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Planning Application: M&Co to become a Morrisons Local?
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rbmartin


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15-07-2014 11:40 PM

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A defence against libel is that the statement is true.


Again can you prove what he said about people who are against Morrisons are doing it for their own dubious and I quote "dishonest" way?

I'm hardly controversial, just trying to prove that this person is throwing his toys out of the pram as his claims are ridiculous.

Anyway, the problems appear to be:

Inadequate loading area for the regular deliveries of stock. M&Co won't have as many deliveries as Morrisons will. This scuppered the original proposal for an M&S Simply Food on the Iceland site in East Dulwich.

Another shop selling alcohol within a very close area to two others already selling booze in a retail premises, I.S. and Sainsburys, not to mention five pubs (inc. Sylvan Post) within a 5 min walk.

Saturation of the grocery market in Forest Hill, which could lead to a long term decline for some independent stores. A case to prove this is Sainsbury's Local in Lordship Lane by the Plough pub. Takings of the surrounding independent grocers went down 40% when it opened in 2011. The retailer close to Sainsburys which has a post office is moving to smaller premises.

However as some people are using the capitalism argument, the other way to get M out is simply not to shop there. When people realise that the customer service is poor with very little support from senior management, they'll move with their feet back to Sainsburys and the smaller stores.

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RE: M&Co to become a Morrisons Local - stefan74uk - 14-07-2014, 06:56 PM
RE: M&Co to become a Morrisons Local - stefan74uk - 14-07-2014, 09:09 PM
RE: M&Co to become a Morrisons Local - stefan74uk - 15-07-2014, 01:41 PM
RE: M&Co to become a Morrisons Local - stefan74uk - 15-07-2014, 07:27 PM
RE: M&Co to become a Morrisons Local - rbmartin - 15-07-2014 11:40 PM
RE: M&Co to become a Morrisons Local - stefan74uk - 16-07-2014, 11:17 AM
RE: M&Co to become a Morrisons Local - stefan74uk - 16-07-2014, 11:18 AM
RE: M&Co to become a Morrisons Local - stefan74uk - 16-07-2014, 01:54 PM

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