Boycott the anti-English store.

Little Englander, grimsby, England

Yes like many of our friends and relatives we no longer shop at tesco's, WHY = because of their anti English attitude.

Sainbury's now has our patronage.

Bazzer, Devon, England,

Are the public treating Tesco the same way as they did M+S? By that i mean that when a British company becomes successfull the public turns against it? Do we resent success?

When was the last time that a British retailer did so well in Europe or in fact in the rest of the world?

Tesco is a world class company expanding at a fantastic rate and respected due to its expansion and profits, and villified for the same reasons?

Peter, York, UK

Tesco plc is a great British success story and should be congratulated for the jobs it provides, for the taxes it pays and for the convenience and service which we all now take for granted as shoppers.

Julyan, Taunton, UK

Like Stephen Gash I have stop shopping at anti English Tesco.
Not only that all my family and friends too. That would be for the past 4years now.

Doc Snoddy, Lincoln, ENGLAND

My experience of Tesco (in Ireland) is that show the utmost contempt for their customers. I've lost count of the number of times I've brought shopping home only to find it damaged or out of date. They constantly don't have the items I want (regular brands of milk, bread, tea and sugar), their fruit and veg leaves a lot to be desired and I often have to trawl through up to a dozen checkouts to find a shopping basket. I now spend most of my money in M&S.

Noel, Cork, Ireland

I stopped shopping at Tesco two years ago because of its anti-English attitude. For a Tesco director to use the "Little Englander" insult comes as no suprise.
Tesco has admitted that it puts the Scottish flag on Scottish produce, but the Union Jack on English produce because to put the Cross of St George in English produce would dentrimentally affect sales in Scotland.
No "Little Scotlander" accusations though. Maybe this is because Tesco's complaints department is in Scotland.
I will continue to boycott Tesco. I refuse to subsidise anti-English prejudice.

Stephen Gash, Carlisle, England

Like-for-like ? Tesco is rolling out new stores close to old stores so it's the overall sales that's important.
You can't get like-for-like if you're ever expanding. Tesco is a mega-success story and their share price should reflect that.

William, Scunthorpe,

Tesco is a very efficient, well-run UK business and should be praised for their performance in these difficult times. If only the rest of UK plc was run as well as Tesco. I agree with Higginson's reaction to the City nit-pickers; they are being small-minded and overly critical. The only good thing that has come out of their sacre-mongering is a short term dip in Tesco's share price, providing a great buying opportunity that I, for one, have taken advantage of. My advice? Buy some Tesco shares now. Every little (dividend) helps!

Joe, London, UK