Adam is confused. It hurt itself in the confusion!

Anonymous asked: What about CO-OP? They give back to the community and around the world and is a British company. ASDA may not give back, but they're not English, it's an American company. Don't diss Britain when they're as bad as us.

No company has to do any charity work, and I’m certainly in no place to suggest what charity efforts people/companies should involve themselves in.

I think its well known that especially Tesco are moving into areas that previously relied on local producers for their meat/veg. You know, there has been a whole backlash against that, arguing that with such cheap prices, local companies can’t compete with the big chains. I’d just assume that Tesco would want to cultivate an image for themselves of a company that doesn’t move in and ravage areas, but does its best to involve itself for the better of the community.

As you pointed out, Asda is controlled by an American company, Walmart, who are the number one discount store in America, and the biggest retailer in the world. But with Asda being a distant second in terms of market share to Tesco, I always think they should be trying to do more to win over customers rather than just getting members of the Royle Family to do terrible voices, exclaiming with ultimate glee that 5 items are cheaper at Asda than Tesco or Sainsburys this week, and hoping that someone endearingly slapping their back pocket full of change will influence people to choose them over their competitors. If they’re controlled by Walmart, surely Walmart could look at how their biggest competitor in the States (Target) is going about business, and maybe use some of their strategies for their Asda stores over here?

When I was younger, I worked at a Somerfield. They did some great collections and work for MacMillan. They didn’t have to, but I think it showed customers that Somerfield were an active part of the community, not just a faceless machine. Of course, Somerfield is owned by Co-Op. I know so little about Co-Op, that the only exciting thing I can point out about it is that

• The local one in my village used to be known as The Late Shop, and when I was very young we could take old glass bottles back and get a few pennies for them. I must stress, I’m 22, not 64. This happened in my life time!
• It was the first place I tried both Dr. Pepper and Virgin Cola.

I wasn’t dissing Britain, I was talking about individual, money-grabbing companies, the 99%! Whether they’re making pounds or dollars, it’s all the same.

I’ve honestly exhausted any knowledge and interest I have of supermarkets in this country. Don’t get me started on those Freddie Flintoff/Morrisons adverts…