Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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1 November 2009
15:1232178I see Tescos are going to open some stores up in the Middle East. Open one in Beirut, bet they`ll make a bomb! Apparently, Tony Blair will be getting a million for seeing it through if the press is to be believed?
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Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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1 November 2009
15:1832179Flippen tesco's get everywhere
1 November 2009
16:4832191AAAAAAAARRRRGGH!!!! Not tesco!!!
Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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1 November 2009
17:1932192Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
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1 November 2009
17:4432195are they going to do BOGOFs,and free home delivery if you spend 50 drachmas.
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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1 November 2009
19:1432201If it were April 1st instead of November 1st today, I`d have thought this was a joke. Are there other western world shops out there?, and is tesco British?
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Guest 670- Registered: 23 Apr 2008
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1 November 2009
19:3932204It is indeed very British Colin and is now the third largest supermarket group in the world.
This is probably the reason why it receives so many 'knocks' on this forum and most are looking forward to Asda (American) coming eventually to the town.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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1 November 2009
19:4832205Point taken Dave,Tesco is British so why keep having ago that them 1000s of jobs are taken up with them as well.And also alot of companys get their goods sold to them making more jobs do not keep runing them down it is a British company doing well all around the world
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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1 November 2009
20:2432211not a fan of asda myself, takes a morning to walk around one of their outlets.
in the states they have now started flogging coffins to the customers, so a simple matter like death means that they will continue to earn off the customer.
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1 November 2009
20:3732216Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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1 November 2009
20:4132217Unless its for the customer!
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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1 November 2009
20:4432219i suppose that disproves the saying that "we cannot take it with us".
mind you it will stop people asking them if they have any empty boxes.
DT1- Location: Dover
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1 November 2009
20:5032220Do you not think the jobs would exist without Tesco Vic? And are you suggesting that Tesco doing well around the world is actually of benefit to this country and not just to shareholders? Their approach to tax, although legal through offshore companies, already ensures they pay the bare minimum into the country.
'Why keep having a go them'...because every time someone on this forum moans about our poor town centres or closing shops, Tesco is the culprit. It stands as a reminder of the stupidity of those that want to maintain 'community' and 'tradition' and yet promote 'market forces'.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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1 November 2009
21:0032221yer wot he said.
they are trying to destroy our farming industry, encourage people to use their car more than they would and buy up land to stop other smaller business from making a living.
1 November 2009
21:0132222Yay!! Hear Hear! I was sadly in Tesco this morning - the Old Man wanted to buy cheap wine. It was horrible - warehoused and soul-less, without any degree or scrap of humanity, it reduced shopping to a matter of piling it high and waiting in line. There is more to life than tasks - shopping is only a task if we make it so - everything has some value, and some fun and experience can be had from most household tasks and events. Shopping is a way to teach your children some values and skills, a way to meet and interact with people, a way to support our local community. If you shop in Tesco, just about all of that is lost.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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1 November 2009
21:2232226Perhaps its wrong to blame Tesco entirely though...isnt it really the fault of the man or woman on the Clapham Omnibus sitting next to you. He/she keeps going there over and over again. So in fact attacking Tesco is in fact just attacking the messenger. Tesco is after all just a purveyor of the goods that every John and Jane is lapping up....and this relationship isnt stopping anytime soon!
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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1 November 2009
22:0332227I do not shop alot at Tesco ,we like going out for the day some where and we do the shoping then,but I do not agree with you Tesco and other big stores play a big part in jobs .
2 November 2009
08:4932235PaulB - people can be gullible - Tesco spends a fortune to gain a fortune - their PR and research is sufficient to bamboozle and exploit most of us. They dry up and wither towns and communities until they are the only option, they fool us with promises of cheap goods (the genesis of which can be dubious, and the result of which can be farmers going bust) which may materialise but we are then suckered into buying other goods that may be more expensive. there is nothing good about Tesco.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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2 November 2009
08:5932236I agree that Tesco's do provide a lot of jobs and with those jobs come salaries - money that people can spend in Dover.
Part of the problem is that as they have grown, so has their stock-range, so instead of just selling groceries etc. as they did a few years ago, they now sell clothes, white goods, household furniture in some of them and many things than can be sold in our High Street.
Many people have busy lives and not the time to relax while shopping, going round the shops seeing what 's there and buying whatever they want and relaxing over a coffee or lunch.
Tesco's (as a shop) always looks clean and fresh, you can't always say that about Dover Town, so the Town needs smartening up, along with the buildings - open and closed.
We have some wondeful old buildings here that are not looked after or cared for and these must be attended to.
Good service in local independant shops should help to make shopping in Dover a pleasant and enjoyable experience and most of our independantly owned and operated shops - pubs, restaurants and cafes, do just that.
Come back to shop in Dover I say, shop local and support your local businesses. If you can't find what you're looking for, fair enough, but do try here first, not last.
Roger
2 November 2009
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