Tescoization

English

Alternative forms

• Tescoisation

Etymology

From Tesco, name of a British multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer (from the names T. E. Stockwell and Cohen), +‎ -ization.

Noun

Tescoization (uncountable)

1. (UK) A policy of aggressive commercial expansion.

   the Tescoization of public services

   • 2013, Jessica Fanzo, Danny Hunter, Teresa Borelli, Diversifying Food and Diets:

     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.

   • 2016, Beth Breeze, J. Mohan, The Logic of Charity: Great Expectations in Hard Times, page 34:

     Similar 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.