Hello!
Tescos is bad bad news for many reasons. Poor staff treatment, buying out land for developing stores despite strong local objections (do a search for Tesco on BBC web site).
And at a more local level - there is the dodgy pricing, the poor treatment of suppliers (putting them out of business because they demand such low prices) and the questionable food practices.
There is a site (I can post the link for anyone that's interested) where staff have posted the appalling food hygiene (storing raw meat above fruit in the warehouses), leaving chilled goods (meat) out of chillers in the stores as there is no room for over 2 hours, bullying tactics of customers, selling out of date goods, and besides that food!
Did anyone see that report by the BBC?
Tesco healthy living meals are 20% less fat because there is 20% less meat/food in the package. Check price per kilo of everything. Don't assume supermarket own brands are best. In fact, a BBC report proved that Tesco Basics turkey was in fact the very same turkeys that were in the standard range, only difference being the packaging!
Tesco finest are also not necessarily better than standard, just fancy packaging.
Also, they got in big shit for selling corn fed chicken that wasn't corn fed, but fed dyed food or something. I can find the link.
And finally... Tescos sells 2 whole chickens for a fiver. How much do you think it costs to grow, feed, slaughter, package a chicken, plus allow for a profit margin? If the charge £2.50... that's just evil.
And you can see all the tissue damage and bruises on the birds.
So anyway.
I shop in Sainsburys mainly. But M&S are good too, as are Lidl, Aldi, and Morrisons (although tbh I much prefer sainsbury's fresh food, just tastes nicer).
Lecture over. You can perhaps tell I am passionate about this. And so I should be, if I am spending my hard earned money on feeding my family, I want good ingredients, fair prices and reasonable ethics.
Tescos does have the fair prices but at what cost?