Tesco Express

Not the best selection but friendly staff and some good deals on reduced stuff

Tried to by a monster in this tesco and the girl who came to check my id refused to sell it to me because my friend didn't have id. We wernt even paying together and as far as I can gather from the tecso policy website I should have been served. There was 0 indication that I was going to give the drink to my friend any way. I could understand if I was buying two or if she'd seen me ask him which one he wanted. But i didn't. Never had this issue before even when with my 13 year old brother. So went down the road to the other tesco and was served without even needing my id

Layout of the store isn’t great, too narrow to pass other people and just generally seems smaller than HMV

- Tried to scan meal deal items,
- One was scanned twice,
- Can’t remove items without approval,
- No staff around so moved to new machine,
- One item won’t scan,
- Move machine again,
- Bagging area weight notification appears,
- Can’t remove it without approval.

Bottom line: I used all three self-checkout machines and still couldn’t make a purchase. I just want my bloody meal deal, never again.

2 days in a row I've visited this store at 21:30 and found it closed. Has it shut down?

The other thing they like to do is put chocolate Easter eggs under heaters so they melt. We're talking about shelves of £10 easter eggs that are damaged beyond sale. Even after learning of the total destruction they continued to sell them. And have even continued to put eggs there. Are they dumb or do they not care.

Do not gift eggs from this store, it will lead to disappointment. Don't go there at all.

On 31.07.23, I shopped at this branch on Worcester High Street and made a purchase. An associate then followed me out and said I had not paid. I had paid but was happy to return to the shop to help clear this up. When we checked the till to try paying again, the balance showed 0.00 and it said payment had already been made. The associate exited out of that screen and said I had not paid. I then pulled up my credit card app to check that I would not be charged twice if I rescanned the groceries, and it also showed that payment had been made. I showed the charge to the associate but she insisted there hadn't been payment. I'm unsure how the charge would appear on my card had I not actually paid in the first instance, and she didn’t have an explanation.

None of the four associates there had any response except to say that I should speak to the manager. I asked to do that and was told the manager was not in. This obviously wasn't very helpful customer service, so I rang Tesco's customer number and they said a declined charge can take a day or two to refund on the card. But this was not a declined charge, and there wasn't a refund because the associates said there was nothing to refund. I explained this, but the associate didn't seem to understand (neither do I). I was told there is no recourse or even a way to escalate my concern for further review (which is hard to believe).

I'm raising a dispute with my card company, but they show it was a valid charge and unfortunately I have nothing to show them differently. Avoid this shop if you can. There's one close to the Foregate train station, with associates who are helpful.

It’s way too small and there isn’t enough room to get through some of the aisles, especially with other customers and staff stocking shelves.

Cost to much