101 reasons to boycott Tescos

[Andy Hamilton]

Dispite it being the only shop open most of the time and certainly the most convienient to go it we have managed to keep to our boycott of T***o, well ish. - had to go in once in the last 2 months for eggs as it was the only place open, I am not proud and I ask for your forgiveness

anyway, before this turns into a ramble there must be at least 101 reasons to boycott T***o. The first and strongest reason comesfrom an article on the BBC's website this morning.

1. No superstores means prosperity

[Martin]

having to run the gauntlet of the ghastly teenagers who hang around outside the place trying to look "hard"

[Hillbilly]

They sell 2 courgettes for £1.78!!! FFS!!!!!!

ok thats probably not a good enough reason.

[Andy Hamilton]

They sell 2 courgettes for £1.78!!! FFS!!!!!!

ok thats probably not a good enough reason.

Which is more expensive than a packet of seeds that can yeild you potentially 100's. Nope that is a very good reason.

have you seen what happens when you google T***o bag? - I wonder if this made them go biodegradable It would be nice to think so.

[Ranter]

4 (i think) Dame Shirley Porter.

Good enough reason to keep me out of T***o unless I'm being paid to shop there (mystery shopping)

[Shirley]

5. RFID tags http://www.boycotttesco.com/

What Is RFID?

RFID stands for Radio Frequency IDentification, a technology that hooks miniature antennas up to tiny computer chips smaller than a grain of sand to track items at a distance.

Because of their stealthy potential, we have nicknamed these chips "Spychips." When a spychip is combined with an antenna, it creates a tracking "tag."

RFID Spychips have been hidden in products on shelves at T***o, and they have already been used to spy on consumers.

Have you already taken an RFID Spychip home with you? It's time to ask T***o if there's a tag in your bag.

[shiney]

They drive prices so low that many producers make a pittance.

Their fruit and veg are quite expensive compared to other places I go and everything is perfect and in packets. Booooooooooo.

I am like Andy, I only go in an emergency. But I have managed to go there just a couple of times this year.

[Shirley]

Tosco fills it's shelves with imported stuff - not just tins etc... but fresh foods and meats.. when they are at the height of the uk season... go figure!!

[wulf]

'Cos Sainsbury's just tastes better? Er,... I though not!

Wulf

[circlecross]

I'm not singing the pariases of T***o in ANY way, but they are the only supermarket which seems to stock seasonal UK products on semi-regular basis.

Asda stocks some local meat but I have been unable to find ANY UK veg there, but T***o's for a while had UK peppers, UK courgettes, apples (in season) brassicas, toms and strwbs and rasps (Oh and asparagus). They import it the rest of the time. I find a lot of fair trade there aswell.

I do buy my fair trade from the co-op, but always find my self compromised for time and end up doing the "big shop" in one the beasts. BTW Morrisons no better for UK veg.

So sorry, until I get my act together i can't boycott Tescos
(but I do continue to look for UK produce there)

I suppose they can be vilified for not introducing the carrier bag tax like in Ireland, butr you need everyone to do that or the lazy types will just go elsewhere (trying to claw back into good books!)

Susan

[hedgewitch]

Because they cut down acres of ancient woodland to build new super stores.

[Luath]

Because of their imminent investment in opening T***o in China; I read somewhere they are buying up parcels of land and selling them on to make money, but with the legal proviso that no supermarket will be built thereon; their staff are less than knowledgeable - someone told of a lad on the wet fish counter who was asked to fillet a fish and cut its head off...............; general greed and disregard of the common people; lack of respect for same;lack of respect for the world in general; stocking GM and animal-tested products;24hour opening shops; overpackaging; carrier bags; not nearly enough local produce stocked, or British even; promoting the crap stuff, never the good healthy foods; generating huge amounts of waste, pollution.........

I could go on, but I shall stop there.

[hedgewizard]

Now they've got their eye on the organic box scheme thing, and are set to try hard to put Riverford et al out of business. Bastards. So they can continue to screw their producers into the ground and overcharge for the produce? Grr. And I bet the produce will still have been cold-stored for months and be sold out of season. AAAAAAAHHHHHH!

[hedgewizard]

Oh I forgot... they're in Nestle's pocket too. Take a look at what makes up 90% of the BOGOF offers. It's all Nestle!

(In case anyone doesn't know I'm part of the Nestle boycott)

[wulf]

(In case anyone doesn't know I'm part of the Nestle boycott)

Me too! It amazes me just how far Nestlés product line reaches. I once bought a bottle of chilli sauce in London's chinatown, which looked authentically oriental, and then (once home) found their logo on the back.

However, it also has to be said that they produce nothing absolutely essential - once I got past the stage of missing Kit-Kats, I realised that I can't think of any of their products that would add to my health! I was upset when they recently got a fair trade mark for some of their coffee as, as far as I can see, they're still doing the bad things with baby milk

Wulf