UK: Tesco bottom of Which? survey
Waitrose received a score of 82% in terms of overall satisfaction. Included in this were five star ratings for customer service and quality of fresh produce.
In the same series of results, Tesco received just 45%. 11.492 people were polled by consumer watchdog, Which?
Tesco received poor marks for pricing, store environment, quality of fresh produce and customer service.
Discount supermarkets Aldi and Lidl came second and third best with scores of 74% and 69% respectively, beating some of their bigger rivals such as Morrisons (59%), Sainsbury's (58%) and Asda (53%).
Aldi and Lidl were the only supermarkets to get four-star ratings for their pricing, with 97% of those surveyed saying they both offer good value.
Fourth place went to Marks & Spencer with 68%, while the Co-operative scored just above Tesco with 48%.
Ocado took top spot in the online ranking with 81%, followed by Waitrose (74%), Sainsbury's (71%), Tesco (63%) and Asda (61%).
The poll revealed that consumers' biggest irritation when shopping is not being able to easily compare prices because of different unit measurements, with 37% reporting that this annoyed them.
They also wanted supermarkets to keep special offers simple, with 55% preferring straight discounts ahead of other offers such as petrol vouchers (16%) or buy-one-get-one-free deals (11%).
A Tesco spokeswoman said: "Millions of customers shop regularly with Tesco and we are always looking at ways to improve their shopping experience.
"We have made a £1bn commitment to make Tesco better for our UK customers and since this survey in October 2012, we have had an encouraging Christmas and New Year and are delivering further improvements this year."
Source: uk.news.yahoo.com
