have a co-op, an aldi and waitrose, so the poor white trash get to shuffle around aldi/co-op while the chosen ones like me get to shop in waitrose free of plebs.

Even if I am paying over the odds.....

And this from someone who lives in Plaistow! I suppose we should be sympathetic.

Lifeisbutadream

eyelinerprincess wrote: »

Cos Netto's crap and they can't afford Waitrose, read the post DB...

So supermarkets are the only places to purchases goods?

Try locals markets/farm shops for your fruit and veg, butchers for your meats and go into your local town for clothes.

Not only will you be getting a better service and better quality, you will also be helping small businesses.