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Post by fanatical on Jul 17, 2015 9:13:03 GMT
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Post by fanatical on Jul 17, 2015 9:17:38 GMT
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Post by fanatical on Jul 17, 2015 9:19:19 GMT
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Post by daniel300380 on Jul 17, 2015 9:21:53 GMT
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Post by daniel300380 on Jul 17, 2015 9:22:39 GMT
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Post by pirateer on Jul 17, 2015 9:44:33 GMT
The thing about all these events for me is the amount of money spent by other organisations off the back of these plans such as us and Councils that has been waisted. that total would be something worth publicising to the press.
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Post by Dr John Dee on Jul 17, 2015 9:47:16 GMT
I am struggling to keep up! Some of the articles are quire old and there is a risk of publishing information that has been superceded. Does anyone know whether the Selly Oak scheme finally included any work on the canal?
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Post by JeffNZ on Jul 17, 2015 10:20:23 GMT
It's an epidemic. This is such a clear case of a corporation with no morals or social concience. This should be a major story for the mainstream media but I doubt it will be as they are mostly cut from the same cloth.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2015 11:23:25 GMT
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Post by timothyq on Jul 17, 2015 13:01:19 GMT
Blatant self publicism, but I thought it would be a good idea to publish a blog to collate all the incidents of Sainsbury's screwing over the councils and local businesses. I may even publish some of those trolley photos as well. shamesburys.wordpress.com/If you know of any more I can publish, please could you add them to this thread. If anyone wants to help with this, please can you contact me. It would be nice to have a place that brings everything together and hopefully annoys Sainsburys PR department at the very least. www.leek-news.co.uk/Don-t-let-Marston-s-build-pub-Sainsbury-s-site/story-22713101-detail/story.htmlI was living in Leek when the Sainsbury's was built and there was a whole saga over changes to the road layout because of the new store. Basically, someone at the council decided the existing road layout wouldn't be able to deal with the hgv traffic, so Sainsbury's funded some changes including the removal of an old roundabout. Some of the locals went absolutely mental and proceeded to occupy the roundabout for a number of weeks. Strictly speaking none of this was Sainsbury's fault, they applied for planning permission, built a store and funded the councils road changes, but we did see some interesting bits of propoganda floating about like a bumper sticker that read 'You won't catch me roundabout Sainsburys' and a poem in the fish and chip shop, I only remember the first few lines and, sadly, I can't find it on the internet but it went like this: If the queen only knew, There would be such a to do, For there is no reason, And it would be treason, To take away our roundabout. As I said, I don't think Sainsbury's did anything wrong in Leek, but many people in the area disagreed so have a read up, it will at least provide a good example of how supermarket developments divide opinions and cause instability in rural / semi-rural areas.
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Post by timothyq on Jul 17, 2015 15:34:34 GMT
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Post by davehuddscousin on Jul 17, 2015 19:24:27 GMT
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Post by gasshole on Jul 17, 2015 19:48:10 GMT
"We're Sainsbury's and we do what we want to" Repeat ad infinitim
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Post by solihullgas on Jul 17, 2015 20:59:07 GMT
After a delay they did go ahead with the Dorridge store. It was opened in November last year. The delay was mainly caused by local residents. I thought I would point this out because we need to understand the up to date situation.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2015 22:23:24 GMT
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