Mike Packwood

The trouble with Tesco is that, well, I don't think too many of us really care about the trouble at Tesco and for them, that's the problem. If you're a supplier, a shareholder or a member of staff, then yes you will be quite rightly extremely troubled. But for the rest of us, the shoppers, most supermarkets are simply a matter of convenience or value and in either two of those areas Tesco are no better or worse than anyone else. Personally I don't have any supermarket loyalty. Waitrose is very nice, Aldi and Lidl are great on their day. The others have nothing in particular to differentiate them and Tesco are stuck firmly in the hinterland middle ground. In the unlikely event that they went under tomorrow, I'd go to Morrison's, which is just as close. Beans are beans. Really I think they became just a little bit too smug. And you know what us Brits are like. We do have an unfortunate habit of kicking people when they're down and consequently, unless we r