Supermarket Sweep

You may remember in class we looked at Tesco and how they are a UK based Transnational company who are looking to expand their market abroad. Here is the powerpoint that I showed in the lesson tesco-round-the-world.ppt

Here is a website which is very anti-Tesco.  See if you can highlight the main reasons why they are so against a UK company which has been so successful worldwide.

There are numerous articles on the BBC website including this one where Tesco were refused permission to expand one of their stores leaving some of the locals elated and this one about the measures that Tesco is willing to go to in order to open new stores and win over new customers including rebuilding the local fire station, providing valuable parking and rebuilding a local community centre.

Other BBC stories about shopping include: 

• Global Growth
• Indian supermarkets
• Supermarket monopoly
• A new Tesco in Ilkeston - good or bad?
• What do supermarkets offer us?
• What’s in a doughnut?
• What makes an ideal OFT site? - some info here about greenfield vs brownfield developments
• Why have people changed their shopping habits?