Comments on: Warning: This could be too convenient http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/05/02/warning-this-could-be-too-convenient/ Not a real vee Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:47:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: duncan2 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/05/02/warning-this-could-be-too-convenient/comment-page-1/#comment-78133 duncan2 Thu, 03 May 2007 07:05:28 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/05/02/warning-this-could-be-too-convenient/#comment-78133 Sometimes they shop at Tesco because they don't have the choice of shopping at their local small independent shops. How many such shops are there on Kirkcaldy High Street? How many independent butchers, fishmongers, greengrocers? I can think of 1 fishmonger and 2 greengrocers. There's a couple butchers outwith the town centre, but it's impossible for one to exist in the centre due to Tesco's stranglehold on consumer spending. http://www.neweconomics.org/gen/ Sometimes they shop at Tesco because they don’t have the choice of shopping at their local small independent shops. How many such shops are there on Kirkcaldy High Street? How many independent butchers, fishmongers, greengrocers? I can think of 1 fishmonger and 2 greengrocers. There’s a couple butchers outwith the town centre, but it’s impossible for one to exist in the centre due to Tesco’s stranglehold on consumer spending.
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]]> By: doctorvee http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/05/02/warning-this-could-be-too-convenient/comment-page-1/#comment-78012 doctorvee Wed, 02 May 2007 22:46:01 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/05/02/warning-this-could-be-too-convenient/#comment-78012 Yeah, with supermarkets you can get all of this done much more efficiently than you used to. It's usually cheaper (because of economies of scale), and in my experience the products you get from smaller independent shops are pretty poor quality. And it saves a lot of time as well. In short, society as a whole is better off. And of course, if people <em>really</em> didn't like Tesco et al, and if they <em>really</em> liked small independent shops -- then they wouldn't shop at Tesco. But they do. Yeah, with supermarkets you can get all of this done much more efficiently than you used to. It’s usually cheaper (because of economies of scale), and in my experience the products you get from smaller independent shops are pretty poor quality. And it saves a lot of time as well. In short, society as a whole is better off.

And of course, if people really didn’t like Tesco et al, and if they really liked small independent shops — then they wouldn’t shop at Tesco. But they do.

]]> By: MatGB http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/05/02/warning-this-could-be-too-convenient/comment-page-1/#comment-78009 MatGB Wed, 02 May 2007 22:31:45 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/05/02/warning-this-could-be-too-convenient/#comment-78009 @akatsuki. Yes, it does. They get out competed. This is mostly because rents in the old one-stop locations (ie, High Streets) is still ludicrously high making smaller shops uncompeteive. But if we're getting everything we need, in one location, at a reasonable price, then we're better off, giving us more time and money to do other things, hence service sector and leisure jobs are creted instead. A traditional shop needs to compete on more than just price/availability thse days, I have no real problem with that. @akatsuki. Yes, it does. They get out competed. This is mostly because rents in the old one-stop locations (ie, High Streets) is still ludicrously high making smaller shops uncompeteive.

But if we’re getting everything we need, in one location, at a reasonable price, then we’re better off, giving us more time and money to do other things, hence service sector and leisure jobs are creted instead.

A traditional shop needs to compete on more than just price/availability thse days, I have no real problem with that.

]]> By: akatsuki http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/05/02/warning-this-could-be-too-convenient/comment-page-1/#comment-77964 akatsuki Wed, 02 May 2007 18:51:28 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/05/02/warning-this-could-be-too-convenient/#comment-77964 I guess it has an effect on the mom and pop shops and other small businesses if all of us lazy folk do just one big shop a week at the mega-mart. I guess it has an effect on the mom and pop shops and other small businesses if all of us lazy folk do just one big shop a week at the mega-mart.

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