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Morrisons to open York city-centre store
10:43am Thursday 21st March 2013 in News
By Gavin Aitchison, gavin.aitchison@thepress.co.uk
YORKSHIRE supermarket giant Morrisons is to open its first store in York city centre, it has announced.
The firm is to open in the former Game shop in Spurriergate, which more recently housed ill-fated camera chain Jessops.
The company says the move will create 15 to 20 jobs and the shop, branded as M-local, should be open by the end of the summer. A spokeswoman said it would focus particularly on fresh produce.
Morrisons is rapidly expanding its position in the convenience store sector and has bought dozens of stores in recent months from failed chains Blockbuster, HMV and Jessops.
The company reported a drop in sales over Christmas but is offering a £500 bonus to any employee who suggests a site that becomes a new M-local. It is keen to compete with Tesco and Sainsbury’s, each of which already have several branches in York.
The Morrisons spokeswoman said: “The new store will give more space to fresh food such as fruit and vegetables, fish, meat and bakery products than other convenience stores.”
She said around half of the shop could be allocated to fresh produce, including fresh coffee, baked goods and a salad bar, sand said: “We hope these stores will create footfall and bring the bustle back to the high street.”
City council leader James Alexander welcomed the announcement, but greengrocers on Newgate Market in York said they feared they could suffer.
Paula Hind, who runs a stall, said on hearing the news: “It’s ridiculous. It’s taking our trade away.”
John Cartwright, who works on her stall, said: “Haven’t we got enough competition already, with three little Tescos and a Sainsbury in the centre and a big Morrisons just down the road? We don’t want any more competition.”
Coun Alexander said: “Its good to see another big retail brand with plans to move into the York, bringing an empty shop into use and increasing the city's offer to residents and visitors.
"Morrisons is not only flying the flag for Yorkshire companies, but will increase investor confidence in the city and encourage more brands to relocate and expand in York.”
Gordon Mowat, Morrisons managing director for convenience stores, recently said 2013 would be a big year for M-local, as the firm looked to expand rapidly.
Comments(71)
Shouter
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10:52am Thu 21 Mar 13
YorkCityLoyal
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10:52am Thu 21 Mar 13
Woody G Mellor
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10:53am Thu 21 Mar 13
echochamber
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10:57am Thu 21 Mar 13
sheps lad
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11:03am Thu 21 Mar 13
YorkCityLoyal wrote:Bully for you!
Knew about this at least 3 months ago
yorkandproud
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11:05am Thu 21 Mar 13
greenmonkey
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11:14am Thu 21 Mar 13
dsom73
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11:24am Thu 21 Mar 13
So Market produce being "more likely to be locally grown" is utter nads.
Mozzies veg also comes with a guarantee, will last much longer and is competetively priced - in today's climate, that's important when you have a family to feed.
If market holders want to compete, then they should try competing instead of whinging ALL the time.
limbert
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11:51am Thu 21 Mar 13
Ichabod76
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11:57am Thu 21 Mar 13
RisingDamp
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12:50pm Thu 21 Mar 13
On the other hand, I always buy more exotic stuff from the supermarkets. Each has their benefits.
3.8liter
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12:55pm Thu 21 Mar 13
CHISSY1
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1:08pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Ichabod76 wrote:"That is a really intelligent comment".
Fruit and veg bought at any supermarket will last longer due to a healthy dose of radiation !
Stevie D
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1:08pm Thu 21 Mar 13
echochamber wrote:Smaller shops in high-rent city centres or low-volume village locations are more expensive to run, in relation to the turnover, compared to a typical full-size branch. They have high sales of low-margin goods like bread, milk etc, and very little of the high-ticket goods where supermarkets make more money. If supermarkets were forced to charge the same price in all shops then those smaller convenience shops wouldn't be viable.
The goods in Tesco's and Sainsbury's 'convenience' stores is exactly the same as found in their larger supermarkets except for the price, which is mysteriously increased by 10%, 15%, 25% or however much they fancy.
When it costs them more to run a shop, why do you expect that they shouldn't pass those costs on to the customer?
Podlet
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1:32pm Thu 21 Mar 13
CHISSY1 wrote:Hey, pot. What colour is this kettle?
Ichabod76 wrote:"That is a really intelligent comment".
