Never really understood this argument. How does the presence of Sainsburys affect a furniture shop, a bar, a dry cleaning service, a beauty shop on this high street? If anything I think it would complement what's already there. I can see that the Deli, maybe the florist and certainly the off licence/grocery loosing business so it's up to them to look at how they remarket themselves so that they offer something different. The off licence is the most vulnerable and they nead to decide ( assuming a new supermarket is coming) whether they can compete, move or sell something else. There's no excuse to 'carry on with business as usual' ; I would feel sorry for any shop that tried it's best to compete and failed but I've no sympathy for any business that doesn't adapt. Honor Oak doesn't owe any business a job for life. Too many high street businesses see running a shop as a lifestyle and to be frank, competition is more fierce here than any other area of industry.