Shoppers have been left disgusted by a vile sewage stench which has been plaguing a Tesco supermarket for the last six years. <br /><br />Customers at the Warndon superstore in Worcester say they have been left feeling sick by the 'gross poo smell' which lingers throughout the branch.<br /> <br />Complaints were first made about the smell of raw sewage wafting throughout the shop back in 2017, which was believed to be down to drainage issues.<br /><br />But locals have noticed it again more than usual in the last couple of months and say it's putting them off buying their weekly fruit and veg. <br /><br />Disgruntled shoppers say they have to hold their noses while they shop to stop them getting a whiff of the overpowering pong. <br /><br />Peter Vanderweele said he boycotted the supermarket after the first outbreak and had only just started going back when he noticed it again.<br /><br />Peter, from Worcester, said it now stinks throughout the entire store and added: "It puts you off - full stop.<br /><br />"You would not go in a pub with that smell, but it appears to be worse as they are selling food, not just food in tins and jars but fresh food.<br /><br />"When it happened before, I stopped going there, and it took years for me to go back.<br /><br />"They don't even have something on the door which says it smells horrible.<br /><br />"It hangs over all the store. I just thought it could not go on like this."<br /><br />Joanne Hardwick, 53, of Warndon, said: “I’ve noticed the smell, it hits you as you walk in. <br /><br />"It smells like drains and they don’t even offer any discounts to compensate. <br /><br />“I notice it all the time, especially near the veg and fruit. <br /><br />“It's not particular hot either today. It’s been smelling for a month. I'm thinking if it was hot it would make it worse. <br /><br />“I still go as it’s convenient for me. It does need to be sorted. It's not nice at all.” <br /><br />Jean Jones, 66, of Warndon, said the smell puts her off buying fresh food on her weekly shop. <br /><br />Jean said: “You have to hold your nose as you shop. I’ve been going to this store for over two years and have noticed it before. <br /><br />"There needs to be some investigations done by Tesco but I still want to shop there. <br /><br />"It does smell like sewage. I could smell it near the vegetables and the fruit. It's near the toilet. <br /><br />“It does put me off buying the fruit and veg there. <br /><br />"It could be the farmers spraying the fields. You should really shut the store and investigate it.” <br /><br />Tim Potter, 41, of St John's, Worcester, said: "It's like a gross poo smell. Nobody wants to do their shopping with that lingering around. I'll go elsewhere now."<br /><br />Mike LeRoy, 72, of Warndon, said: "As long as the items you pick up to buy don't smell horrible then I reckon it's ok. <br /><br />"My wife does the shopping anyway so she can put up with the smell."<br /><br />Chris Mander, 62, said she had no choice but to put up with the stench as it was the only shop for miles. <br /><br />She said: "When you walk in you really notice the sewage stench. But even with the sewage smell it's the nearest shop we know from my grandkid's home.
