British hypermarket chain Tesco will replace its Hungarian suppliers with Slovak ones in Hungary, with the exception of food items, from 2011, Magyar Nemzet reports.
The purchase of goods for the smaller Tesco Express units is already managed from Slovakia. Tesco gave no comment to the newspaper.
A shift of the centralised purchase unit to Slovakia for cost-cutting reasons does not mean that Hungarian suppliers will lose out, said Retail Association chairman György Vámos.
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and all possible because of the EU….
We only buy at Tesco’s when they have really good prices for quality products, not their regular crap.
So what did we buy last week: Gyulai Kolbasz, Omnia coffee (3 large packages), Szent Kiralyi mineral water and some paprika – all Hungarian products at a very good price, some of which we’ll take back to Germany …
The Hungarian people will vote with their feet and
continue shopping there regardless where the
products originate. If the Hungarian people cared
about their own economy they simply wouldn’t buy
there (e.g. in Ireland there was a great outcry when
Tesco took local products off the shelves… don’t
see it happening here)
Irish shoppers have been voting with their feet for years, change in
petrol prices, VAT, euro/sterling? hop in the car and head across
the border to Northern Ireland. so if you’re going to have a pop at
the locals here, you’d better think of some other example of loyal
shoppers
What kind of a chance do shoppers in Hungary have ?
From Heviz to Austria or Slovenia it’s only a 100 km drive – but there aren’t that many things which are cheaper over there.
After the introduction of the € in Slovenia we find that most foods are moe expensive in Slovenia than in Hungary.
It’s just things like cheese and butter which we buy either in Germany when commuting to Hungary or in Austria on our way – a few Cents saved, but not a big deal …
This article isn’t talking about prices, per se,
it’s talking about non-food items – like cups,
towels, frying pans, batteries. And it’s quite
telling that Tesco, who could already command
better prices due to volumes is finding yet even
better pricing by sourcing through Slovakia.
That should beg the question, why? And I
don’t mean why make the decision, but why make
such public? This looks like a message to the
clueless policy makers.
Our local services depend upon a tax base and
consumers who can spend. If Tesco wasn’t so large
this probably would be a minor item, but given
it’s stature, this is troubling. If Tesco isn’t
helping to maximize the disposable income which
would get plowed back into the economy (to shop at
Tesco and pay taxes) then who will? Tesco is
cutting its nose to spite its face; and as they
didn’t fail Economics 101 (and must see the
connection), this sounds like a coded message to
whoever takes over the helm in mid-April.