bal56

I'm in two minds. On the plus side my first eight years out of uni were working for Tesco and I still have lots of mates there. I liked the culture - go ahead but without the 'Sainsbury's' snobbishness. You never know I might be able to get involved with their logistics again. On the minus side, I love the reduced trading hours and greater number of small retailers in WA when compared with the UK. No doubt this will change with the inevitable onset of 24x7 with or without Tesco

fraser

Because the supermarkets here are expensive and any one coming in will have to compete.

Not only that but there will be more choice which can only be good for the consumer.

Ransi

What a bunch of saddos...

fraser

They have longer supermarket trading hours here in Melbourne than in London.

NickyC

Safeway and Woolworths (in Australia) are Australian. They are nothing to do with any other American company of the same name.

Target and KMart in Australia are both owned by Coles Myer (an Australian company). Just because they have the same name as stores in the US does not mean they're a US company.

ozzieeagle

Well you have a point there....The one stop shop is what I'm after. The other people going on about individual shops, dont have 6 people in their household or put another way limited time with about 20 to 25 bags loads of shopping to bring into the house every week.

I'd shudder to think how long it would take me to do the weekly shop in the few leisure hours I get per week if I added a visit to high street shops to do the shopping.

My point is, Movetoperth, Competition and Range is what I'm after, Tesco certainly have that.... If Tescos have the ability to change the Leisurely time consuming Culture of the Local ethnic community of shopping in the local markets for fruit and meat, which is normally not cheaper just slightly fresher. I'd be Amazed.

I'm Looking forwards to being in a shop that Has Stilton, Scottish kippers and Newcastle Brown ale all under one roof. One that I can do the weekly shop in less than 2 hours from home to shop and back home again.

fraser

Fair enough then, but why the hell do they need to trade under the American names?

I still don't see why people are so opposed to more competition no matter where it comes from, sorry I'm forgetting myself they're not opposed to competition just anything British.

FWIW Australia has many things that are better than Britain, Britain also has many things that are better than Oz, one of them being retail IMHO.

bal56

We've got seven in the household actually! I'd rather spend a wee bit longer shopping and see more of a variety of retailers (and products) on the high street.

I'll get onto some of my ex-collegaues back home to see if I can substantiate the rumour. It wouldn't surprise me if its true as Tesco has very successfully moved into Eastern Europe and Thailand already, and the UK grocery market must be approaching saturation point/be very constrained by anti-monopoly legislation.

sasbear

here here Vash - quite agree - the supermarkets here could do with some healthy competition

ozzieeagle

Do you and your partner both work full time ?

I'd estimate, that my night shift allows me 2.5 hours of self time per day, 5 days per week. My wife works 9-5.30 3 days and 1-10 pm 2 days... She would normally do the weekly shop in the morning on one of those 1-10 pm days. I suppose one or either of us, could take the kids High street strip shopping, but after having 4 kids, over 23 years, the novelty of having 2 under 12's accompanying us is wearing very thin. Alternatively do the shopping on the weekend.

The rest of the time is filled with Kids activities and household stuff.

The only drawback I can see is the possibility of Tescos taking away some High Street shops. Which I think would have to lead to a whole new Market in Internet shopping for the freshest groceries, if thats what people want, Freshness at a premium.


I can see most posters point (mind you the ones posting don't seem to be the ones voting for tescos). Anything that makes my life easier, I'm 110 pct for.

Andrew Cross

There not coming to NZ by any chance. I would LOVE a Tesco here. My son has just come out to visit for 2 weeks and I gave him a great big list of things to bring with him.

I know the service can sometimes be abit naff but just think of all the goodies you can buy that you cant get here. For a decent bar of chocolate it would be Soooo worth it!!!!
Sue

hawk2005

Tesco's are b4stards - they screw their suppliers into the ground so they dont make any money and go out of business. Then they move on to leech off somewhere else. They have no ethics whatsoever & eventually ruin town centres by putting all the smaller retailers out of business.
They are a blight to the UK with their out of town toytown superstores.

Its lazy people who shop there, people who will then go onto complain there are no local shops - all because they couldnt be bothered supporting the local newsagent/butcher/fish shop/greengrocer and just watched as they went out of business.

bal56

We don't both earn full time, but as you can imagine work extends way beyond 9-5 - more like 5.30 - midnight. We don't attempt to all shop together - our five are between 12 and 4 - in fact I do most of it on the way home or on the few occasions that I can sneak out at lunchtime. I find that it's possible to spend less with more specialist shops - I can't be arsed going to the bottle shop by the time I've bought the food. In reality, I can buy the convenience argument, but I'm just depressed at life heading towards the 24x7 superstore model. I like the fact that it's hard to go shopping on Sundays or after 8pm.

ozzieeagle

Every week almost my employers at Aussie post tell us how we have to work harder and smarter because of increased competion. You have shown your attitude to your previous customers by pointing out how you feel they are Lazy. What you obviously needed was a boss to tell you that there are alternative routes when faced with this kind of competion. IE: Flyers with prices with specials on them free deliverys, bonuses, loyalty programs etc etc. You failed to move with the times, which the rest of the world is being forced to do. If the local high street shops, do not react proactively when faced with the kind of competion that Megachains bring sobeit. Whats wrong with a butcher getting together with the Greengrocer up the road, and supplying as a joint venture. In my Brave new world, at Aus post, we have to look at alternatives monthly.

Do not get Lazy confused with Busy.

NickyC

First off - also can't believe how excited people can get over an unsubstantiated rumour (there's still no link or source from the OP, I see).

Second - even if it was remotely possible - do people really believe that they'd get a UK look-a-like Tescos - picked up from say Milton Keynes and deposited in their local suburb complete with UK-made Cadburys chocolate, acres of ready-meals, frozen cod and an aisle of Newcastle Brown?

Come off it - if Tescos did come here they'd research the local market and quickly realise that those things don't sell in Australia. They wouldn't becoming here to cater for the odd homesick British migrant, they'd be coming here to make money out of your everyday Aussie shopper. As someone else said, the chances are any Tescos here would look suspicously like your average Coles/Woollies with exactly the same products and brands.

Aldi have been in Australia for a few years now. They were supposed to revolutionise Australian supermarkets too (they didn't). Are their stores here copies of German Aldi stores complete with German products on the shelves? Of course not - their products are exactly the same as you'd find in any other Australian supermarket, aimed at the Australian shopper.