We had a bit of a lucky bounce this morning, as Antony Worrall-Thompson got nicked for pinching stuff from Tesco. Other than that, it’s been what campaigners might call a bit of a quiet day. All the Tesco articles have had high hits, especially the dedicated page ‘Shop Tesco’. But I’m not trying to polish a turd here: the world has as yet not been set aflame. We need to bring some variety – we also need to make the Twitter site a useful information point for people. I have an idea.
As this involves technology at my end, it may go horribly wrong…..but here’s the plan. At some point tomorrow, all those who can – please visit a Tesco and note anything scammy, scummy or generally misleading you spot regarding pack prices. Then go to the Twitter site – https://twitter.com/#!/Slogtesco – or, if you don’t have a Twitter account, comment thread here and I’ll put it up on your behalf.
But in the meantime, can you thread with the word ‘yes’ here, so I can get some idea of how many of you are likely to do it? Thanks.
And cheer up…while in there today, I saw a two-for-one offer on wine among the Tesco finest section: ‘£7.90 each – 2 for £12’. It was a Chilean blend, and I thought ‘That’ll be alright’. It is unutterably ghastly. Now if Tesco are trying to claw back their 2% sales loss over Christmas for which the Lord make us all grateful, the worst idea they could have would involving devaluing the Finest sub-brand. So let us pray that the end is near.
It’s a 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon Carmenere blend at 13.5% from the Kulapelli vineyard, and I should’ve known better when I saw ‘13.5%’. As Jilly Goulden might gush, “I’m getting burning rubber, I’m getting raw bitter mocca, I’m getting absolute shoals of tannin”. It’s horrible.




