Tesco Direct Reviews

3.2 Rating 2,129 Reviews
55 %
of reviewers recommend Tesco Direct
3.2
Based on 2,129 reviews
Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods
Own Driver
Average Delivery Time
Next Day
On-time Delivery
Greater than 63%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders
Greater than 86%
Customer Service
Communication Channels
Email, Telephone, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In
Under An Hour
Customer Service
2.6 out of 5
Avg Email Response Time
-1 hours
Returns & Refunds
Refunds Process
Difficult

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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
Just like to say how lovely and helpful the delivery man was this evening. Myself and my son are in isolation. I asked him to just tip and empty the crates in the porch. This is what he did (see picture)....... thank you. What a star you are.
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Posted 3 years ago
my leg fell of in isle 6
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Posted 5 years ago
Slipped on some flem downstairs and i have severe brain damage and a craving for obesity. Dissapointed af
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Posted 6 years ago
I got hit by a Tesco van this morning and I am still waiting for someone to contact me By the way I was walking on the pavement and he was not watching where he was going I phoned the shop and was told they would get back to me that was almost 5 hrs ago great bit of customer service
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Posted 6 years ago
Like others on this site I too have shopped with Tesco for 40 years. We are all aware of the current crisis. Whilst you state that online delivery think before you click like anyone is going to take any notice. I'm in the vulnerable catagory that's why I have my groceries delivered. Can I get a slot not a chance. For all the loyal customers Tesco you have shown no loyalty to us who have already taken and paid for a delivery service. All you care about is how much money your taking and you don't care who from. This crisis will end and when it does a lot of your loyal customers will be shopping elsewhere.
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Posted 4 years ago
Have used home delivery for over ten years but now find it impossible to get a delivery slot. Our delivery plan has been cancelled and we have been left high and dry. My wife and I both have health conditions and are not able to go shopping ourselves. Fortunately our local farm shop is able to deliver on a weekly basis. So much for loyalty with Tesco’s. After 40 plus years of shopping with Tesco’s we will definitely be taking our business elsewhere in future.
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Posted 4 years ago
Despite being a regular on line customer for a considerable time as well as not being able to shop in store due to my disability what has Tesco done to help me?....Absolutely nothing...cannot get a slot at all...Disgraceful You do deserve my custom
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Posted 4 years ago
What are Tesco’s doing for the elderly and vulnerable regarding home delivery? NOTHING! Unlike Sainsbuy’s who are actually trying to help these people. Tesco has or is doing absolutely nothing to aid this people, who, I\I might add have been in self isolation since 13th March. This is shameful and shocking in many ways. Come on Tesco, step up, show HOW good you are, though you will be way behind in helping the community. These customers are at this present time the countries main concern. Look at Sainsbury’s plan, please, use, learn and best get your skates on. I shake my head in utter disgust on the way that Tesco has handled this unfortunate thing. Hopefully when this has calmed down, PEOPLE will remember who helped who! Even the local corner shops are doing a better job than you! As the saying goes ‘Every little helps’ obviously not for Tesco!
