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Started by Nomad, 21-03-18, 10:49AM

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Nomad

Back to the news.  :)

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/shopper-brands-tesco-downright-cheeky-18866729

QuoteA Tesco customer was left fuming after they said Tesco had twice added a charity donation to her bill without asking.

Posting on social media, the woman told of her experience at Tesco Extra in Bidston Moss yesterday, when on two occasions her bill had unknowingly been rounded up.
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NightAndDay

I wouldn't trust Tesco to give the money to the charities after the accounting scandal.

penguin

#252
Every time this round up and donate thing is done the company get bad press and social media coverage from people claiming nobody asked me it was just rounded up, and the usual Tesco make millions of pounds yet went me to donate money small but vocal minority, the basic idea is well intentioned and it does raise a fair amount, but with the usual negative stories and the abuse some unfortunate staff get when asking customers you have to wonder if going back to someone at the front of store with a bucket and maybe a card reader to collect donations might be better.
Do not let anyone tell you there is not a decent job and life beyond Tesco.

Welshie

It amazes me they have the technology to do this but dont have the technology to donate to food banks when doing an online shop 🙄

Nomad

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-dressed-giant-inflatable-rex-18929063

QuoteHowever, the man - Tony Ward from Valley, in Wales - had his shopping trip cut short by security who stopped him and ask him to leave the store immediately.

They told him that since the inflatable costume hides his identity, it was virtually the same as walking around the store in a balaclava or with a hood up, reports NorthWalesLive.

Not to mention the hijab, niqab and burka or covid19 mask and sunglasses.

At these times of uncertainty we could issue customers name badges, may help with ID and track & trace.

When I was told there was a dinosaur in a store I assumed it was somebody from the board of directors   :D
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gomezz

Club card and payment card usage could be used to help track and trace.  Those customers who use neither will often be the sort who will avoid any system of being tracked anyway though I admit I sometimes nip in to the local Express to buy a paper with cash and don't have my Club card with me.
"The progress of the kart is more important than its direction"

Nomad

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/sep/15/ocado-m-and-s-cancelled-orders-booked-delivery-slots

QuoteOcado has moved to within 10% of the stock market valuation of Tesco, the UK’s biggest retailer, after a share price surge linked to the online specialist’s new tie-up with Marks & Spencer boosted its market value to a record £19.5bn.
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https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/wolverhampton/2020/09/16/wolverhampton-waitrose-store-to-be-turned-into-tesco/

QuoteAll 124 staff â€" or 'partners' as they're known across the company â€" at the smaller three shops are at risk of redundancy, while the 140 staff members at Wolverhampton Waitrose, based off Penn Road, will transfer to Tesco.

124 or 140 not sure who will be the lucky ones  :question:
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Nomad

New Tesco boss Ken Murphy told to focus on dividend and selling off the bank

QuoteCity fund manager Richard Buxton, of Tesco shareholder Jupiter, said Lewis had done a “fantastic job”.
and for the staff ?
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Fair play

Wow 51p per share happy days 🤗

Nomad

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/sep/29/ocado-overtakes-tesco-as-uks-most-valuable-retailer

QuoteOcado has overtaken Tesco to become the UK’s most valuable retailer after its stock market value soared to £21.66bn.

Tesco is worth £21.06bn despite controlling nearly 27% of the UK grocery market. By comparison Ocado, which is already worth more than double the combined value of Sainsbury’s and Morrisons, sells just 1.7% of the UK’s groceries.
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barafear

according to the terms of Dave's bonus, Ocado is not a retailer - it's a technology company.

NightAndDay

Dave Lewis has no power to determine the classifications of competitors, it's a thinly veiled excuse use to misrepresent Tescos performance and to elicit misappropriated confidence in the business by the shareholders.

barafear

It was the wholly independent remuneration committee that made the assessment. Dave is not to blame!!

The report says: “As Ocado has seen a significant shift away from being a retail-focused business towards a technology-focused business during the performance period, the [remuneration] committee decided to remove Ocado from the [total shareholder return] benchmark from 16 May 2018. This was the date on which a clear pattern emerged of Ocado pursuing a technology strategy.”

Nomad

"wholly independent" I can never bring myself to believe that phrase no matter the nature of the company or organisation it is applied to.
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lordadmiral

Quote from: barafear on 30-09-20, 01:07PM
according to the terms of Dave's bonus, Ocado is not a retailer - it's a technology company.
It is like saying "Tesco is the only company in FTSE100 !!! So as a best performers we will give ourselves few milions bonuses"...and go on

Nomad

Apparently the Guardian and many others consider Ocado as a retailer.
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alf

Quote from: Nomad on 01-10-20, 11:32AM
Apparently the Guardian and many others consider Ocado as a retailer.



https://www.retail-systems.com/rs/Ocado_Could_Become_Teach_Giant_After_De-designation.php

That decision was finalised January this year.


Nomad

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NightAndDay

Quote from: alf on 01-10-20, 01:06PM
Quote from: Nomad on 01-10-20, 11:32AM
Apparently the Guardian and many others consider Ocado as a retailer.



https://www.retail-systems.com/rs/Ocado_Could_Become_Teach_Giant_After_De-designation.php

That decision was finalised January this year.

Of course the CMA would support the de-designation, Tesco is their golden boy. Anything that makes Tesco look good the government and the CMA will support "impartially".

alf

Ocado requested the designation review.

Nomad

https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/supermarket-year-named-tesco-waitrose-22813023

QuoteRetail giant Waitrose has been named 'supermarket of the year' in a new report on how Britain's biggest brands reacted to the Covid-19 crisis.

The grocer came top of the supermarkets, seeing off competition from shortlisted rivals including Asda, Iceland, Sainsbury’s and the country's biggest grocer, Tesco.
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Nomad

#274
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-8838651/Tesco-caf-customer-revolting-photo-inedible-11-breakfast-eggs-resemble-snot.html

QuoteA Tesco café customer has shared a revolting photo of his 'inedible' £11 breakfast with eggs that resembled 'snot'.

Nick Frankish, 29, was left sickened on Tuesday after being served the soggy snack at the Ollerton store café in Newark, Nottinghamshire.

Every one of them reminds me of the eye that the  grey witches  shared between them, for some reason I looked at the 'still' picture and expected one to move at any moment  :)
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