D Little- Registered: 12 Sep 2016
- Posts: 440
I hear that the Stembrook store is closing soon.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 22,141
no wonder,they don't get many custermers.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 61,584
I have not heard any rumours but surprised it has lasted this long, whenever I have ventured in it looks like mainly staff from nearby offices getting their lunches or elderly residents from the Gateway flats who find that Morrison's and Asda are too far for them.
Vic Matcham
- Location: River
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 13,608
Again with the new builds coming down there the CO-OP need to hang on in there .
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Andy B
- Location: dover
- Registered: 10 Nov 2012
- Posts: 1,452
It must have trouble competing with other local supermarkets.Its a good shop but i find it expensive compared to the others.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 11,638
Not enough footfall but I have never liked the shop since it opened, much better when they were in the Charlton area.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 61,584
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Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 2,229
Dover heartbroken where do they come up with this c**p, and the staff member quote 'they expected us to carry on working today which is a bit harsh" I despair!
Excellent idea Howard though Lidl do like new builds and edge of town locations.
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Button
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 949
But still in River, Aylesham and Shepherdswell presumably.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 61,584
Agree about the new builds thing Reg but the one in Folkestone is in a central location. Much as I sympathise with the staff some of whom have worked there since I moved in 2002 the Co-op has given them three months notice to find other employment - not many businesses do that.
Andy B- Location: dover
- Registered: 10 Nov 2012
- Posts: 1,452
I suppose Dover residents had "Tears of joy" when they first opened the store.I could imagine the press reporting it like that.
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Lew Finnis- Registered: 5 Nov 2014
- Posts: 463
Lidl won't touch it as there is no free car parking.
Lew Finnis
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 22,141
and the roof leaks to
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Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 61,584
Got a leaflet through the door from the Co-op extolling their latest promotional offers, the problem being that their "bargain" prices were mostly higher than rival's standard prices.
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The Bishop
- Location: Supine
- Registered: 16 Oct 2016
- Posts: 1,071
howard mcsweeney1 wrote:Got a leaflet through the door from the Co-op extolling their latest promotional offers, the problem being that their "bargain" prices were mostly higher than rival's standard prices.
What price are you really paying for those tax avoiding corporations?
Just because you don't take an interest in politics doesn't mean that politics won't take an interest in you. PERICLES.
Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 4,030
Extraordinary! I didn't know Co-ops still existed. My parents used to use them when we were poor! Are they still doing the 'divvy'?
Why aren't you all shopping on-line?
Here's a link to the future (Waitrose on line delivery)
http://www.waitrose.com/content/waitrose/en/home/about_waitrose/our_company/online-grocery-delivery.html
Can't recommend it too highly. Excellent service and keeps people with no skills other than ability to drive a van in a job so I view shopping as a 'kindness' to them.
"You know, there really exist certain people to whom it is assigned, at their birth, to have all sorts of extraordinary things happen to them" Mikhail Lermontov
The Bishop- Location: Supine
- Registered: 16 Oct 2016
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Just because you don't take an interest in politics doesn't mean that politics won't take an interest in you. PERICLES.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 61,584
Wonder what will happen to the Peacock's section in there? I took a look inside earlier and it is very well stocked but just one staff member and me were the only people in there. Maybe they will take a smaller unit in town.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 22,141
they have a peacocks in biggin street howard