Revised new - M&S planning application to replace Iceland..

[Millhaven]

HelBel65 Wrote:

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> Isn't a one word post just as likely to send us

> over the edge? Serious question!

Fair point Hels. It is a question that certainly needed asking. Not sure if it is so many posts per page despite their length or whether it depends on how long each individual post is.

hmmmm.....

[HelBel65]

Ah yes. That is an excellent observation Mills. Only one way to find out eh?

[unlurked]

unlurked Wrote:

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> unlurked Wrote:

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> > > James Barber Wrote:

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> > -

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> > > But you have always wanted Waitrose om the

> Lane

> > > haven't you JB? Did you not start a thread 3

> or

> > 4

> > > years ago trying to generate support for your

> > > plans? What is it about Waitrose that

> > you

> > > have been pushing for it for years?

> >

> > You seem to have missed this, James.

>

> Thanks for the partial reply, James, but what

> about the second bit, (above)? I would also be

> interested how you select, and approach a retailer

> and entice them to an area?

Dear James, you seemed to have missed this again. To make it easier:

What is it about Waitrose that you have been pushing for it for years? What mandate did/do you have to approach retailers to come to the area? How do you choose which retailers you approach or is it just your personal choice?

[davidh]

unlurked... please just bore off will you? waitrose, m&s, either is better than the slumlike iceland. we are now at the 50th page of this saga which has lasted longer than the archers. most of us want the new guys. you apparently don't, or just like arguing. please, go a w a y!

[spider69]

davidh Wrote:

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> unlurked... please just bore off will you?

> waitrose, m&s, either is better than the slumlike

> iceland. we are now at the 50th page of this saga

> which has lasted longer than the archers. most of

> us want the new guys. you apparently don't, or

> just like arguing. please, go a w a y!

I dont find Iceland slumlike in fact it is very clean and very acceptable as a shop.

Please explain why you find it slumlike.

Or is it because you live in a far different world to other people

[DulwichFox]

Lidl ?

DulwichFox

[Frankito]

The mere fact that Kerry Katona was once the Iceland cover girl is enough to keep me away from it forever.......

Oh that and the one fateful "chicken curry" I once bought in there where they clearly disregarded taste and meat when putting it together... Never again! Some students experimented with drugs, I experimented with Iceland Chicken Curry.

[Sue]

davidh Wrote:

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most of us want the new guys.

xxxxxx

"Most" of "us"??

Please speak for yourself rather than on behalf of other people!

I don't want the new guys. I like Iceland for things like six large free-range eggs for a pound, the cheery people at the checkouts, and the welcome escape from pretentiousness.

[Zebedee Tring]

What I really want to know is whether M&S intend to open a branch in Ambridge. It would almost certainly put the village shop out of business.

[edhistory]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24629300

[James Barber]

Hi edhistory,

I'm an elected representative and was asked about such stores. Checked out the feeling via this forum and asked both M&S and Waitrose if they had plans to come. I'd prefer Iceland to stay because clearly many people like it. But they're no longer willing to pay the new market rent on their current site.

Equally I've spoken to three cinema chains about coming to Lordship Lane.

Regenerated the Leisure centre, all street lighting modernised, 20mph, new schools. It's what local politicians should do.

[edhistory]

James Barber Wrote:

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> Hi edhistory,

> I'm an elected representative and was asked about

> such stores. Checked out the feeling via this

> forum and asked both M&S and Waitrose if they had

> plans to come. I'd prefer Iceland to stay because

> clearly many people like it. But they're no longer

> willing to pay the new market rent on their

> current site.

Why is this addressed to me?

John K

[Ron70]

James Barber Wrote:

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> Hi edhistory,

> I'm an elected representative and was asked about

> such stores. Checked out the feeling via this

> forum and asked both M&S and Waitrose if they had

> plans to come. I'd prefer Iceland to stay because

> clearly many people like it. But they're no longer

> willing to pay the new market rent on their

> current site.

>

> Equally I've spoken to three cinema chains about

> coming to Lordship Lane.

>

> Regenerated the Leisure centre, all street

> lighting modernised, 20mph, new schools. It's what

> local politicians should do.

Hi James, from what I've read on this forum it seems that you are doing your best for this community. However, I do hope that when you say you're asking people's views on Iceland, M&S & Waitrose, this forum is not your sole source for canvassing local opinion.

Ron70

[Loz]

I think this is the right place for this...

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/business/waitrose-top-for-organic-vegetables-customer-service-and-milfs-2013043067123

[Louisa]

Please make this thread stop oh higher power! I feel as though I'm trapped in a never ending 7 year night terror.

Louisa.

[Ron70]

Louisa Wrote:

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> Please make this thread stop oh higher power! I

> feel as though I'm trapped in a never ending 7

> year night terror.

>

> Louisa.

If people stopped posting here this thread would stop... Fact!

Ron70

[easytiger]

Iceland is good, m&s is good. There's another hairdressers on nx and another deli opening soon. Better to have trading shops than empty shops.

Edited for typo

[Mick Mac]

James Barber Wrote:

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>

> Regenerated the Leisure centre, all street

> lighting modernised, 20mph, new schools. It's what

> local politicians should do.

And decent pavements to enhance Lordship Lane's "cafe culture" must surely be next on the list. :)

[peckhamside]

Are all to be held hostage by car drivers? People needs homes, they also need local food retailers if they are not to drive everywhere.

My only misgiving is the point raised re closing down a low cost food outlet, they do sell fresh and frozen non-prepared food.

By the way, anyone know what is happening with the empty office block next to the swimming pool, it would make an ideal Iceland!

[Zebedee Tring]

If Iceland closed, we would all miss the opportunity of buying their authentic Deep Pan Doner Kebab Pizzas. Italian food doesn't get much better than that - who needs M&S and Waitrose?

http://groceries.iceland.co.uk/iceland-deep-pan-doner-kebab-pizza-432g/p/50772

[El Pibe]

wow, I think my arteries hardened just looking at a picture of the box!!

[fishbiscuits]

I actually tried one of those pizzas a while ago. The kebab pieces were kind of sausagey, and really tasteless. I eat some right old crap, but wouldn't really recommend that.

http://fishfingersarnie.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/weekend-in-iceland.html

[mynamehere]

I really like your filthy food blog fish biscuits

[Mick Mac]

I just had a massive panic attack that this thread might have disappeared. Phew.

[Mick Mac]

James - what happened at 1 Jan - did Iceland continue the lease after all?