Kim39
22nd November 2006, 08:26 AM
Meant to link this last week and it slipped my mind.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3860664a13,00.html
Kim
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3860664a13,00.html
Kim
StevieD
22nd November 2006, 09:01 AM
Oh no!!! The marech of the Tesco giant knows no boundaries...
pieeater
22nd November 2006, 09:02 AM
Yes we keep a close look at the prices of the food in the U.K.The weekly shop is one of our largest expenses with a growing family.What with a six foot five 15 year old boy that's got to 'fill out' yet and an 11yr old girl that can eat for England.Plus,we only eat 'good' food of which we eat copious amounts we constantly need to 'justify' the move here in that respect. N.Z. won hands down five years ago,however as time has gone by it has become a closer race if you know what I mean.Recent comparisons with my family in the U.K.see's them edging ahead more and more,mmm.... :(
sarahw
22nd November 2006, 10:04 AM
Ah flip hopefully not another NZ owned co down the pan!! Seriously hope Tesco doesn't buy them out - won't do much for our economy (althought we might finally get some decent sausages!!) nor the Tindall Foundation I shouldn't have thought - I used to work with Tindall Foundation in my last role - some amazing projects they fund - would be sad if that went.
pieeater
22nd November 2006, 10:25 AM
Idiot.I Should have looked at the link properly.I wrongly assumed it was the online shopping link.I'm the kind of guy who when he was a kid,built the airfix models without looking at the instructions and then wondered what all the bits left in the bag were!!I do have an excuse though,I'm busy painting the roof but had to come in for a drink and was worried my brush would go hard.It's baking hot up there.Anyhow yes Tesco marches on.I'll never fogive them for plonking a supermarket where Central Park(Wigan RLFC) used to be.
sarahw
22nd November 2006, 11:02 AM
:) I did wonder about your post but thought maybe you'd been to the pub early!! ;)
Kim39
22nd November 2006, 12:23 PM
:) I did wonder about your post but thought maybe you'd been to the pub early!! ;)
sounded like a bit of sunstroke the poor guy had, as he does mention its baking hot up there:cool:
Kim
sounded like a bit of sunstroke the poor guy had, as he does mention its baking hot up there:cool:
Kim
Carol
22nd November 2006, 02:37 PM
I'm the kind of guy who when he was a kid,built the airfix models without looking at the instructions and then wondered what all the bits left in the bag were!!
You are probably ..... a "visual spatial learner"
http://www.gifteddevelopment.com/Visual_Spatial_Learner/vsl.htm
It's my favourite "interest" area around my teaching.
:nice1
You are probably ..... a "visual spatial learner"
http://www.gifteddevelopment.com/Visual_Spatial_Learner/vsl.htm
It's my favourite "interest" area around my teaching.
:nice1
Karen
22nd November 2006, 04:39 PM
Personally l'd love to see a Tesco/Warehouse combo in the local area, it's the only thing l still have trouble getting used to here......the lack of food choice/variety.
We've only been here 3 months so everything is still a bit of an adventure, except for the weekly food shop which l dread.
The 4 main supermarkets all seem to stock the same supplies some just have better decor and charge higher prices. I've been finding it really difficult this month as l know back in the UK the supermarkets will all be filled to the brim with Xmas goodies and you really have to look hard to find much in the shops here except for a few mince pies.......still trying to find the Brandy butter/cream to go with them!!!
Karen
We've only been here 3 months so everything is still a bit of an adventure, except for the weekly food shop which l dread.
The 4 main supermarkets all seem to stock the same supplies some just have better decor and charge higher prices. I've been finding it really difficult this month as l know back in the UK the supermarkets will all be filled to the brim with Xmas goodies and you really have to look hard to find much in the shops here except for a few mince pies.......still trying to find the Brandy butter/cream to go with them!!!
Karen
Carol
22nd November 2006, 04:50 PM
Personally l'd love to see a Tesco/Warehouse combo in the local area,
l know back in the UK the supermarkets will all be filled to the brim with Xmas goodies and you really have to look hard to find much in the shops here except for a few mince pies.......still trying to find the Brandy butter/cream to go with them!!!
