Tesco to take on Aldi\Lidl?

[Dos_Box]

No IT related, but interesting none the less.

The BBC have just put up this article - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44921617

Is there room for another 'budget concious' supermarket chain in the UK I wonder, and what would a budget Tesco look like?

Not sure if they could pull this off if it is the case as Tesco is already quite competative on pricing and there would, perhaps, have to be compromises on quality if they were to try and match Aldi and Lidl.

After all, what would it do to the main brand if you budget chain was offering almost the same products at the same quality for lower prices?

And I'm still angry with them for closing their Homeplus stores which were handy for so many things!

Edited July 26, 2018 by Dos_Box

[speckytecky]

With you there @Dos_Box

 

Tesco virtually lost my support when they abandoned our Market Town and closed their very useful food and clothing/household goods store in the Town Centre because the council refused to let them build out-of-town on Greenfield.

[lyricalway]

If Tesco think that the only reason people shop at Aldi & Lidl is low price, then they just don't get it. In point of fact neither do the "media", who constantly refer to Aldi & Lidl as "discounters". Most shop there for quality products at a consistently fair price - not low price = low quality - Micky Mouse promotions - etc!

[Lonix]

I shop in Aldi/Lidl for around 99% of things. Other half doesn't like non branded stuff but the sheer amount of money we save a month is huge. The quality on most of it is impressive too.

 

There are a few bits they don't quite provide.

 

A full shopping trip at Lidl/Aldi costs us around £65 and just the other night a trip to Tesco small trip cost the same..... Not sure what people mean that Tesco already competes on pricing

 

Our budget used to be £250 a month, now it's around £150 and we tend to not care about chucking extra items in the trolley. Still if Tesco wants to compete that is good news for me.

[Norphy]

I HATE shopping at Aldi, or at least the ones closest to me.

 

Yes, the produce is (generally) OK and the prices are cheap but the shops are just awful. They are cramped, crowded and there are almost always huge great big pallet trucks blocking already tight corridors making navigation of them even harder. The checkouts almost always have a queue on them a mile long and seem to open and close at random. Add to that, the fresh produce is almost always pre-packed so I can't go in and just buy a carrot, I have to buy a kilogram of the bloody things. Whenever I go shopping there, I always end up coming out very annoyed, almost as annoyed as I get when I go to IKEA. The nearby Lidls are even worse.

 

The only exception to most of the above is a newer Aldi in Crayford. It has the same stock and layout but the store is built to a slightly larger scale so getting around it is a lot less stressful.

[stevejp]

I HATE shopping at Aldi, or at least the ones closest to me.

 

Yes, the produce is (generally) OK and the prices are cheap but the shops are just awful. They are cramped, crowded and there are almost always huge great big pallet trucks blocking already tight corridors making navigation of them even harder. The checkouts almost always have a queue on them a mile long and seem to open and close at random. Add to that, the fresh produce is almost always pre-packed so I can't go in and just buy a carrot, I have to buy a kilogram of the bloody things. Whenever I go shopping there, I always end up coming out very annoyed, almost as annoyed as I get when I go to IKEA. The nearby Lidls are even worse.

 

The only exception to most of the above is a newer Aldi in Crayford. It has the same stock and layout but the store is built to a slightly larger scale so getting around it is a lot less stressful.

 

With you on most of these points. We have four Aldi stores within a few miles, and there is only one of them I can face going to. The staff in the other three are uniformly unhelpful and ill-mannered, the stores are never tidy and often don't 'feel' that clean - if you know what l mean? The car parks are small and cramped, so much so that it often takes longer to park than to shop. Withou wishing to be snobby, they're often frequented by people who won't control their kids, and don't really care what they are up to - disproportionately more so than Sainsburys/ Tesco etc - and even worse than our local Asda!

 

Don't wish to denigrate, and completely get the points about cost and quality, but I really can't stand the place!

[Arthur]

if Tesco wants to compete that is good news for me.

We might have even more competition soon if Amazon successfully acquires a UK supermarket.

 

Amazon unsuccessfully approached UK supermarket Waitrose in 2017

 

Amazon made an unsuccessful informal attempt to buy upmarket British supermarket chain Waitrose late last year, the Sunday Times newspaper reported.

 

Amazon can't buy Waitrose, Tesco or Asda/Sainsbury's so that just leaves Morrison's?

[Sheridan]

I prefer Tesco to our local Aldi, but the most distant Aldi is a much nicer shop!I was disappointed when Tesco pulled back all their other retail areas, as I was set to buy a ton of Hudl2's as they were ideal for education!

[Dos_Box]

We might have even more competition soon if Amazon successfully acquires a UK supermarket.

 

Amazon unsuccessfully approached UK supermarket Waitrose in 2017

 

 

 

Amazon can't buy Waitrose, Tesco or Asda/Sainsbury's so that just leaves Morrison's?

 

Amazon already own a food chain in the US called Whole Foods.

The Whole Food shops are really quite good with lots of fresh produce and interesting food stuffs.

Imagine a Waitrose but aimed for a much younger/modern demographic and you are there.

Should Amazon get a foothold in the UK supermarket business it would shake things up quite a bit.

Edited July 26, 2018 by Dos_Box

[arwen]

I rarely shop at Tesco, I always find them too expensive for what I need (shopping for 2 folk normally- not a family of 5) I don't want 50 rolls of toilet paper, I have no where to store that much. Neither do I need 3 loafs of bread and 12 pints of milk. Even the 3 for 2 multi buy on 6 packs of Muller corners is too much. As for their "fresh" fruit and veg. Go in around 8am and you will find half of it still frozen from when it has been stored/transported. No wonder it only last a day or two in my kitchen before they go off.

 

Asda, Lidl and Aldi (in that order) are where I do most of my shopping. I tend to vary which one I visit cause I hate shopping at the best of times. Morrison occasionally gets a visit too.