Green Tesco's!

I went to Tesco's today to do the weekly shop. The local press have been all agog this week regarding the newly passed planning application for a new Tesco store on the site which will be one of the 'greenest' in the country. Tesco's is just around the corner from me so all the locals have been following this saga with interest. The existing 400 or so jobs will be saved and another 250 created which is good for this City as there have been a lot of factory closures the last few years. Good old Tesco, home grown British firm, bringing employment and opportunity to this small industrial City.


The press tells us that there will be 16 concessionary units in store which could be used by hairdressers, Banks, gift shops, coffee houses etc. This will give further opportunity for people to obtain a franchise.


The new stores environmentally friendly features will include rainwater recycling and roof level glazing for natural lighting and so on. If this is the case then this is bound to cut the carbon emission. Everyone is quite excited, well almost everybody, the local small shop keepers are not to thrilled!


The only thing I hope is that their petrol station will be a 'Drive-In' like Asda has. At the moment if you want to get petrol at Tesco, they have 'Pay at the Pump' system which is awful for people like me, who put their cards in the wrong slot, press the wrong button, forget about my Club Card and generally cause mayhem, thereby giving up and going to queue in the Kiosk, forgetting to note what number pump I am at and getting back to the car trying not to look at the person behind who is scowling at me, barely controlling his contempt. So I go to Asda to save myself this embarrassment ....drive in, fill up, drive over to the Kiosk and pay... there simple. Come on Tesco... don't provide a wonderful 'Green' modern store to suit the environment and retain an archaic system for getting fuel!