A question bout Accy Asda
 

This morning ... well when i got up this afternoon .. i had a leaflet through my door offering a voucher for accy asda for £5 on a christmas savings card .. but this is whats inside of it ...

Dear customer

Welcome to your Asda Accrington. As we have been in the community now for the last 29 years, you've probably shopped with us before. But if youre yet to experience our famously low prices and happy to help colleagues let me assure you theres plenty more besides .. etc etc ...

Now im sure that accrington asda has been open for a lot longer than 29 years .. i can remember going up the ramp in the old accy asda on blackburn road when i was a kid with mum and dad .. now spugs says that the new asda was opened in 1984 which would make it 26 years ... i dont know by that time we were going to rawtenstall asda .. which opened in 1978 ... so folks ... when was it ..

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It was opened on Blackburn Rd within a year of my 1st marriage - so that would be 1962

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it obviously means the Asda that is now standing, it opened when i was very young, i remember them building it

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No, Flashy .... the old Asda was still there in 1982. Remember it well due to the fact that my son was born in June of that year (he is now 28), and my waters broke whilst I was standing in the queue at the cigarette stall ..:o You don't forget things like time and place on these matters ...LOL.

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Up until ASDA taking it over in the 70's the Blackburn Rd Supermarket was "Queens". I used to with my Mum. We once spent £25 quid! lol

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I'm with Katex here; I got married in 82 (first time!) I think I recall shopping both that year.

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when did it change from Queens to Asda? seem to think it was asda early 70s:confused: mean old building blackburn rd.

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Wikepedia says 1965-
"Asda Stores Limited was founded as Associated Dairies & Farm Stores Limited in 1949 in Leeds. The adoption of the Asda name occurred in 1965 with the merger of the Asquith chain of three supermarkets and Associated Dairies; Asda is an abbreviation of Asquith and Dairies"

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thats probably when, i started using it when i got wed early 70s n sure it was asda then, never used it as queens cos me mam shopped at co-op fer her divvy.:D

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In 1969 until 1971 we looked after my ailing grandparents, This is the period I knew it as the "Queens". That puts me at 7 to 9 years old. I remember the brand change to ASDA but can't recall just when.

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Well it was definetly Asda 72/73, used to work there after school and Saturdays:)

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I think is just a misprint and should have read 39. If Bernie worked there 72/73 and, according to Jeanette Winterson ...:D opened sometime in the 70's, only '71 left.

"All that changed in the 1970’s when Asda opened a supermarket in Accrington"

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lol i remember it being up where the old Glynweb is n'all....just

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tut tut :mad:

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I remember that as well

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you WILL, you're a lot older than me

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Obviously getting Ciggies for your hubby Kate:rolleyes:

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before it was a supermarket the old building on blackburn rd was a car showroom selling hillmans i think my uncle was a spanner monkey there his name was joe jackson

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Who cares when it opened? This cesspit - more than Britcliffe, economic recessions or planning stupidity has been more responsible for the decline of Accy Market & Hall than 'owt else. The sooner it shuts, the better.

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Take it your not a fan of ASDA then Tealeaf:rolleyes:

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What effect do you think Tesco will have on Asda ?

Two giants competing .

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Good question that JCB, my daughter does my shopping for me and she always goes to ASDA, now whether she will try out Tesco or not I'll have to wait and see

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I've been told they open next month . I'd give Tesco a miss until 2011 . I think it will be heaving in the first couple of months .

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sooner it opens the better, have just come outa asda, went fer some suitcase labels, was told- we have some but ya can't have any!:eek: the luggage section has been removed to make way fer the xmas stuff, jeez its october 5th says i, do people not go away then.:(

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Pick up a GCSE Economics textbook and it will tell you.

Today - ASDA 50% market share/Accy Market 50% market share

December - ASDA 33% market share/Tesco 33% market share/Accy Market 33% market share.

In other words, Accy Market & Hall will lose about half it's current business. You can say goodbye to any illusion that this new Tesco will attract any new shoppers into the town; there will be a few who previously shopped at Tesco Blackburn who will shop at Accy and that will be it.

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Tesco customers biggest problem will be the traffic alright if you live up richmond road way but the other way towards the town I think there will be trouble more so at weekend

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probably the same as whats gone on in rossendale .. tesco opened at road end .. asda moved from their old place on bocholt way which had a petrol station to over on st marys way .. brand new and a very bad car park .. then tesco moved into their old place!!!

one week asda .. next week tesco ... :D:D:D special offers depending .. :D:D:D

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should probably be a new thread , but how do you (accy web users) decide which supermarket to use , is it by price ? location ? staff ? or just habit ....... where I live I have 2 supermarkets , Luckys and Safeway , on opposite sides of the street , one means crossing opposing traffic the other an extra red light , prices from the weekly adverts are pretty much the same .
In my case I think its more habit that I use one particular store ...I know where to find stuff , neighbours prefer the other store , say the milk is better ... can't see it myself , but .
So question is what makes you pick one over the other for one stop shopping , we also have a Saturday "farmers market" supposedly selling 'picked yesterday' produce from the central valley selling mis-shapen 'organic' fruit and veg at 25% over the supermarket prices which folks attend out of civic guilt , though I must add in my case its the only place I can buy samosas and boiled unshelled peanuts , listen to street musicians and meet the local politicos out scavanging for votes for the upcoming National and State elections . :D ;)

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I use the large Supermarkets for convenience,easy disable parking and everything under one roof on a level floor.:)

What we need is a large building in the centre of town housing Independent traders competing against each other on a fair basis.:D:D

Not sure what it could be called.:confused::confused:

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We could call it Tesco, well 2 out of 3 ain't bad :rolleyes::D

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Tesco opens on 22nd November 2010..

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I've shopped at Asda for years, by far the cheapest option compared with Tesco.

When I met my wife she was a staunch Tesco girl thanks to the marvellous vouchers she kept getting every so often. A quick price comparison later proved that she was paying for them herself, and a bit more besides.

Don't be fooled, people.