tesco

panther · 25-01-2008, 12:24

looks like we are gonna get a tesco.........
Tesco Supermarket For Accrington Town Centre (from Lancashire Telegraph)
at least it will create 450 jobs

, feel sorry for the small businesses if it does go ahead, also asda will have competition

lancsdave · 25-01-2008, 12:35

£32 million... well at least it's trebled the value of the town

cashman · 25-01-2008, 12:35

good will save me trailing to blackburn every monday, asda has always been a last resort for me,

hope it goes ahead.

entwisi · 25-01-2008, 13:00

We should make them sponsor Stanley for £4£ with what it costs to build

Stanleymad · 25-01-2008, 13:29

Cheeky Entwisi hehehehehe

Think its a good idea more choice & compo for accy plus jobs, btw any idea on when they will be recruiting, nothing on their site atm about it??

jackyalex · 25-01-2008, 13:32

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Originally Posted by Stanleymad

Cheeky Entwisi hehehehehe

Think its a good idea more choice & compo for accy plus jobs, btw any idea on when they will be recruiting, nothing on their site atm about it??

shouldnt be long, buildings seem to go up overnight nowadays, you could send them an email if your interested

Stanleymad · 25-01-2008, 13:41

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Originally Posted by jackyalex

shouldnt be long, buildings seem to go up overnight nowadays, you could send them an email if your interested

That'll be good, will do Thanks Jacky

thomas.lee · 25-01-2008, 13:51

Personally I think its a bad idea. Accrington isn't big enough for two leading supermarkets. One of them will end up having to close due to lack of custom, aswel as the very few small stores around Accrington these days. They should bulldoze the whole town.

pipinfort · 25-01-2008, 13:52

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Originally Posted by cashman

good will save me trailing to blackburn every monday, asda has always been a last resort for me,

hope it goes ahead.

Here, Here, we trail to the haslingden one and like it very much.

jackyalex · 25-01-2008, 13:56

i like going to all of the shops and supermarkets, i can get some things cheaper in some shops than i can in a supermarket, but i like the deals some supermarkets do, i dont stick to one shop or supermarket, but thats usually because there deals drag me in

howarth · 25-01-2008, 14:15

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Originally Posted by cashman

good will save me trailing to blackburn every monday, asda has always been a last resort for me,

hope it goes ahead.

Yeh me too, I work in the Burnley store hopping for an internal transfer maybe

panther · 25-01-2008, 14:18

hold ya horses!!, they have only submitted the planning application, it might not get approved yet!, we will have to wait and see

andrewb · 25-01-2008, 16:28

I hope it isn't approved. I want the council to focus on Accrington being a good interesting, unique marketplace, not a clone of every other chainstore town where the supermarkets have a stranglehold.

lancsdave · 25-01-2008, 16:52

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Originally Posted by Cyfr

I want the council to focus on Accrington being a good interesting, unique marketplace, not a clone of every other chainstore town where the supermarkets have a stranglehold.

Don't most dying small towns in this area say that though. The more I walk round Accrington town centre the more I see why pound shops and charity shops are the only shops to benefit from any trade left in the town.

Acrylic-bob · 26-01-2008, 14:16

It is not unheard of for an applicant to offer a "sweetner" to the planning authority in cases like this. I wonder what Tesco have offered HBC, new Council Offices perhaps? Or am I just being too cynical by half? This proposal will put the final nail in the coffin for Accy Market. As for the 400-odd jobs that will be created, well, you just know that the vast majority of them will go to people who live outside the borough.