View Poll Results: Do you want Tescos in Australia?
Yes yes yes.
153
67.11%
No way
31
13.60%
Couldn`t care
39
17.11%
As long as it sells cheap jeans
5
2.19%
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TESCO coming to Joondalup
Apr 11th 2006, 8:38 am
#91
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Re: TESCO coming to Joondalup
Originally Posted by fraser
We buy meat and veg for half the price that we pay in coles if it was a matter of only saving a couple of dollars we'd shop in Coles.
Just been there to get a loaf of bread the cheapest one they had $1.98 we pay 99cents At other places.
Chicken fillets around $13 a kilo in Coles we pay $5.99.
Potatoes $3 a kilo, the most we pay is $2.99 for 5 kilos but we paid 99 cents this week.
Just been there to get a loaf of bread the cheapest one they had $1.98 we pay 99cents At other places.
Chicken fillets around $13 a kilo in Coles we pay $5.99.
Potatoes $3 a kilo, the most we pay is $2.99 for 5 kilos but we paid 99 cents this week.
Apr 11th 2006, 8:39 am
#92
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Re: TESCO coming to Joondalup
Originally Posted by fraser
You lot make me laugh, how the hell can Tesco coming here be a bad thing.
The supermarkets here are more expensive than those in the UK, and Tesco coming here would surely force them to lower their prices.
As for not wanting to live in a little Britain, how many of the Australian stores are actually Australian?
Safeway and Woolworth aren't Australian.
Target and K-Mart are American as are most things here
The supermarkets here are more expensive than those in the UK, and Tesco coming here would surely force them to lower their prices.
As for not wanting to live in a little Britain, how many of the Australian stores are actually Australian?
Safeway and Woolworth aren't Australian.
Target and K-Mart are American as are most things here
Low and behold we get our first tesco a couple of years ago. Now the price war is well underway. saving a fortune thanks to tesco. Quality wise i see no difference on MOST things. But they have certainly put the frighteners up the other chains.
Apr 11th 2006, 8:41 am
#93
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Re: TESCO coming to Joondalup
Originally Posted by tucs
Have to agree here. In Ireland groceries have always been expensive. 3 or 4 big chains had the prices wrapped up to within a couple of cents.
Low and behold we get our first tesco a couple of years ago. Now the price war is well underway. saving a fortune thanks to tesco. Quality wise i see no difference on MOST things. But they have certainly put the frighteners up the other chains.
Low and behold we get our first tesco a couple of years ago. Now the price war is well underway. saving a fortune thanks to tesco. Quality wise i see no difference on MOST things. But they have certainly put the frighteners up the other chains.
Apr 11th 2006, 8:48 am
#94
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Re: TESCO coming to Joondalup
Originally Posted by Tumbleweed
price wars are all well and good but it is usually the poor old farmers who end up suffering due to the supermarkets squeezing every last bit of profit.
Poor old farmer? No poor farmers here
Apr 11th 2006, 9:01 am
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Re: TESCO coming to Joondalup
Originally Posted by moneypen20
So why are you arguing the toss about Tesco's possibly coming over if you are finding stuff so cheap anyway 
Because you hate them they shouldn't come here! If they do don't shop there easy
Apr 11th 2006, 9:11 am
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Re: TESCO coming to Joondalup
Originally Posted by fraser
Because I'd like the option to do my shopping at one location and be able to afford it, oh and I don't like being ripped off.
Because you hate them they shouldn't come here! If they do don't shop there easy
Because you hate them they shouldn't come here! If they do don't shop there easy
Apr 11th 2006, 9:11 am
#97
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Re: TESCO coming to Joondalup
Originally Posted by fraser
Because I'd like the option to do my shopping at one location and be able to afford it, oh and I don't like being ripped off.
Because you hate them they shouldn't come here! If they do don't shop there easy
Because you hate them they shouldn't come here! If they do don't shop there easy
Please Mr tesco, can you move to Brisbane as well as Perth
Apr 11th 2006, 9:15 am
#98
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Re: TESCO coming to Joondalup
Originally Posted by fraser
Because I'd like the option to do my shopping at one location and be able to afford it, oh and I don't like being ripped off.
Because you hate them they shouldn't come here! If they do don't shop there easy
Because you hate them they shouldn't come here! If they do don't shop there easy
I always found that Coles and Woolies had everything I needed for my weekly grocery/household shopping. And with other shops conveniently located just 5 minutes' walk away in the same shopping mall, it was no trouble to find and purchase anything else I might need.
I really miss Aussie shopping malls now that I'm in the UK. If Merry Hill wasn't too far away for regular use, I'd shop there all the time.
Apr 11th 2006, 9:32 am
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Re: TESCO coming to Joondalup
Originally Posted by fraser
Not really any different to the service here to be honest, the only place that's better here in comparison is Bunnings to B&Q.
What a load of shit, yep I'm homesick because I don't want to pay the extortionate prices which Coles/Safeway charge and have to go to several different places to get our weekly shop which is cheaper then the UK.
It would just be nice to walk into a supermarket and not have to bend over and take it
Let's just keep anything out that would improve the country just because everything that is British is bad
What a load of shit, yep I'm homesick because I don't want to pay the extortionate prices which Coles/Safeway charge and have to go to several different places to get our weekly shop which is cheaper then the UK.
