new tesco express in rye lane

[chrisz]

Was it really necessary to launch another store so close to the one on East Dulwich Road?!

Chris

[anonymous_third_part]

yes

catchment area is different for it.

and people walking home from peckham rye station will pass it.

[taper]

Where is it located? I'm a Netto man myself

[KalamityKel]

Do you complain about how many Costcutters there are on a stretch of road?

[dbboy]

Welcome Tesco, I look forward to a visit and more eay convienience.

[lenk]

Some say that on a still day if you crane your ear skywards you can hear the delivery lorry at the other one.

[matthew123]

Hmmmm so Peckham has on it's doorstep 2 Tesco Express, Morrisons, Netto, and a Lidl... not to mention countless Grocers, Butchers and Fishmongers on Rye Lane who seem immune to having a nearby supermarket allegedly putting them out of business..

I wish Lordship Lane had a Tesco Express, maybe for a double fronted estate agents!

[Sherwick]

I want a Waitrose on Lordship Lane...

[JohnL]

It's only small and is so useful for Cooperative House

Got some Cobras there yesterday.

[matthew123]

Yes they say an area has not made it til it has a Waitrose... in the meantime one of those Butchers from Rye Lane could do a roaring trade on Lordship Lane allowing the poor man to stop dining on potatoes and vinegar every night

[jaybee82]

I'm sure there's a little bald chief exec at Tesco Towers somewhere who's plan for world domination is almost complete...

[PippaD]

At least the rye lane tesco has a fresh bakery in store.

Bread and rolls all days not just till they all sell out.

[nunheadbelle]

Apparently, each time Tesco opens a new store in any area, it donates money to a local charity or good cause. St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Nunhead has been the lucky beneficiary this time, with a donation from Tesco and Build Base (who I assume fitted out the store). Don't know how much they gave but it was a generous donation. (tu)

Nunheadbelle

[Acid Casual]

nunheadbelle Wrote:

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> Apparently, each time Tesco opens a new store in

> any area, it donates money to a local charity or

> good cause. St. Thomas the Apostle Church in

> Nunhead has been the lucky beneficiary this time,

> with a donation from Tesco and Build Base (who I

> assume fitted out the store). Don't know how much

> they gave but it was a generous donation. (tu)

>

> Nunheadbelle

Its not often you hear someone prepared to restore a bit of balance to a post about businesses like Tesco.

For the record, I couldn't give a monkeys about them. On one hand, they are quite convenient. On the other, their own label brand is cr@p, but they are far from being the big bad wolf that people often make them out to be. Likewise McDonalds who are now an accredited partner with some fairly major environmental charities, and replant trees at the rate of 3 to every 1 cut down. They still make sh!te food however, and that's my issue with them, not their social responsibility.

At the moment I am deeply immersed in setting up a CSR division at work and am having conversations with both charities and businesses. What is coming out loud and clear is that CSR initiatives are currently run at a snail's pace due to bureaucratic red tape, senseless "accreditation" and lack of simple standardisation. Client companies are absolutely sh!tting it to get off their @rses in most cases and just do good things in case they get a cynical sneer in response to doing so, which let's be honest, is often the response.

When Tesco donated to St. Thomas the Apostle, I'm pretty they didn't stop to think "Is this going to deliver against our PAS 2050 credentials?" They just got off their @rses and did it, and be damned with what some silly little man in a governmental department has to say about it.

In my view its just better to do good. Are Tesco wonderful and sparkly lovely? Most likely not, but fair play to them for their act of generosity and even more so for not shouting about it via some vile PR campaign.

[RosieH]

Acid Casual, do a quick google search and then come back and tell me that Tesco aren't involved in any vile PR campaign

It's naive to assume that they're doing it out of the goodness of their hearts. They do it because they know that's what the public wants and expects from retailers.

As a PR professional, I take offence at your vile PR campaign comment - ill-informed, ill-considered and frankly a little smug. And clearly, from the tone of your post, it would seem that their PR campaign is indeed working.

[Acid Casual]

RosieH Wrote:

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> Acid Casual, do a quick google search and then

> come back and tell me that Tesco aren't involved

> in any vile PR campaign

>

> It's naive to assume that they're doing it out of

> the goodness of their hearts. They do it because

> they know that's what the public wants and expects

> from retailers.

>

> As a PR professional, I take offence at your vile

> PR campaign comment - ill-informed, ill-considered

> and frankly a little smug. And clearly, from the

> tone of your post, it would seem that their PR

> campaign is indeed working.

Here we go as usual. Some daftie spoiling for a fight.

Not in the least bit interested in what PR Tesco do or do not engage in, All I know is that they have done a good thing and they are not ALL bad. My opinion of them was pretty balanced as I recall. No white knights, but not the big bad wolf either.

I couldn't give an Aylesbury Duck if you are offended by my comment. It was not directed at you personally, so look for a cyber-scrap somewhere else. Its not like I insulted your family or anything.

Over and out.

[RosieH]

Yeah you're right. Bad day and I took offence needlessly.

Normally I just laugh at the idiots who slag off PR while falling for it hook line and sinker.

[Acid Casual]

RosieH Wrote:

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> Yeah you're right. Bad day and I took offence

> needlessly.

>

> Normally I just laugh at the idiots who slag off

> PR while falling for it hook line and sinker.

I'm taking this to PM. No-one's interested in us bickering.

[AllforNun]

i want another big Costcutter in Lordship name, hopefully up by the police station.

[PeckhamRose]

Now where was I yesterday where I saw William Rose were opening up another shop, maybe on East Dulwich Road?

Can't remember. It was near anyway.

[matthew123]

East Dulwich Grove - old site of Springers

[lenk]

The new Tesco has a Carribean section, sells salt cod and does a range of vegetarian stuff.

I've always found that you can thrown the Dulwich one into complete meltdown by asking for such 'specialist' items as pitta bread, or rice.

[dbboy]

Is my memory failing me or am I right to think that Tesco had a store in Rye Lane some 30 years ago or am I confussing it with Fine Fare?

[reetpetite]

I dont think so I can only remember Sainsburys next to Rye Lane Chapel before they built the one where the Cinema now is .I dont remember any other 'supermarkets' though Fine Fare rings a bell.

[Townleygreen]

I don't know what the fuss is about! I find Tesco express expensive (certainly compared to their large stores) and their fresh bread is particularly poor. Whenever I have been the choice of bread (apart from sliced!) is poor and it is not particularly cheap. Neither was it at all fresh on my recent visits - even in the morning. I guess they compare quite well to Scumerfield in the Lane, but is that saying much?