Why do people shop at Tesco?

The Evening Standard reports that the supermarket Tesco has 1,770 stores in Britain, including one where I currently live in Leytonstone.

I haven't been in a Tesco in years.

I'm boycotting Tesco, even though other supermarkets aren't much better, because that supermarket has done a number of rather unethical things.

For example, Tesco tried to suppress reporting by taking out a libel action against the Guardian and Thai journalists Nongnart Harnavilai (who claimed Tesco did not "love" Thailand) and Kamol Kamoltrakul.

During the snowfall earlier this month, Tesco told its staff that they would not be excused if they failed to show up for work due to transport problems.

They would need to choose between having their pay docked, losing a day’s holiday, swapping a shift, or changing a day off, according to the Daily Mail.

And how much did the supermarket which punished its workers earn the 12 months to February 28? £543 billion.

No supermarket is perfect. Most have been guilty of contributing to binge drinking by selling cheap alcohol, which is also a big reason that pubs are closing in Britain.

Asda and Iceland are hideous places to shop due to the noise and chaos, but for the reasons above I'd use them over Tesco.