Tesco lost the plot?

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Just been the Tesco suoerstore.

Disabled parking 100 yards away
P&C parking 150 yards away
Motor cycle parking 30 yards away (presumably for whoosh)

Really!!

I'm not fussed about the P&C being further away as long as it has a safe route to store and wider bays I think they should always be a bit further to make it less valued

But the disabled should be closer

You make very good point. Maybe it takes up less space and or its just the best place for it.

Motorcycles and bikes take up a lot less room than other vehicles, normally just a couple of car spaces so not really taking away from cars. They are also especially vulnerable to theft , so I always appreciate having bike somewhere very visible.

Legally, disabled parking doesn't have to be anywhere near the entrance. They just have make a certain percentage of their parking disabled.

Morally, on the other hand...

At my local Sains P&C parking is much further than most of the usual parking but the spaces are larger and there is a safe traffic free to route to the store.
Nobody uses them, its almost as if P&C parking isn't about safety for some people

The M/C parking is for the whoosh service. In the local metro there's no staff on the tills at times because they're all collecting whoosh orders. Customers that have made the journey to shop in store have to use the self service area.

You obviously have an issue with woosh. I can’t see the problem.

Maybe the thinking is that if the P&C and Disabled parking are further away from the entrance, then they won't be abused by those that don't need them?

P&C being further away I can understand (hopefully they're not moved to the middle of the car park, but against the building, just a bit further from the entrance), but generally speaking, I think disabled parking should be as near the entrance as possible. Fortunately I've never needed to use a disabled space, but is there a reason for having them the same as P&C? i.e. the spaces need to be wider for wheelchair access? Is there a physical need to be closer to the entrance?

I think the P&C spaces should be further away as long as there is a walk way as it would probably mean less people park in them who don’t need them and it leaves them open for those that do .

Agree with others. The parent and child spaces don’t need to be near the door, they just need to be wider so you can get kids/ car seats in and out without bashing other people’s cars. And have a safe route (designated pathway) to the store for small children that walk.

Disabled should be near the entrance.

Not a problem with whoosh so long as it is not detrimental to shop goers.

The supermarket I used to work for did this so they could have CCTV over the MC parking (the rest of the car park was not covered) because there was consistent antisocial behaviour and theft from the old location - moving it closer/under cameras fixed it.

Our Tesco has fenced off a third of their car park to convert to a car wash. The rest is crammed. God knows what they are thinking.

Sainsbury down the road is looking increasingly appealing.