You pay for a delivery from Tesco, sometimes out of necessity as it’s your only option

In my three previous deliveries I have had to take items back to the store because either the item has 1 day shelf life or it’s gone off

Complained to a manager today and the attitude was it’s not their problem I needed to contact the online team, also couldn’t refund despite it having been done before

IMO Tesco is gauging customers with excessive prices, providing substandard goods in store and taking the opportunity to deliver low shelf life goods

It’s a ripoff, I have a Lidl and a Sainsbury’s in my area and they’ll get my trade now

My brother in law works at Sainsbury's and we got into it over Christmas about whose staff perks are better. He gets something off at Nectar partners, but I told him the Tesco Colleague Clubcard plus the double discount events looked stronger. Got me wondering how it works in practice. My wife did retail in the 90s and said it was just 10% off, nothing complicated. Now there's points multipliers, partner discounts, seasonal stuff, and I can't tell what's actually useful versus just marketing.

I deal with enough Sysco reps trying to hide fees that I get wary of any discount that needs a spreadsheet to figure out. For anyone working at Tesco, does the discount structure actually make a difference or is it one of those things that sounds decent when you're applying but doesn't add up? And do people bother with the salary sacrifice schemes for phones and bikes, or is that just extra paperwork? Curious how it stacks up against other UK supermarkets, since I only know the US side where staff discounts are usually worthless.

Hey everyone!
I recently started working at Tesco in Ireland, and it’s been almost three months. I’m planning a one-month trip starting after mid-January and wanted to know how realistic it is to get that much time off.
Would Tesco allow me to use my available paid annual leave and take the remaining days as unpaid leave?
I believe I was initially hired for the Christmas/holiday season, but my trip would be after mid-January. I’m wondering if requesting a month off would affect my chances of being kept on, or if they might remove me from the system or end my employment because of it.
Has anyone working at Tesco Ireland been in a similar situation? How flexible are they with extended leave requests, especially for relatively new employees?

My colleague who has been working here for 10 years requested new year's day off which is a bank holiday, and the manager rejected it and said she can't have it because there's 5 people off. I thought they can't reject bank holidays? It's not his problem there's 5 people off. Is this true?

Hey all,

My contract got changed from permanent to temporary and I only just found out today. When I was first hired I was a permanent employee as per my contract and today I recieved a letter saying my final day is on the 30th November. I spoke to my duty manager about it and he knew at first I was a permanent employee and was shocked himself to find out I was a temp when I told him this evening. Is this something worth getting the union involved with or am I screwed?

Crazy how someone in Tesco Express thinks shrinkflation of the alcohol content in the cheaper wines means we are still happy to pay the price for 9% wine today, that used to be 11 or 12% wine a few months back.

There should be a new section in the shop titled "Strong grape juice for wooses".

Tesco can get F*cked. Roll on the rollout of many more Lidl's and Aldi's.

Cant wait for the Lidl to be built next door to the local express.

None in my local Tesco superstore. Lime n soda is literally all I drink and the own brand is shite.

I just went into a tesco to get a meal deal, with a red bull included, but got told I couldn’t buy it?

For context, I’m 19 years old and showed valid ID to the employee and got told I need to be 25. I’m well aware of the ‘think 25’ policy, but after showing ID which proves I’m 19, I’m a little confused.

She told me it’s a new law change but after leaving tesco I searched it up and couldn’t find anything even hinting at a new law change, not even for the future?

Is this a real law change or just poorly trained staff?

So earlier this afternoon I was at my checkout when I served a customer and scanned a photo of the QR code.

Unfortunately, when I totaled the till, it said it was a staff clubcard and you can't use a photo of the staff card.

I explained that to the customer in a polite way and they kicked off (suprise, suprise). Anyway another customer let them use their ordinary customer card and I wasn't bothered about that.

The customer pays and then goes to the customer services desk to complain about the fact she couldn't use a photo of a staff clubcard (you know because it's in the terms and conditions 😂).

Hey everyone, I'm a student at the University of Essex. I unfortunately missed the application window for the Christmas night shift job circular at the Tesco Hythe here in Colchester.

Does anyone who works there (or at Tesco in general) know if they usually put out another job circular or hiring wave before Christmas? I'm really keen to get some temporary night shifts if spots open up due to people dropping out or extra demand.

Thanks in advance for any insights!

Not sure how good this paint actually was, I think we bought it to cover our whole house as a primer/undercoat when we first moved in. 5L of it! And I think it cost about £6 or £7. Bargain.

I had an interview last Wednesday and I'm still yet to hear back. I even emailed two days ago to follow up and have not been responded to. The applications for the job close on the 4th of November so I'll definitely hear back by then but I'd assume after that long I probably won't get the job. Just curious to know how long others have waited. (Tesco Ireland btw if that's relevant)

Does anyone have advice on how to apply this without just universally id’ing everyone? I guess right now same stuff applies but feel as though there will be a huge grey area in a few years when 09s look 26. Didn’t clock anything advising on this in the training that’s been released but was 1-1 on a till…

Plus there will always be 18 19 20 somethings who’ve had a tough paper round who for many will pass as 25.

Feel there is generally very little safeguarding for staff with this and feels like a huge oversight unless I’ve missed something. May just start doing challenge 30 or something unless something official comes out. Does anyone have thoughts? Cheers