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Tescopoly

Tesco is descending like a black cloud over Britain's towns and cities, stifling choice and fostering a sense of alienation: those are just some of the claims made in a new book 'Tescopoly' about Britain's biggest supermarket, according to the Independent article Tesco 'ruining towns and stifling choice' .

Tescopoly, by Andrew Simms, an economist, charts the rise of Tesco's "pile it high, sell it cheap" approach and damns its ethos, methods and influence.

Tesco is depicted as a megalomaniac company that mistreats suppliers and rivals, manipulates planners and helps create "clone towns".

Tesco investigated by BBC

The BBC Radio 4 programme Face the Facts broadcast an investigation into breaches of planning conditions on 18 August by supermarket chain Tesco. You can listen to it or download a transcript. It discusses some important issues which are relevant to the present Centros Miller proposals.