Tesco rakes in £1.1bn in six months

[Roadkill]

This is a local shop for local people.............

There is a shop on Chanterlands Ave with exactly that on a sign outside. I'm not sure if it's meant to be ironic or not.

 

[nino_savatte]

This is a local shop for local people.............

And yes, Royston (in Herts) really is a toilet.

 

[Roadkill]

Let's face it, much the same could be said of most of Hertfordshire.

There are many crap places on these islands, but nothing beats Hertfordshire for sheer, mind-crushing dullness IME. It's just a part of the London commuter belt, but without the opulence of Surrey, the prettiness of Sussex and the Kentish beer.

 

[Hollis]

Though interestingly if you read the guardian article (1st October) you'll see there may be a new rush for locally sourced organic products as the supermakets compete to be more 'greener' than each other..

Such is the way of the invisible hand!!!

 

[Spandex]

With regard to mega corps, I take it you are using Windows to access this site.

Not a problem:

Tesco has announced it will go head-to-head with computer giant Microsoft by selling software for as little as £9.97.

The range will consist of an anti-virus product, a personal finance and photo-editing product and a CD/DVD burning tool each costing £9.97, plus an internet security product and office suite for £19.97. Microsoft's office suite sells for around £300.

 

[Roadkill]

Though interestingly if you read the guardian article (1st October) you'll see there may be a new rush for locally sourced organic products as the supermakets compete to be more 'greener' than each other..

Replace the word 'be' with 'look' and you'd be closer to the mark.

The centralised distribution systems that the supermarkets reply on simply aren't amenable to fundamental change that way.

Ok, so Tescos are now using trains rather than lorries for long-haul freight movements, and making a big noise about how green it is (especially since the highly marketable Eddie Stobart brand has moved into rail haulage in partnership with them, complete with Class 66's labelled 'eddie the Engine'). They haven't got rid of the lorries though - just put them onto other jobs, probably shifting another 'local' farm product (which nonetheless still has to conform with their insane regulations on appearance and shelf life) to a distribution centre 100 miles away and then back again.

 

[Hollis]

Replace the word 'be' with 'look' and you'd be closer to the mark.

The centralised distribution systems that the supermarkets reply on simply aren't amenable to fundamental change that way.

Ok, so Tescos are now using trains rather than lorries for long-haul freight movements, and making a big noise about how green it is (especially since the highly marketable Eddie Stobart brand has moved into rail haulage in partnership with them, complete with Class 66's labelled 'eddie the Engine'). They haven't got rid of the lorries though - just put them onto other jobs, probably shifting another 'local' farm product (which nonetheless still has to conform with their insane regulations on appearance and shelf life) to a distribution centre 100 miles away and then back again.

It will still be a step forward from flying in 'ozone crushing' organic beef from Argentina though?

 

[Roadkill]

A real step forward will be when airline fuel is taxed like every other fuel.

Not only will that make a real difference in terms of reducing food miles, but it'll reduce the supermarkets' advantage over other outlets too.

 

[PacificOcean]

Let's face it, much the same could be said of most of Hertfordshire.

There are many crap places on these islands, but nothing beats Hertfordshire for sheer, mind-crushing dullness IME. It's just a part of the London commuter belt, but without the opulence of Surrey, the prettiness of Sussex and the Kentish beer.

*ahem*

Now that I am a two minute walk from both Hertfordshire and Essex - I feel I must defend Heartforshire. It's a lovely county with loads of quaint villages, but if fails to beat Essex on the "talent" front. But you can't have everything.

Sorry for the disrail. As you were, etc.

 

[Hollis]

Don't worry.. I think its died a death anyway. Who knows maybe the Historian's of 100 years time will think of Tesco's, Morrison's, Asda and J Sainsbury in the same manner we think affectionately of the GWR, LNER, Southern and the LMS.

Just a thought.

 

[Roadkill]

Who knows maybe the Historian's of 100 years time will think of Tesco's, Morrison's, Asda and J Sainsbury in the same manner we think affectionately of the GWR, LNER, Southern and the LMS.

Only if they're all nationalised.

 

[Hollis]

It'd be a Phd I'd like to do in say 100 years time.. The development of the British Supermarket, say 1960-2000. Fascinating stuff!

 

[Roadkill]

There's already a thriving old field of history out there concerned with food production, processing, distribution and consumption...