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Tesco Articles

Too posh to shelve?

‘What a snotty so-and-so. She seemed to say that she shouldn’t stack shelves because she was too intelligent.’ That was the reaction of Iain Duncan Smith, secretary of state for work and pensions, to one of the critics of his ‘work experience scheme’. Ministers and...
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The Primrose Hill Set

It’s hard to know what to do with anonymous and unsolicited advice. For me, The Progressive’s In Defence of Tesco read like one of those spam emails advising me to lose weight or to visit some exotic plain; I wasn’t sure why a stranger was offering me this advice and I am suspicious of their motives.

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In defence of Tesco

Middle-class lefties should pipe down when it comes to supermarkets. Decent, affordable food for all is an old socialist goal to be applauded, not opposed

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Centre-left darlings and betes noires

I was interested to read a post yesterday on Left Foot Forward on the targeting of Tesco by living wage campaigners. According to the article, Tesco are failing to ensure their cleaners, who are subcontracted, are paid the living wage.

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