Waitrose.........wait for it.......are looking at "Dulwich"

[Mick Mac]

Had the inside track on Saturday from a property type who has recently been asked to source a suitable site for Waitrose in Dulwich........Alas he feels an appropriate site does not currently exist - but hey - at least they are looking. Its a start, so we may not be limited to double doses of Somerfields for too much longer.

[Domitianus]

breath....holdng...my...I...ain't.

Re-arrange the preceding into a well-known phrase or saying.

[reetpetite]

Your property guy is right there is no suitable site , Somerfield probably has the biggest site in the Lane cant see any other site being large enough for a full size Waitrose .Maybe Foxtons at a push......

[SeanMacGabhann]

the woolwich building?

Not that I care obviously

[candj]

Stop teasing us... we've been waiting forever for the illusive M&S/Waitrose boutique to come to ED.

[SeanMacGabhann]

No "we" haven't

[matthew123]

Would be good to have a Waitrose... but where? The only suitable site would be Goose Green, but I don't see that getting planning permission judging by the reaction to the dog fence that cut it in two.

[candj]

okay I've been waiting.

[reetpetite]

So have I..

[SeanMacGabhann]

I'm well aware lots of people are watching and waiting, but a collective "we"?

If it opens it opens - but if a proper butchers and local veg places go bust I know who to come looking for ;-)

[candj]

Sorry grouchmacgabhann!! I'm not ashamed of my desire for one of the above.

Edited to add that I still patronise the local butchers (naturally) and the local veg shop.

[reetpetite]

I support the butchers and greengrocers wholeheartedly ,but there are other things that Waitrose provide that i prefer to the other local supermarkets

[ratty]

I cannot afford to shop in Waitrose

[reetpetite]

I cant afford to shop in Somerfields with their rip offs in special offers.!

[Mick Mac]

The impression he gave was that it would be a bigger Waitrose not a Somerfield size - hence will prob not be Lordship Lane.

If they are only at the looking stage its a few years away I guess.

But at least we can feel the upmarket aura of being on their wishlist. That means lots (doesn't it).

[macroban]

Kwik Fit

Merton Timber

BuildCentre

All three are suitable sites.

[lenk]

You lot love your independent shops and then do backflips at the slightest mention of another supermarket coming to town... what's it to be?

Because another alpha male supermarket on the lane will definitely impact on all the beloved independent shops in the area.

[ibilly99]

reetpetite as all EDFers know re Somerfields the cardinal rule for special offers is

Check and Challenge

[reetpetite]

Yes 'us lot' do like and support our independent shops ,it dosent mean we have to lose our sense of humour ,we know its not gonna happen so why get so het up over it !

[reetpetite]

ibilly99 Wrote:

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> reetpetite as all EDFers know re Somerfields the

> cardinal rule for special offers is

>

> Check and Challenge

I know and I do just wish I didnt have to !

[monicaP]

How about the old Dulwich Cars, opposite Locale on east Dulwich Rd?

It looks up for sale and might be big enough

[Moos]

Ha ha, this is great! I hear Selfridges are looking for an ED site too. Oh yes. The MotherShop is coming to land.

[Mick Mac]

But this is "for real" Moos. They really are interested in little old ED.

[Moos]

Well, OK, yes, I did make Selfridges up. I just thought it might add to the general frothing going on.

[EDOldie]

They've been looking for years. SE21 & SE22 are two of the most affluent areas in south London. The surprise is that they are not here already. I heard that other locally located supermarkets were so worried they might buy the Crystal Palace Morrisons site that it was bid way over the odds to keep Waitrose out, but who knows, eh?

Wouldn't shed too many tears for the local traders, look how the Lane has changed since Sainsburys opened in Denmark Hill. There is a lot of retail evidence to suggest that far from destroying local shopping centres supermarkets can attract shopers from other areas who come and use the local shops. Also look how much better the produce and shopping experience (sorry) is with local shops than the supermarket. But the supermarket is relatively cheap and convenient. Like France and the massive hypermarkets with thriving shopping centres nearby. Rates and rents are the real enemy of small shopping centres.

I'd welcome a Waitrose or M & S to give Sainsburys, Somerfield, and to a certain extent Tesco's, a run for their money and, not least of all, to save me the 20 min drive to Beckenham every weekend.

Shopaholic Oldie