Karen
Woolworths sell it Karen....
I know what you mean about lack of choice - you do get used to it eventually.
l know back in the UK the supermarkets will all be filled to the brim with Xmas goodies and you really have to look hard to find much in the shops here except for a few mince pies.......still trying to find the Brandy butter/cream to go with them!!!
Karen
Woolworths sell it Karen....
I know what you mean about lack of choice - you do get used to it eventually.
Karen
22nd November 2006, 05:07 PM
Cheers for the tip Carol, will definately be stocking up tomorrow!
As for the lack of choice though, it may turn out to be a good thing in the long run as l've had to start becoming a domestic goddess........my mother would be so proud!!!!
Karen
As for the lack of choice though, it may turn out to be a good thing in the long run as l've had to start becoming a domestic goddess........my mother would be so proud!!!!
Karen
StevieD
22nd November 2006, 05:58 PM
Probably say goodbye to your local dairies if Tesco get their hooks in to the market there. They are expanding at a phenominal rate in UK, and whilst it seems good, when you scratch under the surface you see the real cost of shopping. All very cleverly done, but you still end up paying the same, if not more, because you perceive buying there as a "bargain" - don't get me wrong, I do shop at Tesco, but I can't see any good out of them moving in to NZ.
katandbob
22nd November 2006, 06:03 PM
I do miss getting everything under one roof - but I was an Asda gal for the posh stuff and Nettos for the everyday stuff....now its Warehouse for the household items/electrical stuff, foods mostly Pacnsave and New World (which is the nearest to work)
I try to buy as wisely as possible as the money doesnt seem to stretch to much and I spend $250 a time on grocerys!
I try to buy as wisely as possible as the money doesnt seem to stretch to much and I spend $250 a time on grocerys!
Kim39
22nd November 2006, 07:58 PM
but I can't see any good out of them moving in to NZ.
As Elaine has just pointed out Steve, it just may bring the prices down. Also bud, maybe i'll have an English employer to hit:yes
Kim
As Elaine has just pointed out Steve, it just may bring the prices down. Also bud, maybe i'll have an English employer to hit:yes
Kim
Diny
22nd November 2006, 09:27 PM
Probably say goodbye to your local dairies if Tesco get their hooks in to the market there. They are expanding at a phenominal rate in UK, and whilst it seems good, when you scratch under the surface you see the real cost of shopping. All very cleverly done, but you still end up paying the same, if not more, because you perceive buying there as a "bargain" - don't get me wrong, I do shop at Tesco, but I can't see any good out of them moving in to NZ.
I can see what you're saying Steve, but when you get here you'll see that the 'local dairy' is pretty much a Kiwi institution. There's some pretty impressive supermarket superstores around already and the dairy continues to thrive.
Also, there's a huge amount of dairies that service the more rural, out of town areas, I doubt another big supermarket will effect these too much.
Just my opinions, I'm sure somebody will find info to prove me wrong and post a link with facts and figures.
Me? I say bring Tesco here .... but ban their check out chicks from asking ....
.............................
"HOWS YOUR DAY BEEN"
Now that WOULD ruin it !!!!!!
Diny
I can see what you're saying Steve, but when you get here you'll see that the 'local dairy' is pretty much a Kiwi institution. There's some pretty impressive supermarket superstores around already and the dairy continues to thrive.
Also, there's a huge amount of dairies that service the more rural, out of town areas, I doubt another big supermarket will effect these too much.
Just my opinions, I'm sure somebody will find info to prove me wrong and post a link with facts and figures.
Me? I say bring Tesco here .... but ban their check out chicks from asking ....
.............................
"HOWS YOUR DAY BEEN"
Now that WOULD ruin it !!!!!!
Diny
kiwidollie
23rd November 2006, 05:19 AM
Oh yes Diny! That was one of the things that really got on my nerves while we were in New Zealand. They don't really give a stuff how your day's been - most of them wouldn't listen if you did say anything other than 'good thanks'.
