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# This Tesco thing annoys me far more than it should
Tesco replacing local shops is the same as those local shops replacing the local market that came before it and that local market replaced the home produce sellers before that etc etc
Tesco are simply the current better trader than those around it.
But how many of the 'local' shops actually are local? most newsagents are part of a chain, most florists are a part of a bigger brand and almost all of it is selling non local produce.
Where were the rioters when Mr Miggins corner shop started selling french apples from the wholesaler instead of the local orchard's maggoty crap?

but what fucks me off the most are the twats complaining about Tesco depriving local businesses of income when they no doubt go home and watch their downloaded movies or listen to torrented mp3s and can't see the fucking hypocrisy of their a) denying income to the artists/filmmakers or b) denying income to the local record shop who is closing down not just because of Tesco but mainly because no fucking cunt came and bought his stock when he was open.

so, cunts the lot of them :)
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Sun 1 May 2011, 13:36, archived)
# All beautifully put and I agree with you 100%, however you are forgetting one thing:
GRRR TESCO CAPITALISM GRRRR ER DOWN WIV BIG BIZZNISS INNIT GRRR ER SUMMINK ABOUT OPEN MARKETS AND ANYWAY I AINT GOT NUFFINK BETTA TO DO OH FUCK IT'S LATE WE NEED MILK ANYWHERE OPEN OH FUCK
(I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Sun 1 May 2011, 13:40, archived)
# It's not often that I click "I like this" on bits of text!
(I helped save b3ta! drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Sun 1 May 2011, 13:51, archived)
# I guess one problem for the smaller shops
(and in my in-laws' town there are quite a few very good ones) is that a lot of people will shop somewhere else if it's a bit cheaper. Being a big chain means you have substantially reduced overheads (sourcing of stock, advertising, distribution, etc) and in the case of Tesco, they will happily undercut a local shop until it goes under and then up the prices, the loss in the meantime being only a tiny blip on the chain's yearly profit.
My personal problems with Tesco are also that they will go to amazing lengths to avoid paying tax (such as redirecting all their DVD and CD online shopping through Jersey, etc) and screw farmers over by waiting to pay them for months over the due date of the invoice, knowing that a percentage go bust in the meantime.
However, chain newsagents can go get fucked. They have the big distribution networks, but charge more than independent retailers.
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Sun 1 May 2011, 14:03, archived)
# As I said on links a while back
the protesters should be rioting against government/councils etc that allow the loopholes like selling from Jersey/Luxembourg etc and not paying up on time - if that is indeed what they are doing like so many other successful companies do.
Any one of us would make use of a legally acceptable trick if it saved us a huge chunk of cash, you can't blame Tesco for that, but you can blame the people that make it possible and allow it to continue.
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Sun 1 May 2011, 14:10, archived)
# Changes to legislation take time.
Certain parties have had payments from Tesco before and don't feel the need to make changes to laws all that quickly. And every time a hole is closed, some clever cunt at Barclay's or KPMG or PwC finds another one.
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Sun 1 May 2011, 14:15, archived)
# Out-of-town supermarkets are great
How can a working mum do her weekly shop by walking round 10 different shops spread 1/2 mile apart then go home on the bus with 6 bags of shopping and two toddlers (one in a pram)
(I helped save b3ta! CanonCaliber A big bore, Sun 1 May 2011, 14:32, archived)
# she should have thought about that before she got up the duff
silly woman
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Sun 1 May 2011, 14:35, archived)
# Haha
Well she was a "working girl" before becoming a working mum
(I helped save b3ta! CanonCaliber A big bore, Sun 1 May 2011, 15:28, archived)
# Na, tis the 'working' bit thassa problem
we'e all bred to be a bit of Capital investment
(hilarleo, Sun 1 May 2011, 15:04, archived)
# i live in bristol and there are already 5 or 6 supermarkets in the stokes croft, gloucester road area.
Also Stokes Croft is not like your average high street, most of the shops are genuinely independent which makes it a nice place to shop. The community has worked hard over the last 10 years to improve the place while maintaining its character - and in the most part, theyve succeeded.
(benito vaselini no not that one, Sun 1 May 2011, 15:58, archived)
# shame the rioters have come and fucked it all up :D
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Sun 1 May 2011, 16:18, archived)
# It's not at all the same as local shops replacing a local market.
It's one huge retailer replacing multiple small retailers.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Sun 1 May 2011, 17:31, archived)