Fruit and veg bought at any supermarket will last longer due to a healthy dose of radiation !
YorkPatrol
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1:50pm Thu 21 Mar 13
limbert wrote:Why?
I'm surprised there's enough customers to keep all these shops viable.
York1900
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1:52pm Thu 21 Mar 13
alfie
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2:04pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Whistlejacket
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2:04pm Thu 21 Mar 13
YorkCityLoyal wrote:That's very impressive. You must have a gift for clairvoyance. Jessop's hadn't even gone into administration 3 months ago.
Knew about this at least 3 months ago
Perhaps you can look into your crystal ball and tell us when City are next likely to win a game.
Tug job
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2:30pm Thu 21 Mar 13
greenmonkey wrote:In which case an enterprising individual would be able to start selling fruit and veg in the city centre, again; shopping evolves constantly.
Food from the market is more likely to be locally grown so quality may vary more. However supermarkets pay less to the grower are overpackaged and charge over the odds for some things which they rely on you buying alongside their cheaper offers. By all means 'move with the times' if you want (and stallholders should innovate where they can), but when the market is gone and the supermarkets decide to move out again, having seen off the competition dont be surprised!
echochamber
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2:40pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Stevie D wrote:If the customer is stupid enough to subsidize the operations of these huge concerns in the way you suggest, they deserve to pay the rip-off prices.
echochamber wrote:Smaller shops in high-rent city centres or low-volume village locations are more expensive to run, in relation to the turnover, compared to a typical full-size branch. They have high sales of low-margin goods like bread, milk etc, and very little of the high-ticket goods where supermarkets make more money. If supermarkets were forced to charge the same price in all shops then those smaller convenience shops wouldn't be viable.
The goods in Tesco's and Sainsbury's 'convenience' stores is exactly the same as found in their larger supermarkets except for the price, which is mysteriously increased by 10%, 15%, 25% or however much they fancy.
When it costs them more to run a shop, why do you expect that they shouldn't pass those costs on to the customer?
ChilliPepper87
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2:43pm Thu 21 Mar 13
YorkPatrol wrote:because tourists seem to have shunned York this year, and the footfall generally in the centre is dying.
limbert wrote:Why?
I'm surprised there's enough customers to keep all these shops viable.
CHISSY1
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2:57pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Ichabod76 wrote:"So who is being nasty now,was there something offensive about my comment?".
CHISSY1 wrote:so which part of my post is inaccurate
Ichabod76 wrote:"That is a really intelligent comment".
Fruit and veg bought at any supermarket will last longer due to a healthy dose of radiation !
professor ?
or is it that your just a nasty person ?
Big Bad Wolf
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3:04pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Ichabod76 wrote:Don't feed the Troll.
CHISSY1 wrote:so which part of my post is inaccurate
Ichabod76 wrote:"That is a really intelligent comment".
Fruit and veg bought at any supermarket will last longer due to a healthy dose of radiation !
professor ?
or is it that your just a nasty person ?
Older Sometimes Wiser
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3:06pm Thu 21 Mar 13
ChilliPepper87 wrote:Agreed, Parliament Street was empty about 11am today,it could have been a Sunday in February. There is very little to attract tourists apart from the multiplicity of eating establishment. The selection of stalls at recent markets has been poor and the range and quality equally poor BUT expensive.
YorkPatrol wrote:because tourists seem to have shunned York this year, and the footfall generally in the centre is dying.
limbert wrote:Why?
I'm surprised there's enough customers to keep all these shops viable.
Unless York Tourism has a rethink it will shortly be loosing a lot of trade.The Council appear to think that the Tour De France cycling contest will bring in the punters, but UK Tourism lost out on the Olympics despite all the publicity
CHISSY1
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3:08pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Big Bad Wolf wrote:"What is the problem with my comment that seems to have rattled some cages".
Ichabod76 wrote:Don't feed the Troll.
CHISSY1 wrote:so which part of my post is inaccurate
Ichabod76 wrote:"That is a really intelligent comment".
Fruit and veg bought at any supermarket will last longer due to a healthy dose of radiation !
professor ?
or is it that your just a nasty person ?
Ichabod76
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3:15pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Big Bad Wolf
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3:16pm Thu 21 Mar 13
CHISSY1 wrote:Your comments never have any reference to the thread subject, they simply either insult the previous poster or try to make some irrelevant point.
