r/tesco

Why can't Tesco be clear about where it's products come from?

Some products which could come from Israel are labeled as 'could come from Egypt, Morocco, Israel ect ect'

I feel this is to 'muddy the water', so customers don't know where it comes from.

I spend £10K a year with Tesco, I I've used then for all my groceries for more than 10 years.

I've emailed their head office about this, but no reply.

I emailed the general manager about this, no reply.

From today on I will buy from the co op.

It's going to cause me a fair bit of inconvenience, but I don't care.

The merchandise is probably better quality anyway.

Will be a cold day in hell before I use tesc again

I work as a picker in a bigger Tesco and I always wonder why the hell do people order 22 or 40 of some random item. Who needs 40 500ml of milk?! (Happened a few days ago) or tons of dish soap?! Is it buisness buying ingredients from Tesco? But then is it getting delivered to you house and you bring it to work? Working as a picker as genuinly shown me that people just be out there doing the most random stuff

apologises if some sentences seem a bit bad wrote i am heavily dyslexic*

So recently my car broke down and i had to get a train to work, and tbh it was quite enjoyable I brought my iPad and AirPods and studied while waiting and it made me an hour early to work so I sat in the canteen revising for uni

So I kept doing it even after my car was fixed trains only run every hour so it’s like 2:33 to make it there by 2:53 and it’s a 20 minute walk so I will always be an hour early because of this.

I can’t study at home as it’s so loud and noisy and the canteen is normally empty when I go in. My SM approached me last week and she asked if I can start now since I was already in the building I was a bit annoyed but agreed to do it as a one off.

The next day she asks me again, I said no because i don’t start for another hour and she said I have too as I’m already in the building so I said I’m a bit lost as people come in before work and have a cup of tea before they start & she responded It’s different as that’s only about 15 mins and I am taking up space for an hour

I am on one single table & nobody comes in when I’m in there & I said if it’s an issue I can leave and come back in an hour but she said since I’m already there I have to start there and then, can she do this? I’m genuinely curious & a little baffled by this whole thing?

Any advice welcome, thank you :)

EDIT*

I am overwhelmed with the amount of support i appreciate every one of you! To answer some common asked questions

- Yes this was Paid overtime which I still refused I simply didn’t want the hours

- going home an hour earlier is not a option at least for me because I’m on fresh we handle all waste reductions and charity and these need to be done at a specific time (in my store at least unsure about elsewhere)

- I think the reason she lost her head at me was because of not me personally she always claims I do an amazing job but very recently they cut EVERY OVERTIME shift, and even withdraw any overtime people had, they did this for a solid 3 months and people have now either had new second jobs or simply learned to live without out so they are in dire need for staff yet nobody wants the hours

I work in cafe and before we open someone usually goes around the shop picking up stock for the day. Usually I make a checklist list on my notes on my phone, take the cafe trolley and go and gather what we need, i’ve been doing this for the past two years i’ve worked there. Management of the store have seen me walking around gathering things with my phone in my hand or in the trolley and have never said anything. This morning a supervisor or tl who i’ve never seen before came up to me whilst i was picking up some avocados and asked why my phone is out. I replied by explaining that I work in the cafe and that I use it to list the items I need to get. She snapped back and said “I can tell by your badge /my name/ that you have been here for at least 2 years so you should well understand that you shouldn’t have it out”, I then explained that I’ve never been told that before by anyone and that i’ve been doing this for the last two years. She then asked for my managers name so i gave his name to her.

I know my manager will defend me if it were to get to him, and i asked my colleague about this rule and she said that she had no idea about this rule and that she also uses her phone on the shop floor for the morning shopping. It was just so weird how she so aggressively came up to me as if i was a child doing something wrong, how do you even go up to someone you’ve never met and speak that way to them. Is there any way I could report her, I can’t imagine how she speaks to the staff she does know. The store managers usually come in twice a day for coffee and we usually have a little chat so we’re familiar with each other, could I tell them about it then or does it have to be something more formal?

Update: I messaged my manager explaining the whole situation. He replied basically saying that tomorrow he’s going to have a word with the store manager and make him bring it up in a meeting with management (including supervisors/tl) that cafe staff aren’t under any of the floor or warehouse management and that he will discuss the whole situation with the store manager too to see what’s going to happen to her. luckily the managers in the store are really nice and understanding guys, i assume the woman is in her probation period or something so i wonder if this might be a cause of termination or failed probation. When I go in tomorrow i’ll have to also write a written statement.

If i see her on the shop floor again next sunday i’ll be sure to have my phone out too.

Hello all, been at an express since July.

Their intention for me at the moment is to be post-office trained and then aid/cover in the post office in the run up to xmas.

They then want me to do step-up and become a shift leader.

From speaking to other shift leaders, my experience as a team leader at Costa, the “old guard” staff refusing to do their jobs and subsequent lack of support from the manager I have decided I absolutely do not want to do it.

I have been recovering from burnout from costa as I was doing 55 hour weeks for months and I have had a tumultuous year (Deaths, lost a flat, breakup with fiancè etc). I genuinely dont think I would cope with the workload.

Can I say no? I think they hired me with the expectation I’d do it but it seems intolerable for me given my mental state and the dynamic of the store.

Hi guys, sorry, I'm quite new to all this and joined Tesco literally this week, and only worked for two days, most of which was introduction and e learning. I work as a personal shopper. But I got VERY sick today, to the point I have a fever and even stand properly, unless I take some high dose of ibuprofen or whatever. I also cought and have all typical flu symptoms, and they're really bad. I don't think I can come in tomorrow, but I don't want to lose the job, cuz it's literally the first part time job I got in a year. What should I do? Can I call in sick, and would it be okay? I dunno, I'm just scared of losing the job. Thanks

So, I did my induction literally 3 days ago and have worked both days since then and I already want to quit, basically all I've done so far is do 2 hours of stocking shelves as soon as I came in on my first day, after being specifically told I won't be stocking shelves as I'm warehouse staff.

I have spoken to my manager 3 times... three times in 3 days, he wasn't even in today but I was expected to come in just to sit on the computers in the office completely on my own learning about how the dotcom scanners work I guess.

I have no clue what my actual job is, I'm on warehouse but have been shown 0 warehouse stuff, I'm supposed to be in both tomorrow and the day after yet I have no clue what to do or where to go when I arrive and I've not been given my managers number to contact to ask him in advance.

I tried to talk to the other management there today about what I do after the learning and I basically just received shrugs and just "you need to do the online learning"... yes... but then what?

Basically everyone has said that this is just Tesco, I have prior retail experience and it was never this disorganised, does it get better or should I cut my losses and try to find something else?

I got the job 4:30am start. I got my induction on the 13th. What should i expect to happen? Thankyou

I’m honestly so disappointed with my recent shopping trip to Tesco. I found expired sausages in my pack, and when I went to cook broccoli from the same shop, I discovered it was infested with maggots! I’ve never experienced anything like this before and it’s completely crazy.