Tesco Express in London

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  Senderismo En Londres

  :: 08 February 2018 16:40:31

  Busy shot at lunch time, staff avoid to work at the tills, they usually suggest to the clients to use the self services. Sometime the shop floor are messing with all the new stock.

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  Brian Needham

  :: 13 January 2018 19:06:39

  Convenient location for me but the staff have been racist at times so I try to avoid it now. Also, they don’t stock much variety and are often out of common things like bread, produce...

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  Eden Kitchen

  :: 24 December 2017 18:13:39

  I shop here several times a week and have done so ever since it opened @ 4 - 5 years ago. There is a much worse Tesco Express near the beginning of Hackney Road that makes this Tesco Express seem like Harrods in comparison. This Central Street Tesco Express is staffed by nice people who work very hard but are let down by Tesco head office all the time. Products are erratically stocked and long-standing popular products are suddenly stopped and never re-stocked, which is infuriating. I ask the 3 managers what's going on all the time and they can only tell me that they put in the orders but have to accept what HQ sends them. I've lost count of how many products routinely disappear from the shelves with no justifiable reason. I'm not talking about unpopular or expensive items either. A recent example: no matter what time of the day or evening I went into this store, it was impossible to buy a pint of semi-skimmed milk. For over three weeks, single pints were not being delivered although there were plenty of full fat and skimmed pints available. The managers told me repeatedly that they kept ordering them but that HQ simply wasn't sending them. And while we are spoilt for choice round here with 4 Tesco, 2 Waitrose, 2 Co-op and 1 Sainsbury Express all between St John's Street and Old Street roundabout, it's maddening to do a shop at Tesco only to have to walk further along to the Co-op just for a pint of milk. It's true that this little Tesco store gets busy because it's surrounded by student halls of residence, offices, private and council estates, and two sports centres thus there are always certain times during the day when it's very full and queues do form thanks to Tesco policy of understaffing to save money. However, the staff here currently are friendly and helpful, which is remarkable considering some of the abuse I've seen levelled at them due to Tesco HQ's inadequate stocking and staffing policies. These people get paid minimal wage, are worked ridiculously hard, endure customers misplaced anger and racist comments due to frustration at in-store problems that are the fault of Tesco HQ, not these over-worked and underpaid poor sods who are just trying to earn a living wage. These are my observations and not opinions expressed by any of the staff who remain discreet and loyal to Tesco, who, quite frankly, don't deserve such dedication for the peanuts they pay their staff while raising their prices beyond inflation rates and ignoring customer needs then leaving store managers to deal with the flack. To summarise: this Tesco Express store is a useful little pit-stop for the essentials and lunchtime snacks but, for greater choice and more checkouts, try the larger Tesco on St John's Street or the larger Waitress next door to it, or the large Co-op near Old Street roundabout.

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  Chris Charles

  :: 05 October 2017 18:06:06

  Fast and efficient service have given this store a good rating, though the selection is quite poor, it doesnt really know if it is a lunch spot with quick pickup items, or trying to actually offer mealtime shopping for people who live nearby.

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  Rachel W

  :: 11 July 2017 21:29:48

  Always check the expiry date when shopping here. Lots of expired food still on their shelves. Awful experience. Went in to get chicken soup and bagel, both chicken soup AND bagel past their expiry and still on shelves. Unbelievable.