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by Andrew Simms (Author)
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"'Creative and compelling' The Guardian 'This book should be essential reading' Robert Watson, Head of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 'A compelling argument...find out you really owes what to whom' Tony Juniper, Friends of the Earth."

John Bird, founder of the Big Issue and local-shop loyalty scheme the Wedge Card
`Simms shows the creeping, invading unsustainable world of the
supershop, its tentacles strangling the life out of our communities. Read
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5.0 out of 5 stars Tesco's corrosive effects on culture, society and the planet. , 10 April 2007
By Mr. Ralph Early (UK) - See all my reviews
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With a well crafted argument, supported by many references and illustrations, Andrew Simms explains that the supermarkets - and in the UK especially Tesco - are now a corrosive feature within our society. He tells of how their actions undermine our food culture and wider aspects of culture and society, how they destroy local and regional economies, and how they are endangering the environment and the planet in their quest for continuous growth in sales. He explains how the supermarkets and particularly Tesco have been able to achieve their frightening level of power within our society and, consequently, how our individual freedoms as consumers and citizens are being erroded. He also explains how Tesco (and others) have been able to get what they want for business growth by manipulating planning laws, bullying local councils, threatening farmers and suppliers, and eliminating competitors - the independent food stores - through unfair and anti-competitive practices. Amazingly, this has occurred with the full support of the Government. Essentially, Tescopoly tells of of the failure of the market economy and of how the supermarkets are being allowed to achieve monopoly status in the UK food marketplace and in many other countries.

Tescopoly is essential reading for students of marketing, business, management and retail management, and anyone with an interest in the workings of the food marketplace and the oppressive and destructive power of big business.
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20 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Clumsy And Muddled, 23 Nov 2007
By Ioannou Ioannis - See all my reviews
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Not a particularly good book, and definetly not worth buying.

Simms offers very little insight into Tesco itself and instead gives a lot of very generalized sermons about why big business is bad and how we can save the planet by doing X,Y and Z better.

While I agree with his general message (encourage the small trader, level the playing field in business, use less resources in growing and transporting food, stop global warming, etc etc) it lacks clarity and the book comes across as clumsy and muddled.

If you are looking for the next earth-shattering expose of big business in the vein of Fast Food Nation etc then you will be sorely disappointed.

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13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Very poor book - PLEASE save your money, 10 Dec 2007
By Trevor T. Hickman "Trevor Hickman" (Warsaw, Poland) - See all my reviews
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I haven't been driven to write a review before, but this is one of the worst books I've read for a long time, and I'd really like to discourage anyone from falling into the trap I fell into by buying this book.

The more I read of this book the more laughable/annoying it became and the more I grew to despise Andrew Simms.

The whole style of his writing resembles a 12 year old's school project, poorly structured, badly argued and rambling.

Although he includes references to give his book more 'authority' a lot of these references are from The Grocer Magazine or from Friends of the Earth material. If anyone has an argument that is counter to his he dismisses it - here's an example;

pp129 "Citigroup says, in relation to Tesco's track record with its suppliers, that 'repeated investigations have not found any evidence against Tesco'. This is a line repeated by trade associations, the British retail consortium and supermarket executives. It is however, unoquivocally wrong."

Why is it wrong Andrew? Because you say so? Because you've found a few half-cocked arguments by searching on Google? or perhaps you've found something by referencing your own report or article (something that he does with annoying regularity throughout the book)

Don't get me wrong I'm not an advocate of big business, nor a big supporter of Tesco (although it is at least a British Company). I bought the book hoping to find something insightful and interesting like I found in 'No Logo'. I'm left feeling so disappointed that I wasted 8 pounds of my hard earned cash on such drivel.

Why Andrew Simms has such a hatred of the store he never goes on to say - perhaps they turned him down for a job as a trolley boy once?
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
Brilliant read - we all need to know how the big supermarkets operate - should encourage everyone to think about the source of their purchases and shop local
Published 1 month ago by L. Seal

3.0 out of 5 stars Say no to Tesco!
We all know that there is something insidious about the way Tesco seems to be taking over the world. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Penny

1.0 out of 5 stars Tescopoly is a big long rant devoid of logical argument
I agree with all the other reviews about this being poorly written. I wanted to find out why people were so against there being new Tesco in my town, when I think it is a good... Read more
Published 7 months ago by P. Crispin

4.0 out of 5 stars A Rant with a Strong Thread of Common Sense
Like many of this book's reviewers, I think Andrew Simms started out with a conclusion and then researched facts to fit it. Read more
Published 11 months ago by J. Coulson

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible
This book is terrible. I have the same political orientation of the author, but I believe that writing something so vainly full of rants, personal musings and cheap populism is... Read more
Published 11 months ago by B. Cassani

1.0 out of 5 stars So bad it almost inspires pro-Tesco thinking
This is nothing but left wing propoganda. No reliable sources, no economic insight, no apparent thought process. Please dont buy it, its painful to read. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mr. Matthew M. Hull

1.0 out of 5 stars Snappy writing but highly biased
Simms eloquently throws everything he has at Tesco, including causing obesity, environmental damage, poor architecture, and the loss of indigenous languages. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Anonymous

2.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't finish it...
Before I begin, i must stress that i only managed to read the first 3 chapters. So this isn't so much of a review, more of a quick overview of why i couldn't finish it which might... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Mr. Dc Bassant

2.0 out of 5 stars Too Repetitiive
Like mentioned above this book has that major flaw which caused me too stop reading it and literally throw it out of my hands. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Thomas Brookes

5.0 out of 5 stars Exegesis of social consequences of corporatism
Blimey, did I read a different book? Judging by some of the unfair criticism I read here I can only assume TESCO must've bombed the site with reviews! Read more
Published 17 months ago by J. Smith

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