HiVibes Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Surely the future of grocery retail is online with last mile delivery from local hubs, we already buy many staples like ground coffee, tooth brushes, toothpaste, razor blades, shampoo etc from Amazon, seems bizarre that Tesco have taken on a 21 year lease for physical stores, when that is so obviously not the future of retail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daisy Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 7 minutes ago, WTF said: i can't , unless they want to start their own private car park , they couldn't get planning to extend that store so the car park would be wasted space, mind you, shoprite won't be objecting to tesco planning applications anymore will they ?? . Maybe use the 'store' as warehouse for picking for delivery and car park for click and collect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 (edited) 9 minutes ago, HiVibes said: Surely the future of grocery retail is online with last mile delivery from local hubs, we already buy many staples like ground coffee, tooth brushes, toothpaste, razor blades, shampoo etc from Amazon, seems bizarre that Tesco have taken on a 21 year lease for physical stores, when that is so obviously not the future of retail. I am inclined to agree. We do much more basic stuff on Amazon than ever. I haven’t carried washing powder, cleaning products, pet food or toilet rolls home for a long time, they just get left in the garden shed by the delivery person. Fresh stuff comes from almost daily shops and trips to farm shops. I would say the days of the big weekly shop are numbered, but then remember we have people posting here who boycott shops that don’t still have manned tills so there are clearly a few still very stuck in their ways. What possible benefit is there to buying washing powder from a supermarket and having to carry it home when you can just say “Alexa, order washing powder” in the kitchen when you realise you are getting a bit low and it arrives in your shed a couple of days later without you having to do anything? Hell, in big parts of the UK now it can be delivered an hour or so after you ask Alexa for it Edited October 10, 2023 by CrazyDave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 I actually noticed last week that many of the Tesco employees were now wearing cameras. I assume for evidence when encountering violent shoplifters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 1 hour ago, NoTailT said: Isn’t fresh produce kind of against the Iceland principle? I can see them being pushed to enable Robinsons to take on a store for local produce maybe?? Actually Iceland have long operated with a wide supermarket range, not just frozen (as I'm sure you know). They actually sold in the Port Erin small Shoprite when it was running and badged as Iceland and it was quite good and a lot cheaper than the Robinsons stuff - and usually a lot fresher. Robinsons already have a store on the Terrace and there would be nothing to prevent them opening more if they wanted. But a lot of their business has always been commercial ie selling to restaurants, hotels, government and private institutions and the like. Which explains why their stuff in Shoprite is often a bit tired - the supply chain is longer and other people get there first. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 I can see one of the Douglas or Onchan stores being used for white and household goods and clothing, in the short term. Id like to think they could develop a collect by car service, but they need a full service shop to do that from as home delivery and collect by car depends on pickers going round the store. Wouldn’t work from a warehouse or smaller store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarley Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 If Tesco does decided to get rid of the Michael Street shop in Peel, I think it would be great if Co-op next-door took over the premises and knocked through to create a bigger Co-op. I have no idea if that would be possible (building ownership/lease-holder, other obstacles, etc) but it would be an outcome I could support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 14 minutes ago, CrazyDave said: I am inclined to agree. We do much more basic stuff on Amazon than ever. I haven’t carried washing powder, cleaning products, pet food or toilet rolls home for a long time, they just get left in the garden shed by the delivery person. Fresh stuff comes from almost daily shops and trips to farm shops. I would say the days of the big weekly shop are numbered, but then remember we have people posting here who boycott shops that don’t still have manned tills so there are clearly a few still very stuck in their ways. What possible benefit is there to buying washing powder from a supermarket and having to carry it home when you can just say “Alexa, order washing powder” in the kitchen when you realise you are getting a bit low and it arrives in your shed a couple of days later without you having to do anything? Hell, in big parts of the UK now it can be delivered an hour or so after you ask Alexa for it if you live an apartment having somewhere for parcel deliveries to be secured is maybe not an option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiVibes Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Just now, WTF said: if you live an apartment having somewhere for parcel deliveries to be secured is maybe not an option. Which is why we need some sort of local locker system for secure deliveries. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 1 minute ago, WTF said: if you live an apartment having somewhere for parcel deliveries to be secured is maybe not an option. In the UK people have nominated areas nearby. I would imagine it’s quite likely these will start popping up where needed. https://www.strongpoint.com/solutions/e-commerce-order-fulfillment/grocery-lockers/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOM Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 1 hour ago, NoTailT said: Isn’t fresh produce kind of against the Iceland principle? I can see them being pushed to enable Robinsons to take on a store for local produce maybe?? Didn’t you know that Iceland have for a long time sold fresh items . They pivoted out of being a solely frozen food retailer years ago ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 59 minutes ago, NoTailT said: You can get Tesco Mobile sims in Tesco and they work OK here? I think. They do work here. But you are roaming when you are here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 44 minutes ago, Roger Mexico said: But how else will Thommo get away with a full trolley of shopping for the price of a bag of carrots? I went into Tesco on Sunday and was amused to see a long line of filled trollies waiting to check out at the automatic tills - mainly I suspect having used one of those devices to record your shop as you went along. And beyond them several human-run checkouts with hardly anyone at them. Of course for some people being able to know your running total is vital, but the system does give the opportunity for things to 'accidentally' missed or small, expensive items to vanish into the depths of the trolley. And in the unlikely chance it gets picked up by security staff, you can always claim that little Ollie must have slipped it in there when you weren't looking. Isn't he a scamp? Meanwhile the supermarkets whine loudly about shoplifting being on the increase and blaming poor people, rather than their own business practices. If you get a random check and they find a forgotten item you then get checked on the next 3 occasion. If they find more forgotten items on subsequent visits that 3 gets extended up to 12 months. My missus genuinely forgot to scan a bottle of Highland Park single malt whisky once and she got checked (full trolley) for weeks. Also remember they have staff undercover watching on cameras. They are not stupid. If they see someone not scanning they will intercept them when they leave the store. Just like they always have. That's unless the thief looks dangerous in which case they sometimes just let them leave. I have seen this at Tesco expresses in London 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTailT Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 6 minutes ago, Happier diner said: If you get a random check and they find a forgotten item you then get checked on the next 3 occasion. If they find more forgotten items on subsequent visits that 3 gets extended up to 12 months. My missus genuinely forgot to scan a bottle of Highland Park single malt whisky once and she got checked (full trolley) for weeks. Also remember they have staff undercover watching on cameras. They are not stupid. If they see someone not scanning they will intercept them when they leave the store. Just like they always have. That's unless the thief looks dangerous in which case they sometimes just let them leave. I have seen this at Tesco expresses in London Undercover Staff ? On the IOM? Doubt it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Roxanne said: I can see that one closing down and becoming a warehouse. Difficult to compete against the free service available in Peel? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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