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sallyw

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Sue

Sue

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Otta Wrote:

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> Thomas Micklewright Wrote:

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> > Do Iceland do good vegetables and fruits?

>

>

> Yeah, but more importantly, they sell loads of

> cheap meat!


xxxxxx


Bad, bad Otta :))

DulwichFox

DulwichFox

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Go to Iceland and buy the things you can carry and actually need....


Or drive to S........'s and fill the car up with things you think you need but don't and

fill up your new Brown Bins with all the stuff that you end up wasting...


Buy 1, waste 1 Free...


Fox

Dopamine1979

Dopamine1979

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DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Go to Iceland and buy the things you can carry and

> actually need....

>

> Or drive to S........'s and fill the car up with

> things you think you need but don't and

> fill up your new Brown Bins with all the stuff

> that you end up wasting...

>

> Buy 1, waste 1 Free...

>

> Fox


Here endeth the lesson. Amen to that.

Sue

Sue

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DulwichFox Wrote:

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>

> Or drive to S........'s and fill the car up with

> things you think you need but don't and

> fill up your new Brown Bins with all the stuff

> that you end up wasting...

>

> Buy 1, waste 1 Free...

>


xxxxxxx


Just need a bit of discipline, Foxy :))


Avert your eyes from the Ben and Jerry Phish Food and all that (I see the Co-Op has Ben and Jerry's on special offer this week btw folks)

joealessi

joealessi

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Can't BELIEVE so many people have responded to this brainless (if it's genuine and deliberately provocative if not) post. (which now includes me.. doh!)

*ADMINISTRATOR* - Surely it's time to suffocate at birth any posts that mention 'M&S Simply Food' or 'Waitrose' on Lordship Lane.. Please!

  • 5 months later...
first mate

first mate

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Hmmm, you'd think with a development of this scale that all the street would be consulted- only a handful it seems. It's been kept very low key.


The rationale is that since all the existing parking behind Iceland will be removed this will reduce pressure from cars parking in the area. Not sure that makes sense? Where will the residents in the new units park?


There is a carwash next to the proposed development and they regularly park cars waiting to be washed up and down the street- Southwark Wardens are awfully obliging about cars on yellow lines where this business is concerned;)


Do we need an M&S? It is not clear to me how much higher than the exisiting structure this building will be?

Andyng

Andyng

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sallyw Wrote:

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> Can we start a campaign to close Iceland and turn

> it into m& s simply food or waitrose. It's

> ruins look of lordship lane too cheap and ugly.

> Does not fit in with other nice shops and when I

> walk down north cross rd I just want it gone it's

> yuk


This woman is a huge snob shops like iceland are good for dulwich provides variety

Earl Aelfheah

Earl Aelfheah

Posted
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Iceland may sell one or two basics at a good price, but the majority of their stuff is truly appalling, for both health and environment. There are a number of low cost supermarkets which cater for those on a budget without such disregard for quality / nutrition. Personally, I won't shed a tear for their closure.
KalamityKel

KalamityKel

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Andyng Wrote:

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> sallyw Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Can we start a campaign to close Iceland and

> turn

> > it into m& s simply food or waitrose. It's

> > ruins look of lordship lane too cheap and ugly.

>

> > Does not fit in with other nice shops and when

> I

> > walk down north cross rd I just want it gone

> it's

> > yuk

>

> This woman is a huge snob shops like iceland are

> good for dulwich provides variety


Iceland was installed and running a LONG time before these "nice shops" came to ED... perhaps we should get rid of them instead ans worship that is Iceland forever more :)


*NB. I'm neither for or against the establishment ;-)

Alan Medic

Alan Medic

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rahrahrah Wrote:

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> Iceland may sell one or two basics at a good

> price, but the majority of their stuff is truly

> appalling, for both health and environment. There

> are a number of low cost supermarkets which cater

> for those on a budget without such disregard for

> quality / nutrition. Personally, I won't shed a

> tear for their closure.


Where do you suggest those on a budget go then?

KalamityKel

KalamityKel

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Administrator Wrote:

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> Please can we use the other Iceland thread.

>

> Thank you.



Sorry Admin but the other thread is meant to concern the proposed application not the silly opinions (as seems to be dominating that thread) of whether a waitrose/M&S/Iceland should occupy the site and the price of fish (oooo a so diff can of worms!). Perhaps that thread should be advised to stay on topic no?

RosieH

RosieH

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rahrahrah Wrote:

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> Just for an example, look at their 'Ultimate

> Snack' range..



I don't see how they're any worse than the equivalent products from M&S / Sainsbury's / Tesco etc: burritos, filled jackets, toasted sandwich - granted the yorkshire pudding roll looks pretty lowest common denominator, but that's just food snobbery on my part, based in no way on nutritional information.


So I'll ask again, how do justify saying they're appalling for health? And in that regard, how do they differ from any of the major multiples.

Earl Aelfheah

Earl Aelfheah

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There are plenty of examples. Frozen cheese and ham sandwichs are just one, doner kebab pizzas another (?1 at Iceland). You won't find these in Sainsburys (for example). Take a walk around Iceland and look at the type of cheap, highly processed convenience foods they specialise in. Yes, in my opinion they are one of the worst offenders when it comes to peddling this type of junk.


(edited in order to point out this beauty)

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