Why do people say "Tesco's"?

[mrsnorrismeow]

Just that really. People seem to do it all the time. But it's not "Lidl's" or "Aldi's" or "Waitrose's", is it?!?!

Why. Do. You. Care?

I don't, particularly. I just fancied a lighthearted thread for some time away from the endless corona-and-brexit misery. I didn't realise I had to only start threads about a pre approved list of worthier topics

It isn't grammatically correct @Frazzled2207 but in colloquial English people often say things like, "I am going to Frazzled's tonight," meaning "I am going to Frazzled's house," or if someone said, "Whose bag is this?", you probably wouldn't say "It's Sarah's bag,", you'd just say "Sarah's."

Because they are family names - 'Tesco', Sainsbury and Budgen. Tesco is derived from Cohen.

A bit like going to see the Smith family. We say "going to the Smith's" It derives from and the name belongs to them.

We do not say that about the Co-Op or Asda (Associated Daries).

Tesco and M&S are some of our biggest shops of polish origin.

Westfields or Bluewaters? Commonly heard in my neck of the woods!

@SummerSummerSummertime

Why. Do. You. Care?

You know this is chat? A bit of a corner for idle musings and such. There is a philosophy section if you need more cerebral stimulation.

@Frazzled2207

The Asda and Marksies are a Scouse thing I think.

Marks (and Spencer) and Sainsbury's and Morrison's totally fine as they are branded as such, though Marks seems to be M&S mostly these days.

I am irrationally annoyed by Tesco's. I always make a point of saying Tesco.
People round here definitely say Tesco's but just Asda. Never herad Asda's.

A similar one is hairdresser's, optician's, doctor's. Can't bear it. Personally I go to the hairdresser, the optician, the doctor. Does anyone else?

Just you. You are the only person in the whole wide world. Well done you. Amazing. Everyone I know puts an s on the end. We are very common though. And worse people than @Frazzled2207 because of it.

I’m off T’coop.

Tesco is named after Thomas Edward Stockwell and Jack Cohen if anyone's interested. I was working at Tesco HQ when Jack was alive and he used to appear at lunchtime and chat. Wish I remember whether he ever called it Tesco's

Yes, 'The Asda' is a Scouse thing. We call the store at Aintree 'the big Asda'. We go to Tesco's as well. We also go to the offy, the postie, the chippy etc. We used to go the Kwikky when that existed.
Horror of horrors, some of us call Morrisons 'Mogsy's'....

Because a lot of stores used to be people’s names - so it was J Sainsbury on the door when I was a kid - hence the store is Sainsbury’s. Similar for Woolworth’s, Debenham’s etc. When Tesco, Asda came along the rule was applied even though it shouldn’t have been...

@orangenasturtium
I get you. And yes it makes perfect sense to leave out the noun when you say Sarah's - meaning Sarah's HOUSE.

But I just don't know what the 's refers to when people say Tesco's/ Aldi's/doctor's/hairdresser's. I accept it's a colloquialism which is seen as standard English though.

It isn't a plural, it stands for the shop that belongs to Tesco (the company) as opposed to any other shop. So, "I'm going to Tesco's" = I'm going to Tesco's shop (or, Sainsbury's shop, or Woolworth's shop or whatever).

In my case this was normal shorthand speech for the era I was brought up in, no different from (for instance) "I'm just going to Jenny's" (ie. I'm going to Jenny's house). You might say, "I'm going to see Jenny" or else you would say, "I'm going to Jenny's"...not "I'm going to Jenny" (which means something else).

ps doctor's(and dentist's) probably an shortening of doctor's surgery. But that doesn't apply to haidresser's or optician's.

It’s because marks and Spencer’s and Sainsbury’s are the names of the founders isn’t it?

We have a Morrison's that was a Safeway years ago. Everyone calls is Morriways.

Asdal and Tesco's where I grew up!

In Bristol a Idea is an Ideal too. That ones my fave other than the word 'gert'

Debenham's used to be Debenham and Freebody in Oxford Street when I was growing up. Another store was Marshal and Snelgrove. I wonder what happened to that.

The 's refers to Tesco's Food Fair, Sainsbury's Grocers, Selfridge's Department Store, Lyon's Corner House Tea Rooms, W H Smith's Newsagents or just plain old Lidl's supermarket @Frazzled2207.

I thought The Asda was a Glaswegian phrase ?

My DDad calls the Co-Op The Co-Oper-a-tive ( I let him off , probably was called that when he was a lad)

Lakeside and Bluewater = "Lakey" and "L'Eau Bleu" in our house

@FOKKYFC

I believe Wilkinson changed their name/branding precisely because of the tendency of people to abbreviate shop names, and theirs was so widely nicknamed 'Wilko'. Fun fact - a branch of 'Wilkinson' can be seen in 'Brief Encounter' although I suspect Celia Johnson didn't nip in for some pick 'n' mix and a masonry drill bit.

I was embarrassingly old (late 20s) before I realised Wilkinson's and Wilko's were the same shop

I hate it when people tell me what they are doing for New Years..... Although that isn't a shop so may not be welcome on this thread, in which case I will get my coat.

Shorthand for the shop owns by Tesco = Tesco's shop = Tesco's

The Asda probably makes more grammatical sense like the co-op than asda's. Don't hear co-op's...

I always say Tesco's

I view it as a possessive genitive. The shop that belongs to Tesco.