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The proposed new store will be environmentally friendly incorporating a sustainable timber frame and glass structure, providing a modern, contemporary feel. It will include 94 car parking spaces and a host of energy saving features that will help to reduce the store’s carbon footprint and ensure maximum energy efficiency.
Monday, 17 May 2010
Tenbury Tesco - Artist Impression
The proposed new store will be environmentally friendly incorporating a sustainable timber frame and glass structure, providing a modern, contemporary feel. It will include 94 car parking spaces and a host of energy saving features that will help to reduce the store’s carbon footprint and ensure maximum energy efficiency.
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Yuk !!
what is wrong with it .there is more eyesore shops in the town the ones that are empty they are a disgrace.
It explodes the myth that supermarkets offer the customer real 'choice' in the products they offer and that they are being more environmentally friendly, as they waste vasts amounts of fuel with their transportation policies, both at home and abroad. They also throw away perfectly edible fruit and vegetables because they don't meet 'their' standards and 'fine' suppliers £25 for each product returned to them by customers, even if the bag (such as on potatoes) splits by accident.
Stories of apples that are stored for up to a year in special bunkers, which diminish their nutritional value. Fruit and veg farmers paid virtually nothing for their labours and having the prices agreed for their produce cut by the supermarkets even after a price is agreed and they've gone ahead and planted them. Appears to be for no reason at all other than the bottom line....profit and sheer naked greed, although the supermarkets claim this is 'necessary' because of 'competitiors' forcing them to lower their prices, which (of course) they must pass on.
Ever thought about the effect of those tiny trays of mangetout imported from Kenya and other distant places have on the enviromnent? The packaging is transported by air from the UK. Packing sheds of poorly paid local labour tie beans into neat little bundles, seal them in trays and which are then flown back to the UK. That's 2,000 miles for the vegetables and 4,000 miles for the packaging! All that travel can be claimed as a 'business expense'.
After reading this, I stopped buying fruit and veg from suprmarkets and use my local high street grocers more. Better quality, lower prices and they haven't travelled so far. I'm sure you'll think about doing the same.
Traders in a Shropshire market town today claimed the opening of a supermarket nearby has sounded a death knell for independent shops.Bosses at some town centre shops in Ellesmere say they are losing customers or even closing down in the wake of Tesco opening a store at the canal wharf in July.Today it emerged the last independent greengrocer in the town – Eden Fruit & Veg – is facing the axe.
Lee McArthur, owner of the Cross Street shop, today revealed his business may not survive into October, adding that four part-time jobs are under threat.
He said the business, which opened three years ago, has suffered after being deserted by shoppers who have taken their custom to the supermarket.
Mr McArthur, 35, said: “We may very well have to close and I’m trying to hold on as long as I can but with the overheads I’m giving it to the end of this month before I decide.
“The fact that Tesco has moved into town has made a noticeable difference to us and I’ve just lost faith in shoppers. Trade is going down on a daily basis – the town’s a shadow of its former self.”
Don't let this happen in Tenbury
Why would people want Tenbury to be full on empty, ugly boarded up shops!?
We as a community should be supporting our local businesses and keep Tenbury the unique and special town that it is. Yes, jobs may be created, but many more will be lost, when the small beneficial shops go out of business, you know them ones which have been there 4 years and its their life! Have some consideration! Tenburys future doesn't involve a superstore, more money for a huge company to benefit on?
I agree that we all have a right of choice on our highstreet, but thats going to be the choice of seeing all the other traders and jobs gone within the area.
Dear Anonymous "It explodes the myth"
Some of your facts are wrong, others are out of date.
For instance where do you think the apples that you buy in the high street greengrocer have been since they were harvested? Answer: In the same bunker!
I could go on........
been and had a look at the plans it will improve the eye sore 100%
good luck tesco
all the people who are against want to open their eyes and what it will mean for tenbury a future with it
or a dead town with out it and the last person to leave please turn the light out
Of course, there’s always the possibility that if some Tenbury people succeed in stopping Tesco they (Tesco) may decide to go elsewhere – but nearby. Just think of the effect a Tesco in Buford would have on Tenbury. Now that really would be something to worry about! At a stroke, any adverse consequences (real or imagined) of a Tesco in Tenbury would be many, many, many times worse.
Where in Burford ?
The thought was that if/when the housing in Burford was extended onto the old show site field, a shop would be included in the scheme, probably a Tesco express, but now I wonder.
Could it be that Tesco's have proposed a store on the cattle market site because they have to consider a brown field in town site in the first instance (due to regulations) but if it fails, this leaves them open to consider other options. Tesco's have only a small share of the 'local' market. They have a large store at Kidderminster, and two in Worcester, only a small store in Ludlow and another in Ledbury. This leaves a huge area unserved.
Could a large store in the Tenbury, Ludlow, Leominster triangle solve this problem.
Nowhere spring to mind as a location, but who knows how resourceful they could be.
I went to see the exhibition today . . . and was rather amazed to find a lady ranting and raving at the very courteous and patient Tesco representatives ("It's a done deal." "The Council is in the bag." "Whatever we say will be completely ignored.") I simply wonder why she bothered to go in the first place. Beats me!
The more I think about it the more I think that the Tesco plan will fail on highways issues.
Simply the access is a problem, the interaction between Tesco shoppers, Tesco deliveries, Spar Shoppers & Spar deliveries just doesn't work (and the possibility of additional traffic once Temeside House has been redeveloped as a Commercial property).
The car park just isn't big enough.
100 Parking Spaces sounds a lot, but take away 6 for Temeside House, 15 for staff (assuming many walk to work), another 10 because you will have to reduce the on-street parking at that end of town. Then work out how long a shop takes, (getting out of the car, finding a trolley, shopping, checkout, unloading the trolley, returning the trolley etc and allow for the fact that the Car Park will be available for some shoppers to also shop in Town. The result. Gridlock!
That was princely one of the issues I raised at the consultation. The north end of town is going to be very busy if this goes ahead. The staff on duty very helpfully indicated proposed alterations to the junction with the A456 so as to enable better left/right segregation for traffic heading north from the bridge. Be that as it may, there is little that can be done to relieve the difficulties presented by the carriageway on the bridge itself. So, is it the Burford option and doom for Tenbury?
Ian, I wonder if you went at the same time as me today... When I went in a lady was ranting about "it's not what's good for Tenbury, it's what's good for Tesco" etc... Well of course it's what's good for Tesco, it's a business after all, but also it can be good for Tenbury. I went in because I was interested to see the layout plans, and was pleased to see a ballot box, where I put my "Yes." To the poster asking "where in Burford", I know there has been talk previously of a Tesco Express and Petrol station on the old showground - There's certainly room for a big one instead though.
I see our new MP is protesting that she will continue to shop at independent stores (today's Advertiser). Does she never use supermarkets or high street chains? Never? Ever?
i dont no what the fuss is all about lets have a tesco is the shop keepers frightend of competition that they might have to bring there prices down .and talk of our MPnot shopping in a supermarket what a load of rubbish.and the lorries coming one or two per week look at it now spar and bowketts have big lorries so i dont think that matters.tenbury wants to look to the future there is nothing in tenbury no clothes shops no record shops and not even a proper chemist.
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