Tesco gets flak for disorder at Black Friday sales

London

TESCO Plc, the beleaguered UK supermarket leader, drew criticism from shoppers and police chiefs on Friday after its Black Friday discounts led to officers being called to stores and its website struggling to cope.

Police attended incidents at seven Tesco stores in the Greater Manchester area of north-west England after large crowds built outside, bringing a rebuke from the region's chief constable Peter Fahy and his deputy Ian Hopkins.