Claire Hart

Hi Girls and Boys,

You must help me with this. Why on any programme do i see that everyone misses Tesco's? I work there and i do not think for one minute that there is anything that anyone can miss about Tesco's! This is a mystery please explain it to me.

Claire.x

luvwelly

I miss Tescos less here than I did in my last EU country where the supermarkets really were awful.

The reason is choice...variety...choice.
Here in NZ it is not so bad as the fresh produce is excellent and the top-end supermarkets also pack for you which in my last EU country they didn't and they delighted in racing you so your shopping got totally squashed. Minor gripe I know but I am still pleasantly surprised when in the checkout queue here I remember that I can now relax and watch someone else pack!

I still miss M&S but I always would/will wherever I live/d.

zoej

The range of food that we all know and got used to growing up in the UK, books at way less than the RRP, good cheap clothes for the kids. But to be honest Asda and Sainsburys do these too.

Don't miss the poor quality fruit and veg, The petrol that used to make my car behave like a kangaroo, and the all domineering way in which Tesco was taking over the world! I expect they will turn up here in NZ at some point!

Claire Hart

Can I just say that M&S is i a different category. If finances are willing of course we would all eat M&S food. However Tesco probably comes second but is not so great as to be missed by people who have made a life choice above a not what impresses the jones choice. I hate our culture of what you have got is what you are, it's not true and it is not a fair representation of what people are.

Claire.x

ex_exile

Fresh cream raspberry roulade (swiss roll you), Yummmmmmmmm

Claire Hart

Is that it! U are so easy to please sure people from uk can make that!
Bring u a cook book!

dlmckay

In a nutshell - choice, quality, affordibility. That's why NZ expats miss Tesco.

BEVS

Correct.

mickey_d

I think Tesco's are already here.
They get all the blue labelled value stuff off the shelves in the UK, re-label it all,ship it here, mark up the prices to match UK quality stuff & then sell it in New World

suffolk nuts

everything being in the one place
cheap kids clothes
lovely food
not the petrol kangaroo style

Jude J

I dont miss it or any other supermarket, but when I went back one year my sister took me in Asda and I ended up spending a fair bit of money in there. Didn't really need any of the stuff, but it was there and it seemed cheap so I had it. I always did get overwhelmed in huge supermarkets, I much prefer the NZ ones, I go there to buy food and that's what I come out with!

teambwr47

Who exactly anywhere would be impressed by the fact you'd shop at M&S or tesco's

The only reason to miss tesco's is thats where we'd buy big bags of lovely Walkers Sensations and tangy cheese Doritos....

Dustybin

whey man don't be silly! I have never and would never eat M&S food, does no one cook anymore?? Only thing I miss is the granger market in newcastle, but then I don't think that there are many of you out there who have ever been! I have just discovered that there is an indian supermarket in christchurch tho, and that i can tell you makes me happy!

Long live Pak and Save!! (i can still manage to pack my own bags, so feel no need to collect the millions of plastic bags you get if they do it!)

More importantly what has happened to me that has made me get involed with a thread about supermarkets!! I really need to get out more!

CCGM.IN.NZ

I totally agree! I would always come out of Tescos after doing a 'food' shop with other stuff I didn't really need. I do miss places like Superdrug and Bodycare though. Don't seem to be any shops here that do a good selection of cheap toiletries.

P2L

Claire

I worked for Tesco for nearly 10 years and believe me the only thing I miss is the shares

now if it was Waitrose..........