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From: Brimstone on 20 May 2010 15:00 "The Medway Handyman" <davidlang(a)no-spam-blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:gifJn.13599$3a4.2626(a)newsfe30.ams2... > I'm more efficient at giving the customer what they want. Corner shops > aren't. > If someone can walk to their corner shop to buy a few items and carry them home why would they drive to a supermarket?
From: GT on 20 May 2010 15:21 "Dave Plowman" <dave(a)davesound.co.uk> wrote in message news:511a656b13dave(a)davenoise.co.uk... > In article <TcmdnTLc2MubYmnWnZ2dnUVZ8sGdnZ2d(a)pipex.net>, > JNugent <JN(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote: >> Many bicycles these days are actually very expensive fashion >> > accessories for rich yuppies. The middle and lower classes now drive >> > around in cars, because this is the most practical way of getting >> > around and doing your shopping, now little local corner shops have >> > mostly been closed down in favour of our-of-town supermarkets... > >> ...though only because they are an improvement on the corner shop >> (something a true believer absolutely *will not* hear). > > I have a decent size Waitrose and Sainsbury within walking distance - both > on the high street. There's no real reason they have to be 'out of town'. Not everyone has such a time-free life as you, popping over to supermarket every couple of days for 1 'carry's worth of food? I certainly don't. I like to go once a week or once a fortnight and stock up on the heavy things, then carry it home in the boot of my car. Time saved, which can be spent with my family and friends.
From: Squashme on 20 May 2010 16:41 On 20 May, 20:00, "Brimstone" <brimst...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > "The Medway Handyman" <davidl...(a)no-spam-blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in messagenews:gifJn.13599$3a4.2626(a)newsfe30.ams2... > > > I'm more efficient at giving the customer what they want. Corner shops > > aren't. > > If someone can walk to their corner shop to buy a few items and carry them > home why would they drive to a supermarket? "A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself in a corner shop can count himself as a failure." (To mangle a quote attributed to Thatcher).
From: JNugent on 20 May 2010 17:15 Halmyre wrote: > In article <f0e26aec-8d35-4144-9708-0319127cda52(a)a20g2000vbc.googlegroups.com>, > squashme(a)gmail.com says... >> On 20 May, 20:00, "Brimstone" <brimst...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>> "The Medway Handyman" <davidl...(a)no-spam-blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in messagenews:gifJn.13599$3a4.2626(a)newsfe30.ams2... >>> >>>> I'm more efficient at giving the customer what they want. Corner shops >>>> aren't. >>> If someone can walk to their corner shop to buy a few items and carry them >>> home why would they drive to a supermarket? >> "A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself in a corner shop can >> count himself as a failure." (To mangle a quote attributed to >> Thatcher). >> > > The corner shop is still invaluable as a source of jazz mags. So I'm told. "Downbeat", you mean?
From: Dave Plowman on 20 May 2010 18:48
In article <YridnfDM96ZY92jWnZ2dnUVZ8oCdnZ2d(a)pipex.net>, JNugent <JN(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote: > > I have a decent size Waitrose and Sainsbury within walking distance - > > both on the high street. There's no real reason they have to be 'out > > of town'. > Yes, there is. > They are more convenient, in more ways, to more people, on the edge of > town than they are in the centre or in the inner suburbs. I'm sure it is if you love driving miles for groceries. > That's why they do it. They do it because the sites are cheaper and people are stupid. -- *You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive * Dave Plowman dave(a)davesound.co.uk London SW 12 |