Tescoland

Channel 4 dispatches programme focused its attention on 'the supermarket that is eating Britain' last night. Tesco came in for fierce criticism for targeting local councillors and pressurising local communities. The programme uncovered how Tesco employed influential figures in the corridors of number 10 so that activity could almost go undetected.

Andrew Simms, director of the New Economics Foundation said: “They come at it from every angle. They target the councillors, they will target the local community, they are fighting these campaigns all the time, day in, day out.”

“We are going to wake up - in the not too distant future - and we will be living in 'Tescoland'.”

Useful links:

http://news.monstersandcritics.com/uk/news/article_1265897.php/UK_becoming_Tescoland

http://www.channel4.com/news/dispatches/article.jsp?id=1266