Big Bad Wolf wrote:"What is the problem with my comment that seems to have rattled some cages".
Ichabod76 wrote:Don't feed the Troll.
CHISSY1 wrote:so which part of my post is inaccurate
Ichabod76 wrote:"That is a really intelligent comment".
Fruit and veg bought at any supermarket will last longer due to a healthy dose of radiation !
professor ?
or is it that your just a nasty person ?
You must be very bored.
Podlet
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3:18pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Ichabod76 wrote:Please don't correct your posts before I've had a chance to add my twopennorth.
*you're
CHISSY1
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3:19pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Ichabod76 wrote:As Mrs Brown would say "Thats Nice".
You still,
You replied to my post with a typical smart **** comment trying to imply I am thick, didn't reply to my next comment because its a truth you couldn't pull apart.
Do they or do they not treat supermarket fresh fruit and veg with radiation so it has a longer shelf life ?
By all means complain to the press again and have all my comments removed. I prefer to let all your posts stand so everyone can see what your like, in case you haven't noticed I'm not the only one who thinks your a nasty piece of work.
Podlet
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3:20pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Big Bad Wolf
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3:20pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Older Sometimes Wiser wrote:Is this not a particularly quiet spell for tourism in York though, with Easter just around the corner?
ChilliPepper87 wrote:Agreed, Parliament Street was empty about 11am today,it could have been a Sunday in February. There is very little to attract tourists apart from the multiplicity of eating establishment. The selection of stalls at recent markets has been poor and the range and quality equally poor BUT expensive.
YorkPatrol wrote:because tourists seem to have shunned York this year, and the footfall generally in the centre is dying.
limbert wrote:Why?
I'm surprised there's enough customers to keep all these shops viable.
Unless York Tourism has a rethink it will shortly be loosing a lot of trade.The Council appear to think that the Tour De France cycling contest will bring in the punters, but UK Tourism lost out on the Olympics despite all the publicity
I think that any shop (Supermarket chain or otherwise) would be welcome in that area which looks quite run down, especially now that the wine shop has closed too.
CHISSY1
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3:23pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Podlet wrote:Sorry "That's Nice".
That's
Ichabod76
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3:24pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Podlet wrote:So point proved then ?
Ichabod76 wrote:Please don't correct your posts before I've had a chance to add my twopennorth.
*you're
reply with no substance again
Ichabod76
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3:24pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Podlet wrote:sorry !
Ichabod76 wrote:Please don't correct your posts before I've had a chance to add my twopennorth.
*you're
Podlet
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3:28pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Ichabod76 wrote:Forgiven.
Podlet wrote:sorry !
Ichabod76 wrote:Please don't correct your posts before I've had a chance to add my twopennorth.
*you're
CHISSY1
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3:29pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Podlet
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3:33pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Big Bad Wolf wrote:Hear hear!
Older Sometimes Wiser wrote:Is this not a particularly quiet spell for tourism in York though, with Easter just around the corner?
ChilliPepper87 wrote:Agreed, Parliament Street was empty about 11am today,it could have been a Sunday in February. There is very little to attract tourists apart from the multiplicity of eating establishment. The selection of stalls at recent markets has been poor and the range and quality equally poor BUT expensive.
YorkPatrol wrote:because tourists seem to have shunned York this year, and the footfall generally in the centre is dying.
limbert wrote:Why?
I'm surprised there's enough customers to keep all these shops viable.
Unless York Tourism has a rethink it will shortly be loosing a lot of trade.The Council appear to think that the Tour De France cycling contest will bring in the punters, but UK Tourism lost out on the Olympics despite all the publicity
I think that any shop (Supermarket chain or otherwise) would be welcome in that area which looks quite run down, especially now that the wine shop has closed too.
Some of us who shop in York centre like to eat good food more than clothes, shoes, expensive designer tourist trap food or (hang on, what else is in the city centre...) buskers, and quality local supermarkets have a range that surpasses the street traders all in one place.
Morrisons also stock nice offal and haven't hiked the price in response to its current celebrity status.
Podlet
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3:55pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Or, perhaps, wonder that some one else is the only real person involved in a Turing test whilst on this site?
Note to self - avoid mushroom omelette for lunches in future.
chickpea
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4:06pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Woody G Mellor
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4:48pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Whistlejacket wrote:Lmao! Brilliant!!
