Tesco to sell Viagra
Supermarket to sell cut-price impotence drug
UP FOR IT: Tesco will now sell Viagra
STRUGGLING with the meat and two veg? Tesco staff can point you in the right direction.
For the supermarket giant will provide blokes with a little help between the sheets - by selling Viagra.
Tesco - whose slogan is "Every Little Helps" - is the first supermarket in the country to offer the anti-impotence pills without the need for a prescription from their doctor.
It means men with erectile dysfunction will be able to pick up the blue tablets with their groceries - and Tesco for it all night long.
But one thing that won't be on the rise, is the price. Supermarket bosses intend to sell eight tablets for the cut-price of ?52 - that's down from the usual price of ?55 for four.
Tesco's pharmacy managers have also undergone special training courses to make sure they can handle chaps who have put Viagra on their shopping lust.
It means staff will be able to deal with overconfident men or blokes who are too shy and nervous about asking for the drugs.
A source said: "The pharmacists had three-hour training courses on how to handle the different scenarios dealing with customers. This training wasn't so much about the medical side but more on how to handle men asking for Viagra.
"Trainers posed as a man coming into the store, confidently sitting down, saying he wasn't able to perform a sex act and using a slang term to describe it.
"A second scenario saw an older man who was very nervous and couldn't get his words out."
Tesco last night confirmed that Viagra would be on sale from September 27 in 300 stores across the UK.
Shona Scott, Tesco commercial manager for pharmacy services, said: "The service is available to men aged between 40 and 65.
"They will have to complete a questionnaire and we will then carry out a blood pressure test, diabetes screen and cholesterol test."
Erectile dysfunction affects around 2.3 million men in the UK.
Half of all men over 40 will experience it at some point in their lives.
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Supermarket to sell cut-price impotence drug
UP FOR IT: Tesco will now sell Viagra
STRUGGLING with the meat and two veg? Tesco staff can point you in the right direction.
For the supermarket giant will provide blokes with a little help between the sheets - by selling Viagra.
Tesco - whose slogan is "Every Little Helps" - is the first supermarket in the country to offer the anti-impotence pills without the need for a prescription from their doctor.
It means men with erectile dysfunction will be able to pick up the blue tablets with their groceries - and Tesco for it all night long.
But one thing that won't be on the rise, is the price. Supermarket bosses intend to sell eight tablets for the cut-price of ?52 - that's down from the usual price of ?55 for four.
Tesco's pharmacy managers have also undergone special training courses to make sure they can handle chaps who have put Viagra on their shopping lust.
It means staff will be able to deal with overconfident men or blokes who are too shy and nervous about asking for the drugs.
A source said: "The pharmacists had three-hour training courses on how to handle the different scenarios dealing with customers. This training wasn't so much about the medical side but more on how to handle men asking for Viagra.
"Trainers posed as a man coming into the store, confidently sitting down, saying he wasn't able to perform a sex act and using a slang term to describe it.
"A second scenario saw an older man who was very nervous and couldn't get his words out."
Tesco last night confirmed that Viagra would be on sale from September 27 in 300 stores across the UK.
Shona Scott, Tesco commercial manager for pharmacy services, said: "The service is available to men aged between 40 and 65.
"They will have to complete a questionnaire and we will then carry out a blood pressure test, diabetes screen and cholesterol test."
Erectile dysfunction affects around 2.3 million men in the UK.
Half of all men over 40 will experience it at some point in their lives.
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