Wednesday 12 September 2012

Tesco Tenbury Update.

It seems that the contract to build a new store in Tenbury Wells still hasn't been agreed.

Two further obstacles still need to be overcome.  One is a land ownership query, and the other is about footpath maintenance.

Tesco are still committed to the site and hope to have the store open by Christmas 2013.

27 comments:

Welsh Wizard said...

Footpath maintenance???.....Does this mean they dont want to contribute to the Public Realm work ?
Tesco opened by Christmas 2013.....Tenbury High Street shut by Easter 2013 !!!!

@WR15 said...

Not the Public realm work.

Now you predict the high street will die 9 months before Tesco's open!

Lucky they are coming then.

Mr. Longbeard said...

@WR15 ROFL.

And now sits back and waits for the "Tesco is causing serious accidents" posts in light of the latest Advertiser front page.

:popcorn:

No Beard said...

Footpath maintenance?

Are they looking into it now that they realise that they need to strengthen the pavements to get their massive juggernauts through?

Shouldn't of this been accounted for during the application?

Yea the town will die at Easter when they close everything off to build the store.

@WR15 said...

..of the Riverside Footpath.

Massive juggernauts! They're smaller than the lorries we see all day picking their way through Tenbury.

No Beard said...

and how do you know what size lorry tesco will be delivering with? they have massive ones too

@WR15 said...

I don't suppose you bothered to read the planning permission documents then! I'm not surprised!

No Beard said...

ye they can say one thing then do another now they got in.

like they have done so many times before. I think Stourport comes to mind where they just dropped tools and left it mid build. When they promised to re develop the roads round it. I may be wrong on the town/city but you get the idea.

And you never answered my question on shouldn't of this been discussed during the planning process.

@WR15 said...

It was.

The delay now is because the surface of the riverside walk have been upgraded from tarmac, but the amount budgeted for maintenance is based on tarmac so needs revising. Not a big deal, but needs doing before the contract is signed.

Anonymous said...

maybe tesco should just scrap their store plans and set up shop in another town where they are wanted. oh wait they are never wanted.

@WR15 said...

You are right. In every town there is a vocal minority who speak with absolute certainty.

Anonymous said...

minority?

i think you'll find its the majority

@WR15 said...

Deluded to the very end!

Anonymous said...

i know you are but what am i?

@WR15 said...

On the losing side.

Where was the judicial review?

Anonymous said...

in the court room. weren't you there? they decided that tesco is a money grabbing company that doesn't care about local independent shops

@WR15 said...

So they overturned the Tenbury planning permission then? Not.

Mr. Longbeard said...

I would guess the TF bunch couldn't come up with the support or funding to launch the threatened judicial review, odd given the majority support they claim to wield against Tesco.......

Ian said...

That sounds like a strange courtroom - they don't usually peddle prejudices.

Short Beard said...

It seems that the contract to build a new store in Tenbury Wells still hasn't been agreed.

Where was the judicial review?

Surely the contract has to be signed before a judicial review to proceed.

Ian said...

I should think that it would be a JR of the decision to grant permission - whether or not a contract is signed consequent to the decision.

Bumblebee said...

Just tuned-in to this thread.. Still a very emotive topic in the town then..

I see that Tesco are having financial difficulties today and have posted their first operating loss for 20 years..

Interestingly, their operations in the far east have either closed or are shrinking and their operation in the US is in dire straits with huge financial losses as the Guardian states:

"... For a second time Tesco has put the brakes on the rate of store openings and is concentrating on turning a profit from the stores it already has. At present only a third of Fresh & Easy stores are profitable. "We need more from Fresh & Easy," said Clarke (chairman)."

Guardian article: "Tesco profits fall for first time in almost 20 years." (3rd Oct, 2012).

I wonder if all of this uncertainty is also affecting Tesco's hard and fast commitment to the Tenbury site and giving them the jitters?

Anonymous said...

people in tenbury wants to open there eyes never mind the size of tesco lorries what about the size off the tractors and trailers coming through town nobody says anythink about that .

Anonymous said...

why does tesco av to do everthing bet the council are rubbing there hands together.

Anonymous said...

Tesco 6 monthly profits may be down but that is down to more people going to aldi and lidl. aldi profits are up 200 per cent BUT TESCO ARE STILL in profit
MR bumble bee what would u had said if it was a aldi coming to tenbury it would of cause problems with traffic etc thank god tesco is still coming oops i forgot bumblebee you shop at aldi

Anonymous said...

Tesco has over-milked the British shopper cash-cow and lost corporate respect for its customers in the process, in part because the details in the Dunnhumby Clubcard data allowed Tesco to paper over the cracks and take advantage. In return, I, and many other shoppers, have lost all faith in the fairness of Tesco pricing and promotions. I now often check the price of basic goods and promotions on my smartphone to see whether Tesco is trying to rip me off. Should customers be reduced to this level of distrust, even when buying a tin of tuna? This level of distrust is terribly damaging to a brand and profitability.

Anonymous said...


Is this progress in the same way that creating "too big to fail banks" was supposed to be progress? How sustainable is the business model of these supermarkets? I heard Tesco is in trouble. Lets wait and see.......