I love it now in our local Tesco as they've just installed 4 scan your own item checkouts. It's fab. So quick. All you do is scan the bar code yourself and put your shopping on the belt then either put your card or cash in the right hole and you're done!! Love it me x
I love it now in our local Tesco as they've just installed 4 scan your own item checkouts. It's fab. So quick. All you do is scan the bar code yourself and put your shopping on the belt then either put your card or cash in the right hole and you're done!! Love it me x
Trigirl
23rd November 2006, 05:23 AM
we use the ones in waitrose where you scan as you shop and put stuff straight into your own bags on the way round. then just pay at the machine or at the customer services desk when you finish. it saves so much time.
sarahw
23rd November 2006, 07:10 AM
They have those scanners & scanner lanes in Pak n' Save & probably in other supermarkets too here.
Sorry soapbox out...
If anyone has read 'Shopped - The shocking power of British supermarkets' or 'Not on the Label' then you would NOT want Tescos taking over the supermarket shops in NZ. To be honest I don't agree with them screwing over the farmers in Europe/UK to get cheap prices (I know one of these farmers & heck they nearly run the farms!). I'd rather pay more for my food, or buy direct from the farmer & I'd much rather have less choice & eat with the seasons & buy NZ made than have food that's shipped from all over the world that has been bought cheaply because of pressure from a large conglomo. Fingers crossed that Tesco doesn't get its claws into the NZ market. I can do without straight bananas & tasteless, uniform shaped & sized fruit & veg thanks!
Sorry soapbox out...
If anyone has read 'Shopped - The shocking power of British supermarkets' or 'Not on the Label' then you would NOT want Tescos taking over the supermarket shops in NZ. To be honest I don't agree with them screwing over the farmers in Europe/UK to get cheap prices (I know one of these farmers & heck they nearly run the farms!). I'd rather pay more for my food, or buy direct from the farmer & I'd much rather have less choice & eat with the seasons & buy NZ made than have food that's shipped from all over the world that has been bought cheaply because of pressure from a large conglomo. Fingers crossed that Tesco doesn't get its claws into the NZ market. I can do without straight bananas & tasteless, uniform shaped & sized fruit & veg thanks!
Hannah
23rd November 2006, 07:39 AM
Absolutely Sarah, I fully agree. And if your food costs more you tend to be more careful about what you eat, you waste less! We live in a society where our kids thinks peas come out of bags and milk grows in plastic bottles. Supporting smaller stores, and buying direct from farm shops etc. where you can reminds us exactly where our food comes from. I don't want to live in a society where the only place I can buy my food is from a faceless building with aisles and aisles of perfectly packaged and shaped food lit up by flourescent bulbs.
Its hard as a parent to find the time to shop carefully yet we all find time to watch the celebrity rubbish on TV (well....not all of us :-). I shop at a local farm shop (in the UK) - the veg is cheaper than Tesco, tasted better, is grown locally, and i spend no more than 10 minutes in the place before I am out and on my way home with a week's worth of veg. It takes me 10 minutes just to park in Tesco.
If anyone fancies a good, yet light, read on the subject I'd recommend the 2 'dinner ladies' books out at the moment by Jeanette Orrey (Dinner Lady and Second Helpings) - Jeanette revolutionalised the school meals service in her local school in Nottinghamshire (long before Jamie Oliver) utlizing purely locally grown and sourced products - negotiating good deals on local organic food and still managing to provide good meals, at a good price without ripping off local suppliers/growers. After seeing the cr*p on offer in local children's schools I have to say we need more dinner ladies like Jeanette!!! Still, i work in public health and health promotion...guess i'm a bit biased!
however,I hope Tesco never comes to New Zealand (my son was gutted when I read this link out to him - he loves the Warehouse just as it is....nothing like a 'bargain' to cheer up an 11 year old on a wet weekend - unless of course you include a trip to the local dairy to buy chocolate!)
Its hard as a parent to find the time to shop carefully yet we all find time to watch the celebrity rubbish on TV (well....not all of us :-). I shop at a local farm shop (in the UK) - the veg is cheaper than Tesco, tasted better, is grown locally, and i spend no more than 10 minutes in the place before I am out and on my way home with a week's worth of veg. It takes me 10 minutes just to park in Tesco.