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Posted 4 years ago
I went to Tesco today in Walsall (Littleton Road), this is my local Tesco. I done my weeks food shop, it was very manic which was expected due to the time of the year. I went to the Petrol Station on my way home to find i did not have my debit card, the one i used to pay for my shopping. Evidently, i was feeling very stressed, i emptied my bag and the customer service assistants where so helpful and patient in helping me find my card/calm me down. They advise i go back to Tesco and double check, in which i did. I ran into Tesco in a manic, as i was worried, i could see an extremely large queue at the customer service desk. Due to the importance of my request, i approached the front of the queue and simply stated that i had lost my debit card and to see if anyone has handed it in, i was scared that someone might have found it and used it in the time i was gone. I apologised to the customer at the front and advised i will go to the back of the queue, i just needed reassurance and some sort of support as i was by myself and scared. The customer service advisor, named Julie, was extremely rude, she stated i had to go to the back of the queue and wait my turn. This is completely understandable, but i have worked in retail over christmas for many and i understand how busy it can get but there was no need for the cold shoulder. I went to the back of the queue and waited ten minutes, and it was my turn. Julie served me once again, still with a chip on her shoulder. She initially called me over as it was my turn, but she did not engage or look at me, she continued her conversation with her co-worker. I stood and waited quietly, i did not want to be annoying, i just wanted my card back. Julie then asked if she could help me, even though i had told her the situation previously. I explained i lost my debit card and she asked my name, and she checked her system to find my name not there. She then advised they do not have the card, she said she has been at the counter for the past hour and no one has handed a card in. I was confused, and i advised julie to ask her co-worker or to look behind the till. Julie said no, because it would be in the system if they had it. I was confused and very very stressed out at this point, i suffer through anxiety and could feel my heart racing. As i was leaving the store, it was obvious i was not okay, this is when the security guard asked me if i was okay? In which i responded saying i lost my card, and asked the security guard if anyone had handed him my debit card? He said no, however he advised me to go to the till i was served at as sometimes the till assistants do not get a chance to go to the customer service desk straight away during the busy period.The security guard was wonderful in helping me find the till i was served at, the young girl at the till instantly recognised me to advise me that i left my card and she handed it in to customer service. I could feel my anxiety rise, i was extremely confused yet again. I did not want to face Julie again. I went back to security guard to ask for the manager, he took me to her. The manager was lovely to begin with, and she went with me to customer service to ask about my card. A young girl at the desk said yes, she pulled out a black security box and took my card out of it and gave it to me. I told the manager what happened Julie. Julie continued to be rude and aggressive, she advised she never knew the card was there. I felt like i was a victim of racism. I never have experienced anything like it, the way Julie spoke and looked at me was so downgrading and horrible. Her body language and tone of voice. No-one apologised, and from that moment i knew it was not the place for me to be. I understand christmas is a very busy period, however this is no excuse for me to be victimised or treated like this. I have not been able to relax all day from this as I cannot believe how i was treated. I suffer heavily from anxiety and circumstances like this. Individuals like Julie should NOT be the face of customer service counters, esp during this happy time of the year. I will spreading my story via social media and through friends and family. No-one should be downgraded or demeaned by Julie like i was today. I'm honestly so disappointed and shocked that she was hired with such a foul attitude and view of people. This incident happened on 18/12/2019, between the times of 13:10PM and 13:30PM. Please can the CCTV cameras be checked and my experience be reviewed. I expect Julie to have had a talk about how to treat customers esp when she does not know the circumstances and vulnerability of an individual. I would like an email response.
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Posted 4 years ago
I played hide and seek with my son coral, I still haven't found him. its been 4 years! Tesco's is a very large place!
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Posted 5 years ago
I ordered a big delivery from Tesco on a Saturday at 3pm, when I returned after a week of half term vacation with nothing in my fridge. The delivery was due between 3-4pm when I got a call that my credit card was not going through. When I called them back after 5 minutes they said it was a mistake on their end and it had gone through already. They took no credit card details from me. Then I got a text from their driver that the delivery will be 20 minutes late and will arrive at 4.20pm. Till 5pm no one came. I called them a few times being put on hold for over ten minutes. Then a lady picks up and says she doesn’t know where my order is. She spoke to the store who couldn’t confirm anything till 7pm. They had charged my card but would tell me whether delivery would come or not. Being a family of 5 I told her that I would need to call a takeaway. She send me compensation for a e voucher of £15 for my next shop on Tesco. The delivery came much after 7pm. At 5.30pm being hungry I ordered a takeaway costing me £43.33 for 5 of us. Tesco customer care emailed me after 2 days that they wouldn’t refund me the take away I ordered. I had registered to 6 month plan to weeks ago costing £6.99 a month. I told them I am quite disappointed I had to pay for takeaway due to their fault and hence won’t be ordering with them anymore and hence won’t be using the delivery saver or e voucher. They said they would still charge me for full £6.99 of 4 week delivery charge even though I used 2 weeks out of it, won’t refund takeaway cost and the voucher they gave would only be available online shopping. Offcourse as they cancelled my delivery saver 2 weeks prior and charged me for 4 weeks giving me an e voucher was senseless. And why would I order on such a horrible service again??? Ridiculous. Zero rating and I am thinking of writing to consumer courts
