Tescoization

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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.