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Tesco have teamed up with Mermaids too

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BaronessSnippyPantsofCroneArmy · 27/06/2020 11:50

Doubling down after the Jane Fae incident:

Tesco have teamed up with Mermaids too
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Dhalandchips · 27/06/2020 19:25

Oh this is a minefield. I'm disabled so prefer to get all my shopping done, once a fortnight, in one knackering trip.. Where can I go?? I can't do aldi/lidl as I have a dd with bizarre eating habits (long story, trauma) so can only get 'proper' branded items that aren't always available in aldidl.

Ninkanink · 27/06/2020 19:13

I shop at Morrison’s, Aldi and Lidl. Sainsbury’s aren’t specifically on my boycott list yet (don’t think there’s been a reason yet) but a little too far away.

So far my supermarket shit list includes

Waitrose/JL
Ocado
M&S
ASDA
And now, Tesco.
Amazon will hurt as we’ve relied on them during lockdown.

I live a one minute walk from a Tesco express. They’ve lost me as a customer, permanently.

Sexnotgender · 27/06/2020 19:05

@Dhalandchips

Is waitrose safe?
Lol, no Waitrose isn’t safe.
Dhalandchips · 27/06/2020 18:58

Is waitrose safe?

ArthurMorgan · 27/06/2020 18:55

I know I'm a little behind but... What the hell are mermaids?

gardenbird48 · 27/06/2020 18:38

Good grief - every time I think I have ‘peak trans’d’ I read the next thing and there it goes again!! I didn’t like shopping in Tesco anyway but maybe an email to the boss will make me feel better. The thing that makes me sad is that all this energy and cash is going into the trans industry and is hurting so many people but there are still a myriad of disabled, refugee (the Yazidi girls for example), mental health etc etc charities out there that can’t compete with the enormous and insidious reach of the trans lobbies. They are the ones losing out.

wellbehavedwomen · 27/06/2020 18:03

@merrymouse

www.leighday.co.uk/Employment-discrimination/Equal-pay-claims/Tesco-equal-pay-claim

Tesco is currently facing an equal pay claim because store workers (mainly women) are being paid £3 less an hour than warehouse workers (mainly men).

Meanwhile Tesco are supporting the creators of the Barbie/GI Jo Gender spectrum.

Well I suppose 'Every Little Helps' if you want to justify the gender stereotypes that enable the pay gap.

This.
EmbarrassingAdmissions · 27/06/2020 17:55

Kids Company type day of reckoning is coming.

KC crashed but a lot of the major figures in it seemed to do OK and haven't had much blowback in their careers or personal finances. I can't find the outcome of last year's court case so don't know if she even lost the right to be a company director.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7025093/Kids-Company-founder-urges-judge-spare-stress-court-case.html

SistemaAddict · 27/06/2020 17:24

Ffs. What have amazon prime done? I'm aware of Tesco before the mermaids support but not of anything with Amazon. There will be nowhere left to shop.

corlan · 27/06/2020 17:24

Dave Lewis is still the Chief Exec of Tesco. You can email him on:- [email protected].

Distractable · 27/06/2020 17:13

Are all the large supermarkets captured? At the moment I get deliveries from Tesco. Who should I use instead, without breaking my bank account?

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BaronessSnippyPantsofCroneArmy · 27/06/2020 17:03

Anonymum263 Tesco sponsored Diva Magazine's Lesbian Visiblity Week, and when it was pointed out by many women (via email and on Twitter) that Jane Fae was neither a lesbian nor a suitable role model for a supposedly family friendly supermarket they were ignored.

uncommongroundmedia.com/corporations-sponsor-extreme-porn-advocate-in-attack-on-lesbians-for-lesbian-visibility-week/

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3886135-lesbian-visibility-week-2020?pg=1

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MorrisZapp · 27/06/2020 12:37

Pride is the new Christmas. The build up is wearying, the event itself disappointing, the the purpose entirely commercial. Tattered rainbows all year round are the new municipal lights still up in April.

There's nothing so pure that it can't be ruined by the truly determined.

Lightsareon · 27/06/2020 12:35

Ah shit, where am I gonna shop now? Angry

NotAGirl · 27/06/2020 12:35

The last 'niche' charity to get this level of corporate support was Kids Company Hmm

The more alternatives I'm having to find for these companies the less likely I am to ever go back to them. Small businesses are getting more of my money directly.

Anonymum263 · 27/06/2020 12:34

@BaronessSnippyPantsofCroneArmy What was the "Jane Fae incident"?

Rockluvvindad · 27/06/2020 12:33

God make it stop. Fucking idiots.

This. Do they not care that kids are being experimented on with the blessing of Mermaids ? I seem to recall that there was a bunch of people who did this in the 1930's and 40's... Seemed to be considered evil at the time, now it's progressive.

Fucking mental.

SerenityNowwwww · 27/06/2020 12:33

Stealth - it always does in the end. I can wait.

Snorkers · 27/06/2020 12:31

I was going to go to Tesco today to stock up, but won't set foot in there again with immediate effect.

StealthPolarBear · 27/06/2020 12:22

"An enquiry can’t come soon enough. Kids Company type day of reckoning is coming. With lawsuits."
Are they? I wish I was convinced.

SerenityNowwwww · 27/06/2020 12:18

Why is a whole bloody month that goes over the whole year (and not actually about gay people anymore)? And the new flag an assault on the eyes.

merrymouse · 27/06/2020 12:14

Hasn’t pride month ended yet?

I wouldn't mind if it was actually about gay people.

SerenityNowwwww · 27/06/2020 12:10

Hasn’t pride month ended yet? Jesus isn’t started in June last year and was still dragging its ass along at the start of uni term. Plus the takeover of IWD. Give it a bloody rest.

merrymouse · 27/06/2020 12:09

Tesco are obviously free to support whoever they want, but they should also probably watch Newsnight.

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