How many supermarkets do you have close by?

bmf53

The answer should have been 0. A second answer, to the implied question of why I can't shop further afield, is that there's very poor public transport to boot.

For the record, the 1, a small Co-op, is about 16 miles away.

geordie_joe

justjohn wrote: »

I have often thought the large superstore should be built in rural area's.


Less effect on high streets and improve rural areas economy.


People will travel to the large stores anyway. (some people live in towns and are used to having superstores at there front door, but if they were not there they would use the high street)

I thought that was the whole problem with highstreets!

For years they have been complaining that large "out of town" supermarkets are killing the high street. Because people go there and can get everything they need. Supermarkets now sell TVs, paint, compost, kettles, kids clothes and just about everything else. So people travel miles out of town to get their groceries and also buy all the other stuff to save them going into the high street.

My local tesco is small, but it is classed as an "out of town" supermarket because it is 100 yards outside the town boundry. But it has a cobblers, key cutting, dry cleaners in store and it sells all sort including, compost, plants, paint, diy tools, mobile phones etc.

It is always blamed for killing the high street because people go there and don't bother coming into town.

kerri_gt

Again, depends what you call reasonable, 2min walk to Country store, but 45mim walk into town for any others (10min drive) but I work in the town so there are 4 which are easily accessible from that respect (although our tesco metro is so useless I have stopped going in). BUT I drive to asda for my main shop which is a 25min drive away because the parking is free, it's a decent sized store and it suits my needs.

It's very difficult to poll a somewhat qualitative question.

craftyali

We live in a rural area, and I have put there are 8 supermarkets within our area - that is the 3 towns closest to us (all about 25 minutes drive away). We do have smaller shops attached to petrol stations that are closer and small village stores - all about 15 minutes drive - but I am not counting those. None of these are strictly 'close by', but for this area we have to expect to drive a reasonable distance

xcarlyx

I have the following in a 5/30 minute walk.
Listed below are ones all on the same street:
Lidl
Aldi
Tesco
Iceland
Asda

Kernow666

i live in a small town of around 5000 people , we have an Asda and Lidl and within a mile to the next town have a Sainsburys and 2 tesco express

Sulevia

I put 3 as that's generally the distance I can be bothered to travel. Sainsbury, Lidl, Co-op.

flubberyzing

I have a mid-sized Waitrose a 5-min walk away.
A Tesco Extra a mid-sized Asda and a v-small Co-op a 5 min drive away (albeit in opposite directions from each other)
15 minutes drive away I have a large Sainsburys, Lidl, Aldi, M&S Food, a mid-sized Morrisons & Iceland.
If I go 20 minutes by car, I can get to a large Asda or a large Waitrose.


I tend to stick with the Tesco Extra 5 mins away. It's convenient and easy to park at. But if it were Asda or Sainsburys, I'd shop there just as happily. I have no brand loyalty.

BobbinAlong

5 miles (10 mins drive) to work takes me past Morrisons, Lidl and Waitrose whilst 5 miles the other way are Sainsburys, another Lidl and Asda. I'm an avid collector of Tesco Clubcard points via my credit card but don't shop there any more (since moving) as it takes 30 mins to get to one. I usually find lunchtime bargains in Waitrose and Morrisons and regularly use Lidl too. Sainsburys I visit for certain items such as cat litter.


The nice part is that in my local town the stores are in the town centre so the main street shops, library etc. are also used by supermarket shoppers.

The trouble with flitting around the lot and not needing big loads of shopping is that I never seem to use all the "loyalty vouchers" I'm given before they expire. I'm the one who ends up at the checkout, leafing through vouchers to see if any are still valid!

justjohn

!!!!!! wrote: »

If you put a superstore in a rural area then it ceases to be a rural area. Coupled with which then the roads have to be upgraded to take the hundreds or thousands of vehicles a day that it would generate.

Of course the follow up will be that the rural patch left between the superstore and the town/city will then get infilled with housing/business estates.

There are many roads in rural area's that could handle it. And there are planning constraints that would or could stop infill.


There are also motorways in rural area's that could accommodate supermarkets.