Has the penny really not dropped with anyone that if you commute by bus from Marple to Stockport town centre every day this is not an argument for a shop spelling beans 5p cheaper than anywhere else: it is a quest to find somewhere that sells the food that you need to live. There are no food stores near to the bus station: until the Rose Hill Spar opened there was not a single place where you could get off the bus to buy fresh bread, milk and fruit in the early evening (I boycotted the garage when it became Co-op because Co-op Marple only ever had 8 pint milk or £1.80 loaves on the shelf at 6.30pm). Working people in Marple are currently second class citizens to the retailers of Marple who say 'we don't want your trade - arrive before five o'clock or come on Saturday or the doors will be locked' or arrive at the Co-op after five o'clock and the shelves will contain no fresh food or the inferior produce that the daytime shoppers wouldn't touch. Sorry Marple traders, we no longer live in the 1950s sending dutiful Stepford housewives on daytime shopping trips between nine and five and need later opening hours. If you cannot stand the heat of the customer demands of the 21st century perhaps you don't deserve to be in the kitchen. A Marple High St (and I mean every shop on the High St) of noon till eight shops is what is needed to fight and beat ASDA at its own game. One shop alone cannot win the battle. One thing that is certain is that if this were to be the case, there would be a massive support from the anti-ASDA lobby - there would also a lot of people who would like, but have never been able, to shop in Marple because they work the same hours as the shops open.
Why not get your loaf in Stockport before you get in the bus back to Marple.
Seriously though your comment it is a "quest to find somewhere that sells the food that you need to live" is slightly dramatic.
I've lived in Marple for 17 year now and don't remember anybody starving to death because they can't find
enough food to eat.
So basically you would be happy to use a superstore on Hibbert Lane because it would fit in with your daily commute and lifestyle, whatever the effect on people's quality of life within the community which will be affected by the increased traffic,noise etc.
I thought that the majority of the YES campaign was based on the high prices the co-op charge and the need for a cheaper supermarket?
As I have previously stated a new supermarket would be a convenience and is not a necessity that needs building in a residential area.
It is like saying why don't we re-build Bredbury Industrial Estate, stick it on Brabyns Park & the Memorial Park, then we can all get new jobs there. We could all walk to work, less traffic in Marple and plenty of time to get to the New ASDA before they run out of fresh bread at 5 o'clock.
