Summary
He five supermarkets Tesco, Asda, Sainsburry’s and Morrisons were approved with at least 577 stores in the UK in the past two years. Planning authorities gave them permission for 480 stores in the two years to 1 November. Campaigners say the stores are putting independent traders and the British agriculture out of business. John Walker, national chairman for the Federation of Small Businesses, said “the number of stores which had opened in the UK in two years was a concern, especially when almost 12,000 independent shops closed their doors in 2009”. But the supermarkets say they provide thousands of jobs and they are growing because of the customers. They have the power in retailing. There are a lot of protests against the supermarkets, but because of the permission for approving, they won’t back off.
Response.
Those kind of supermarkets have a lot of power. If they want to settle down a store, they will do it. It’s all about money. I don’t believe they carefully consider where they are going to build new supermarkets. I don’t think they are carrying about what towns need or want, they just place the stores where they want to do it. I feel sorry for the independent stores which will fail because of those huge supermarkets. I’m glad we have just the C1000 and the Albert Heijn in the Netherlands, but for how long..?
