There used to be a Kwik Save on the site, but I am not happy with another superstore - there are enough in Farnworth already

Enough? There's one big supermarket, Asda and then a small Lidl. Shows how much you know about your constituency councillor. Retail competition is good for the people of Farnworth, Asda have had it too easy for too long.

I don't recall a B & M Store ever being in the Old Neighbourhood Centre.

I hope the new store takes over the land where the fair goes several times a year as thats been an absolute mess for years.

I'd welcome a tesco in the farnworth area and agree that asda has had the monopoly for too many years

SR wrote:

There used to be a Kwik Save on the site, but I am not happy with another superstore - there are enough in Farnworth already

Enough? There's one big supermarket, Asda and then a small Lidl. Shows how much you know about your constituency councillor. Retail competition is good for the people of Farnworth, Asda have had it too easy for too long.

You are demented if you actually welcome this beast into your small back yard.

There are concerns about the way supermarket chains gain an advantage over small shops on the High Street. Their market share gives them a level of flexibility between store formats and over product pricing, and control of supply chains. Smaller shops do not have this flexibility and control.

There is evidence of the large supermarket chains:

abusing seller power, through practices such as price flexing and below-cost selling. According to the Competition Commission's report on the grocery market from 2000, the big four chains were persistently selling products at below market price. This could damage independents and smaller chains, and in turn damage consumers. This report also found that some of the chains were engaging in price-flexing. In geographical areas with no major competitors, they were selling products at higher pricesthan in areas where they faced stronger competition. The submission by the Association of Convenience Stores to the Competition Commission grocery market inquiry in 2006 found that such practices were continuing.

abusing buyer power, in particular squeezing suppliers on prices. The larger chains can extract more favourable conditions from suppliers than other types of retailer can. They are able to do this because of their market shares and integrated supply chains. The result of these practices can be what is known as the "waterbed effect", when suppliers raise prices for other buyers (including independent shops) as a knock-on effect. For further information on this please see the Association of Convenience Stores submission to the Competition Commission.

abusing the planning system, because of their superior resources compared to competitiors or local authorities. In stockport tesco knocked up that behomoth by the motorway increasing its size by more than 20% of what they were originally granted permission to do. Unfortunately no local council in the UK has the financial might to challenge Tesco, and so they had no choice than to retrospectively approve the increase as they had little chance of funsing the long lengthy court battle they would have faced. Tesco are well aware of this and this practice has been oft repeated by them.

In 2000 the Department of Health actually recommended that local authorities should discourage the provision of new supermarkets over 1000 square metres outside existing town centres in recognition of the value of local shops to low income households.

It is often the most socially excluded and poorest groups who are most in need of the social and economic bedrock offered by independent neighbourhood shops and markets.

The value offered by supermarkets offers much less to the lowest income groups. They offer best value for car-based bulk buying through offers such as ‘two for one.’ Not only are these special offers mainly for processed food, but lower income groups without access to private transport, and in particularly elderly and less mobile people, are less able to advantage of them.

Supermarkets do not even the best value for money on fruit and veg. In London the cost of a typical fruit n veg shop for a family of four for one week, was almost half the cost in the nearest Tesco store, than in surveyed local markets.

"I get 378 Rand pay every two weeks. I can't afford school fees for my daughter or go to school functions or buy school uniforms"

- Tawana Fraser, who works as a 'permanent casual' labourer on a pear farm that supplies Tesco (ActionAid)

“They called us all to a meeting and they said that we would all be laid off the next day. Then they rehired us for almost half the wages. We used to have almost a month holiday but this went down to 14 days"

- Costa Rican banana worker on a plantation supplying Tesco (ActionAid)

There are concerns that the closure of small shops is a one-way street. Once small independent stores shut, there are often insurmountable barriers to getting back into the High Street. It is very difficult for new businesses to start up. And there are concerns that a tipping point could be reached. Once a certain amount of independent retailers shut, the wholesale industry may no longer be sustainable, and could collapse. The knock on effect of this will be further damage to the independent retail sector. For more information on this, please see the submission from the Federation of Wholesale Distributors to the Competition Commission, as well as the High Street Britain report and the Association of Convenience Stores submission to the Competition Commission.

In Failsworth, a small area of Manchester comparable to Farnworth, the arrival of Tesco has lead to a virtual collapse in locally owned businesses. But hey these Butchers can now appy for a job at Tesco, as can their employees, but can expect to work longer hours for less pay.

