Wall to Wall TV, the producers of the BBC family history programme Who Do You Think You Are, are producing a new programme about supermarkets. They are looking for a community that would like to set up their own supermarket, where the shoppers themselves would decide what food is stocked and where that food comes from. Members of the supermarket would even work a few hours a month on the project ...
Local Economy's Posts on Dawlish Discussion
6 Mar 2008
I wasn't talking about ethics, I was talking about the cheap supply of food. Although I agree that the two are linked.
3 Feb 2008
Yes, a supermarket will stop the trek to Newton or Exeter but it will also bring more cars to us here, in Dawlish. Swings and roundabouts if you ask me. Money will go out of the local economy and into Mr Sainsbury's pockets. 1. From the tourists and 2. From those who live here. Jobs? I have an open mind on how many and how well paid etc. However, let's see if we can guess where a lot of that ...
4 Jan 2008
If Dawlish had a proper Farmers' Market it might also draw people in from surrounding villages plus tourists in the holiday season. This would knock spots of the so called attractions of a supermarket because: 1. All food would be fresh and locally produced. 2. All monies spent would go back into the local economy.