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 10th 2006, 12:54 pm
#16
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Re: TESCO coming to Joondalup
Originally Posted by Hutch
I heard they're setting up a UK retail village in North Sydney. M&S, Waitrose, Next, WH Smiths - even a greasy spoon cafe called The Golden Egg. 
Apr 10th 2006, 12:54 pm
#17
Going for a ride
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Re: TESCO coming to Joondalup
Originally Posted by DunRoaminTheUK
Will the service be appalling and attitude generally miserable? You can't mimic the "British Experience" without these inextricable qualities.
To be honest, the degree of excitement that results from an announcement like this is probably directly proportional to the likelihood of feeling very homesick and wanting to catch a flight home within the first few months of living in Australia.
Personally, I don't want to live in a pseudo-state and if I never see a Tescos again it will be too soon.
To be honest, the degree of excitement that results from an announcement like this is probably directly proportional to the likelihood of feeling very homesick and wanting to catch a flight home within the first few months of living in Australia.
Personally, I don't want to live in a pseudo-state and if I never see a Tescos again it will be too soon.
Apr 10th 2006, 12:56 pm
#18
Oiiii.. You slaggg!
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Re: TESCO coming to Joondalup
Originally Posted by spalen
their millk is going to be minging after 9 weeks at sea. it won't last, people won't buy minging milk.
Apr 10th 2006, 12:58 pm
#19
ah-beng
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Re: TESCO coming to Joondalup
Originally Posted by DunRoaminTheUK
Will the service be appalling and attitude generally miserable? You can't mimic the "British Experience" without these inextricable qualities.
To be honest, the degree of excitement that results from an announcement like this is probably directly proportional to the likelihood of feeling very homesick and wanting to catch a flight home within the first few months of living in Australia.
Personally, I don't want to live in a pseudo-state and if I never see a Tescos again it will be too soon.
To be honest, the degree of excitement that results from an announcement like this is probably directly proportional to the likelihood of feeling very homesick and wanting to catch a flight home within the first few months of living in Australia.
Personally, I don't want to live in a pseudo-state and if I never see a Tescos again it will be too soon.
Then I realised - the accents - they were English people serving me. Argh.
The full horror of the events took some time to sink in.
(sorry if anyone here served me that coffee - but it was crap I would even go so far as to suggest that milk had spent 9 weeks at sea)
Apr 10th 2006, 12:58 pm
#20
Breeding little aussies
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Location: Perth WA
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Re: TESCO coming to Joondalup
Originally Posted by spalen
their millk is going to be minging after 9 weeks at sea. it won't last, people won't buy minging milk.
Aussie supermarkets are IMHO great, i can go in, buy what i need, pay for it, leave, go home and unpack it and have enough food to feed my family for a week without too much hassle..... why the hell would i need tesco to do that??????
Lynn
Apr 10th 2006, 1:00 pm
#21
ah-beng
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Re: TESCO coming to Joondalup
Originally Posted by movetoperth
Don't you believe it, i know a few people here who would buy it just so they could say it came from Tesco :scared: It was just like when Next opened here too.................................. don't get me started or i wont stop.............. but what would the locals in say..... Milton Keynes say if a Coles opened up there????
Aussie supermarkets are IMHO great, i can go in, buy what i need, pay for it, leave, go home and unpack it and have enough food to feed my family for a week without too much hassle..... why the hell would i need tesco to do that??????
Lynn
Aussie supermarkets are IMHO great, i can go in, buy what i need, pay for it, leave, go home and unpack it and have enough food to feed my family for a week without too much hassle..... why the hell would i need tesco to do that??????
Lynn
;-)
Apr 10th 2006, 1:04 pm
#22
Breeding little aussies
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Re: TESCO coming to Joondalup
Originally Posted by spalen
there is a Next in perth !! wow ! how far is it to Perth from Brisbane ... ah d'oh
;-)
;-)
Lynn
Apr 10th 2006, 1:11 pm
#23
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 12,063
Re: TESCO coming to Joondalup
Originally Posted by DunRoaminTheUK
Will the service be appalling and attitude generally miserable? You can't mimic the "British Experience" without these inextricable qualities.
Apr 10th 2006, 1:24 pm
#24
Oiiii.. You slaggg!
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Re: TESCO coming to Joondalup
Originally Posted by possoms
LOL and will the fruit and veg be rotten by the next morning like it is here??
Apr 10th 2006, 1:27 pm
#25
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Re: TESCO coming to Joondalup
NO! OK I shop at Tescos here in the UK, but it doesn't mean I want it when I get to Oz.
I don't want an Australia that's like Britain! I used to think I did - a Starbucks on every corner, Ben & Jerry's - but I've realised that Australia has perfectly good stuff anyway.
And, in my humble opinion, shopping at Coles is way more peaceful and quick than traipsing round a Tesco that's as big as a village - despite the price of lettuce
Rach
I don't want an Australia that's like Britain! I used to think I did - a Starbucks on every corner, Ben & Jerry's - but I've realised that Australia has perfectly good stuff anyway.
And, in my humble opinion, shopping at Coles is way more peaceful and quick than traipsing round a Tesco that's as big as a village - despite the price of lettuce
Rach
Apr 10th 2006, 1:28 pm
#26
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Re: TESCO coming to Joondalup
Originally Posted by furkew
unfortunately looking at the poll, most want it to be true 
lets all move to Oz so we can walk down a highstreet that looks like the UK. c'mon FFS, thats what most of us want to get away from.
lets all move to Oz so we can walk down a highstreet that looks like the UK. c'mon FFS, thats what most of us want to get away from.
lets just call Joondalup , LITTLE ENGLAND
Apr 10th 2006, 1:31 pm
#27
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Re: TESCO coming to Joondalup
Originally Posted by DunRoaminTheUK
Isn't it a pain in the arse eh? Tescos fruit and veg is relatively expensive and guaranteed to be rotting by the time you get it home and unpacked (and not to mention tasteless - it's like eating oddly shaped Ryvita).
Apr 10th 2006, 1:35 pm
#28
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Re: TESCO coming to Joondalup
Originally Posted by movetoperth
Don't you believe it, i know a few people here who would buy it just so they could say it came from Tesco :scared: It was just like when Next opened here too.................................. don't get me started or i wont stop.............. but what would the locals in say..... Milton Keynes say if a Coles opened up there????
Aussie supermarkets are IMHO great, i can go in, buy what i need, pay for it, leave, go home and unpack it and have enough food to feed my family for a week without too much hassle..... why the hell would i need tesco to do that??????
Lynn
Aussie supermarkets are IMHO great, i can go in, buy what i need, pay for it, leave, go home and unpack it and have enough food to feed my family for a week without too much hassle..... why the hell would i need tesco to do that??????
Lynn
I HATE NEXT :scared: Rant over, time for bed.
Apr 10th 2006, 1:36 pm
#29
Oiiii.. You slaggg!
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Re: TESCO coming to Joondalup
Originally Posted by possoms
minging mate, absolutely minging, I do love Ryvitas though will we be able to get them there?
Apr 10th 2006, 1:39 pm
#30
Joined: Jul 2004
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Re: TESCO coming to Joondalup
Originally Posted by DunRoaminTheUK
Cardboard is cheaper.