to think that 43 Tesco stores closing is a bad sign...

[MrsTawdry]

43! It's so many...Tesco have long been such a household name...why is this happening?

I always shop there and have no problems at all and yes...I've tried Aldi and Asda...can't afford Sainsbury's or Waitrose...Morrisons don't have the range.

Is the country in such a bad way?

Sad for my gran that her local Tesco superstore is shutting as she can get the bus into the town centre do her shopping and come home but won't be able to so that anymore. There other supermarkets are put of town and harder to get too. She values her independence so much and unfortunately none of us live near her to take her shopping. I agree with previous posters that the shopping centre it's in is an eyesore.

If this trend continues and is matched by a growth in independent retail, I'm all for it.

The store they are closing near me is a Tesco HomePlus, over the road from this is a normal Tesco supermarket and then in town 10 minutes away there is another large supermarket and two Tesco Express and 15 minutes in the other direction there is a 24 hour tesco extra. It's hardly surprising they are closing the store that they are it's on a retail park and is a huge store - I imagine the rent is pretty high. Also there is competition nearby for everything that they stock, I used to use it a lot but since they began free click and collect I can order and pick up anything while I am doing some of my grocery shopping in the store over the (extremely busy) road. I do the most of my grocery shopping the Aldi next door to the Tesco .

I never shop there as their meat is disgusting, they never offer free range chicken or meat so I go elsewhere. Rank meals too and expensive veg which has seen better days.

I go to my butchers and the green grocers, wish more people did.

Supermarkets come and go. Tesco rose from the little supermarkets they were in the late 70s to what we have today. Before Tesco was on top we had Sainsburys that were the most popular. Then Safeways seemed to be on top. Then Tescos took over the top spot. That's how I see it anyway. Not sure if they will stay there now or if Asda or Morrisons will step up and take the lead.

My DH works for tesco. Of the first four houses on our side of our street at least one person in each of them works for tesco. I hear what people say about 'shop local' but the reality is that if tescos goes from our high streets huge swathes of people will be unemployed in one fell swoop. That would devastate communities like ours where there really are no other jobs (northern seaside town). Whether we like it or not the big stores like tesco are supporting significant parts of small communities with the jobs they provide. Unlike the average independent store tesco have the wherewithal to pay a slightly higher hourly rate and to give perks like a staff discount. It makes me really sad and angry when people only see the corporate side of things and forget that lots and lots of people rely on this organisation to pay their mortgage and clothe their children. The individuals in the stores aren't to blame for what's gone wrong corporately. Every time people slag tesco off and refuse to shop there the knock on effect is not to the corporate bods on the high salaries its to the normal people who do their best every day.

What you say is very true name but equally true is that big Corporate have also caused many small independents to close over the last 10 years. In small communities I have seen the closure of a lot of the High Street independent Retailers who had been there for years and years. They cant compete with the prices that bigger shops have offered nor the convenience of offering everything under one roof. I remember when my nearest little town didn't have a Tesco. The independents were doing ok and the monetary spend was spread out over the high street. The community was up in arms when learning of the opening of a Tesco but once it opened the lure of easy shopping and competitive prices all under one roof was too much for people to ignore. Now a lot of shops are boarded up, bakeries, butchers, florists all closed down or converted to charity shops.
Swings and roundabouts I suppose. As you say, a lot of local people are now employed by this Tesco but they were originally employed by local shops.

They've said they won't be opening the newly huge store where I live. I'm glad. We've twenty bloody Tesco within as many miles anyway.

Shame about those losing jobs. Can't say I'm surprised though. Used to shop at Tesco all the time, now I go there maybe once every 2 or 3 months.

I'm not a fan of Tescos , not at all . Loathe them with a passion after they tried to have me over for a fair amount of money and failed . But I do feel for those that are going to lose their jobs . I might hate the company , but not those who work for them. It sounds a massive amount of stores to lose , and for most companies it probably would be a significant loss . But they have 3461 stores in the UK . So that's what , less than one per cent of their shops shutting down ? Probably hardly a blip to them really . But considerably more of a blip if you're one of those suddenly redundant .

Actually it's just over one per cent - long day !

As a large employer Tesco should be consulting with staff abput redundancy/ relocation. This hasnt happened.
The union reps are also struggling to support members due to a lack of information from Tesco.
A number of colleagues were not in work today and heard their store is closing through social media and news bulletins.
Imo its been handled badly. I dont work for them but feel for the people who are uncertain of their future.

I think they should have kept their prices down. They must have lost loads of customers to Aldi and Lidl but didn't act on it.

I work in a Tesco Homeplus store, one of two in our city. The other one is closing. Half of the Homeplus stores are closing so I don't think we'll be open much longer. It's a relief for now though.

Tesco is a good employer. It pays the most out of all supermarkets and has lots of benefits. Sadly we've also been told we're losing our brilliant pension scheme to be replaced by an inferior one. Lots of Tesco staff are still very worried now.

Over stretched? There is a Tesco express near me which I assume was intended by Tesco to put the exsiting Co-op 2 doors away out of business. I don't shop in Tesco for a number of reasons.

The three Tesco Expresses within 500m of me are all staying open which is a shame as I'd prefer the indian food shop, decorating shop and housewares/ironmongery emporium they replaced. Mind you if they were closing, they'd only become yet more bookies and loan shops.

Hopefully the online shoppers won't mind losing a shop they only frequented too rarely to be a viable customer. Now they'll have more time to moan about online shopping failures on the internet./emo/te/9.gif

Despite the closures they are still putting in a planning application to open an out of town store in our small town (which has so far kept all its shops in the High Street).