YorkCityLoyal wrote:That's very impressive. You must have a gift for clairvoyance. Jessop's hadn't even gone into administration 3 months ago.
Knew about this at least 3 months ago
Perhaps you can look into your crystal ball and tell us when City are next likely to win a game.
Garrowby Turnoff
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5:28pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Maquis
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6:25pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Selling groceries is their job, not pharmaceuticals, not alcohol, not games and not clothes.
If this keeps on unchecked, we will have to buy everything from them, from electricity to cars, clothing and furniture.
aflaxensaxon
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8:50pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Ichabod76 wrote:what's wrong with this quip? it's true.
Fruit and veg bought at any supermarket will last longer due to a healthy dose of radiation !
aflaxensaxon
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8:52pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Geoffers
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9:23pm Thu 21 Mar 13
aflaxensaxon wrote:And what, exactly, do they radiate with?
Ichabod76 wrote:what's wrong with this quip? it's true.
Fruit and veg bought at any supermarket will last longer due to a healthy dose of radiation !
aflaxensaxon
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9:36pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Podlet wrote:'penneth'
Ichabod76 wrote: *you'rePlease don't correct your posts before I've had a chance to add my twopennorth.
RoseD
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9:39pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Ichabod76 wrote:Ichabod is correct. Plus the big stores refuse the veg and fruit that are less than perfect. So even if they're 'local' one wonders what was thrown away.
CHISSY1 wrote:so which part of my post is inaccurate
Ichabod76 wrote:"That is a really intelligent comment".
Fruit and veg bought at any supermarket will last longer due to a healthy dose of radiation !
professor ?
or is it that your just a nasty person ?
RoseD
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9:45pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Older Sometimes Wiser wrote:Alexander and the rest just cater to the mythical Tourist and the heck with those who really live here. Pretty much all of us have said this for ages. Be a REAL town first, that happens to have interesting history still in place, and the tourists and tax payers will be happy. Empty the high street except for sandiwch shops, coffee shops and haircut salons and when the tourists stay away, EVERYONE suffers. I dont buy coffee downtown, certainly not from the 10-15 places that sell it!
ChilliPepper87 wrote:Agreed, Parliament Street was empty about 11am today,it could have been a Sunday in February. There is very little to attract tourists apart from the multiplicity of eating establishment. The selection of stalls at recent markets has been poor and the range and quality equally poor BUT expensive.
YorkPatrol wrote:because tourists seem to have shunned York this year, and the footfall generally in the centre is dying.
limbert wrote:Why?
I'm surprised there's enough customers to keep all these shops viable.
Unless York Tourism has a rethink it will shortly be loosing a lot of trade.The Council appear to think that the Tour De France cycling contest will bring in the punters, but UK Tourism lost out on the Olympics despite all the publicity
akaroa
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11:30pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Maquis
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2:29am Fri 22 Mar 13
Hugh Jorgon wrote:The problem is that if they take the market share by cross subsidising, they will destroy all competition leaving me without the choice to go anywhere else.
Maquis wrote:And the problem is?
A supermarket is fine as long as they stick to their sectors. I have a problem when they use one kind of market to subsidize another. They have done this repeatedly over the years, driving out viable competitors by cross subsidizing lines and selling below cost until the competition goes bust. They then put the price back up and go after another sector.
Selling groceries is their job, not pharmaceuticals, not alcohol, not games and not clothes.
If this keeps on unchecked, we will have to buy everything from them, from electricity to cars, clothing and furniture.
If you don't like what they sell, don't go there.
When they do have the whole market, they will have a much smaller range than any specialist without anybody who knows anything about the products. They only sell barcodes, it does not matter to them if it is a box of cornflakes or a camera, they just pass it over the scanner and take your money, and without competition they will no longer have to keep the price low and they can use the profit to subsidise another sector.
Podlet
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8:03am Fri 22 Mar 13
aflaxensaxon wrote:Wikionary says:
Podlet wrote:'penneth'
Ichabod76 wrote: *you'rePlease don't correct your posts before I've had a chance to add my twopennorth.
"pennorth (plural pennorths)
(obsolete, UK) A penny's worth, or an amount of anything one could buy for a penny."
