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Posted on: Oct 8 2013, 07:53 PM |
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ Oct 6 2013, 05:25 PM) Should the Racecourse ever actually come up for sale, chances are some Middle Eastern royal will snap it up with their loose change........ Isn't it already owned by a middle east consortium / hedge fund? Please feel free to quote me on the asset stripping, but I won't say I told you so. Best thing would be to apply to register land as an asset of community value and have the stands listed. |
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Forum: Newbury News
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Posted on: Oct 8 2013, 07:50 PM |
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QUOTE (NWNREADER @ Oct 8 2013, 08:47 PM) I see the price at Tesco has gone up 1p....... It will. When they drop like they did, it's usually in reaction to cuts by ASDA and Morrisons. If you look at the headlines in the Standard etc over the past few weeks, they typically read "ASDA to cut fuel by 3p" "Morrisons to follow ASDA on fuel price cut" and then there will be something about the others. Tesco and Sainsbury's always the last to lower prices, and shortly after they float slowly up. Wait until Xmas, and the bank holidays. Sainsbury's are renowned for putting 2p on the price of fuel for the bank holiday days, and then it drops again. Very, very strange. |
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Forum: Newbury News
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Posted on: Oct 8 2013, 07:42 PM |
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Oct 2 2013, 10:22 PM) Richard, can you not find out why we supermarkets price things differently in different areas? That is to say, why are they lower in similarly sized towns else where? What is the driver, or threshold that effects the price? Tesco and Sainsbury's simply match the lowest price. ASDA pride themselves on being the cheapest on fuel / grocery prices and competitors will only ever match them where they have a store. The recent fuel price reductions were part of a move by all retailers to cut prices in line with supply costs which fell a few weeks ago. As fuel is bought in advance, it usually takes a few weeks for the savings to be passed on (if at all). What you'll find is ASDA don't do fuel price gimmicks like "spend £50 to get 5p off", they just charge the cheapest price they can. Other retailers try to boost sales in store by offering the loyalty coupons. I asked lots of questions of the CEO at TESCO and also Justin King at Sainsbury's, and let's say Phil Clarke wasn't best pleased!! To be fair to Sainsbury's, they basically said there wasn't a law against charging more when there was not a discounter in certain markets, and they are right. Until the government look at the price manipulation, they will carry on doing it. |
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Forum: Newbury News
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Posted on: Aug 19 2013, 07:52 AM |
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I've spoken on this issue here for many years. ASDA are the only retailer who charge a flat price for fuel. For example, the ASDA price for fuel at Kettering / Corby has been 132.9p over the weekend. In these towns, TESCO charge the same price. Where there is not an ASDA store, Tesco charge up to 6p a litre more. I wrote to TESCO CEO Phil Clarke on this issue and was then threatened with disciplinary action for raising the issue... needless to say no action was taken.
This issue will be in the national spotlight very soon, and I am doing what I can to fight the issue. Unfortunately, I can only see cheaper fuel prices in Newbury if we have a new ASDA store as TESCO, Sainsbury's and others simply do not have the stomach to take a hit on their profit margin. |
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Forum: Newbury News
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Posted on: Jun 18 2013, 08:44 PM |
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QUOTE (blackdog @ Jun 17 2013, 11:17 PM) And then, when the cafe/museum concept doesn't get off the ground he turns it into a house and sells it on at a profit.
Always assuming he is the highest bidder in the first place.
Once it's sold it's fate is largely down to the owner. Personally I'd rather see it demolished than the precedent is set for selling off bits of the common for housing. Come on J, you know that you can insert covenants to protect what the site can and can't be used for. Personally, if we are to choose between a Swift Hook led museum which is paid for by two mortgages at the expense of Greenham residents or a privately funded / community orientated project, I'd go for the latter. Let's not forget that the Lib Dems recently blasted the council for adopting a Labour manifesto pledge from 2011 which will see the commons and country parks run by a not for profit organisation which will save the taxpayer money. It will also ensure that the area's are better cared for and dare I say it "loved". There is so much rubbish coming out of Lib Dem HQ at the moment, and none of it makes any sense. Looking beneath the lines, it's just more opportunistic political point scoring as they have no real idea's or policy suggestions of their own!! Just on a seperate note, the Lib Dems are backing the giving away of the Market Street land (read back through the NWN archives from a few weeks ago) yet they are trying to use that one against the Tories too. Only Labour are standing up with a consistant message here: Do not give away public assets for no financial / economic gain to the taxpayer. |
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Forum: Newbury News
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Posted on: May 28 2013, 03:25 PM |
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QUOTE (NWNREADER @ May 28 2013, 03:15 PM) According to my limited understanding, the 'straw man' statement should only be made by the victim. Here we have a 3rd party, maybe with no connection to the originator, making the 'fallacy' claim on his behalf. Maybe RG does wish there was a competitor store, but got only as close as he dare to saying so..... I was never asked if I would support an ASDA opening in Newbury, but my position on that would be if a suitable site could be found, let's do it. If it saves us up to 8p a litre on fuel, I'd certainly support it. I've heard nothing back from head office about my letter, and will inform you if I do. I just feel that Tesco should be leading the way to ensure it's customers are dealt with in a fair manner. If that can't be achieved, I'll have no option but to quit. I put doing the right thing before loyalty any day of the week, and whilst that may be the wrong attitude to have in some eyes, at least the community can see that I will always strive to do what is in their interest over my own. |
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