That 24h Tesco played a pivotal role for me in the 2000s, mostly revolving around 2am visits after a night out, to get a Krispy Kreme donut and bottle of water for the night bus home.

by markvauxhall

35 comments

  1. This Tesco has served me well but boy it was the most uncomfortable Tesco to get through

  3. Every day central London turns more and more into a cheap-looking theme park for tourists.

    Either that or a playground for the rich.

    I didn’t like living in Paris but there at least people can live centrally and it actually feels like a living, inhabited city. We need to bring that here.

  4. I don’t understand how that Tesco wasn’t making money? It was always rammed

  5. Do they do a meal deal for under ÂŁ4? If not I’m out! 

  7. Huh. Handy little Tesco that was. More evidence this city’s turning even more shite

  8. My favourite memory of that Tesco is the day in 2019 when they were obviously heavily overstocked so were selling off items for 9p each. Bought a huge carton of milk for what was probably last what it cost sometime in the 1970s.

  9. Where will the 40-strong groups of European language school teenagers stand outside of now?

  10. All the shops in that building have been replaced with junk. I understand there are medium term plans to refurbish the whole building, going through the final planning states – which will end up with three ground floor units being merged to make one decent sized shop unit, maybe even another Tesco… But in the mean time the leases are being ended with these short term operators brought in to fill the gap / probably ‘go bust’ regularly, conveniently avoiding the landlord being on the hook for business rates while the units are empty. Luckily there’s still a decent co-op round the corner.

  13. Damn. I used to shop quite literally every week. Miss the coffee walnut cake they offer.

  14. Is “Majestic Gifts” another one of those blatant money laundering places?

  15. I’m actually gutted about this. Get off at Charing Cross, pop into here, buy some snacks for a makeshift picnic in St. James Park.

    Granted I didn’t do it often but enough for fond memories of this snaking layout!

  19. What’s the price of a meal deal in those tesco’s? Just curious.

  22. The Pret that was round the corner is now a similar one of those gift shops

  23. That Tesco kept me going during the initial 2020 lockdown. I was still working in-person in Westminster whilst the entire place was desolate and the staff were still happy as anything whilst I was grabbing meal deals, anticipating the apocalypse. RIP

  24. Hated that Tesco but it saved me many times.

    Thank you for your service.

  25. Are their gifts really that majestic? Let me know…

  27. RIP. Fond memories of squeezing through those tiny aisles to grab a meal deal after a night out, before the night bus.

  28. I worked there for 3 years. The craziest 3 years of my life but also some good memories. Sad to see it gone

  31. Who even buys from all these gift shops full of tat nobody wants?

  32. Majestic gifts is a tax evading pop up most likely.

  33. **This is the problem with tourism** (not a tourist hater but this is a big side effect).

    I live in Camden Town, the highstreet literally splits into “tourist” and “locals” outside the station. Tourists head north and locals head south.

    To the north you find:

    • Souvenir tat shops (a lot) 
     
    • Bubble Waffles

    • Street food

    • Tattoos and piercings

    To the south you find:

    • Food shops (Tesco, Aldi, M&S)

    • Post office

    • Banks

    • Charity shops

    Despite the north but being pedestrianised and generally nicer, I never use it, because it doesn’t cater to local peoples needs.

    Whitehall already was shit for local people (in this case workers) who wanted to get lunch, now it’s even worse, because tourists outnumber them by so much that the small amount of retail space is given to tourists instead.

    Local councils need to do more to protect businesses that provide for local (or working) people rather than letting tourists enshittify the area with tat that’s only popular because they don’t depend on repeat business.

  34. There’s the much better coop opposite charring cross

  35. Are you even a Londoner if you’ve never eaten a 2am Krispy Kreme from the Trafalgar Square Tesco?!

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