Tesco - whats going on?!

[Mr.Everready]

It's been a while since I've looked at the "Kintyre" scampi. At one point they were using squat lobster tails, might be worth looking at the label next time.

[Mr.Everready]

Oh and by the way, why did they do away with the Hovis no crust bread ? The kids loved it.

[EileenH]

The prawns I bought were fresh. And aye, General they were from the chilled section, not the freezers. I never paid that much attention to where they were from but noticed when I got home they were from Vietnam! I was in the other day and some folk were buying them. When I checked they were frozen. I brought it to the customers' attention that they were frozen and they put them back! I've been told that it is actually illegal to sell food that is advertised as fresh, frozen. As you will know, being a fisherman, that if you refreeze fish then there's every chance of getting food poisoning.

[general jack o'niell]

let your nose be your guide, even fresh will mean they have been chilled at some point between being caught and being bought, and will be at least a wek or more old. if your meaning the vietnam variety then they are shrimps, doesn't matter what name they put on them, tiger etc, they are just big shrimps. the prawns you buy such as nephrops or longestine are of inferior quality, i wouldn't feed them to a cat, and i hate cats. if you want prawns, go to the fishshop, buy them either whole (head on, and larger) or tails, they will be bigger, fresher and the taste will be far superior, worth the extra? i couldn't say, not knowing the prices. far better take a walk down the pier some night, buy a stone of tails or whole, might cost you £20 but you could divide them and freeze them (raw) you'd get at least two dozen bags the size you would buy in a store, at what? £3.99? save yourself £80 and they'll keep for at least 4 months in your freezer, no problem, better still if you know a fisherman you might get them free, as long as you don't make a habit of it and maybe buy them a drink.

great advice considering i don't know any of the local fishermen nowadays. you could just as easily get chased

[EileenH]

I got a bag of prawns at Christmas from one of the local fishermen. My hubby done a job on his car and he came to the door with a bag of, I beieve, squat lobster. They were lovely but it was the peeling the shells I didn't fancy. I worked in the fish factory years ago and vowed when I left that I'd never peel another prawn!! I paid nearly £3 in Tesco for about 15 prawns. And you're right general, they are pretty tasteless.

[EMDEE]

A couple of years ago I heard the curious statistic that one out of every seven pounds spent by households in the UK was spent in Tesco.

Don't know how the arithmetic was done, but if it's right it's little wonder Tesco can do what they like.

It is a ruthless ambitious company focussed on world domination.

I also seem to remember that at the same time a survey was done on public opinion of the success of Tesco, and a significant number of people thought Tesco would be better running the country than Tony Blair.

[general jack o'niell]

i think one in seven could do a better job than tony blair