Different shop branch on bank statement

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I often shop at Tesco and lots of times the actual address i shopped at is different on my bank statement. Sometimes the correct address is shown and other times its at a branch nearby that i havent shopped in!

Same goes for Greggs too.

Anyone else notice this on their statements?

The amounts tally with what i have spent. Its just that the branch on occasions is wrong.
 
I know absolutely nothing so I'm just guessing, however I just assume for the likes of Tesco a cluster of stores will share banking and payment gateway services, otherwise it'll be an admin nightmare (or more of one).

A lot of chains are franchised too (Subway, McDonalds, petrol stations), so your payment might show up related to the original store/legal entity if they run more than one store.
 
Thing is, on many occasions it will show the correct shop while at other times it doesnt?
 
Whilst shopping at Primark in Romford the address showed up as a really homophobic slur.

I guess some IT guy somewhere was being sacked or something :P

Even if i find it, i took a screen grab, i wont be able to post it im sure... lol
 
My favourite for this is KFC which the push notification shows up as Costa Coffee (but then appears correct on the statement).

The franchisee owns the two stores next to each other, so will be using the same payment systems leading to the crossover. Always makes me chuckle.
 
Bank replied saying its to do with the shops and nothing to worry about as long as i made the purchases...
 
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I can imagine what happens. Shop A has three card reader terminal things, one breaks. They report it to head office and carry on using the remaining two. Nothing happens. Then another one breaks, they report it again and nothing happens but they're feeling a bit at risk, only having one working. So Sharon phones up her mate George at the nearby branch and asks him to bring their spare one over.
 
Feek said:
I can imagine what happens. Shop A has three card reader terminal things, one breaks. They report it to head office and carry on using the remaining two. Nothing happens. Then another one breaks, they report it again and nothing happens but they're feeling a bit at risk, only having one working. So Sharon phones up her mate George at the nearby branch and asks him to bring their spare one over.
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That wasn't allowed where I worked, we told them that the card readers had to match up with the company doing the transactions. We had an SLA where by card machines were swapped out in a timely matter (we had many spare read to roll out).

I can see maybe other companies doing it though.
 
Oh yes, I'm talking about within the same company, not just some totally different shop.

In my example, Sharon works in the small Greggs in Woodbridge, George works in the much larger branch of Greggs in Ipswich.
 
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