[Margaret Pilkington]

I shop for elderly people and they want their goods from specified shops/market stalls.
Also, it gets us out of the house and is exercise for us - we get to see where the bargains are.

Preston Market is not brilliant and neither is Southpost, but then these towns don't sell themselves as being a 'Market Town'.
How does Accringto propose to market it self when the market goes belly up?
Of course the shopping habits of people have changed...but this change hasn't been sudden.
As for your comment of things being cheaper in shops other than the supermarkets - that just isn't true.
On one of the butchers stalls just this morning they wanted £3.99 for a slice of gammon(prepacked in plastic)...in aldi gammon(two slices - similar size/quality also prepacked) £1.99.
Some of us do not have the luxury of being able to afford that choice of buying from a market stall, a similar product which is almost double the price. We have to go where the best value for money is.