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During the past two years I have fought, and eventually won, a battle to get Tesco (TSCO) in Wrexham to take seriously the way that Israeli houmous was plastered with offensive stickers or had pork products placed among it. In the end the manager forced all staff – some of whom had initially shown me outright hostility – to undergo training and the matter was addressed. Then last week I showed HERE how Tesco had itself placed the houmous right next to pork products. What happened next was instructive.
For a couple of years I have battled with staff at Tesco (TSCO) in Wrexham over the way that Israeli products, notably the Sabra Houmous pots, were attacked by Palestinian supporters/Jew haters. Stickers accusing Israel of genocide, etc, etc would be placed on the pots and pork products placed among them. Initially staff either ignored me or in some cases ridiculed me. For all too many, hate crimes against Jews just do not matter.
It was many many months ago that I first started complaining to staff at Tesco (TSCO) Wrexham about the way that the Israeli houmous it stocked was attacked. There would be stickers from supporters of a Palestinian state stuck to the packs or pork products hidden among the pots. My complaints were met with indifference and, in one case, with outright hostility from a purple haired monster who considered that I was the problem for reporting a hate crime, not the crime itself. Maybe she does not like Jews.
It might seem an odd question given that Tesco (TSCO) was founded by a Jew but I find my weekly shop at my local branch in Wrexham now following a familiar pattern.
Given the large number of folks who are boycotting Israeli goods and even defacing them and damaging them in supermarkets, I have made a point of buying as many Israeli products at possible in the family’s weekly shop at Tesco (TSCO), as I noted HERE. A core part of that shopping has been twin packs of Israeli avocados. Until Monday…
Just under four months ago, I observed about Tesco (TSCO) shares that “despite them currently remaining in the 260-270p range, owning Tesco shares remains so much more attractive than boring old government bonds”. And that looks to remain the case at many levels, especially as even the yield-only focused investors will surely prefer getting their above 4% yield from the UK’s largest supermarket, rather than the country’s government. As for the investment world, what general insights is Tesco providing to the average equity market punter?
