Meanings
alternative Tescoisation
- UKuncountableA policy of aggressive commercial expansion.
the Tescoization of public services
2 more examples
The movement against the Tesco-ization of small-town Britain is active in Todmorden. Decals reading 'Save our markets. No more supermarkets' are on prominent display throughout the town and a recent application for a further supermarket has been declined by the local council.
2013, Jessica Fanzo, Danny Hunter, Teresa Borelli, Diversifying Food and DietsSimilar comments were prominent in publications from the Centre for Social Justice (2013, 2014), whose founder, Iain Duncan Smith, had previously criticized the so-called Tescoization of the charitable sector.
2016, Beth Breeze, J. Mohan, The Logic of Charity: Great Expectations in Hard Times, page 34
Origin
From Tesco, name of a British multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer (from the names T. E. Stockwell and Cohen), + -ization.
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