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Jon Freeman BS: Supermarkets, self check out and online (66* d) RE: BS: Supermarkets, self check out and online 20 Aug 18


Mostly Tesco home delivery here. I started this when Pip/mum had a hip op say 2 or 3 years ago. We stuck with this after she was able to drive again although she now manages the account in her name. It simply is a far more convenient way of getting the weekly shopping for us.

On to Dave’s question in the OP. I might suggest a lousy web site, prone to the occasional crash and that can make it difficult to find what you want is a part solution – I mean you can go throught the order twice and look at things you hadn’t thought of? I gather that MikeL might disagree with this and I concede that Pip is not the greatest of “pilots” but comments from a number of delivery drivers do indicate that there are numerous complaints – though Tesco haven’t seen fit to either revert to the previous more useable system or fix this one.

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I think I read someone mention out of town locations for many stores. I think that works better for us than in town, at least if I say Pip would have to drive in either way and parking in Cromer would be an added hassle. But maybe I did wonder about something the other day… I read an article in the Guardian about (I think) Lidl offering random boxes of fruit and veg on the sell by date for a very cheap price. Seemed something I could make use of, if it wasn’t for the journey in – then I started wondering about about people in the town who possibly could use this sort of offer and kind of figured the store is too far out of town for many to go in to pick up a box so maybe there is a no win on location?

Sticking with fruit and veg. We find Tesco quite variable. We’ve had delicious cauliflowers for example and sprouting brocolli that’s turning yellow the day its delivered… It’s one area that perhaps we will get round to addressing one day. There is a reasonable farm shop about 1 ½ miles from here where you would see what you are getting but we never get into the habit of using it regularly.


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