Will new shops tax improve Newbury?, Business Improvement Districts Options

[dannyboy]

Without the private sector, be they large multinational companies or a corner shop there would be no economy, simple as that.

No economy - what a wonderful idea.

[Iommi]

No economy - what a wonderful idea.

...nothing to kill or die for and no religion too.

[dannyboy]

...nothing to kill or die for and no religion too.

Fiscal slavery has replaced religion as the way of keeping the masses in check.

[Iommi]

Fiscal slavery has replaced religion as the way of keeping the masses in check.

I have a nicer house to live in than my ancestors had and I don't have to eat offal to survive either (although they have even found a way to make that palatable these days).

[dannyboy]

I have a nicer house to live in than my ancestors had and I don't have to eat offal to survive either.

Hindsight.

[blackdog]

No economy - what a wonderful idea.

??

No shops, no commerce, no jobs, no electricity, no hospitals - doesn't sound so wonderful to me.

[Iommi]

?? No shops, no commerce, no jobs, no electricity, no hospitals - doesn't sound so wonderful to me.

No foreign holidays, unless you were prepared to wear a red cross, and we would get to dunk a few witches! I'm not sure I could cope without my teeth though, but then I might not be alive to worry about it!

[Simon Kirby]

Simon Kirby - try actually shopping with an independent, you may just be surprised to find you local greengrocer actually has much fresher stock and cheaper (often much cheaper) than Tesco. You've been suckered into presuming a supermarket is cheaper just because they pile it high.

Shopped at Tesco last night. Traffic-free drive along Monks Lane, parked for free within 100yd of the entrance, had a coffee and bun and read the paper in the coffee shop, bought DVDs to watch Christmas day, got some booties and baby socks for my doggie's cut paw, bought milk, dairy, croceries, Christmas drinkies, frozen, and veggies - of which there is price/quality range from value, own brand, finest, & organic.

To be honest I'd be surprised if a local greengrocer could be cheaper for the same quality because supermarkets have made it their business to shave their margins and overheads right down to the minimum, but for range and convenience alone the supermarket blows away the competition, and as a discerning vegetable grower ( @ blackdog) I'm also completely happy with the freshness and quality at the supermarket.

[user23]

Which independents are in Northbrook Street?

Not many actually, but I did walk down half of Bart Street where there are quite a few and the story was the same.

[Iommi]

Shopped at Tesco last night. Traffic-free drive along Monks Lane, parked for free within 100yd of the entrance, had a coffee and bun and read the paper in the coffee shop, bought DVDs to watch Christmas day, got some booties and baby socks for my doggie's cut paw, bought milk, dairy, croceries, Christmas drinkies, frozen, and veggies - of which there is price/quality range from value, own brand, finest, & organic.

There lies one of the problems in modern society: we cherish less those things that come easy.

These days, Tesco are doing the shopping for us; we will soon depend on them and then they've got us by the bollux, if they haven't already. Tesco et al, have got where they have by being competitive, BUT there is no such thing as a free lunch and I wonder sometimes what the payback will be.

We already waste a great deal and we are getting fatter, I suspect the ease with which we can shop and the lack of judgement we prosecute when we do, doesn't hinder this phenomena.

[DrPepper]

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[Bofem]

There lies one of the problems in modern society: we cherish less those things that come easy.

These days, Tesco are doing the shopping for us; we will soon depend on them and then they've got us by the bollux, if they haven't already. Tesco et al, have got where they have by being competitive, BUT there is no such thing as a free lunch and I wonder sometimes what the payback will be.

The payback is
full time jobs replaced with part-time shelfstacking.
A town of fatties who've forgotten how to cook
A third of food thrown away uneaten