wriggler
Yep, but that was recently, nothing to do with the time that Stokes opened in Dawlish and Teignmouth, at that time Stokes were a big group with 92 stores and a Head Office in Bristol.
Along similar lines, when Stokes arrived in Dawlish there were already 4 Greengrocers, all closed down within 18 months mainly because they couldn't compete with Stoke's prices. Then Stoke's prices increased, quite a few people from Dawlish used to buy from Stokes in Teignmouth as they were cheaper than Dawlish, ie no competition here. Now people 'feeling sorry' for Stokes due the the arrival of ...
I have no idea why there should be any relationship between decernable(sic) nutritional value and profit, someone makes a product, puts it on the market and the consumer decides whether they buy it or not. No one is forcing you or anyone else to buy from KFC or McDonalds. I eat too much Cadbury's chocolate, that doesn't seem to have any discernible nutritional value but of course I am 'persuaded' ...
Nelson you forgot 'Sweatships' extract here: (A slight departure from the point but being big and successful shouldn't be a reason for banning companies from Dawlish.) Key players in the industry are Carnival Corporation, Royal Caribbean and P&O Princess Cruises which own over half the total number of cruise vessels. But the fruits of this growth will not benefit those working below deck, as ...
Or you could just say the aforementioned are simply very successful companies, you can hardly condemn a business for being 'Large American' 'Massive' and making a profit out of selling it's products, if they didn't they wouldn't be in business!!!!!! I also think their food is rubbish but people should have a choice. No-one EVER became obese by eating food from KFC or McDonalds or Burger King etc ...
Well that's a change, a few months ago we were getting comments that Sainsburys would be closing down when the Holidaymakers left, now it seems they won't be able to cope when the Holidaymakers arrive!!!!! Sainsburys has been a roaring success and when they get busy in the Summer and at Xmas they simply get more deliveries. A modern retailer gets deliveries based on DEMAND, not x loaves of bread ...
As I understand it the greatest 'commerical benefits' that Charity shops receive are free stock and free labour. Rent paid is often the 'commercial' rate or very close to it. Labour costs are usually the highest expense of any business so we need a law to make voluntary work illegal, I don't think that's very likely, many schools and hospitals rely on volunteers to make some services viable. ...
Woolbrook, thankyou, you have described what has happened in towns all over the UK. This 'change' has been occuring for many, many years. Some towns will have a High Street that is busy and survives, one example given above is Honiton, but if you live in Honiton you probably get most of what you need there. People who live in Dawlish are a few minutes from Teignmouth and Newton Abbot, where they ...
Shock, horror, an 'outsider' working at Dawlish Sainsburys, should be sacked. All Dawlish residents who work at Asda in Newton Abbot should be immediately dismissed, and Dawlish residents working in Exeter, appalling.
About time we had a Lidl nearby, re veg prices, it's easy to be selective but many veg at Sainsburys is half the price per kilo compared with Stokes, and fruit prices, especially grapes!!! Also a lot of people don't look at the per kilo price. You can pay silly prices at Sainsburys, their bananas are 68p a kilo, if you buy a pre-packed £1 bag of the same bananas (weigh the bag) you will find ...
