more:
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3670438
11:54am (UK)
Tesco and Go - Free Cabs for Shoppers
By Graham Hiscott, Consumer Affairs Correspondent, PA News
Supermarket chain Tesco today announced a free taxi service for shoppers.
Customers can get a cab to anywhere in central London, regardless of how little they spent in store, as part of a four-week trial.
Tesco insists the scheme is not a gimmick and may extend it to the rest of the country.
However, the service is limited to just 20 Tesco-branded black cabs operated by Radio Taxis in the capital.
If shoppers are lucky enough to spot one of the cars they can hail it down, show the driver their Tesco receipt and be taken anywhere in zones one and two in the capital.
Otherwise customers can call a special taxi hotline (020 7561 5044) and request one of the 20 cabs.
The service will be available between 11am and 7pm, Monday to Friday.
A Tesco spokesman said: “The Tesco Taxi Service is the first from a UK retailer and is another way of making life easier for our London customers.
We’re happy to be able to provide a free ride home for our customers, so that even if they want to do a big shop in their local London Tesco, they won’t have to worry about getting it home.”
Tesco were unable to give an approximate time of how long customers may have to wait for a Tesco-branded cab after calling the hotline.
and a picture of one of the cabs in this article:
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/topstories/display.var.539350.0.tesco_shoppers_get_free_cab_home.php
You would have thought they would have done it so if you spent over £50 you get a free cab. i cant see it lasting without a minimum spend. seems daft that i can go into tesco, buy a newspaper and get a free cab in to the city.