Re: Britain's Worst Supermarket : Tue May 14, 2013 11:24 am  

Man in Madrid wrote:

Euphorium supplies Artisan bread to a limited number of stores that are classed as "upmarket" locations, and can sell at the increased price point. It is delivered from the Islington bakery twice each day. It is scratch-baked from raw ingredients each day. ...

"Scratch-baked from raw ingredients each day" ... that's utterly meaningless mate.
Chorleywood bread is also "Scratch-baked from raw ingredients each day", indeed that was the point of the invention of the process, to make it quicker from low-protein flour with very little proving time.

With no mention of which ingredients or what method(s) and time(s) of proving, it could just be upmarket rubbish in a nice old-fashioned paper bag.
For example, bread can be (and very often is) baked containing GM enzymes (labelled as mere "flour improver"), very large amounts of yeast to cut down on the proving time ... and even so-called "organic" bread is allowed to contain GM soya flour.

For what it's worth, I'm happy to accept that this particular "artisan" (meaningless term) bread is decent and fit to eat.
I am merely being deliberately picky to illustrate how semantics can be used to make sh11t sound palateable.

Re: Britain's Worst Supermarket : Tue May 14, 2013 11:34 am  

Man in Madrid wrote:

.... Is the fact that Tesco invest in businesses a bad thing?: Harris & Hoole, Dobbies Garden Centres, Blinkbox, Dunnhumby, and more recently the outright purchase of Giraffe shows a commitment to both diversify, and in the longer term possibly enhance the shopping experience.

The bad thing is the higher and higher market share that Tesco and the likes of Tesco are taking.
These enterprises are already too large and too powerful, diversification is simply more market muscle and a greater stranglehold on entrepreneurship and enterprise.

"Enhance the shopping experience"? By Tesco-ification?
Leave it out, please.

Re: Britain's Worst Supermarket : Tue May 14, 2013 12:27 pm  

El Barbudo wrote:

The bad thing is the higher and higher market share that Tesco and the likes of Tesco are taking.
These enterprises are already too large and too powerful, diversification is simply more market muscle and a greater stranglehold on entrepreneurship and enterprise.

I seem to remember watching a film once where a dystopian future Earth was effectively ruled over by one giant conglomerate known simply as 'The Company'. Everything that the inhabitants of Earth 'enjoyed' was supplied and controlled by The Company (including housing, food, policing etc). Whilst I'm not sure we're going to get to that stage any time soon, the casual privatisation of our public services and the dominance of giant companies like Tesco et al does seem to be leading us down that path.

Re: Britain's Worst Supermarket : Tue May 14, 2013 12:32 pm  

Rock God X wrote:

I seem to remember watching a film once where a dystopian future Earth was effectively ruled over by one giant conglomerate known simply as 'The Company'. Everything that the inhabitants of Earth 'enjoyed' was supplied and controlled by The Company (including housing, food, policing etc). Whilst I'm not sure we're going to get to that stage any time soon, the casual privatisation of our public services and the dominance of giant companies like Tesco et al does seem to be leading us down that path.

Wasn't that Dr Who?

Re: Britain's Worst Supermarket : Tue May 14, 2013 12:41 pm  

Dally wrote:

Wasn't that Dr Who?

I don't think so. I've never watched Dr Who. Never fancied it.

Re: Britain's Worst Supermarket : Tue May 14, 2013 12:45 pm  

El Barbudo wrote:

The bad thing is the higher and higher market share that Tesco and the likes of Tesco are taking.
These enterprises are already too large and too powerful, diversification is simply more market muscle and a greater stranglehold on entrepreneurship and enterprise.

"Enhance the shopping experience"? By Tesco-ification?
Leave it out, please.

When a company start-up becomes successful, many many entrepreneurs look for an exit plan to realise their investment and the worth of the business. They could look at floating, or they could look at selling all or part of the business. I wouldn't, therefore, suggest it's a stranglehold on enterprise - perhaps the opposite, in fact: after selling growing businesses, many people then go on to start new ventures.

Re: Britain's Worst Supermarket : Tue May 14, 2013 1:02 pm  

Man in Madrid wrote:

When a company start-up becomes successful, many many entrepreneurs look for an exit plan to realise their investment and the worth of the business. They could look at floating, or they could look at selling all or part of the business. I wouldn't, therefore, suggest it's a stranglehold on enterprise - perhaps the opposite, in fact: after selling growing businesses, many people then go on to start new ventures.

Spoken like a true corporateer

Re: Britain's Worst Supermarket : Tue May 14, 2013 1:51 pm  

cod'ead wrote:

Spoken like a true corporateer

Yep, that's me! It keeps the wolves from the door, and the fridge stocked up.

Re: Britain's Worst Supermarket : Tue May 14, 2013 4:10 pm  

Because obviously the bigger the business, the better. Automatically.

As if the horsemeat scandal showed us nothing.

Re: Britain's Worst Supermarket : Tue May 14, 2013 7:32 pm  

I see Tesco are one of those companies with more than their fair share of offshore subsidiaries.