Tesco place a “Back to School” banner above an alcohol display in Swansea

Shoppers at Tesco in Fforestfach, Wales were controversially confronted by a display of gin, vodka and whisky complete with a “Back to School” sign in recent days.

Tesco's sign should have read "Back to the Booze" rather than "Back to School"
Tesco’s sign should have read “Back to the Booze” rather than “Back to School”
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Posted on Twitter by a user named James Davies, the revelation at least attracted an honest response from Tesco. A for the supermarket spokesman commented:

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Picture of the Week – A Fish Finger F**k Up

As coronavirus panic buying hits supermarkets, Tesco show they’ve lost the plot when it comes to pricing Birds Eye fish fingers Tesco operates by the mantra that “Every Little Helps,” but at a time when their customers are raiding the shelves for bog roll, paracetamol and tinned goods, it seems this 6,800 store chain has […]

“This photo was taken whilst our displays were being changed over. While we understand that it may have raised a few eyebrows, it would only have looked like this for a few minutes”.

Given that many children drive their parents to the bottle, however, we just had to make this The Steeple Times Picture of the Week.

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