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Originally Posted by garinda
Habits have changed.
Many people do like loading up their cars once a week at a supermarket.
However all available information points to the fact that where town centre supermarkets have been granted planning permission, it does have a devastating effect on those small independents, who have somehow managed to stay in business.
Up until that point, at least.
The towns that do still have varied independent retail businesses, generally tend not to have massive town centre supermarkets in those places.
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Yes but even with lots of independent shops most people are still going to do a supermarket type shop every so often. In towns without supermarkets and with independent shops people will have to go to out of town supermarkets for this.
Independent shops tend not to be those where one can buy food, rather they are the type that was lamented in an earlier post; craft shops, bookshops, toyshops etc. And where they do sell food, I can't see folk existing solely on stuff from the likes of the Black Horse Deli, even if they could afford it.
At one time the indoor and outdoor markets supplied all that was necessary in the way of food, with a choice of stalls. Now that choice is limited. The redevelopment of the market, especially outside, has a lot to answer for here.