Tesco Express

Petite supérette qui n’a vraiment que le minimum vital: épicerie et un peu de droguerie. Mais pourtant indispensable aux résidents de St George Wharf car à deux pas (dans les bâtiments de la résidence en fait, même si donnant sur la rue) et bénéficiant d’horaires d’ouverture ⁷⁄₇ super conciliants. Heureusement qu’il est là !

What you’d expect from a Tesco Express here, very limited range and higher prices than a normal Tesco but open until 11pm and useful in a crunch. Until recently the only real option on Vauxhall Cross but about to get competition from a Sainsbury’s Local and a Waitrose, both far more convenient from the Tube/​Bus/​Train Stations. Will be interesting to see how they respond.

I admit, straight-​off, that I am not the greatest Tesco fan (sorry, oh — world-​dominating supermarket meister) but I realised late into the evening, on my way back home from Vauxhall, that I had run out of coffee and soy milk.
So, in I popped for a quick shop before getting my train. It wasn’t a branch I’m familiar with so I had to ask where a couple of items were located. The security guard obliged then proceeded to follow me around giving me the ‘evil eye’, at regular intervals. Not quite sure what I had done to merit that!
It made me even less likely to want to willingly return there although, in their favour, I must say that the check-​out staff were very pleasant. Moral of this story is: go if you must, or if you are in need of urgent supplies.