Morrison Supermarket in Harehills?

Post by **chameleon** » Sun 11 Apr, 2010 6:10 pm

raveydavey wrote: joanne13 wrote: 45man wrote: Also that it is going to be a Lidl or Aldi on the old waterworks site. Not sure where the waterworks site was,but i've heard there's going to be a netto somewhere on Harehills Lane going towards the Shaftsbury. Really? That would be interesting - they already have a store at the junction of York Road and Barwick Road a couple of miles away which already has planning permission for redevelopment into a much needed bigger store - no doubt prompted by Aldi having bought and secured planning on the site of the former Lion and Lamb pub opposite. Davey can you just confirm for me - is that on the site of the 'new' pub, demolished some years ago now, or the original Lion and Lamb building still standing which has also been offered for sale for some time.Surprised there is approval - traffic can be manic enough there just with Netto customers.

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Sun 11 Apr, 2010 6:26 pm

The Aldi is supposedly going on the site of the 'new' pub, which was demolished and the site sold with indecent haste a few years ago.I think it could be three years ago now and still no sign of any work starting.As you say the original Lion and Lamb, latterly a guest house, has been up for sale for some time. It's an old building though - I wonder if it's listed?And at the risk of veering off topic completely, the former council works depot just up the road (based around the former lodge for Seacroft Hall) was also sold to developers around the same time as the pub was demolished, and there is no sign of anything happening there either.

Festwerfer · Post by **Festwerfer** » Sun 11 Apr, 2010 7:49 pm

Just to confirm this one its going to be a Netto on the site of the old waterworks just at the end of my street as it happens and the old Tradex site looks like its going to be a Morrisons

beast · Post by **beast** » Tue 13 Apr, 2010 5:58 pm

I cycled past both sites the other day. Morrisons have a staff recruitment notice up on the old Tradex site,Whilst the old Yorks Water site is gonna be a Netto.Both a bit nearer for me than trekking to Morrisons in the Merrion Centre.

Steve Freestone · Post by **Steve Freestone** » Mon 10 May, 2010 12:28 am

Trojan wrote: raveydavey wrote: joanne13 wrote: 45man wrote: Also that it is going to be a Lidl or Aldi on the old waterworks site. Not sure where the waterworks site was,but i've heard there's going to be a netto somewhere on Harehills Lane going towards the Shaftsbury. Really? That would be interesting - they already have a store at the junction of York Road and Barwick Road a couple of miles away which already has planning permission for redevelopment into a much needed bigger store - no doubt prompted by Aldi having bought and secured planning on the site of the former Lion and Lamb pub opposite. Once again as a Morlean I wonder why none of the continental supermarkets feel they'd benefit from an outlet in Morley. Netto and Aldi are next door to one another in Batley, Netto are on Old Lane. Lidl (my favourite of the three) are in Dewsbury and Ossett. But nothing in Morley. Are they frightened of Morrisons? or Asda?Sainsbury's whilst technically in Morley is really at the White Rose. It's a puzzle - like Weatherspoons not having an outlet here either. There is a Netto in Beeston so not too far away.

Si · Post by Si » Mon 10 May, 2010 9:29 am

magic wrote: I was told today by mi mam that a new Morrison's store was been built next to the resevoir on Harehills Lane. The site looks a little to small for a supermarket so i googled it & apperently there is a planning application for Morrison's to take over the old Tradex site. Does any one know any more about this??? Morrison's were advertising for jobs at this new store last week in the papers. Application forms are being distributed in July.

harehills-steve · Post by **harehills-steve** » Fri 28 May, 2010 1:12 am

Just seen Asda's bought Netto, presumably that means we'll now have a Morrisons, Asda, Co-op and (small) Sainsbury within about 500 yds of each other, and the massive Tesco being built down the road soon, suppose it's good for competition.

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Fri 28 May, 2010 8:59 am

harehills-steve wrote: Just seen Asda's bought Netto, presumably that means we'll now have a Morrisons, Asda, Co-op and (small) Sainsbury within about 500 yds of each other, and the massive Tesco being built down the road soon, suppose it's good for competition. Hmmm...possibly - the Netto store on York Road at Seacroft was meant to be being flattened and replaced with a brand new store.Planning was obtained a couple of years ago and various signs / posters were put up about the redevelopment then nothing happened. That sort of fits in with the announcement - why spend money building a new store when you're about to sell up?I'm also concerned that the competition people won't let Asda have two other stores so near the big store at Killingbeck, so the Harehills one might never happen and the Seacroft site could be sold off, not necessarily to another supermarket chain. Remember how many stores Morrisons had to sell when they bought Safeway (most of which were bought by Tesco, but that is another story).Personally I think it looks like a bad deal for those on a budget - Netto might not have had the widest range or the best customer service, but they were cheap (cheaper than Asda), they had regular good offers on branded items and most of the own brand stuff was of a decent quality.At least it looks like work on the new Aldi on York Road is underway now.

dogduke · Post by **dogduke** » Fri 23 Jul, 2010 2:41 pm

The new Netto opened this week on Harehills Lane.Called in today,excellent !All brand new of course,good car park layout,beware the new trafiiclights on Harehills Lane though.Nearly all well known brands on sale,hardly an own brand product in sight.I suppose this will be the template for all stores since the Asda takeover,and then we will see the own brand come into play.Very busy instore today.

Crazy Jane · Post by **Crazy Jane** » Mon 26 Jul, 2010 8:28 pm

Morrisons were interviewing for posts at the harehills store last week, they recruit ahead of time and train people at existing stores first.Got shortlisted to interview for an admin post, but when i got there they told me that their idea of admin involves going around the isles scanning things for £6.08 an hour, and btw would i be interested in any other positions in the store?Waste of my (edted for content) time and theirs, and i'm seriously considering boycotting them now, had no idea they really treated their staff and prospective staff that badly. ------------------------------Please watch the language, even if disguised to circumnavigate the automatic content filter it is usually recognised and thus is not welcome here under the terms of forum membershiip. The Administrators take a much harder line than the content moderators -'Language: Unfortunately some users seem to think that rude and offensive language is acceptable on this site - that is most definitely not the case. These individuals should also note that the use of asterisks to block out letters in swear words is equally unacceptable, and these will be banned too. This is a site for people of all ages, colours, creeds and persuasions, and we will take a hard line on these matters to ensure that it is a safe friendly online environment for all of those with a genuine interest in the city of Leeds.'With regret, I have just had to ban the first user from SecretLeeds.com for use of foul language and their insulting and provocative behaviour. I had warned this individual previously, but just to make the rules clear to all, such behaviour is not acceptable on SecretLeeds.com'