It would just be nice to walk into a supermarket and not have to bend over and take it
Let's just keep anything out that would improve the country just because everything that is British is bad
Of course, this is all highly subjective and preference on choice, quality and price of food is really a case of "horses for courses".
To be honest, my original opinion was only ever expressed as my opinion and my opinion alone. I wasn't proposing a doctrine for the Australian supermarket business model.
Apr 11th 2006, 9:38 am
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Re: TESCO coming to Joondalup
Originally Posted by DunRoaminTheUK
Of course you are going on the assumption that Tescos sell everything at a cheap price. The reality is that items such as fruit and veg are expensive here in the UK. Try going to a French supermarket and doing a cost for cost comparison. That's when the reality of just how much Tesco rips us off by materialises. The quality of the fruit and veg also verges on appalling and I'd rather pay more for better quality than pay less for shite. One positive I have heard about fruit and veg sold in Australia is that it tastes fresh. One major criticism of the veg sold by Tescos is that it is tasteless. Now that's not to say that the situation will be identical in Australia but with only past reputation to draw from, we are all only basing all of our arguments and counter-arguments for Tescos setting up down-under on supposition.
Of course, this is all highly subjective and preference on choice, quality and price of food is really a case of "horses for courses".
To be honest, my original opinion was only ever expressed as my opinion and my opinion alone. I wasn't proposing a doctrine for the Australian supermarket business model.
Of course, this is all highly subjective and preference on choice, quality and price of food is really a case of "horses for courses".
To be honest, my original opinion was only ever expressed as my opinion and my opinion alone. I wasn't proposing a doctrine for the Australian supermarket business model.
Not all the fruit tastes great here either, we often bought fantastic looking fruit from Coles that was tastless.
Apr 11th 2006, 9:54 am
#101
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Re: TESCO coming to Joondalup
Originally Posted by fraser
I think you'll find that groceries here are much more expensive than the UK if you shop in supermarkets.
Not all the fruit tastes great here either, we often bought fantastic looking fruit from Coles that was tastless.
Not all the fruit tastes great here either, we often bought fantastic looking fruit from Coles that was tastless.
In that case, I'm going to order all of our veg from Tescos online when we get to Brisbane.
Last edited by DunRoaminTheUK; Apr 11th 2006 at 10:08 am.
Apr 11th 2006, 10:07 am
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Re: TESCO coming to Joondalup
Originally Posted by DunRoaminTheUK
You sure about that?
I can't read what you put up, but I know for a fact that the cost of groceries considering that the wages are lower here are expensive.
Have you ever lived here?
If not you're not exactly in a position to judge.
Apr 11th 2006, 10:12 am
#103
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Re: TESCO coming to Joondalup
Originally Posted by fraser
Positive!!
I can't read what you put up, but I know for a fact that the cost of groceries considering that the wages are lower here are expensive.
Have you ever lived here?
If not you're not exactly in a position to judge.
I can't read what you put up, but I know for a fact that the cost of groceries considering that the wages are lower here are expensive.
Have you ever lived here?
If not you're not exactly in a position to judge.
We haven't lived in Australia but we sure as shit did a lot of shopping at the Coles on our block and this gives us an "insight" into a microcosm of Australian grocery shopping, so I can at least add to the debate to a lesser degree.
Apr 11th 2006, 10:29 am
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Re: TESCO coming to Joondalup
Originally Posted by DunRoaminTheUK
I've actually confirmed your beliefs and I edited my original post whilst you were drafting your response. I'm not one to argue just for the sake of it and I do agree with you now (based upon my findings).
We haven't lived in Australia but we sure as shit did a lot of shopping at the Coles on our block and this gives us an "insight" into a microcosm of Australian grocery shopping, so I can at least add to the debate to a lesser degree.
We haven't lived in Australia but we sure as shit did a lot of shopping at the Coles on our block and this gives us an "insight" into a microcosm of Australian grocery shopping, so I can at least add to the debate to a lesser degree.
We did loads when here before, just not the same when you're earning here or not as in my case.
Apr 11th 2006, 10:48 am
#105
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Re: TESCO coming to Joondalup
Fascinating how the perceived "class" of supermarkets taints the realities!
Tesco's original "Pile it high, sell it cheap" ethos still lingers in many peoples' memories, but the reality is that Tesco has grabbed the market share it has by being much much better than Waitrose, Sainsbury and the rest.
If they were allowed to compete on a level playing field here in Oz they would wipe out the competition.
And there again, there is Costco from the US, where the CEO pays himself twelve times the pay of the lowest worker, eats in the staff canteen and has the highest staff loyalty rating in the country.
Bring on the competition, I say!
Tesco's original "Pile it high, sell it cheap" ethos still lingers in many peoples' memories, but the reality is that Tesco has grabbed the market share it has by being much much better than Waitrose, Sainsbury and the rest.
If they were allowed to compete on a level playing field here in Oz they would wipe out the competition.
And there again, there is Costco from the US, where the CEO pays himself twelve times the pay of the lowest worker, eats in the staff canteen and has the highest staff loyalty rating in the country.
Bring on the competition, I say!