Tesco: how confrontation could have prevented a giant mess
The longer this goes on without answers, the resilience of hundreds of thousands of Tesco employees, who thought they were working for an iconic, stable British institution, will be tested.
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At one point today, Tesco saw £2bn wiped off its share value after issuing its fourth profit warning – and has now had to admit its end-of-year profits will be around £500m less than expected.
The longer this goes on without answers, the resilience of hundreds of thousands of Tesco employees, who thought they were working for an iconic, stable British institution, will be tested.
When I speak to Tesco’s boss I will ask him… oh, wait. We’re not getting an interview. But he has some explaining to do about the company’s 92 per cent pre-tax profit slump.
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Labour sets its sights on Tesco’s employment practices, accusing the supermarket giant of employing cheap workers from eastern Europe, in a speech attacking “unscrupulous employers”.