Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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23 October 2009
20:2031322TODAY. Princes corned beef. FARMFOODS £1.09 340g tin, (I bought a tin today), TESCO £1.53 340g tin! Why the big difference? Not the first top branded item I`ve noticed either.
Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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23 October 2009
20:2631323sounds par for the course colin, tesco provide a service beloved by many and pay a fortune for advertising.
when do you see farmfoods on the box?
Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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23 October 2009
21:3531326DIDNT TESCOS get done for saying there stuff was cheaper than asda/morrisons etc when in fact it wasnt
Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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23 October 2009
21:4531330Par for the course keef. If you visited 4 different supermarkets you could save a bundle, but then you have to think of peterol costs.
You get stiched up either way and they know it. You lose.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
23 October 2009
21:4631331BUT - Howard is right: Tesco rely on being popular throguh familiarity, when Aldi and Farmfoods can be cheaper and just as reliable and diverse.
Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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23 October 2009
22:0231335Without trying to defend Tesco(as i'm no fan of theres)
You can get most of your shopping at Tesco's
but you couldn't at Aldi's/Farm foods.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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23 October 2009
22:1031337the funny thing is that one can park for free and utilise the shops netto, the petfood people, farm foods and the pound people without driving all the way to whitfield.
i do most of my food shopping(the bulk stuff) in sainsburys folkestone(town centre), just the right size of supermarket for me.
don't need a map and sat nav to walk around it.
the rest in dover town for high quality meat and fruit and veg.
Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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23 October 2009
22:1431339HOWARD
A very sensible move(can see how you became assoc editor now lol)
and sainsburys folk 2 mins walk from bus station
24 October 2009
09:0131357I know the argument about convenience and getting all your shopping in one place, but that is such a boy thing: get it over with. There is pleasure to be had and social interactions to be made in shopping, it isn't just a chore, although it is that as well! We have been made to feel we have to race around and "get things done" - well, at work that may be the case (it is with me!) but shopping, cleaning all the gribbly bits, they can be sources of fun and pleasure......no, really! Fir those with children they are fabulous opportunities to interact and teach, for others the chance to acieve something and have a chat. So running uop and down the aisles at tesco seems a poor substitute.
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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24 October 2009
09:2931359I just hate shopping Bern.
I get mine done over the internet and delivered every fortnight, got a delivery expected today between 3pm and 4pm after my pub luch, I then just top up with fresh stuff in the town, salad, veg, fruit every other Saturday. Life is too short to be jostled in the supermarket and then having to Que urrrgggh to that...
24 October 2009
10:2231365Exactly - jostled in the supermarket. Not served in a local shop where you can take your time and chat if you want to. I also like internet shopping for the reduced hassle, but it is no substitute for the personal intercation and recognition to be had in local shops.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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24 October 2009
11:2731368i am with bern on this one, i like the interaction that happens in a small shop.
i wonder how much time people save using the large supermarkets?
they queue to get in the car park, walk to the shop, use their orienteering degree to find what they want.
then do it all again to get out and get home.
24 October 2009
12:0931370Absolutely - it is made to appear a better option but it really isn't when you factor that lot in and take away the other beneits like human contact.......
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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24 October 2009
12:1131371But then I would prefer my human contact over a pint in the pub rather that trailing around a shop.
24 October 2009
12:2431372How about as well as................
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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24 October 2009
16:0331385To my mind, we should all try to shop local - whatever it might be: having a drink or something to eat, fresh fruit and veg at the Market Square, quality mens and ladies clothes can be bought here, quality gifts too - try Dover first.
We can hardly grumble at the state of the shops if we don't support them - can we ?
I do think the Town could be brighter (apart from today and the weather !), cleaner and more welcoming.
I know I used to say it when I ran the Dover Loyalty Scheme, but it really is a case of "use it, or lose it" - shop local.
Roger
24 October 2009
17:2931391Hear hear - make the most of what we have and let the supermarkets wither!!
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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24 October 2009
18:0031393Bern there is no sign of the supermarkets withering. They are on the up bigtime, and with each passing year they just increase turnover and of course profits. But most importantly turnover, with absolutely everyone going through their doors even though they might pretend otherwise.
There are, as we speak, a number of them jostling for position even in little ol Dover. As well as that, the rather humble Somerfield is morphing into the Co-Op...perhaps with the intention of expanding further into the section of the store once occupied by Peacocks. Was in there today and half the shelves are filled with Co-Op stuff which I was unaware of..although on reflection I think I remember something on the news some time back.
There appears to be no chance for the smaller shop, because everybody has deserted them in serious droves. People dont use them, so they lose them, as Roger would say....but here is the thing, they dont really care either. They actually prefer Tesco and Morrison despite one or two voices calling in the wilderness for the status quo.
The only smaller shop that can survive now is the shop that specialises in something. How even shops like smaller menswear outfitters in the town survive is beyond me..there is one for example opposite Wetherspoons and when their older clientele die off they will bite the dust along with the clientele. There is no hope for them.
The only hope, in my view anyway, for the centre of town was/is the ASDA DEVELOPMENT. This will bring a mass amount of people into town and should in theory bring prosperity. There will be casualties with local shops but there will also be opportunities for other businesses to take off as satellite stores around ASDA.
To show where the market is going. Which direction would you invest your family life savings in...future growth with ASDA or future growth with the small mens outfitters?
The people here in Dover at DDC who wanted to work WITH Asda had the right idea. No point in standing in the path of a galloping train..best to buy a ticket and climb onboard.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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24 October 2009
19:2431399that is rather a different issue paul, asda will be right in the thick of things, bring people into town to use the pubs and cafes.
as an example, there is a cafe next to sainsburys in folkestone, always busy, full of people with sainsbury carrier bags.
the co-op bought up somerfields a long time ago, they have left our branch to nearly last to make the changes.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
24 October 2009
19:2731401and dont forget the card cloning and the extended fraud on some internet sites.