What about Tesco?

Question

Does anyone visit the Holmbush Tesco Shoreham-by-sea,U.K.?

Do you agree that Tescos have peaked and that they are just too greedy,snatching all the sales from independent high street retailers?Soon we will have monstrous hypermarkets and no individual high street shops.

Answer 1

all im gonna say is if small business do a competitive price then people will shop there. how many small business owners do you know that are broke they pay there staff poor wages whilst they drive the latest bmw

Answer 2

It's all about business - and business is being able to compete in a free and open market place. Tesco are able to exert such influence and power over their suppliers that they can get enormous reductions - but that makes the market led by a single business and not ALL businesses - in this instance you have only one winner - TESCO. So it will continue, and fair play to Tesco for seizing the opportunity all those years ago. So long as what they do means cheaper prices for me, as well as being able to get everything I need in one place (Heck I hear that they're even offering conveyancing services in some stores!) then long may it continue.

Answer 3

Yes I totally agree with you, but I don't see the connection you've made between Shoreham and LA !

Answer 4

As long as they charge slightly lower than other shops market forces mean people will use them. Sainsburys could compete but it seems they choose not to.

Answer 5

i dont agreee ,ithink they are really good . We do not have any local stores where we live .so i know i can get all i need in Tesco.

Answer 6

i agree, and we all  still shop there

Answer 7

Tesco are becoming a monopoly...but why is this in the Los Angeles section? I've been to Shoreham and it's nothing like L.A!

Answer 8

If people supported their local shops they would not close, but it has to be remembered that these shops have higher overheads and therefore cannot compete pricewise with superstores.

In our small town we now have very few small traders left, we are desperately trying to support one of the oldest, an independent chemist.  There is a Lloyds Chemist, then Boots opened a store next to the independent and Superdrug have opened opposite!  He is hanging in there, but how can a small village chemist compete with those three big names?

Our craft shop has closed has landlords put the rent up, knowing the big chains will pay the higher rents, card and gift shop closed, now costa coffee, travel agent closed, now subway sandwichs....butchers closed, now Cafe Picalo and the other an independent cafe...greengrocers closed, now a takeaway... pretty much everything closes re-opens as a food outlet.

PS

Annoy Tescos by asking for South African produce, some of the best fruit in the world....the growers are refusing to back down and want a decent return for their fruit and veg....lets support them

Answer 9

Tesco stores are as powerful as the public let them be - if enough people boycotted the Tesco stores - and one good reason would because of Dame Shirley Porter - then Tescos would not be that powerful anymore

Answer 10

Soon there will only be Tesco

Answer 11

This has been said  since the introduction of supermarkets into this country in the early sixties. First it was their will be no grocery stores left, then when the DIY superstores were introduced it was said that we would only have super markets and DIY stores the high streets would disappear.

But they are still there and struggling as they may be, I think a lot of people still prefer to shop for some of their purchases in the high street environment. They provide goods that may be more expensive that the likes of Tesco's but will give the customer a little more choice and individuality in things like clothing and electrical/technical purchases.

Council do nothing to help retain their High Street, most charge extortionate unified business rates ( council tax for commercial properties) and charge parking that is not always as conveniently place as the car parking facilities of super and hypermarkets like Tescos, Sainsburies and B+Q.

The result is for the customer,  it is cheaper and easier to use the Tesco etc facilities. The High Street's find it hard to attract new entrepreneurs with original goods as it is too expensive to cover the rent and rates before making any profit. We are left with the large 'group' retailers such as 'Next' 'Oasis' and 'River Island'. Thank heaven they can still make it work but it means one high street looks much the same as the next.

Answer 12

I agree. Soon they will have taken over the world. I havn't actually visited the Tesco in Shoreham, but we've just had a mini, corner shop tesco opened next to the mini Co-op.

Answer 13

I agree tesco's are taking over the world!!

Answer 14

Hi, i now live in Egypt, but I used to live in Southwick and always used Holmbush Tesco's.  The problem is the high street supermarkets do not stock all the things you may need for a weekly/monthly shop.  I agree there is a need for local shops, as maybe the elderly don't need a big shop each week, not the same as a family, or if you run out of something it's useful to just call to the local shop.  I liked Tesco value products, I found them good quality and cheaper than other brands. The local shops can't compete on price and with a family or limited income these large supermarkets are ideal.  I like the big supermarkets, as I only want to shop once a week and I can get everything I need in one place.

Answer 15

Personally I don't drive nor do I own a car.  This makes going to large purpose built shopping estates impossible.  I hate going to large Tescos because I can't carry it home and there are never enough buses running to these places.  I stick to my local high street for most things and it is a real pleasure.  I know the people in my local cafe, pet shop, pharmacy, grocer, fishmonger, butcher, newsagent and dry cleaner.  I also use the local school, church and library.  It makes me feel like part of a real community.  I think the country will split into two.  Those with gas guzzling cars who fill up at Ikea every weekend and never speak to anyone and those without cars who use the local shops.