Nice People Thread No. 14, all Nice and Proper

PasturesNew

The proposed new Asda here would be very close to a Home Bargains. Two miles, two shops, free parking..... they'd become my default "go to" destination. As it is, I've only been to HB 2x in the last year as it's not worth driving 2 miles on a speculative "see what they've got" trip - and I rarely travel along that road.

Just googled it - the Asda site is up for sale. So no Asda
Morrisons also pulled out of where they wanted to go.

zagubov

Nikkster wrote: »

Where do I get the bloke to operate the bug bat?



Aldi have also applied for planning permission for their second store here too. We could do with an Asda instead, then 'Bingo' - we'd have the full set.

When I lived in a certain place Nikkster knows there were only two supermarkets; a Safeways and a Sainsburys in the centre of town, next door to each other, with no parking. Things must have improved immensely.

Had to drive to a new town on the M1 for most things back in the day.

Speaking of Aldi, they're spreading nearer to us, but still 5 miles away. No B&M or Home Bargains that I know of in our patch of London/north Surrey

Spirit_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

If they are reading this, I'd like to know when they are pulling their finger out and opening a shop near me. They got permission in 2008 and have sat on it!

An Aldi has opened up in thelast few weeks, near the marina where OH works. OH can walk to it and buy anything we run out of midweek. He used to go into waitrose on the way homebut only goes in about once a week now. He has also said a number of yachts are being at least partly provisioned from Aldi as he sees the carts being pulled along the pontoons. Today to do a weekly shop he drove there, it is quicker to walk but he could not carry it all back. The waitrose shopping was the grand total of £6.

Another MSe moment in the Spirit household this week was the use of a voucher!I bought a replacement magimix lid from espares.co The lid cost £25 but they included a voucher for £40 off Majestic wine when you bought a case for £100 or more. We had planned to order wine anyway so this was timely.
OH ordered online and yesterday Pouilly Fume and Cotes de Beaune were delivered. 8 bottles for £67.

Nikkster

zagubov wrote: »

only two supermarkets; a Safeways and a Sainsburys in the centre of town, next door to each other, with no parking.

Well, neither of them are there any more! No idea where they would have been.

We have (in my town and the ones it's merging into):
2 x Sainsburys; 1x new Sainsbury's Local
2 x Tesco; + 1 each of Tesco Metro and Express in town centre
2 x Lidl
Aldi (with planning submitted for another)
Iceland (with another due to open out of town)
Waitrose
Farmfoods
Morrisons

They're the ones I'm aware of anyway... I visit most of them, some more often than others. Yet to venture to Farmfoods.

A mahoosive Asda is in the New Town.

zagubov

Nikkster wrote: »

Well, neither of them are there any more! No idea where they would have been.

We have (in my town and the ones it's merging into):
2 x Sainsburys; 1x new Sainsbury's Local
2 x Tesco; + 1 each of Tesco Metro and Express in town centre
2 x Lidl
Aldi (with planning submitted for another)
Iceland (with another due to open out of town)
Waitrose
Farmfoods
Morrisons

They're the ones I'm aware of anyway... I visit most of them, some more often than others. Yet to venture to Farmfoods.

A mahoosive Asda is in the New Town.

They were between the main north-south high street and the bus station. You've got tons of places now.

Farmfoods do pakora with sauce, worth a try.:beer:

SingleSue

Nikkster wrote: »

Well, neither of them are there any more! No idea where they would have been.

We have (in my town and the ones it's merging into):
2 x Sainsburys; 1x new Sainsbury's Local
2 x Tesco; + 1 each of Tesco Metro and Express in town centre
2 x Lidl
Aldi (with planning submitted for another)
Iceland (with another due to open out of town)
Waitrose
Farmfoods
Morrisons

They're the ones I'm aware of anyway... I visit most of them, some more often than others. Yet to venture to Farmfoods.

A mahoosive Asda is in the New Town.

We have one medium sized Morrisons, one tiny Tesco, one even tinier M&S (their smallest main store anywhere), a largish Solar and a small Iceland.

We also have several Co ops but they are only small stores, some no bigger than a papershop.

SingleSue

PasturesNew wrote: »

Within 1 mile I've got:
Sainsburys
Waitrose
Lidl
M&S Food
CoOp

Within 6 miles I've got:
Tesco
Morrisons
Asda

I've never been in a Farmfoods.

Iceland is about 8 miles away.

It's surprising how different each store is though. I went into another Lidl the other week (200 miles) and it had LOADS of stuff I've never seen, including packs of huge crab claws! Mine's rarely got bread, chips, milk, eggs by mid afternoon.

Within 1 mile I have....err nothing.

Closest is Morrisons at 3 miles away or a very small co op 2 miles away.

zagubov

PasturesNew wrote: »

Within 1 mile I've got:
Sainsburys
Waitrose
Lidl
M&S Food
CoOp

Within 6 miles I've got:
Tesco
Morrisons
Asda

I've never been in a Farmfoods.

Iceland is about 8 miles away.

It's surprising how different each store is though. I went into another Lidl the other week (200 miles) and it had LOADS of stuff I've never seen, including packs of huge crab claws! Mine's rarely got bread, chips, milk, eggs by mid afternoon.

I'm less than 5mins walk from a small Waitrose, Tesco metro and Sainsbury local.
Just over a mile away there's a big Asda, big Tesco, M&S, Farmfoods and a large and small Morries.
Spoilt rotten we are. Except for Iceland discounters like Aldi and Lidl they're all about 5 miles away or more.

tom9980

Mini coop over the road open 7-11 every day, really useful to have when busy. Small shops can be really useful for yellow stickers too if your lucky to walk in at the right time!

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

Been too busy working and having summer-fun to bother replying to many of the over-excited threads on this board ATM, but it does seem there's a lot of entertaining developments going on.

Suffice it to say it'll all be good in the end.....

And if it isn't all good, it isn't the end.