[JandS]

They hire out Rug Doctors at ours now, just noticed them yesterday.

John

[Carpet Dawg]

If they start promoting a "value" carpet cleaning service then we be fcked!!  lol

Seriously tho, big brand name at a cheap rate then this wont be good for most CC (putting bravado to one side)  I'm sure they'll do their market research on the pros and cons of carpet and upholstery cleaning and decided not to go down this route. Getting that quality just right while paying minum wage just anit gonna happen.

Tony

[Matt Seymour]

I'm not so sure Tony.

Tesco is a massive and trusted name and if they offer a low cost service they will have plenty of takers.

They've already successfully expanded into so many other markets and I wouldn't bet against them making a success of anything they do. If they did prove successful other supermarket giants might also follow suit.

Hopefully, they would take more business from those of the inclination to hire a Rug Doctor rather than "proper" cleaners.

[davep]

Who said they will be low cost? 

[Carpet Dawg]

No, I am agreeing with you Matt. They are a massive brand and they do provide low prices. << This part might be their down fall though!

Even if they paid the person carrying out the clean  a whole £10 an hour, the quailty of the work will be brought in to question on more than one occasion. Thats not mentioning all the problems you'll encounter if you rush a job i.e. drenched carpets and upholstery, smells, shrinkage, bacteria growth, colour bleed, leaving items to high a ph etc etc

The only way they could do it would be to go in to partnership with the likes of chemdry, and take a comession for every job generated. But with the prices chemdry charge.... maybe not right for your average Tesco penny pincher type customer lol

[Carpet Dawg]

Who said they will be low cost? 

Most likely Dave. Well atleast thats what their entire marketing stratagy is with everything else they sell anyways.

[wayne zabel]

Tesco may be low cost on certain loss leaders but there prices compared to the real LOW COST supermarkets are high.

[clinton]

If this is true whats stopping the other big so called 4 going into cleaning.

[Neil Williams]

It could work for them if they buy and sell in bulk, which is how supermarkets get their prices so low.
At the end of the day Tesco might be cheap but there are still enough people shopping at Waitrose, M&S etc which says people still don't mind paying extra for quality.
But at the end of the day I suspect it will be too much effort to justify the profit in what is really a small market place. Tyres are a different ball game, every house has at least 1 car if not 2, each car has 4 tyres and the law requires that they are kept to a certain standard at any given time.

[Derek_Walker]

I cannot see Tesco's entering the service market unless they can guarantee consistancy in their product, there are too many variables for that to happen. Offering a Rug Doctor is a better option for them, as the product stays the same but the result is down to the customer.

[John Kelly]

Don't worry about it, its only competition. I know 3 plumbers, 1 works for British Gas, 1 works for a biggish private company, the other is an independant. Guess which one is the millionaire.

[Neil Williams]

It's not about what the individual earns, it's about what the 'parent company' can earn, so i'd guess BG would be the bigger in your example.
Tescos might not pay their staff much but their turnover/profit is massive.

[Doctor Carpet (Ret'd)]

Don't even know why be are bothering to debate this.

Tesco's sell products-we sell a service.

There is a difference.

Tesco will not be entering into the provision of a carpet cleaning service.

[John Kelly]

Maybe Tesco may enter into the service sector. Even if they don't you can bet that there will be some big players who will in future. Look on the positive side with their marketing clout they may even persuade more people to actually have their carpets cleaned. Which in my view is the thing which could really benefit the industry.

[heritagecleaning]

For the record, I'm in Swindon and have not seen or heard anything about this.

[seamus campbell]

I really am begining to think that the only time CCers are happy , is when they have somthing to worry about, is this debate seriously about somthing that a company MAYBE THINKING about, Heard it all now,

[PaulKing]

The sky the sky its falling!
 

[Len Gribble]

Now if lord Peckham with Bill Gates plus Warren Buffett (who has a stake in tescos below 3%) hope you get my drift  as for SKY what can I say

[Steve Barnett (Carpet Care Plus)]

If, as has been suggested by others on this forum, there isn't enough work out there to keep carpet cleaners busy - why on earth would Tesco want to get involved.

Or, just maybe there is shed loads of work around just waiting for you to capture.

[Paolo]

If, as has been suggested by others on this forum, there isn't enough work out there to keep carpet cleaners busy - why on earth would Tesco want to get involved.

Or, just maybe there is shed loads of work around just waiting for you to capture.

Why would you bother coming onto a forum and talking complete and utter sense??