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Posted 5 years ago
Today, I used the cafe at Askham Bryan Tesco Extra in York today, for the first time as i was working in the area. Usually, a take-out coffee is my little treat; instead, I came out of your cafe feeling like I'd been abused. And that I'd actually paid for the experience with hard earned cash (don't bother explaining those last three words to your CEO if this ever gets before him - he won't understand what you mean). I wanted a take-out latte. I approached the till; the woman who initially served me was mute but pleasant enough. The woman behind, however, who actually fulfilled my order, could not have looked more bored and irritated by customers than she did (honestly, it was impressive, the level of apathy demonstrated). The cafe had a few customers, but nowhere near enough to be the root of her displeasure and stress. I can only assume that you either hire incredibly surly people to represent you, or that whatever it is you ask them to do during working hours is unbearably heinous to warrant this demeanour. I admit, I was shocked and insulted by her rudeness and curt responses - and I'm a regular at my local Post Office; you think I'd be used to it by now, wouldn't you? I had reason to ask a question (well, I thought it reason enough to open lines of communication. Had I known how she was going to react, I'd have just taken the next drink to appear, whatever the hell it was). Me, on seeing her pour some coffee into a china mug (and not the china cup dance they do when making your drink - the actual 'final' serving cup), and aware that I'd asked for my latte to be served in a take-out cup, so I could drink it on the long drive home. By the way, I spoke to her in the same friendly voice anyone with manners uses): "Excuse me! Sorry, is that my coffee?" Her (not even turning her body towards me. Surly tone, dour expression; barely more than a grunt in reply): "How would I know? What did you order?" Me (a little affronted by her rudeness and aggression, but continuing to be pleasant): "It's just that I ordered it in a take-out cup. As I'm not staying in." Her (again, aggressive. And assuming I was a mind-reader) - pointed to another machine that was further along the counter (that was initially shielded from my view; she'd been in the way): "THAT'S yours." Me (feeling terribly small and embarrassed): "Oh. Okay. Thanks." The end of our interaction. Then a latte was plonked in front of me and she walked off. She didn't murmur, meet my eyes, or even acknowledge it was mine. I said thank you anyway, because that's the way I was brought up. You know, typical Brit. My point is, Tesco, whatever charm school you're sending your staff to, I'd get another quote from somewhere else, because it's not working. Your staff don't know what a smile is. They think two customers is life-threatening. They have no natural ability to answer questions or, God forbid, actually help someone else. They clearly think that turning up and going through the motions, upsetting as many people as they can in their wake, is the way to earn a living from you, their employers. I was quite disgusted at the treatment I'd received, so, when I got outside, I* threw my receipt into the bin, chuntering to myself that the sour-faced robot who'd served me wasn't worth my anger. Then, when I got home, I thought, "No! This is what customer review sites are for! In 2018, I should be able to tell Tescos how rubbish their customer service is." So just imagine my further frustration that any survey or feedback I wanted to give Tesco had to have a magic code from the receipt I'd been given before you'd listen to me. How very inconvenient. Because it really should be my job to match up my experience to whichever cretinous member of staff you employ at your numerous branches. My bad. Tesco: "Every Little Helps!" More like "Of Little Help."
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Posted 6 years ago
The man who was doing reductions on bread,was not very approachable he looked down his nose at me and my husband because we were waiting for a bargain.phaps he wanted them all to his selve,haydock
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Posted 6 years ago
I placed an order for a sofa in October. I was provided with a delivery date in December, so I took a days annual leave, emptied the lounge, took the old sofa to the top and they didn’t turn up. I received an apology to say it was going to be the next day. Again I took another days annual leave and they didn’t turn up. I received another apology saying they’d received information that the sofa wasn’t even at the local depot and they didn’t know when delivery was going to be. I was so disappointed I told them to cancel it. I then didn’t receive my full refund for another 2wks later. I contacted the CEO to voice my complaint and received a bog standard ‘sorry’ letter from Melanie Watts with no offer of compensation or good will gesture, despite the knowledge that we were left with an empty lounge over the festive period (with grandparents coming to visit and nowhere to sit but the floor)! However, she did wish me a Merry Christmas.
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Posted 6 years ago
Basically, Tesco is rubbish and can't do anything to make their company better and so they should go to the toilet.
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Posted 7 years ago
Bought organic apples At tesco I went and did a chemical test and those organic apples had traces of chemical I was disgusted and to find out they where not organic.
