Waitrose or M&S TYPE supermarket - do we want one on LL?

[RosieH]

Why on earth should anyone want to boycott Iceland?

[HonaloochieB]

I've never been in a Waitrose, so I'm voting yes so I can make up my mind whether I like them or not.

I'm feeling spectacularly self-centred today.

[*Bob*]

I'd like to see a Wankyfoods move in on 'the laaaane'. Wankyfoods have done super-well in places like Battersea, Putney and Fulham.

They've cornered the market in selling a bag of chopped-up salad with two haricot beans, four toasted pine nuts and a single basil leaf on top (for ?5) - to super-busy people with super-busy lives who only know how to heat, stir, heat and stand.

A Wankyfoods would also be a positive move towards the eventual elimination from SE22 of any household with a joint income of less than 20k - which I'm sure most people would agree would be for the best.

[silverfox]

What did you say kidkruger? The coop doesn't stock vegetables/fresh produce after 1660? Wasn't the potato introduced to Europe around that year?

[Sue]

Alec John Moore Wrote:

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> However, I seem to recall that when Somerfield was

> revamped a few years ago they had a small fresh

> fish stall. That may well have closed due to lack

> of patronage. That is a shame and it is

> interesting that Moxons seems to be surviving

> further up the Lane.

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Yes, they did have a fresh fish stall. The fish looked fine to me. The stall didn't last long.

I have no idea why it was removed, but maybe - just maybe - the people now buying their fresh fish at Moxons didn't want to be seen shopping in Somerfield.

Just a guess .....

Oh, and *Bob* and Silverfox, :))

[dukesdenver]

Waitrose to open more stores as John Lewis sales rise

[Jeremy]

*Bob* Wrote:

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> elimination from SE22 of any household with a joint income of less than 20k

20K? Why so generous?

[KidKruger]

No I said 1600, which is actually 60 years earlier, around the time I believe that Sumo wrestling became a sport in Japan, Oh them were the days...

[DulwichFox]

Moxons should be called Morons.

Some time back I went there to buy some Fresh Tiger Prawns. Available in most Supermarkets.

They did not sell them. But could order a box of frozen Tigers for ?40.00.

Never been back.

[*Bob*]

Yes, that's the definitive test of a good fishmonger - to go in expecting something specific to be there - without fail.

[DulwichFox]

*Bob* Wrote:

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> Yes, that's the definitive test of a good

> fishmonger - to go in expecting something specific

> to be there - without fail.

They did not have what I wanted.

I don't eat fish fish.

No need to return

[SeanMacGabhann]

So a fishmonger selling fresh seafood (and we can agree it's likelier to be fresh than supermarkets? yes/no? hence the probablility of a supermarket having them ) runs out of a line and it's not enough that you are upset about it but you have to call them Morons instead?

Tough crowd

[*Bob*]

If they knew what's good for them, they'd have a HUGE tower of imported, lifeless prawns round the back - vacuum packed for, er, freshness - So that no-one who EVER came in looking for prawns would EVER be disappointed. The fools!

[Keef]

Hey everybody, *bob*'s back! :)-D

[DulwichFox]

SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> So a fishmonger selling fresh seafood (and we can

> agree it's likelier to be fresh than supermarkets?

> yes/no? hence the probablility of a supermarket

> having them ) runs out of a line and it's not

> enough that you are upset about it but you have to

> call them Morons instead?

>

> Tough crowd

They did not run out they simply do (did) not stock them.

Full conversation was.

Me "Hello, have you got any Fresh Tiger Prawns please ?"

Oik "What ju mean, Tiger Prawns. ?"

Me "Tigers ! Don't know else to call them "

Oik "oh I know. No we don't do 'em. No Call for 'em."

Asks boss.

Boss oik " I can order a Box of Frozen ones. Err.. be 40 quid."

me "No, it's ok. I'll leave it. Thanks "

Like I say Morons.

[*Bob*]

Yeah! Morons!

They'll rue the day. By God. No prawns? I mean, really...

[DaveR]

I think Moxons only stock fish from British waters. Tiger prawns are mainly farmed in SE Asia and imported. It's not surprising they don't stock them.

Moron.

[*Bob*]

I can't get my head around it. It's like some kind of sick, twisted alternative reality - where you go into a shop to buy prawns and they don't have them.

I can only pray that a Waitrose and/or M&S reaches us soon - because if there's one thing you can always rely on them having, it's prawns. Unless they've sold out.

[silverfox]

For our anniversary a couple of years ago I thought I'd treat my wife to a special meal and try my hand at cooking that Japanese dish Fugu. Couldn't believe it Moxons don't stock the deadly Puffer fish I required.

[flapjackdavey]

just adding my tuppence worth , havnt read the thread . Does East Dulwich really need another supermarket when it allready has Sainsburys' and the Co-op ? I don't think so .

[John247]

Just for info, Waitrose has announced plans to open 39 new stores in 2011. The new outlets will include 27 "smaller-format" convenience stores...

[david_carnell]

Other than the DKH Sainsbos, all the other stores in ED are "smaller-format" convenience stores (and I'd include the Co-Op in that given their poor stock) so that would be the last thing needed.

I'm in the "no" group btw but would be intrigued by a tru co-op "people's supermarket" and the option of late night shopping on the lane inc. fresh foods once or twice a week.

[Jeremy]

DulFox... proper tiger prawns are something like 20cm long (or more), and come from Asia. You NEVER see them fresh here... I've never seem them in a supermarket either. You sometimes get them frozen from fishmongers and Asian supermarkets, in large-ish boxes.

[SeanMacGabhann]

Apart from meat and fish, what is it people need to buy late at night that can be sourced from the Turkish shop or Nisha?s (to pick two examples)

[DulwichFox]

I must try and find those Rose-Tinted-Spectacles.

How much more wonderful the World and East Dulwich would be.

Where everything is perfect and no one ever has need to complain.

And Policemen turn into Goblins when you pass them in the street.

And everyone is really nice to each other.

And everyone is Equal irespective of Race, Colour, Creed, Gender, Sexual Preference.

Lovely Day. Pease and love. Man.

How nice to live in Total Blissful Ignorance.