An end to poverty (stripes)

[doodab]

BBC News - R.I.P. Tesco Value

[mudskipper]

5 April 2012 - Long since buried.

[doodab]

5 April 2012 - Long since buried.

Not really of interest to contractors either one would hope. But it's a slow news day.

[petergriffin]

I go to supermarkets only when necessary and if I do I try not to buy own-brand food.

[northernladuk]

I liked the stripes. Made it very obvious what NOT to buy.

[vetran]

I liked the stripes. Made it very obvious what NOT to buy.

indeed even the cats wouldn't eat own brand.

[d000hg]

Loved the branding, stand out as "this is the cheap product". As poor newlyweds we survived almost entirely on the range.

[DirtyDog]

I liked the stripes. Made it very obvious what NOT to buy.

There were certain products where there was next to no difference (veg etc.) apart from the price. For some things, in blind taste tests people couldn't taste the difference between the no frills, ordinary, and posh priced ones.

For some things, there's no chance I'd go near them. I remember a university flatmate living off Kwik Save No Frills things - when we swapped his tin of meatballs with a tin of dog food, he struggled to tell the difference.

[oracleslave]

I liked the stripes. Made it very obvious what NOT to buy.

Did the big Tesco sign outside not help?

[d000hg]

I go to supermarkets only when necessary and if I do I try not to buy own-brand food.

You're an advertiser's dream then.