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Tesco is not cheap though.
Simon E - Member
Tesco built a store in Stockport. It was subsequently found to be alot bigger than they were giving original planning permission for.
Deja vu. They did the same with the massive Tesco Extra in Shrewsbury. Shropshire Council rolled over and said "no problem" to retro planning permission.
Supermarkets are big enough to bully suppliers and force other retailers into closure. If you're either of those you may have a very different perspective to shoppers or shareholders.
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The one quoted in Shrewsbury, is on a brownfield site the home to the old cattle market, Tesco then built a brand new one just up the road, sadly they built a stupuidly small roundabout to get into the catle market, Tesco also created a lot of work on the site, as well as in the shop,pity they didnt have anything to do wuith the stupid troad system outside that resulted in a death last year.
Oh and there is the pub that caught fire and was knocked down to be rebuilt as a new supermarket for a rival retailer to Tesco.
There is a mini Tesco (Express?) a mile or so towards town, in Ditherington. The new Tesco Extra is on the cattle market, the old Tesco site off Featherbed Lane is now bare concrete and tarmac. There is a crossroads with a set of lights at the entrance to the big Tesco Extra, it can be a long wait to get out while the lights go through their 4-way cycle.
Tesco may have created work (for whom?) but they still flouted the planning laws, as they have done elsewhere. Shropshire Council are puppets (or muppets).
The money people spend at Tesco would have been spent somewhere else, one store doesn't magically create money in people's pockets. Is it a coincidence that there are more boarded-up shops in the town centre than I can ever recall. I was working nearby Lancaster Road when the new store opened and Tesco were providing free buses to transport people to the store from other parts of the county. How can anyone compete with that?
Rumour was that the empty pub on the corner was set on fire deliberately, twice IIRC, enabling Lidl to acquire the site earlier than they would otherwise have done.
There is one down the road from me, convenient and open late. I'm into my third month going everywhere else but tesco's. I abhor their treatment of producers. I might not be changing the world, they might not notice my little boycott but by gods I sleep better and the smugness is worth the extra effort spending money at independents.