Need a good reason to stop shopping at Tesco?

Question

It seems the Tesco bosses really know how to spot a bargain .Of course they won`t pull out of Zimbabwe .

Peole aend a message to these eveil evil people and to Mugabe as well.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1029443/Tesco-says-pulling-Zimbabwe-despite-millions-starving-Mugabe-regime.html

Answer 1

I cannot see what harm Tesco's are doing. They are providing food and a service to the people of that country, which is a h**l of a lot more than their corrupt and murderous government are doing .

Answer 2

not shopped there for years, though the fact is it would hurt the very people who are being hurt already by this evil monster Mugabe. Conscience is a fine thing, but should we let the people starve on principle. By the way Barclays give loans to Mugabe and his henchmen, which i did not know, i am thinking of writing to the Chairman to say that is reprehensible.

Answer 3

Will it help, no matter what we do or say. It's a political game and we the ordinary people can do nothing Evil World  so sad

Answer 4

If you prefer to buy from reliable sources, then I suggest you join the Co-Op.  This is an organisation which makes every effort to avoid supporting regimes such as the Mugabe one in Zim.

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Answer 5

I'm not sure which will help the Zimbabwean people most - sanctions or buying their goods so they get foreign money entering the country.

No one in Tesco forces you to buy particular produce.

Answer 6

Tesco's-No thanks,aint been there for about5 or 6 years, Aldi or Lidl, Sometimes Asda.

Tesco is not the only supermarket selling Zimbabwean goods, but they do take the biscuit when it comes to making a profit.

Answer 7

Yes, I saw the headlines where the government raised this about all the big companies pulling out,  but in reality who are they going to hurt? Mugabe...no, the people who are suffering already, they will be the ones to suffer, I think they should implement other sanctions that affect Mugabe directly, like employ a crack shot sniper, that would be a start.

Answer 8

I haven't shopped at Tesco for 12 years now, ever since my poor hubby packed meat for them at St Merryn meat in Cornwall, and he got no paid holidays, he had just Christmas day off, and the employees were treated worse than the product they packed.

I wrote to Tesco buyers, telling them what these people endured, and they didn't give a d**n, and told my husband that if he wasn't happy with his employment, to leave, as there would be 12 more people willing to do his job.

I wrote back, and told them, although I was a drop in the ocean, as far as they were concerned, I would never buy from them again, and I havn't, and now, neither do any of my family, my husband's family, or any of their offspring, or mine, and the ban is spreading.

I just wish I could make the whole of Britain see Tesco's for what they are.

Answer 9

I abandoned Tesco three years ago - and never looked back.

Morrisons do it better, more choice, more value and generally nicer to visit - plus, there's no point card, so no spying on your buying habits!  Nah then, you didn't really think that all those point were for loyalty did you?

Answer 10

ASDA is cheaper . . .

I never bother with Tesco now.

The problem is that by not buying from Tescos, you refuse business to the starving Zimbabweans.    That packet of beans you buy provides some money for a Zimbabwean farmer to keep his kids from going hungry.  And God knows, enough of them are over there.  Tesco buying their produce at least helps them earn a living, meagre as it may be.  If Tesco pulled out and they had no work it would be 100 times worse!!!

Although I agree that I would feel very uneasy about having anything to do with a company which is in any way involved with Mugabe's regime . . .

Answer 11

Well their prices are enough for me to stop but I do agree that there is no point in destroying what little job market there is for workers and small farmers in Zimbabwe. If you ask me its a bit late to do something now, Mugabe has been doing damage there for a long time, and I believe that its up to the people of that country to change things if they dont like what their government is doing, but it seems they havent done enough or anything much to change things. Its unhealthy to take that kind of responsibility for Zimbabweans. Did anyone see the program about what he did to those elephants in the country. It might sound callous but I think its the animals that deserve protection as they are the innocent victims of peoples' actions.

Answer 12

well i agree with tesco in that how is pulling out going to help the farmers and the people?  it's not their fault mugabe is a ******** of epic proportions.

but tescos blows anyway, m&s all the way  i like to enjoy my food :-)

Answer 13

Why should the farmers suffer for the actions of its leader? It would be more awful if we left the people to starve without any work.