Tesco's new G550 Registration
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Is it me or is there some sublime messaging going on here. Unless I am mistaken, Those letters stand for Lidl, Sainsburys, Co-Op & Waitrose? Why no 'A' for Aldi?
I don't know, Just a thought, surely someone must have thought about it?
Is it me or is there some sublime messaging going on here. Unless I am mistaken, Those letters stand for Lidl, Sainsburys, Co-Op & Waitrose? Why no 'A' for Aldi?
I don't know, Just a thought, surely someone must have thought about it?
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It might stand for Let's Screw Customers Weekly.
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Indeed - and sadly it means more people will lose their jobs through no fault of their own. Just the perfect storm of Profit Warnings and an aircraft that was purchased sometime ago, being delivered at a completely inopportune moment!
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an aircraft that was purchased sometime ago, being delivered at a completely inopportune moment!
Nothing more than a boys toy for the directors !
65-70% of their revenues come from the UK, they've dumped their US & Japanese ventures and scaled back in China, so for what's left of their international ops they can jolly well take commercial flights !
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There seems to be a little bit of bourgeois bickering here. My original post was a little cheap humourous jibe. I'm all for more jets for the big Corporations because it means more jobs for the likes of those who frequent this website.
If you 'Wat Tyler' disagree with the likes of Tesco having Company Jets, then go and buy some of their shares now whilst they are plummeting, or perhaps wait another month or so. You can then turn up to the shareholders meetings and influence the Board's decisions. Tesco's will recover in time and you'll make money on your shares, you might even get to fly for them one day when they are successful and prosperous again (probably on a chartered aircraft - I admit) - but what's wrong with that?
Anyway, what I really want to know is why the Royal Family and the British Government don't have their own private jets?? Nothing worse than seeing Prince William getting onto a Vistajet aircraft - that really is embarrassing!!
If you 'Wat Tyler' disagree with the likes of Tesco having Company Jets, then go and buy some of their shares now whilst they are plummeting, or perhaps wait another month or so. You can then turn up to the shareholders meetings and influence the Board's decisions. Tesco's will recover in time and you'll make money on your shares, you might even get to fly for them one day when they are successful and prosperous again (probably on a chartered aircraft - I admit) - but what's wrong with that?
Anyway, what I really want to know is why the Royal Family and the British Government don't have their own private jets?? Nothing worse than seeing Prince William getting onto a Vistajet aircraft - that really is embarrassing!!
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I'm all for more jets for the big Corporations because it means more jobs for the likes of those who frequent this website.
Tesco have neither.
HQ is the UK. You don't need private jets to get around the UK.
And as highlighted earlier, their overseas ops are dwindling "65-70% of their revenues come from the UK, they've dumped their US & Japanese ventures and scaled back in China"
Thus Tesco do not need jets.
Tesco's will recover in time and you'll make money on your shares
Given Tesco either underestimated or failed to see the German invasion (Aldi & Lidl), and instead persisted on their land-grab the writing is very much on the cards for Tesco. They're unlikely to disappear of course, but "modest" (to put it politely) performance is likely to be the order of the day for the foreseeable future ....
In the non-food space Tesco also seem to have underestimated how powerful the internet would become.
Poor share performance is going to be the way for a number of years, certainly no prospect of anything happening 2015/2016/2017 given they've just had a change of both CEO and CFO who will need to get their heads around what's going on. So if you're going to be buying Tesco shares you'd better be young and hiding those shares at the bottom of your pension pot SIPP and hoping the shares do something by the time you retire !
Personally I wouldn't touch Tesco shares with a bargepole ....there are much better risk/reward options for picking shares that will provide a reward in a much shorter timeframe than the 10+ years Tesco are likely to need !
Even Warren Buffet recently described his substantial investment in Tesco as a "huge mistake".
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Severe lack of investment in our local supermarket meant the roof literally leaked in dozens of places; they began putting out lots of buckets to catch the water coming through in heavy rain. They even had to shut down a bank of freezers due to water falling on them.
So the only thing I go to Tescos for these days is their Tiger Bread.
I think they are a bunch of master bakers.
So the only thing I go to Tescos for these days is their Tiger Bread.
I think they are a bunch of master bakers.
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Thanks for that concise rant Mr Mixture, but where does all that out of season Fruit and Veg come from - certainly not the UK.
How does the British public get such a wide variety of products all the year around, certainly not by executives banging around the UK on a low cost airline.
What on earth is the point of selling all those aircraft at a loss, just to appease the masses??
Get the aircraft on an AOC, Charter the backside out of them, get a good PR Team in, do a bit for charity, do a bit for the UN, use them for Aeromed and then use them when you need them. But just to ground the aircraft and not use them and rack up penalty costs is ludicrous.
The aircraft should be used more, not less, because the costs can be written off against TAX. Now Mr Tyler, march to the Capital!
