Went Tesco yesterday to see a small fruit stand with a big notice saying every child could have a free piece of fruit to eat, only one per child. Choice of banana, tangerine or apple.
Found it so nice that a last something healthy is being given away - a great way to get kids to eat fruit and stop nagging parents for a snack going around the store.
For once Tesco did something right (Unlike the price of a bag of marshmellows - large yes but £4 what the hell?????)
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Biggunspaul to heatherlaurie98
2 Sep 166#11
If you pay 99p for a huge bag then you've been robbed,I only pay 10p at Tesco,and they replace it when it gets a hole in it :stuck_out_tongue:
crumpo to tarryboy
2 Sep 165#13
OMG you've pierced the veil of marketing! we're through the looking glass people! why does your cynical comment make any difference to someone getting some free fruit whilst they shop?
good spot, op, always like a bit of free food, ignore the moany people on here, it's easier for them to complain than contribute to the community :smiley:
pennyfarthing88
1 Sep 164#4
How's this a deal ? :confused:
DontRun
2 Sep 163#22
I think grapes are free in all supermarkets
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heatherlaurie98
1 Sep 161#1
get a huge bag in lidl 99p :wink:
Biggunspaul to heatherlaurie98
2 Sep 166#11
If you pay 99p for a huge bag then you've been robbed,I only pay 10p at Tesco,and they replace it when it gets a hole in it :stuck_out_tongue:
everypennycounts
1 Sep 16#2
Yes in Huddersfield too ,my kids love it and keeps them quiet for a bit
rogparki to everypennycounts
1 Sep 161#6
So you'll go back to Tesco - Tesco's job done for a small piece of fruit. Got to say great marketing - promote the person who thought of it ( not a deal though- some folks are easily bought ).
mousey
1 Sep 16#3
Yes, I noticed this in my local Tesco Extra about 3 weeks ago -- great idea!!
pennyfarthing88
1 Sep 164#4
How's this a deal ? :confused:
Deedie to pennyfarthing88
1 Sep 161#5
I wonder that about loads of "deals" on here these days.
what aboot a wee free can of super strength lager to wash doon the free fruit that would get even mare ppl in :smirk:
aleemiqbal3152
2 Sep 16#9
do kids eat fruit do they know what it is.....
its gm anyway not much good for them....
timvineismyhero to aleemiqbal3152
2 Sep 161#17
You obviously have some solid scientific proof that GM is any less good for you than non GM? because I have a sneaking suspicion you don't quite understand what GM means
snowflake75
2 Sep 161#10
I hate tesco. so stopped going!
tarryboy
2 Sep 16#12
Old news, also, tesco are not doing this out of the good of their heart, they want you to bring your kids shopping with you, especially to tescos. Basically they're training the next generation of shoppers, and making sure they go nowhere else but tesco.
crumpo to tarryboy
2 Sep 165#13
OMG you've pierced the veil of marketing! we're through the looking glass people! why does your cynical comment make any difference to someone getting some free fruit whilst they shop?
good spot, op, always like a bit of free food, ignore the moany people on here, it's easier for them to complain than contribute to the community :smiley:
towercourt to tarryboy
2 Sep 16#24
I agree
eklynne
2 Sep 162#14
They've been doing this for ages, hardly a 'deal'.
googley2
2 Sep 161#15
First time in my store not seen it before in the 2 Tesco's I sometimes go too.
Skybird
2 Sep 16#16
Never seen any kids picking up fruit in my Tesco,anyway why is it only for kids !
timvineismyhero
2 Sep 16#18
And yes, they have been doing it for a while, it's great to keep my 3 quiet for a bit but i'm getting rather annoyed with the lazy parents leaving banana skins in trolleys and just putting them back.
stupot76
2 Sep 16#19
Hey kid! Go get me an apple. :sunglasses:
wendyak
2 Sep 16#20
thank god, someone with a brain ....GM has saved lives and helped food production for many many years ...it can also be organic XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
YouDontWantToKnow
2 Sep 161#21
already posted
DontRun
2 Sep 163#22
I think grapes are free in all supermarkets
dnc316
2 Sep 16#23
Does this come with the trousers and waistcoat?
I'll get my coat.
tarryboy
2 Sep 161#25
I voted hot by the way, and I made a comment, this is the comment section isn't it? or is it the 'insult other people section'? Are you this sarcastic in real life? or only behind the protection of a monitor.
YouDontWantToKnow
2 Sep 161#26
Good question. The Tesco team are constant followers of this site as well as all forms of social media.
xenophon
2 Sep 16#27
Sounds ominous. Why would he need protection?
It's not like he abused you, he just said of course it's a marketing ploy but so what if you intend using Tesco anyway. Woe betide anyone saying that to you in real life!
tarryboy
2 Sep 16#28
My first comment was that, just a comment, an obvious one, but a comment, it wasn't insulting, or condescending to anyone. My second comment was directed at someone who pointed out in a rather insulting and condescending manner that my first comment was obvious. If he/she is not mentally disturbed I'm sure he/she will not address anyone in that manner in real life otherwise he'll definitely be sectioned. Now my third comment is for you Mr/Mrs intellectual, the POINT of my second comment was to highlight the fact that he/she was being unrealistic by acting that way behind a monitor and not realising he was being rude. If I had known Mr/Mrs intellectual that hotukdeals had somehow become hotukintellectuals I would never have made a comment, on the contrary I would delete the app off my phone and never download it again. You see, I consider myself normal, not above anyone else.
tarryboy
2 Sep 16#29
It looks like if someone says something obvious the 'intellectuals' (keyboard warriors) of our little hotukdeals community feel like their intelligence has been attacked/insulted on a personal level, and they feel the need to display their intelligence, no, they feel compelled to showcase their intelligence by insulting said person who has the nerve to make an obvious comment in their high and mighty intellectual presence. You guys need to get out more often.
brychris
2 Sep 16#30
I walked into my local Tesco and saw the so called "fresh fruit" in a big basket, looked like it can be recovered from the skip behind the store the night before!
davej1710
4 Sep 16#31
My wife regularly tells me I'm a big kid when supermarket shopping.
That's fruit sorted then!
danbell
4 Sep 16#32
good to see healthy food given cheaply/free
sydney2
4 Sep 16#33
Shouldn't the kids not eat the apple until it has been washed? So how would they snack on it while parents shop?
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Found it so nice that a last something healthy is being given away - a great way to get kids to eat fruit and stop nagging parents for a snack going around the store.
For once Tesco did something right (Unlike the price of a bag of marshmellows - large yes but £4 what the hell?????)
Top comments
good spot, op, always like a bit of free food, ignore the moany people on here, it's easier for them to complain than contribute to the community :smiley:
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its gm anyway not much good for them....
good spot, op, always like a bit of free food, ignore the moany people on here, it's easier for them to complain than contribute to the community :smiley:
I'll get my coat.
It's not like he abused you, he just said of course it's a marketing ploy but so what if you intend using Tesco anyway. Woe betide anyone saying that to you in real life!
That's fruit sorted then!