The CEO's of supermarkets now have a wake up call

beamerguy

NeilCr said:

Le_Kirk said:

Snakes_Belly said:

Marks and Spencer have now contracted Ocado to deliver. Previously they did not deliver groceries (only food boxes).  There has been a big take up of this service as many people do not live near to a store but like the food. 
They are also doing their food to order service (party food) via Ocado.  I can see the Marks and Spencer delivery service being very popular over the Christmas period when the stores can be busy.
  There is a cost to home delivery (it cuts margins) which is why Aldi and Lidl don't deliver however I can still see many people continuing with their home deliveries.   

Cue an increased number of posters saying "I was delivering food at a block of flats and was genuinely loading/unloading but I still got a ticket"

Out of curiosity do we know of a supermarket food delivery van being ticketed?

Meanwhile at Morrisons

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/sep/07/morrisons-supermarket-chain-takes-on-thousands-of-new-staff

I don't recall supermarket delivery drivers, sure it must have happened on private estates.

What fun, would we say talk to your bosses as they know all about the parking scam or maybe suggest that Tesco, Waitrose, Sainsbury's, Morrisons etc etc COME HERE FOR HELP ?

bargepole

This thread is urinating in a windward direction.

In the past few years, I have been in contact with Facilities or Estates Managers of all the major supermarkets. I even managed to get £200 compensation for a client who was wrongly ticketed for a double-dip at a Morrisons store.

I have pointed out how the scam works, and how they are driving away customers into the arms of the likes of Aldi and Lidl, long before the current pandemic started.

They all sing from the same hymn-sheet 'Our customers have complained that they couldn't find a parking space. The other supermarkets have parking restrictions at their stores, and we must remain competitive'. They just can't, or won't, accept that the odd chav parking for 3 hours is preferable to upsetting bona fide customers who spend £100 on groceries every week, and are now taking their business elsewhere.

Snakes_Belly

bargepole said:

They all sing from the same hymn-sheet 'Our customers have complained that they couldn't find a parking space. The other supermarkets have parking restrictions at their stores, and we must remain competitive'. They just can't, or won't, accept that the odd chav parking for 3 hours is preferable to upsetting bona fide customers who spend £100 on groceries every week, and are now taking their business elsewhere.

When you think of £100.00 per week over a few years that is a lot of money. It's the equivalent of changing a small car every three years. The £100.00 is probably just the food, cleaning product and toiletries bill. I bet it does not include petrol, clothing, etc.  

D_P_Dance

They all sing from the same hymn-sheet 'Our customers have complained that they couldn't find a parking space.

Where do these people live?  I have bnever not be able to find a space in Reading or Bracknell.

NeilCr

bargepole said:

They all sing from the same hymn-sheet 'Our customers have complained that they couldn't find a parking space. The other supermarkets have parking restrictions at their stores, and we must remain competitive'. They just can't, or won't, accept that the odd chav parking for 3 hours is preferable to upsetting bona fide customers who spend £100 on groceries every week, and are now taking their business elsewhere.

Thing is, though, it's not always the odd chav. If there was free for all parking in my local Waitrose, for example, it would soon be full of day trippers, shop staff, estate agents, residents etc cars

I tend to think that supermarkets get more complaints about lack of parking than about PPCs/tickets. If it really was hitting their business they would do something about it. 

beamerguy

NeilCr said:

bargepole said:

They all sing from the same hymn-sheet 'Our customers have complained that they couldn't find a parking space. The other supermarkets have parking restrictions at their stores, and we must remain competitive'. They just can't, or won't, accept that the odd chav parking for 3 hours is preferable to upsetting bona fide customers who spend £100 on groceries every week, and are now taking their business elsewhere.

I tend to think that supermarkets get more complaints about lack of parking than about PPCs/tickets. If it really was hitting their business they would do something about it. 

that's what the song sheet says ..... in reality no supermarket can know how many customers they lose to Aldi and Lidl because the great british public are a silent bunch. Your Waitrose may be happy with their turnover but the potential for them is far greater.  All supermarkets are price matching to get customers back so clearly they have a problem

I have not shopped in TESCO for over 3 years but I have not told them

NeilCr

beamerguy said:

NeilCr said:

bargepole said:

They all sing from the same hymn-sheet 'Our customers have complained that they couldn't find a parking space. The other supermarkets have parking restrictions at their stores, and we must remain competitive'. They just can't, or won't, accept that the odd chav parking for 3 hours is preferable to upsetting bona fide customers who spend £100 on groceries every week, and are now taking their business elsewhere.

I tend to think that supermarkets get more complaints about lack of parking than about PPCs/tickets. If it really was hitting their business they would do something about it. 

I have not shopped in TESCO for over 3 years but I have not told them

Perhaps you should?

Because if the silent bunch that is the great British public don't tell them how are they supposed to know .....

beamerguy

NeilCr said:

beamerguy said:

NeilCr said:

bargepole said:

They all sing from the same hymn-sheet 'Our customers have complained that they couldn't find a parking space. The other supermarkets have parking restrictions at their stores, and we must remain competitive'. They just can't, or won't, accept that the odd chav parking for 3 hours is preferable to upsetting bona fide customers who spend £100 on groceries every week, and are now taking their business elsewhere.

I tend to think that supermarkets get more complaints about lack of parking than about PPCs/tickets. If it really was hitting their business they would do something about it. 

I have not shopped in TESCO for over 3 years but I have not told them

Perhaps you should?

Because if the silent bunch that is the great British public don't tell them how are they supposed to know .....

Well we all know that the CEO of Tesco is pro parking companies even with their own parking dept.
NO POINT

It's not up to the customer to tell supermarkets with such competition around. The CEO is in charge of their profits