Tesco … of California?!
Somebody told me of this yesterday and I simply could not believe it to be true. However, research this morning has proved this to be correct –
Forget The Beatles.
Forget David Beckham.
Forget Doctor Who.
The true British Invasion of America has begun.
Tesco is opening a line of supermarkets in the US, starting basically right down the street from me.
Los Angeles, as usual, is being the test-market guinea pig.
Oh, they’re being all cloak-and-dagger and all by giving themselves a different name (”fresh & easy” is the official name) but don’t let that fool you. It’s still Tesco.
I should have known this was coming when I started seeing HSBC Banks popping up all over the place (”Bringing you great British drama”).
You can see some photos of ugly parking lots with construction signs proving my words here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresh_%26_Easy.
What’s next? Driving on the left side of the road, for friggin’ sakes?!
I do hear that they’re going to compete directly with Whole Foods, which might help knock those bastards’ prices down. I, for one, shall rejoice.
Yes it is true, we already have pledges of boycott against fresh & easy from the USA before they have even opened for butchering turtles alive in China.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/518761759
September 22nd, 2007 at 12:44 am