If anyone fancies a good, yet light, read on the subject I'd recommend the 2 'dinner ladies' books out at the moment by Jeanette Orrey (Dinner Lady and Second Helpings) - Jeanette revolutionalised the school meals service in her local school in Nottinghamshire (long before Jamie Oliver) utlizing purely locally grown and sourced products - negotiating good deals on local organic food and still managing to provide good meals, at a good price without ripping off local suppliers/growers. After seeing the cr*p on offer in local children's schools I have to say we need more dinner ladies like Jeanette!!! Still, i work in public health and health promotion...guess i'm a bit biased!
however,I hope Tesco never comes to New Zealand (my son was gutted when I read this link out to him - he loves the Warehouse just as it is....nothing like a 'bargain' to cheer up an 11 year old on a wet weekend - unless of course you include a trip to the local dairy to buy chocolate!)
StevieD
23rd November 2006, 07:45 AM
Well that's good to know about the dairies!! Guess they similar to a similar type of corner shop here eh IYKWIM??!
stephenandjulie
28th November 2006, 07:32 AM
Lived in Manchester where we had a Tesco Extra, Tesco Express and a Tesco Metro all within one square mile. Moved to village in idylic Devon with a mini Tesco (unbelievavble) Don't tell me I am going to move to the other side of the world and there will be a Tesco. They will be putting one in the International Space Station next...
Julie
Julie
Carol
28th November 2006, 07:36 AM
They will be putting one in the International Space Station next...
Julie
:laugh :laugh I have an image of Star Bars Milky Ways and Mars Bars right next to the check out.
Julie
:laugh :laugh I have an image of Star Bars Milky Ways and Mars Bars right next to the check out.
andreamatt
21st December 2006, 09:10 PM
Hello there
We were hoping that we'd be escaping Tesco for good - aargh!! We have a huge Tesco about 6 miles away and I guess we, like most families we know here, have a love / hate relationship with it (can't live it, can't live without it). I do shop at the farmer's market in Tavistock and at the v. small local Co-op but some things just can't be bought at either. You've got to wonder though at Tesco offering cashmere jumpers at £15 and jeans for £3 - slave labour going on somewhere...http://www.emigratenz.org/forum/newreply.php#
NZ dairy stores sound great, as does New World - even looking forward to the Pac n Save experience.
Christmas wishes to you all,http://www.emigratenz.org/forum/newreply.php#
Andrea Matt William and Martha
Christ
C
We were hoping that we'd be escaping Tesco for good - aargh!! We have a huge Tesco about 6 miles away and I guess we, like most families we know here, have a love / hate relationship with it (can't live it, can't live without it). I do shop at the farmer's market in Tavistock and at the v. small local Co-op but some things just can't be bought at either. You've got to wonder though at Tesco offering cashmere jumpers at £15 and jeans for £3 - slave labour going on somewhere...http://www.emigratenz.org/forum/newreply.php#
NZ dairy stores sound great, as does New World - even looking forward to the Pac n Save experience.
Christmas wishes to you all,http://www.emigratenz.org/forum/newreply.php#
Andrea Matt William and Martha
Christ
C
andreamatt
21st December 2006, 09:11 PM
Me again,
Really haven't got the hang of these smilies, have I?!
Andrea
Really haven't got the hang of these smilies, have I?!
Andrea
andreamatt
21st December 2006, 09:16 PM
:raebanana
Am only just getting the hang of these smilie things...
Andrea
Am only just getting the hang of these smilie things...
Andrea
nippa&pippa
22nd December 2006, 06:27 AM
Just spotted Tesco forum....aaaaarrrrrggggghhhhhh :exit
I just left my job at Tesco in UK for good in Oct, thought that is my last time of I see Tesco again..... but then i were talking with my fellow workmates before i left that won't be long before tesco will arrived in australia and New zealand because they already got Tesco in Japan, vietham, china etc.
I just left my job at Tesco in UK for good in Oct, thought that is my last time of I see Tesco again..... but then i were talking with my fellow workmates before i left that won't be long before tesco will arrived in australia and New zealand because they already got Tesco in Japan, vietham, china etc.
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