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Posted 8 years ago
I felt compelled to write this after yet another, utterly miserable visit to our local 'Tesco Express', known to our family now as 'Tesco Depress' or 'Tesco Distress'. It has to be the worst Tesco store in the universe. There is ONE nice, friendly bloke behind the tills on occasion - the rest of the staff are SO MISERABLE. I am friendly, smile and try to be nice but as of today, I GIVE UP. No smile is ever forthcoming, just a cynical look and my attempt at basic conversation is completely ignored. It doesn't help that usually there are about five staff congregating round the computer and one on the tills. Also, their huge lorries continuously cause traffic chaos outside the store, there is nowhere to park except a tiny layby and the pavement, which is breaking after being driven over by said lorries. The fridge and freezer doors are almost ALL broken and don't shut. So the food is probably going to be off anyway. Seriously, even the customers stand right in front of you and glare at you for even daring to say 'excuse me' or smile at them. I'm really sick of it and it makes me want to kill myself every time I go there. WHY is it so terrible? I do not know.
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Posted 8 years ago
If I could give zero stars I would . ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE service AVOID Sunday evening slots. Or late slots in general. Drivers seem to get “ sick” or run late and don’t turn up at all. Fuming 3rd time they have done it to me . Have to wait all day for a call to get my shopping if I’m lucky. TERRIBLE service weston Favell Northampton
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Posted 8 months ago
3 items out of date. 24 cans of 7 up, most of them leaking. Why should I take them back for a refund. At least asda don't expect you to do this.
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Posted 11 months ago
Abuse to 71 year old mother by Tesco security member of staff My mother visited the Woolwich branch on Sunday 26th February. She joined a long queue at the self check out to pay for her goods in enough time before the store shut at 5pm. On scanning an item on the self check out it became apparent that the price was higher than the shelf price tag. She asked a member of staff to check the price as it was incorrect. He informed her he couldn't go and check it. By this time it was nearly 5pm. No staff made any effort to resolve the problem so my mother made her way to the pet food isle to check the price again. On doing so, the store security guard told her the store was closed. My mother informed him she was going to check the price of the product and asked him to come with her as there was no one else in authority to ask. She showed him the product, the price that was displayed on the shelf and what she had been charged on her receipt. He was adamant she had it wrong. When she tried to explain to him it was definitely incorrect, he became aggressive, she was met with verbal abuse not help. He would not see the pricing error despite my mother pointing it out to him - he was shouting and raising his arms which my mother found very intimidating and upsetting. No member of staff came to her aid to find out what the issue was, instead they stood watching like it was entertainment. The security guard then walked off, still shouting and my mother asked a member of staff to see the manager, but was told there was no manager on duty. She managed to finally get a member of staff to check the price. At first they were adamant that my mother was wrong but once they could actually bother to double check the receipt against the shelf price they realised that the charged price was indeed incorrect. My mother was then told to come back the next day for a refund! This is not satisfactory customer service, especially as this is a pricing error by Tesco. Pricing errors happen a lot in this store. I appreciate pricing mistakes can happen but its the way that it was handled that is highly unacceptable. There was NO customer care or service. A staff member called Mahadi decided to give a refund, however his attitude was presented like he was doing a favour by giving a refund despite the error being no fault of my mothers. As she was leaving the store she asked the security guard for his name - Devid (or at least this was the name given) and he became aggressive again, shouting and in close proximity to my mothers personal space. At this point a supervisor arrived and asked what was happening. My mother tried to explain through the security guards shouts and the supervisor told him to walk away. Once the supervisor could see how distressed my mother had become he informed her that the security guard would be spoken to. However, I have no faith this happened. This whole experience was deeply distressing for my mother and it left her in floods of tears. I am disgusted she was treated in such an unnecessary way and the way the situation was handle is extremely unacceptable. My mother had done nothing wrong yet was made to feel intimidated, vulnerable and was given no customer support. No customer should feel like this shopping at Tesco. A formal complaint via email was made to the CEO of Tesco about the above. A reply was received from Mhairi Duncan-Scott (Customer Service Specialist) to say it would be looked into by the store manager. Despite requesting an update, months later there has been no further reply / response. This just goes to show the disregard and contempt Tesco management have for their customers! We will no longer shop here.
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Posted 1 year ago
Tesco Direct is rated 3.2 based on 2,129 reviews