Credit crunch Britain and Lidl
I've just seen credit crunch Britain in action.
You know that we are all tightening our collective belts when half a dozen residents turn up at a Liverpool planning meeting to speak up in support for a Lidl supermarket.
"The cost of living is going up and Lidl gives you more choice and much better prices," said one.
Usually residents and businesses make the journey to Liverpool town hall to object to plans, but seldom to speak in favour.
In the end the plan for Speke Hall Road, south Liverpool was turned down by planners because it would have broken policies on building outside district centres.
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There is an appalling amount of snobbery about Lidl and Aldi. We have both in Kensington and Fairfield - although Aldi will close in December when it hopes to move into a new and larger store in the Swan. Residents would have liked to have kept it, because they will be left with no choice. The delicatassen provision is very good, for a start. But so are those bargains that are advertised in the leaflets we get through the door. I love my Lidl and my Aldi.
I totally agree with you Louise. I regularly use the Aldi near where I live. the point I was making is that these supermarkets are now becoming part and parcel of the fabric of our country, even more so during a recession when everyone's trying to save cash.
Yes, I appreciate that, I think I was agreeing with you and having a go at those folk on the Wirral or Crosby or wherever it was that did not want a Lidl on their doorstep, a few weeks back.
Like you, I've sat through dozens of planning meetings and never before seen a supermarket being pro-actively supported, so is it wrong to smell a rat?
"The cost of living is going up and Lidl gives you more choice and much better prices,"
Just a thought?