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ruedetropal · 23-11-2010, 16:19

I wonder how much good the new store will actually do. The market in town has been messed up, with many traders leaving, partlly because of the changes and partly because of new Tescos.
I am part of the team running the other new store in town, the community owned One Planet shop, which also has staff from Prospects Foundation on site. Small shops keeping money locally are the future for small towns such as Accrington. With Burnley and Blackburn only 5 miles away there is no need to make Accrington look like either of these towns. Eventually big stores like Tescos will fail(remember Woolworths!) and then where will all the local people do their shopping.
It will be very interesting watching the traffic chaos along Eagle Street and Paradise Street coming up to Christmas.

23-11-2010, 16:19	#187
ruedetropal Junior Member+ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Huncoat Posts: 14 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 0	Re: TESCO - new site in Accrington. I wonder how much good the new store will actually do. The market in town has been messed up, with many traders leaving, partlly because of the changes and partly because of new Tescos. I am part of the team running the other new store in town, the community owned One Planet shop, which also has staff from Prospects Foundation on site. Small shops keeping money locally are the future for small towns such as Accrington. With Burnley and Blackburn only 5 miles away there is no need to make Accrington look like either of these towns. Eventually big stores like Tescos will fail(remember Woolworths!) and then where will all the local people do their shopping. It will be very interesting watching the traffic chaos along Eagle Street and Paradise Street coming up to Christmas.