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100A West Cromwell Road
London, W14 8PB
Nearest Transport: West Kensington
020 7853 7100
Tesco are a chain of supermarkets selling food, drink, toiletries and other household goods. They also offer a wide range of services, from loans to home shopping. Mobile top up cards and scratchcards are also available. This branch of Tesco is situated on the corner of Cromwell Road and Warwick Road.

Big-ass supermarket

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    Tesco
    100A West Cromwell Road London W14 8PB uk
    27th September 2006
    Big-ass supermarket
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    The Tesco store on Cromwell Road, about halfway between West Kensington and Earls Court tube stations, is one of the best i have ever been to. Of course it's big, but the main attraction of this store for me (apart from being really close to where i lived) is the fact that they do an excellent range of "exotic" foods, spices and condiments, a claim that most supermarkets can't make. Want to cook Chinese food? No problem, all the ingredients are here. Mexican? Good to go. Azerbaijani? i should think so (not that i ever tried). Yes, it's a big chain store, and yes, it undermines the efforts of small local grocers trying to sell local produce, but damn are they well stocked! And if you accidentally broke all the crockery in your cupboards, Tesco has that eventuality covered too. And a wide range of crappy childrens' DVDs to boot, just for good measure.
    niggle at 3rd October 2006

    Certainly won't be taking anything this reviewer has to say, or is he being ironic! What id wrong with You?

    NikoTheFinn at 3rd October 2006

    whadda ya want from me? it's a site for reviews, here's a genuine, bona fide review of a very good supermarket in my former locality. not much use to a lad from manchester, granted, but let me reiterate my point, whadda ya want from me?

    niggle at 4th October 2006

    More imagination from such an intellectual! Thats the badger!

    Buraco at 4th October 2006

    enough already. bout time for a beer?

    btw - you see tesco's 1/2 yearly profits topped £1billion? Their quest for global domination is well and truly underway. I blame Niko.

    dorotti at 7th November 2006

    as if you both (the ones against tesco) wouldnt go there... of course you can afford the stuff from all the small local businesses. i as a student can't.

    NikoTheFinn at 7th November 2006

    and in this day and age of fast-paced lives and increased need for convenience, having to go to numerous small local businesses to get all your shopping as opposed to just one big ol' supermarket, well, we all know how this battle is going to end...

    Buraco at 7th November 2006

    Ha! Well (unless you're being tongue in cheek) I think you're wrong and living in the past. Times have moved beyond the drive for price and convenience, the new maxims are quality and responsibility. All the big supermarkets have cottoned on already, but I sense a backlash from the ethically-concious consumers (an ever growing group)against the behemoth all-in-one shopping experience, back to a local high street approach where you get all your good home-grown produce from smaller specialist vendors. It aint gonna happen overnight, but a look on any London high street from Clapham to Kentish Town tells you the way things are going. End prophecy.

    NikoTheFinn at 7th November 2006

    one (hyphenated) word: wal-mart. bring those beauties into town is what i say. everything under one roof, even music. and what's better, they don't sell music by those nasty nasty rappers who talk so much about beating their hoes and drinking expensive champage and something about chrome hub caps on a car?

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