Town Centre Changes

susie123 said:
The trouble with Tesco express and Sainsburys metro is that the range is so limited if you forget something a bit more exotic. The Sainsburys one in Lancaster is aimed at students who live in the flats above and consists almost solely of pasta, pasta sauces, ready meals, sliced bread... you get my drift. The local Tesco express is not much better.

I sometimes try compiling a shopping list from the Sainsbury's online website and then sending my other half to the store which is less than a mile away. Nine times out of ten several of the items I have chosen will have never been heard of in our local store. So if I was having them delivered and they were picking from my local store what would I get in their place?**
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More than just supermarkets sell food on line.
Even Waitrose (via Ocado) doesn't stock all I need.

I have 'exotic tastes' too.
I buy coconut oil Raw Food Shop - UK Online supplier of superfoods & raw ingredients
Organic bread, biscuits, and chemical free household cleaners Grocery from GoodnessDirect
Toiletries Dr Bronner's - Natural Health Welwyn

There are several on line sellers of veg boxes and meat packs (including game meat)

**When you shop online from a grocer such as Sainsburys they select your order from the warehouse, not your local store.
 
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MargaretR said:
More than just supermarkets sell food on line.
Even Waitrose (via Ocado) doesn't stock all I need.
There are several on line sellers of veg boxes and meat packs (including game meat)
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Yes I do buy meat and game online but that's about all. Used to grow all our (organic) veg ourselves till recently.
 
MargaretR said:
**When you shop online from a grocer such as Sainsburys they select your order from the warehouse, not your local store.
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Ha ha posted a reply too fast to miss this edit! I did wonder about that - maybe I will try it one day and see what they come up with. But it grieves me to pay delivery charges when we have a car and a local store. I just want a better choice there! I have to go to a store the size of the Preston one to get a better selection.

If Asda have a warehouse for picking deliveries why are there delivery vans outside our local store?
 
susie123 said:
Ha ha posted a reply too fast to miss this edit! I did wonder about that - maybe I will try it one day and see what they come up with. But it grieves me to pay delivery charges when we have a car and a local store. I just want a better choice there! I have to go to a store the size of the Preston one to get a better selection.

If Asda have a warehouse for picking deliveries why are there delivery vans outside our local store?
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Store practices vary. I recall that Asda deliveries to Ossy came from Clayton le Dale, and Tesco deliveries came from Haslingden store.

You will find more info here -
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f69/on-line-grocery-shopping-33500.html

PS I have an Ocado delivery pass which means that I pay just over £2 each delivery for 51 weekly deliveries a year (xmas week excepted)
 
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Big Dave said:
What about knocking down the eyesore on Broadway that passes for part of the Town Hall move the shops underneath it into the Arndale to make that look habitated and put some covered market stalls on Broadway in place of the eyesore then the buses could extend to where the empty market was saving the cost of building a new bus station.??
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Neil said:
Remember where you heard it first AccyWebbers ;)

Except the bus station bit as it looks like a done deal, unless they can use Pennine Reach bus station money for the demolition and kill 2 messes with one bulldozer.
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Aye as if there's any point coming up with sensible ideas in a political issue :D
 
cashman said:
On the odd occasion we have ordered online from Tesco, They have just put delivery fee on there n then,when yeh have chosen a delivery slot.:)
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I was on about Ocado, Margaret said it was £2 delivery 51 weeks was more at Xmas:)being so cheap I though you may have to prepay
 
jaysay said:
Do you have to pay that up front or do they just add it on weekly Margaret
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I pay yearly up front. £109.99
I think there is a monthly pass available which might mean less of a saving,

By having the pass the minimum order for delivery is reduced to £40, which means a weekly delivery for one person is more feasible.

The pass entitles you to as many 'free' deliveries as you want (but only one per day) - so technically you could have a delivery free every day as long as you spend £40 each time.

PS http://www.ocado.com/theocadoway/delivering value/delivery-pass.html
 
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MargaretR said:
I pay yearly up front. £109.99
I think there is a monthly pass available which might mean less of a saving,

By having the pass the minimum order for delivery is reduced to £40, which means a weekly delivery for one person is more feasible.

The pass entitles you to as many 'free' deliveries as you want (but only one per day) - so technically you could have a delivery free every day as long as you spend £40 each time.

PS The Ocado Way
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Seems a great deal that Margaret, just had a look and, apart from you initial order, with £15 off, what would the charge be without the upfront payment
 
W.H. Smith was closed when I passed yesterday afternoon. Thought they were not closing till March but was definetly shut, anybody else notice?
 
BERNADETTE said:
W.H. Smith was closed when I passed yesterday afternoon. Thought they were not closing till March but was definetly shut, anybody else notice?
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May have been a weather issue, if enough staff couldn't get in ( and you can't blame them for not wanting to make to much effort ) then they would have had to close.
 
I noticed today that there is an application in to change the old Gamestation store from A1 retail to A2 financial and proffesional use. Anyone tell me what category money lenders or we buy your gold shops come under ?
 
I noticed that Game Exchange in Blackburn Mall has closed as of today, suppose that increases Games' chances a tad. My money on the next to go in Accy are..(in no particular order) ...Holland & Barrett and Superdrug.:(
 
lindsay ormerod said:
I noticed that Game Exchange in Blackburn Mall has closed as of today, suppose that increases Games' chances a tad. My money on the next to go in Accy are..(in no particular order) ...Holland & Barrett and Superdrug.:(
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you amy be right about holland and baret coz folk can barely afford to eat healthy nevermind extra healthy
 
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