Then go and shop at a supermarket? Like villages moaning that it will ruin small shops if a supermarket was built in the neighbourhood. Im thinking not if you just didnt shop there it wouldnt.
      Answer1:You are exactly right. When surveys are done, people say that the most important factor in deciding where to shop is service. However, this is a lie. They may prefer the service, but when it comes down to it, most people shop price. They are willing to put up with crappy service to save a buck, then they complain about it.If it were true that service was the top factor, then the giant chain stores would not be growing while the neighborhood businesses die.
      Answer2:true.I wont be blowing the trumpet for small storesI live in a town/village with a small parade of shops, and a great big superstore, nearbygrowing up, we didnt have much choice... you got the cuts of meat that the butcher wanted to give you and the wormy apples from the back of the display at the greengrocers... the only choice was hobsons choice... take it or leave it... or if you really wanted something, then face a long bus ride into the nearest townI use the small shops when its convenient, but the superstore has much more range/choice, lower prices and is open 24 hours monday to saturday, and some of sunday. If I want some generic item, then I can get half a dozen choices of brandmy choice of produce... my choice of time to shop... my choice of brandsmall stores can go the same way as the dodo as far as I am concerned{edit} to address the point about service... If I get a bad item at tescos, they are much more likely to take it back and refund without comment than some small family run business. You can always get help to find the item you want, if you askI have never had a problem with service at a major supermarket.and im going to finish it here, before I start sounding like an advert for supermarkets
      Answer3:I live in a small town and Tesco bought out a One-Stop shop and it became a Tesco Express. Personally I think the refit, the new layout, the professionalism and the friendliness of the new staff improved the place. All that matters to me is service and this Tesco Express is giving a better service with better and fresher produce and a brighter and better shop. I think people who resist big business running small shops just because they dont like change are a problem. This example of course was not an example of Tesco moving in as a competitor. If Tesco had come in as a competitor to that store then Id have tried it out and if it gave an improved service on the already existing shop then Id shop at the Tesco. If it didnt then Id shop at the pre-existing shop. But we didnt get that situation.The moving in of a new supermarket to an area where one already exists and the town is against it will mean much opposition to that new supermarket. But if that new supermarket out-performs an already existing supermarket then that already existing supermarket will either have to improve or else it will lose business and have to close down - basic economics. Actually, Tesco wants to build a supermarket in my area where a supermarket ran by another operator already exists. There is some opposition to this. Actually what we have already seems fine and the new Tesco Supermarket might improve or it might not improve our area. I am not sure, if this Tesco gets a go-ahead, whether both supermarkets will survive. It will be interesting to see. Im not sure two supermarkets in one small town can survive side by side. I hope the Tesco Express remains open though if the Tesco Supermarket does move in.
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      Answer5:People fear change. They also think out of a box and think for themselves. It would actually bring employment for the village, plus more competition which stretches those who are creative, and adapt to change. Sometimes its because they have some ego and "its our village." Or it wasnt their BIG IDEA.If they thought to work together, as a community then all the businesses would have come together, and created their own super market where people can walk around their shops inside but made it bigger. Heck, even the people who didnt have a shop, would support their local and chipped in to make that happen.But the supermarket exist because there is a demand, and since their is a demand, the supermarket can supply.So who are they supplying to? As you said...they supply to the very ones who are complaining. Now isnt that ironic.