TESCO

Since moving into our home in Rotherhithe, we do most of our grocery shopping at the TESCO in the Surrey Quay Shopping Centre (http://www.surreyquaysshoppingcentre.co.uk). It is around a 15 minutes walk away. There is a bus service to the back of the shopping centre.

TESCO, according to Wikipedia, is the largest retailer in Britain. "It is also the world's #5 retailer behind Wal-mart of America, Carrefour of France, Metro AG of Germany, and Royal Ahold of the Netherlands." TESCO was founded by a man called Jack Cohen in 1924. The brand first appeared when Jack received a large shipment of tea from T.E. Stockwell. He combined the first three letters of the supplier's name and the first two letter of his surname to form the "TESCO" brand, and the rest is history.

TESCO is commonly considered as one of the cheaper supermarket brand. ASDA is supposed to be the cheapest. Then there is TESCO, Sainsbury and Waitrose. There is a Waitrose in Canary Wharf, which is one tube stop away. It is quite similar to CitySuper! in Hong Kong, as it has more variety of imported goods. It is also much more expensive to shop there.

TESCO is not all low-quality products though. The 'TESCO Finest' brand offers some good quality stuff which is much better than the average supermarket brands in Australia. Of course, there are still much to learn about the European brands, but we are contented with shopping at TESCO for now.