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Published Date:
01 July 2009
Senior Reporter
Tesco has scrapped controversial restrictions imposed on local school pupils at its Tring Road store in Aylesbury.
The supermarket introduced rules allowing only small numbers of pupils to enter the store earlier this month, having previously ordered students to use the self-service checkouts rather than cashiers.

They said the policy was designed to ease store congestion during the busy lunch time period.

But the new rules caused outrage amongst sixthformers at nearby Aylesbury Grammar and Aylesbury High schools, who claimed they were unfair.

A letter criticising the move has received more than 170 comments on The Bucks Herald website.

Yesterday (Tuesday), representatives from AGS and The High met with Tesco bosses to resolve the issue.

In a joint statement, the two schools said: "A decision has been made to permit students, as with any customer, to use any available till in the store and a policy of restricting entry has been dropped.

"It has been agreed to maintain a better line of communication between the local schools and Tesco and we aim to work together in order to resolve issues amicably in the future.

"We look forward to a further meeting in September to review the situation and maintain an open dialogue. We would like to thank Tesco for their co-operation in this matter and are very pleased with the outcome of the meeting."

The statement added that Tesco had 'acknowledged' there had been a 'problem' with the new rules and had 'apologised unreservedly'.

Do you agree with Tesco's decision?

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  • Last Updated: 01 July 2009 2:13 PM
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Proffesional Car Driver,

01/07/2009 11:54:33
Great nice one tesco, Not.
Now there is going to be even more school kids in there roaming about.
On the traffic issue, there seriously needs to be a traffic light controlled crossing rather than a zebra crossing, its only a matter of time before someone gets seriously hurt there.
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nbw,

01/07/2009 16:39:29
No statement from Tesco on the matter.

All in all probably a case of the schools letting the situation with their students in the local supermarket getting out of control and the shop over-reacting to it.

If doing this has got the schools attention and an undertaking to communicate better in the future then this is a good thing. Also, reviewing the situation in September is a good idea. The store can look at lunchtime shopping over the 6 weeks and really assess the impact the students have on congestion etc.

Bucks CC need to get onto the crossing situation though.
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Roger Fox,

Aylesbury 02/07/2009 20:44:02
Not so concerned regarding any congestion in the Tesco store. That's down to Tesco's management. Its also fair to say its the responsibility of the schools too. They should ensure their pupils are respecting the wishes of the Tesco Store management and behaving responsibly in a public place. Will they comment!

However, what is crucial and concerning is traffic congestion created by the students wondering back and forth over the pedestrian crossing. This can be controlled and supervised by the students themselves, at no cost to the tax payer. Any comments, current students?

Note: no hate, or prejudice, just common sense.
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JR,

02/07/2009 23:52:41
It's good that the situation will be reviewed in September - the schools close for summer in a week or so, so the situation hardly gets a reasonable outing.
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nbw,

06/07/2009 09:40:51
Roger, you won't hear a dickie bird from them now they've regained access to value products.

The next time they're inconvenienced they will be up in arms.
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Roger Fox,

Aylesbury 07/07/2009 23:45:44
nbw. not so sure about the value products. With mummy and daddy paying the sky's the limit.

Yes poor darlings. One thing though, when they get out there in the real world they will have a big shock coming to them. They wont be able to run complaining that things are so unfair. They will have to put up and shut up with the rest of us. Perhaps when they are trying to get to work on time or trying to shop with a baby on tow, being harassed with hoards of teenagers getting in there way, they may reflect on past times.
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