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Vendor Trash: Imagining the Future of Video Game Retail
Brick-and-mortar video game stores have fallen on hard times, but these places have the potential to be important pillars of the community.
A Scottish Town Is Actually Protesting to Stop Its Tesco From Closing
People in Kirkcaldy have been crying about the loss of their supermarket.
Most UK Chicken Is Contaminated and Shoppers Are Pissed
Eight out of ten fresh chickens purchased at UK supermarkets were infected with the food poisoning bug campylobacter. And the British government seems reluctant to do anything about it.
Is Joey Essex Clubland's True Tastemaker?
What sway does the cheeky chappy and professional Essex boy have over UK dance music?
11 Reasons to Hate Tesco
Tesco are running into some very serious operational difficulties, and to make matters that little bit worse, the public fucking hates them again.
Cry-Baby of the Week: A Guy Shot Someone Because a Dog Pooped In His Yard
Also this week: A concerned mother freaked out because she thought her son's pumpkin carving kit might be dangerous.
The UK's Smoked Salmon Is Covered in Lice and Shit
Farmed salmon are literally living up shit creek, often suffering from chronic sea lice that quickly become immune to chemical treatment. But the even shadier side of smoked salmon is what happens when it hits the factory.
A Belgian Company Thinks Brits Should Learn to Love Horse Meat
The UK might have freaked out about last year's horse meat scandal, but maybe it should discover the delicious, wholesome potential of equine jerky. At least, that’s what Belgian sports nutrition company Muscle Food says.
How Will the Scottish Referendum Affect Food Prices?
History will be made tomorrow when the people of Scotland vote for or against becoming an independent country. But how would becoming independent affect day-to-day food prices?
France Wants You to Eat Ugly Vegetables
Intermarché, one of France's largest grocery chains, has begun selling less-than-perfect produce at steep discounts in its stores. We're talking knobby lemons, three-legged carrots, and eggplants ugly enough to make onions cry. Why haven't we been...
We Interviewed the Revolutionaries Pouring Concrete on London's 'Anti-Homeless' Spikes
LBR—the group the activists belong to—stands for “London Black Revolutionaries," or the Black Revs for short. LBR's direct action approach seems to have worked—Tesco has announced that they'll remove the spikes, claiming they were never meant to deter...
Activists Poured Concrete on 'Anti-Homeless' Spikes in London This Morning
The war against London's "anti-homeless" spikes escalated today from sign-waving to radical criminal action. In the small hours of the morning, some activists dressed as construction workers, poured concrete over the metal spikes outside a Tesco Metro...