Readers react to foul odour at Tesco on Mill Wood Drive

A foul odour has been greeting shoppers at the entrance of the Tesco Superstore on Mill Wood Drive, Warndon Villages.

Dean Bowkett, of Cobden Avenue, previously raised issues with a foul smell plaguing shoppers at the supermarket in 2017.

And the bad smell has returned with Mr Bowkett saying it is "at its worst" by the entrance of the supermarket.

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Tracy Winter said, "she never goes in there “due to the smell making her "feel sick".

She said: "It has always smelt bad I never go there now made me feel sick from the smell."

Sarah lane shared her sympathy for the staff "that have to work with the smell every day."

She said: "It has always smelt bad in there, feel for the staff that have to work with the smell every day."

Cllr Andrew Roberts, of Warndon Parish, said: "My wife and I are daily visitors here and I speak to the manager regularly.

"This supermarket fits into the community very well. There are always going to be issues but I have every faith they will resolve it as quick as they can."

Hannah Sprocket said the smell by the fresh fruit and vegetables is "disgusting".

She said: "It's been like that for years.

"Stopped using the place years ago can't be doing with raw sewage smells by fresh fruit and vegetables, it's disgusting."

Jo Hicklin added: "It smelt like rotten sewage inside the shop."

Tesco said a maintenance team is working to solve the issue at the Worcester Warndon Superstore as soon as possible and that the smell poses no health risk.

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Tesco Warndon. (Image: Newsquest)

Tesco also has a supermarket in St Peter's and there are several other Tesco Express stores also found throughout the city.

In 2017, shoppers at Tesco also complained the smell was so disgusting they were walking straight back out of the supermarket.

A spokesperson for Tesco at the time confirmed that the issue was caused by underfloor piping and that despite the foul smell, the supermarket had no hygiene concerns around food or customer health.