I have an allotment and grow my own. It's hard work and takes a lot of time and isn't for all and is a pain when the blight gets the spuds. And if anyone has any more recipes for courgette, please let me know.
P.S. **** hard to grow bananas in York!
ouseswimmer
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9:31am Fri 22 Mar 13
sonorbloke
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10:51am Fri 22 Mar 13
aflaxensaxon wrote:No it isn't, as it happens. Most of the big UK supermarkets don't sell irradiated produce in any way shape or form. It's used particularly in france and the Benelux countries but very rarely in the UK.
Ichabod76 wrote: Fruit and veg bought at any supermarket will last longer due to a healthy dose of radiation !what's wrong with this quip? it's true.
M&S, Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's don't sell anything that's irradiated at all and I'm fairly sure that Morrison's don't either.
aflaxensaxon
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1:49pm Fri 22 Mar 13
sonorbloke wrote:oh. happy to hear this. growing yer own is still a better option. spent many times on the allotment on low moor.
aflaxensaxon wrote:No it isn't, as it happens. Most of the big UK supermarkets don't sell irradiated produce in any way shape or form. It's used particularly in france and the Benelux countries but very rarely in the UK.
Ichabod76 wrote: Fruit and veg bought at any supermarket will last longer due to a healthy dose of radiation !what's wrong with this quip? it's true.
M&S, Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's don't sell anything that's irradiated at all and I'm fairly sure that Morrison's don't either.
aflaxensaxon
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1:49pm Fri 22 Mar 13
sonorbloke wrote:oh. happy to hear this. growing yer own is still a better option. spent many times on the allotment on low moor.
aflaxensaxon wrote:No it isn't, as it happens. Most of the big UK supermarkets don't sell irradiated produce in any way shape or form. It's used particularly in france and the Benelux countries but very rarely in the UK.
Ichabod76 wrote: Fruit and veg bought at any supermarket will last longer due to a healthy dose of radiation !what's wrong with this quip? it's true.
M&S, Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury's don't sell anything that's irradiated at all and I'm fairly sure that Morrison's don't either.
doltare
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3:19pm Fri 22 Mar 13
dsom73 wrote:I sell veg in the market all from local farmers so don't talk such rubbish! I pick my veg up from my own local farmers who have not sold out to supermarkets! so if your going to talk crap about Morrisons gets your facts right first! My carrots are fresh from the field today for Saturday MKT, so are all our cabbage all grown at Wistow, and as for competing if we were taking 2million a week in York then we could compete! what a idiot
Most of the veg you buy from Morrisons in York or Boroughbridge is grown at their farm nr Myton, about 10-12 miles north of York - some of the meat too.
So Market produce being "more likely to be locally grown" is utter nads.
Mozzies veg also comes with a guarantee, will last much longer and is competetively priced - in today's climate, that's important when you have a family to feed.
If market holders want to compete, then they should try competing instead of whinging ALL the time.
doltare
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3:37pm Fri 22 Mar 13
tonyttt
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4:28pm Fri 22 Mar 13
Buzz Light-year
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7:14pm Fri 22 Mar 13
doltare wrote:
Strawberries on my stall yesterday 2 punnet's £1.50 "500 grms" Blueberry's
I can't be sure... but I think you might be a grocer?
AlanLttle
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8:49pm Fri 22 Mar 13
If you market boys want to compete then reduce your prices. Stop pocketing as much cash for your own greed and stay in business, you know what I mean?!
doltare
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3:24am Sat 23 Mar 13
AlanLttle wrote:I think you will find its Morrisons pocketing for there own greed at 2.5 million in York! And I think you will find its Tesco, Morrisons who want to take over York. Its not markets what have put most growers out of business. You can all slag the market as much as you like! you'll all miss it when its gone. Tesco, Morrisons and the rest will all up there prices! one example last night in 2 supermarkets in Selby punnet Grapes £2 on york market 2 for £1.50 I could go on but got to get to work.
I arent really bothered where I buy my fresh produce from but let me tell you this. Ill buy my stuff from where evers cheapest.
If you market boys want to compete then reduce your prices. Stop pocketing as much cash for your own greed and stay in business, you know what I mean?!
doltare
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3:31am Sat 23 Mar 13
dsom73 wrote:As someone who has worked and sold Fruit and Veg in Newgate since 5 years old and now 46, I can assure you that all the Veg morrisons sell will not been grown at Myton as land needs a rest plus there would not be enough land. I also deal direct with large growers in Lincoln and you will find most of supermarket veg comes from Lincoln picked by east europeans.
