Re: Britain's Worst Supermarket : Wed May 15, 2013 1:27 pm  

And they're buggers for trying to wheedle out of honouring their 'double the difference' pledge when they mess up their pricing.

Re: Britain's Worst Supermarket : Wed May 15, 2013 10:11 pm  

Th'ump wrote:

And they're buggers for trying to wheedle out of honouring their 'double the difference' pledge when they mess up their pricing.

Sadly all their T&C's say errors and omissions excepted (E&OE).

Re: Britain's Worst Supermarket : Wed May 15, 2013 10:14 pm  

cod'ead wrote:

Maybe I could stop paying Income Tax and make a donation to the charity of my choice instead?

Erm, you can can't you?

Re: Britain's Worst Supermarket : Wed May 15, 2013 10:36 pm  

Big Graeme wrote:

Erm, you can can't you?

I was thinking more along the lines of an amount I felt appropriate too. And instead of paying VED and council tax, I'll simply fill in a couple of potholes

Re: Britain's Worst Supermarket : Fri May 17, 2013 10:22 am  

cod'ead wrote:

I was thinking more along the lines of an amount I felt appropriate too. And instead of paying VED and council tax, I'll simply fill in a couple of potholes

Nah, just get your staff and customers to do it in their own time ... then you just stick your logo on it and pretend you're socially responsible.

Re: Britain's Worst Supermarket : Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:01 am  

Enjoy your raspberries They're still at it and refusing to accept any blame.

Enjoy your raspberries They're still at it and refusing to accept any blame.

Re: Britain's Worst Supermarket : Mon Jun 17, 2013 12:11 pm  

Man in Madrid wrote: It's a PLC - profit is a shareholder requirement, otherwise there'd be no dividend. It's economics. Of course, you believe that it's nothing to do with individuals / communities / health / sustainability. Perhaps a read of the PLCs' Corporate Responsibility information may help. Details here: http://www.tescoplc.com/index.asp?pageid=87 Headlines from this (for 12/13):- ---------------------------------------- * Industry-leading performance in reducing CO2 emissions. * 9.3m people involved in some form of activity via Tesco (eg. Race For Life / Tesco FA Football Skills / Aerobics, etc). Every evening on the car park at our Bangkok Head Office, I watch around 200 staff and customers doing aerobics to blaring music! This is replicated at every large-format store in the country. * Staff and customer fundraising last year was >£13 million. The Charity of the Year was Cancer Research, and I believe that this is the largest single-business 12 month fundraising effort ever. * At least 1% of pre-tax profits donated to charity in 12/13, in addition to the £13m to the Charity of the Year. £74.5m. * This years Charity of the Year is Diabetes UK - we're after £15m!! .....but, don't let the positives blur the negatives, hey? Who contributes to the charity of the year? Is it just low-paid staff and customers or do Tesco put their hands in their pockets? If so to what extent? Ethically, IMO, Tesco is non-league.

Man in Madrid wrote: It's a PLC - profit is a shareholder requirement, otherwise there'd be no dividend. It's economics. Of course, you believe that it's nothing to do with individuals / communities / health / sustainability. Perhaps a read of the PLCs' Corporate Responsibility information may help. Details here: http://www.tescoplc.com/index.asp?pageid=87 Headlines from this (for 12/13):- ---------------------------------------- * Industry-leading performance in reducing CO2 emissions. * 9.3m people involved in some form of activity via Tesco (eg. Race For Life / Tesco FA Football Skills / Aerobics, etc). Every evening on the car park at our Bangkok Head Office, I watch around 200 staff and customers doing aerobics to blaring music! This is replicated at every large-format store in the country. * Staff and customer fundraising last year was >£13 million. The Charity of the Year was Cancer Research, and I believe that this is the largest single-business 12 month fundraising effort ever. * At least 1% of pre-tax profits donated to charity in 12/13, in addition to the £13m to the Charity of the Year. £74.5m. * This years Charity of the Year is Diabetes UK - we're after £15m!! .....but, don't let the positives blur the negatives, hey? Who contributes to the charity of the year? Is it just low-paid staff and customers or do Tesco put their hands in their pockets? If so to what extent? Ethically, IMO, Tesco is non-league.

Re: Britain's Worst Supermarket : Mon Jun 17, 2013 4:40 pm  

cod'ead wrote: Enjoy your raspberries They're still at it and refusing to accept any blame. Although that is a year old I doubt much has changed, besides the 10% price increase...

cod'ead wrote: Enjoy your raspberries They're still at it and refusing to accept any blame. Although that is a year old I doubt much has changed, besides the 10% price increase...