General Discussion
Why don't you ask the Chamber of Trade?
And take a look at the latest edition of Devon Talk. It's got a 8 page special supplement dedicated to local produce and services. On page 2 it lists the Farmers' Markets in the county. There's quite a few. Must be a successful way of selling local produce else there wouldn't be so many of 'em. Can't wait for Dawlish to have its market. Like it says in the mag "Buying your fresh produce locally ...
Let's get some more allotments then.
Which is exactly what the proposed supermarket will do.
Don't forget DIG FOR VICTORY! Let's get some WWII spirit going. As for supermarkets - like Private Jones says in Dad's Army - stick it up 'em.
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 ...
Could this happen here I wonder? Sainsbury’s shop plan sent packing Sainsbury’s plans to build a supermarket in Wombourne have been thrown out after councillors were told the store would “bleed dry” village traders and shopkeepers in nearby towns. Planners on South Staffordshire District Council had recommended approval of the proposals for a former industrial site in Heath Mill Road. But last ...
I wasn't talking about ethics, I was talking about the cheap supply of food. Although I agree that the two are linked.
So....cheap food (irrespective of how it is produced and/or how much the producers of it are ripped off by the supermarkets) means we must have a supermarket and the supermarket that has the cheapest food should be the one that we should have? Is that your argument?
I can't believe I'm suggesting this wot with my views on supermarkets 'n all but....... why don't you try contacting them? Both Sainsburys and Tesco have declared their hands for building a store in Dawlish and rumour has it that ASDA and Waitrose may be sniffing around 'n all. Get something out of them for the local community? 'Good' publicity for them?