So presumably the store will fail and they will close it. Sounds like you have nothing to worry about.

I fail to understand why these campaigns against big stores always claim to have lot of local support when clearly they do not because once the stores open they always thrive and get lots of customers.

the previous two commenters clearly have no idea about supermarket expansion policy and in a few years' time will probably be moaning about the dearth of independent shops (bakers, newsagents, delis, cafes etc etc) in martson or indeed anywhere else, without any clue that the supermarkets they dearly love SO much are responsible for clone towns.

re marston, good luck with the struggle, here in brighton we held up a supermarket for quite a long time last year although we were ultimately unsuccesful. they're hard to beat!

why not squat the building?

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"here in brighton we held up a supermarket for quite a long time last year although we were ultimately unsuccesful."


Yes because the local people wanted it while trendy newcomers did not.

"the previous two commenters clearly have no idea about supermarket expansion policy "

How lucky that we have you here to guide the local people to the decision that you approve of.

>> the previous two commenters clearly have no idea about supermarket expansion policy and in a few years' time will probably be moaning about the dearth of independent shops (bakers, newsagents, delis, cafes etc etc) in martson or indeed anywhere else, without any clue that the supermarkets they dearly love SO much are responsible for clone towns.

You've dismissed the points and concerns the commenters had without any explanation.
That is very poor and just shows your are politically motivated by your own agenda rather than care about the residents.

We have a tesco that opened in our nest of villages. There was many concerns.
Fact is, I now just have to drive less distance to get to a supermarket (saving fuel), and it actually takes more TOWARDS the village, so I find I actually go and use the 2 butchers (who have better quality meat) more than before because they are near the supermarket.

So, in reality, I use the local shops more because of the Tescos, rather than driving the opposite way and using them less. How do you account so that smarty pants?

> So, in reality, I use the local shops more because of the Tescos, rather than driving the opposite way and using them less.

Good for you. But perhaps your behaviour is atypical? There seems to be a lot of evidence that links the opening on a large supermarket with a decline in trade for smaller local shops. This seems to be true a many different scales, and has been discovered in many studies - including studies that by organisations that are not anti-supermarket (most of which are available on the internet if you want to take the time).

> How do you account so that smarty pants?

By suggesting that not everybody behaves in the same way as you.