Most of the veg you buy from Morrisons in York or Boroughbridge is grown at their farm nr Myton, about 10-12 miles north of York - some of the meat too.
So Market produce being "more likely to be locally grown" is utter nads.
Mozzies veg also comes with a guarantee, will last much longer and is competetively priced - in today's climate, that's important when you have a family to feed.
If market holders want to compete, then they should try competing instead of whinging ALL the time.
doltare
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3:38am Sat 23 Mar 13
Garrowby Turnoff wrote:I think you will find more pickpockets and store theft in M&S as police called out most days. Last time police called to Newgate was about 2 weeks ago at 4am to help a drunk who was taken ill.
Surely the market is now purely for tourists to wander around, as you do when you're on holiday anywhere in the World? If you close it down the atmospheric crowded stalls will be sadly missed. And, where'll the pickpockets go?
Magicman!
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3:59am Sat 23 Mar 13
AlanLttle
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9:56am Sat 23 Mar 13
doltare wrote:I arent bothered if the market goes. If those guys were so successful they ould be in the warmth of a shop an not stood out in the cold each day. Losers in my opinion, the lot of them.
AlanLttle wrote:I think you will find its Morrisons pocketing for there own greed at 2.5 million in York! And I think you will find its Tesco, Morrisons who want to take over York. Its not markets what have put most growers out of business. You can all slag the market as much as you like! you'll all miss it when its gone. Tesco, Morrisons and the rest will all up there prices! one example last night in 2 supermarkets in Selby punnet Grapes £2 on york market 2 for £1.50 I could go on but got to get to work.
I arent really bothered where I buy my fresh produce from but let me tell you this. Ill buy my stuff from where evers cheapest.
If you market boys want to compete then reduce your prices. Stop pocketing as much cash for your own greed and stay in business, you know what I mean?!
doltare
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8:27pm Sat 23 Mar 13
AlanLttle wrote:Well your just a brain dead supermarket idiot! Sounds like you've had too Mutch horse meat!
doltare wrote:I arent bothered if the market goes. If those guys were so successful they ould be in the warmth of a shop an not stood out in the cold each day. Losers in my opinion, the lot of them.AlanLttle wrote: I arent really bothered where I buy my fresh produce from but let me tell you this. Ill buy my stuff from where evers cheapest. If you market boys want to compete then reduce your prices. Stop pocketing as much cash for your own greed and stay in business, you know what I mean?!I think you will find its Morrisons pocketing for there own greed at 2.5 million in York! And I think you will find its Tesco, Morrisons who want to take over York. Its not markets what have put most growers out of business. You can all slag the market as much as you like! you'll all miss it when its gone. Tesco, Morrisons and the rest will all up there prices! one example last night in 2 supermarkets in Selby punnet Grapes £2 on york market 2 for £1.50 I could go on but got to get to work.
whats the word
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6:40am Sun 24 Mar 13
Filed in the same folder as Taxi driver related 'news'.
No one owes you a living.
I'd be asking , sorry, screaming for the Newgate market to be covered / enclosed. You may find an increased trade.
It appears the whole country are obsessed with shopping in large covered spaces.
monkeyhanger
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6:57pm Wed 27 Mar 13
PinzaC55
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11:11pm Wed 27 Mar 13
chickpea wrote:Not surprised about the Tesco's/newsagent thing. Compare the price of 20 Superkings at the newsagent near the market and then at the Sainsbury in Bootham.
As a non car owner I regularly shop in the city centre. I rarely bother with Newgate market now as the stalls are tired and it's half empty. But I'd rather walk to the mini Asda over at the old Netto site, than buy from the Tesco Express where everything is more expensive. Apparantly that's due to the increased running costs in a smaller store. Incidentally though, I was talking to the owner of the newsagents opposite the newest Tesco and he said, whilst there has been a dip in sales, it has been nowhere near as bad as they expected. So I guess there is room for both. I'd love to see a regenerated market with more choice. I often go to knaresborough market which is much better, despite being a smaller town.
clairemw says...
10:50am Thu 21 Mar 13