F**K Tesco. With the clubcard scheme and increasing use of debit/credit cards as payments they know; your name address who you bank with, what you buy, how often, and where they have pharmacies, even what illnesses you;ve had and what medecine you bought from them. All this is flogged on, and used to target you with cynical offers to increase their profits.

If you seriously want to see your town lose all identity and hope then by all measn welcome Tesco in. Otherwise fight it.

See;

http://en.wikipedia.
org/wiki/Criticism_o
f_Tesco

http://www.tescopoly
.org/

or how about a website run by employees current or otherwise at Tesco;

http://www.verylittl
ehelps.com/

Yes but what the plans don't tell you is that three local companies will have to close and relocate if this goes ahead. I should know as I work at one of them and have done for over 12 years now. How amny supermarkets do we need? They all sell the same stuff and for a town the size of Farnworth, Asda is more than adequate. Just like the Sainsbury's in Westhoughton, they'll get what they want in the end. They always do.

Farnworth is well covered by supermarkets. If this beast is allowed, it will kill so many local business's.

Not only that Longcausway, is a nightmare already for traffic.

Theres a giant Tesco at Walkden why would Farnworth need another supermarket. There's a Spar already in the Garage plus Lidl, Aldi, Co-op, Asda and umpteen corner shops and newsagents.

Many of these would be under threat (corner shops and newsagents.)

I agree ASDA has had the monopoly, for how many years????? Why a Tesco though, What about Morrisons's??Also how many jobs would be created. There are far too many residential dwellings being built.Lets give ASDA a run for their money.

im all for it, it'll be cheaper then the shop on worsley road and even the garage on longcauseway. We dont want more house's we want more jobs so bring it on

iminbolton wrote:
I don't recall a B & M Store ever being in the Old Neighbourhood Centre.

I hope the new store takes over the land where the fair goes several times a year as thats been an absolute mess for years.

I used to work in the 'neighbourhood centre' and myself and former staff laughed so much at its naming. Who came up with a ridiculous naming statement such as 'neighbourhood centre. Maybe some of the regional managers?????

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It is Tesco the store at walkden is closing due to the fact they don't own the building its owned by the shoping center,they have increased rent,so its cheaper to build and own there own store,I think it will happen and soon as all the planing aplications and all the traffiic impact studys have been done,I also work at one of the companys that are moving,so thats about 50 Jobs Farnworth will lose as they have been looking for a new site but have not found any thing local,also the pie shops,Butchers and news agents will go as well as the garage.
Its going to be bigger than the one at horwich

A new one wont be their own store. It will be owned by Cathco Property Group.

I'm designing the building personally and building it single handed.

Is a petrol station envisaged?
Nowhere to fill up at a decent price/service in Farnworth.

SR wrote:

There used to be a Kwik Save on the site, but I am not happy with another superstore - there are enough in Farnworth already

Enough? There's one big supermarket, Asda and then a small Lidl. Shows how much you know about your constituency councillor. Retail competition is good for the people of Farnworth, Asda have had it too easy for too long.

NO ITS CURRY AND PIZZA SHOPS THERES ENOUGH OF FOR THE P$$S HEADS SUPER MARKETS ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY JUST LIKE MCDONALDS

Erm the fair owns that land they pitch on each year if I am not mistaken. Also the tesco store is not really that far up the road from there. It takes about 10 mins to get to the Walkden store from Longcauseway. So really I do not think there is a need for another Tesco.

Erica ( The new Fiddy) full of cr*p as usual!!!!

it woud be great for a new store in farnworth,especially tesco,theres only asda.and thats getting dearer every time i go in

I live close to this land and would have to say that on the surface I would welcome this supermarket in respect of convenience, lower prices, possible creation of jobs etc. However, I do think that there will be serious issues with the volume of traffic and the junction at Longcauseway/Worsley Road/Albert Road/Buckley Lane, also what about the opening hours? When Kwik Save (the neighbourhood centre) was there, as far as I can remember it closed at 8/9pm. Will this one be 24 hrs? The Spar shop attached to the petrol station on Longcauseway is 24 hrs and Tesco at Walkden is. What about the local residents? Does anyone know if this will be a Tesco store? If it is, then I can't see this not being a 24 hr supermarket.