divabot

Tesco is well known for that and your complaint to them will likely only get their standard reply, which is that you should specify long sell-by date for the items (there's a place for special instructions by item on the order form if you click through to that). If you don't say, they don't give you more than a few days. In their defense, it's still the common practice here to shop at least once a week, and to freeze ready meals that you don't plan on eating very soon. So for most of their customers it's no problem at all.

BTW you don't have to brave the Saturday crowds -- or rather you can pick an off Friday or Saturday night and go when everyone is out at pubs and clubs. It's rather empty then and shopping is a breeze.