How does the British public get such a wide variety of products all the year around, certainly not by executives banging around the UK on a low cost airline.
What on earth is the point of selling all those aircraft at a loss, just to appease the masses??
Get the aircraft on an AOC, Charter the backside out of them, get a good PR Team in, do a bit for charity, do a bit for the UN, use them for Aeromed and then use them when you need them. But just to ground the aircraft and not use them and rack up penalty costs is ludicrous.
The aircraft should be used more, not less, because the costs can be written off against TAX. Now Mr Tyler, march to the Capital!
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but where does all that out of season Fruit and Veg come from - certainly not the UK.
Exactly.
Therefore I re-iterate, in relation to Tesco, corporate jets are nothing but boys toys for C level execs.
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You really don't have a clue do you? And you are clearly not a corporate pilot otherwise your comments might have been more educated.
The biggest threat to the livelihoods of people in this industry is the petty sniping from jealous individuals (and the gutter press) who believe that companies actually buy expensive aircraft so that the directors can swan off on 'jollies'. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Meanwhile, in the USA, WalMart operate 23 jets and a turboprop. Nobody gives them a hard time over it....
...and yes, buying shares in Tesco might be a good move
You really don't have a clue do you? And you are clearly not a corporate pilot otherwise your comments might have been more educated.
The biggest threat to the livelihoods of people in this industry is the petty sniping from jealous individuals (and the gutter press) who believe that companies actually buy expensive aircraft so that the directors can swan off on 'jollies'. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Meanwhile, in the USA, WalMart operate 23 jets and a turboprop. Nobody gives them a hard time over it....
...and yes, buying shares in Tesco might be a good move
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Alright then, well if we look at it from a purely company point of view.... wasting all that money on corporate jets to fly these ego-trippers to their important meetings that they cannot possibly contemplate getting to in a more affordable manner on a commercial airline has not done the company much good has it ?
They've dumped or are reducing most of their international ops, and hence the over-inflated requirement for a jet is rapidly diminishing.
And then just look at the state of the company ......CEO gone, CFO gone, dodgy accounts, struggling to keep up with the competition.....
Having access to those jets hasn't exactly made them into a magical success story has it ! All it has been is a great big waste of time and money, just like many of their overseas operations.....
Yes, and in accordance with my statement above "Nothing wrong with jets.... IF....you have substantial overseas operations (or your home-turf is the size of the US or Australia)."
Walmart's home turf is the US.....easier to justify a small fleet in the USA rather than the UK where you can get from one end of the country to the other in a couple of hours on a train (or quicker a commercial domestic flight).
Alright then, well if we look at it from a purely company point of view.... wasting all that money on corporate jets to fly these ego-trippers to their important meetings that they cannot possibly contemplate getting to in a more affordable manner on a commercial airline has not done the company much good has it ?
They've dumped or are reducing most of their international ops, and hence the over-inflated requirement for a jet is rapidly diminishing.
And then just look at the state of the company ......CEO gone, CFO gone, dodgy accounts, struggling to keep up with the competition.....
Having access to those jets hasn't exactly made them into a magical success story has it ! All it has been is a great big waste of time and money, just like many of their overseas operations.....
Meanwhile, in the USA, WalMart operate 23 jets and a turboprop. Nobody gives them a hard time over it....
Walmart's home turf is the US.....easier to justify a small fleet in the USA rather than the UK where you can get from one end of the country to the other in a couple of hours on a train (or quicker a commercial domestic flight).
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Nothing wrong with jets.... IF....you have substantial overseas operations (or your home-turf is the size of the US or Australia).
Tesco are the second biggest retailer in Eastern Europe and Turkey. They are huge in the
Far East and actually have an academy in Seoul. They have suppliers and investors all over the Globe who need to be visited and schmoozed.
If that isn't a case for corporate jets, everyone on this site might as well all pack up and look for another career.
BTW did you know they have ships too.....it's a global business, go figure...
Tesco are the second biggest retailer in Eastern Europe and Turkey. They are huge in the
Far East and actually have an academy in Seoul. They have suppliers and investors all over the Globe who need to be visited and schmoozed.
If that isn't a case for corporate jets, everyone on this site might as well all pack up and look for another career.
BTW did you know they have ships too.....it's a global business, go figure...
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Tesco are the second biggest retailer in Eastern Europe and Turkey. They are huge in the Far East and actually have an academy in Seoul.
Exactly !
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Ah, gone quiet, hasn't he?
If you take a cold hard look at it, you'll soon agree with me that in its present state, and given its recent track record, Tesco cannot justify maintaing the fleet.
BTW did you know they have up to SIX HUNDRED ships too..
I'm outta here, too much bias from the corporate jet drivers .....
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I'm outta here, too much bias from the corporate jet drivers .....
Mixture, go and take on some bio-fuel, taxi around on one engine and whilst you're waiting for your passengers to turn up, have a cup of Peppermint Tea!
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