Guest 1395- Registered: 5 Nov 2014
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It will also put the squeeze on Tesco and even Aldi to some extent.
Lew Finnis
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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I think Tesco will suffer badly when Lidl open there, no tears from me though.
Guest 664- Registered: 23 Mar 2008
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Groan. Everything about this is so wrong.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Karlos- Location: Dover
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Jan Higgins
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Guest 1467- Registered: 30 Jan 2015
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Yes, they are queuing to go in, blocking the road and their car park is choc a bloc!
Guest 1395- Registered: 5 Nov 2014
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It's the lemming syndrome! Perhaps they were all hoping for opening day bargains........
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Lew Finnis
Guest 1395- Registered: 5 Nov 2014
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Went this morning as I had things I wanted to buy there. Again very busy and clearly many of those shopping had not been to a Lidl before given some of the remarks I heard! I was interested to see a couple of people getting off the 12 bus from Deal and heading into Lidl. It will be a bit of a chilly wait for the bus back in that exposed spot!
Lew Finnis
Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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We are waiting until Sunday to let the surge die down! Aldi was packed as ever this morning. People do for some reason denigrate Lidl, as far as I'm concerned it's brilliant.
Netto on the other hand was something else!
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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I won't be using it as I don't like big stores and prefer M & S for food and Poundland for the rest of the stuff I need both of which are nearly opposite each other in the town centre. I use Sainsbury's near Folkestone bus station sometimes as it seems smaller than most supermarkets and is easier to get to than Whitfield.
Guest 1395- Registered: 5 Nov 2014
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You'll have a longer walk to M&S come the Spring, Howard! Mind you, there will be a Poundland there as well.....
Lew Finnis
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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I am rather expecting Stagecoach to connect a bus service to St James Lew, at present only the 68 goes near twice an hour in the day time. With the multi screen cinema, restaurants and 24/7 gym an evening service would surely pay its way.
Latest on opening is late February so Stagecoach need to make a decision soon.
Guest 1395- Registered: 5 Nov 2014
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Howard, what it really needs is for the council to allow buses to use Cannon Street so that diverting other routes via the Market Square would not involve a lot of 'round-the-houses' routing. I remember the good old days when we had crew changes at the M&S bus stop (or Priory Street for the 97/97A) - that changed when the one-way system came in.
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Lew Finnis
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Lew you are correct those were good days from the bus windows you could see into the shops .I used to catch the bus from The Market Square back to River..If it were for buses only ??
Karlos- Location: Dover
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Car park had loads of foreign lorries in it this morning. Not sure Lidl want their car park to be a lorry park
Guest 2418- Registered: 14 Dec 2017
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It's become a migrant drop off point just wait until St James opens
Chris- Forum Admin
- Location: Dover
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PaulineQuick wrote:It's become a migrant drop off point just wait until St James opens
Isn't it more likely they're just using it as somewhere to sleep overnight?
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Guest 1713- Registered: 14 Mar 2016
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Drove past the store on the way to work atogether about 6 am this morning their car park had about 7 hgv's parked up I guess they'don't been there all night as their curtains were drawn. I saw one of the drivers having a leak in full view....
Andy B
- Location: dover
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Taking a Pidl in Lidl.
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