Tesco are off again to capture more of your money, and they are'nt going to do this by providing fresh produce on their shelves, or employing helpful staff, no they are going to sell you mobile phone minutes along with your bread,milk,credit card,loans,cheap apartments and life assurance. They have just entered into an agreement with O2 to buy minutes on a wholesale basis and sell them onto you while you complete your weekly shop.

I suppose on the plus side this will open more competiton in the telecommunication sector, which hopefully will lead to the lowering of costs to the consumer, but as with all silver linings there needs to be a cloud. By indulging in this new initiative I can't help but think that resources will be diverted from the core business of providing us with food and a clean environment in which to do your weekly shop. I have a feeling that Marks Vanilla Cornet experience will become more frequent in the future.

As I move on through life would'nt it be nice to have the following,

• Supermarkets that sell you good fresh food as a fair price.
• Electricity companies that sell only electricity.
• Gas companies that sell only Gas.
• Airlines that actually fly you some where and treat you with respect.

I know I sound like a "grumpy old man " thats because these companies are over-complicating my life, and its my money that they want, and all I want in return is value and quality.

I wonder if this service will be free from bugs unlike Tescos petrol? I suppose we'll have to wait and see.

I suppose to amend Tesco's catch phrase "Every little piece of shite that we can sell, helps our bottom line, and increases our chances of world domination"

 

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You're right. Wouldn't it be great if Tesco concentrated on their core business and sold fresh food (with no mould from the Baker). 

Wouldn't it be great if they were able to put food on the shelves and give us a choice other than all these own brand foods which seem to be replacing everything.

I'm not really interested in going to the supermarket to get a new telepone. I just want a fresh creme coronet.

 

Talking about own brands mentioned in the above comment, I have noticed that I can never find the brand of product that I want, its my money, I'll spend it on the brands I want to.

Come on Tesco, you are beginning to morph into Aldi and Lidl.

World domination appears to be the strategy alright.

Not only that they were issuing an offer of "buy 12 cans of beer and get 12 free" what a shower of eejits. They really d'ont give a toss about anything except profit..