The neverending creep of Tesco

Post by **chameleon** » Tue 28 Jun, 2011 8:01 pm

Perhaps we should just rename this thread The Never Ending Creep of Supermarkets.Approaching the Barwick Road roundabout to join the A6120 I see a large sign has appeared on the site of the (largely) empty and redundant units next to Netto promising of a large new supermarket for Seacroft!I couldn't take in too much from this distracting sign nor have I seen anything elsewhere about this. Could it be that ASDA are to rebrand and rebuild the old Netto perhaps?Whatever, I don't see how the main road or the old village road, particularly with Aldi over the way will cope with more traffic trying, sorry, forcing its way out of the site. A large delivery wagon reversing into Netto yesterday teatime from the old York Road resulted in a tail back of traffic approaching 100m back towards Halfords, some wanting to go through the village, most just trying to progress to the Ring Road directly. Such fun.

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Tue 28 Jun, 2011 9:19 pm

It's what the people want.

Post by **chameleon** » Tue 28 Jun, 2011 10:30 pm

Cardiarms wrote: It's what the people want. But were they asked?....

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Tue 28 Jun, 2011 11:12 pm

chameleon wrote: Perhaps we should just rename this thread The Never Ending Creep of Supermarkets.Approaching the Barwick Road roundabout to join the A6120 I see a large sign has appeared on the site of the (largely) empty and redundant units next to Netto promising of a large new supermarket for Seacroft!I couldn't take in too much from this distracting sign nor have I seen anything elsewhere about this. Could it be that ASDA are to rebrand and rebuild the old Netto perhaps?Whatever, I don't see how the main road or the old village road, particularly with Aldi over the way will cope with more traffic trying, sorry, forcing its way out of the site. A large delivery wagon reversing into Netto yesterday teatime from the old York Road resulted in a tail back of traffic approaching 100m back towards Halfords, some wanting to go through the village, most just trying to progress to the Ring Road directly. Such fun. Netto had plans to flatten the whole site and build a big new store before they were bought out by Asda. I'm fairly sure that the sign has been there from then and simply hasn't been taken down.The signs actually says something along the lines of "Your new Netto store for 2011".Would the competition people allow a new mini-Asda so near the big Asda on York Road (if Tesco are anything to go by, that would be a yes...)

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Tue 28 Jun, 2011 11:14 pm

chameleon wrote: Cardiarms wrote: It's what the people want. But were they asked?.... Indirectly yes. They have the choice and are voting with their footfall.

Post by **chameleon** » Tue 28 Jun, 2011 11:16 pm

raveydavey wrote: chameleon wrote: Perhaps we should just rename this thread The Never Ending Creep of Supermarkets.Approaching the Barwick Road roundabout to join the A6120 I see a large sign has appeared on the site of the (largely) empty and redundant units next to Netto promising of a large new supermarket for Seacroft!I couldn't take in too much from this distracting sign nor have I seen anything elsewhere about this. Could it be that ASDA are to rebrand and rebuild the old Netto perhaps?Whatever, I don't see how the main road or the old village road, particularly with Aldi over the way will cope with more traffic trying, sorry, forcing its way out of the site. A large delivery wagon reversing into Netto yesterday teatime from the old York Road resulted in a tail back of traffic approaching 100m back towards Halfords, some wanting to go through the village, most just trying to progress to the Ring Road directly. Such fun. Netto had plans to flatten the whole site and build a big new store before they were bought out by Asda. I'm fairly sure that the sign has been there from then and simply hasn't been taken down.The signs actually says something along the lines of "Your new Netto store for 2011".Would the competition people allow a new mini-Asda so near the big Asda on York Road (if Tesco are anything to go by, that would be a yes...) You're probably right davey - though it's odd I've never noticed it before - that's my way home everyday - on the other hand, maybe I'm just concentrating hard on my driving, ahmmm

Crazy_Jane · Post by **Crazy_Jane** » Wed 13 Jul, 2011 9:01 pm

Looks like we've got an Aldi going in at Cardigen Fields/that cinema complex place on Kirkstall Road.Just got the consulatation paperwork put through my letterbox, you get to say whether you agree with it or not and any objections that will fit in the postage stamp sized box.Then you return it to Aldi

WiggyDiggy · Post by **WiggyDiggy** » Thu 14 Jul, 2011 12:43 pm

Crazy_Jane wrote: Looks like we've got an Aldi going in at Cardigen Fields/that cinema complex place on Kirkstall Road.Just got the consulatation paperwork put through my letterbox, you get to say whether you agree with it or not and any objections that will fit in the postage stamp sized box.Then you return it to Aldi Interesting and welcomed for me, thats on my (cycling) commute home and would be a good alternative to the morrisons up the road.Certainly better than the tesco that has been mentioned, I found a link here http://new.kirkstall.org.uk/578.Also not strictly supermarket but there is the redevelopement of BHS in Kirkstall too.

Post by **chameleon** » Fri 14 Oct, 2011 1:38 pm

chameleon wrote: raveydavey wrote: chameleon wrote: Perhaps we should just rename this thread The Never Ending Creep of Supermarkets.Approaching the Barwick Road roundabout to join the A6120 I see a large sign has appeared on the site of the (largely) empty and redundant units next to Netto promising of a large new supermarket for Seacroft!I couldn't take in too much from this distracting sign nor have I seen anything elsewhere about this. Could it be that ASDA are to rebrand and rebuild the old Netto perhaps?Whatever, I don't see how the main road or the old village road, particularly with Aldi over the way will cope with more traffic trying, sorry, forcing its way out of the site. A large delivery wagon reversing into Netto yesterday teatime from the old York Road resulted in a tail back of traffic approaching 100m back towards Halfords, some wanting to go through the village, most just trying to progress to the Ring Road directly. Such fun. Netto had plans to flatten the whole site and build a big new store before they were bought out by Asda. I'm fairly sure that the sign has been there from then and simply hasn't been taken down.The signs actually says something along the lines of "Your new Netto store for 2011".Would the competition people allow a new mini-Asda so near the big Asda on York Road (if Tesco are anything to go by, that would be a yes...) You're probably right davey - though it's odd I've never noticed it before - that's my way home everyday - on the other hand, maybe I'm just concentrating hard on my driving, ahmmm Notice this sign was taken down a few months ago now and Netto has closed, Only one unit still trading on the site and localinfo says yes, it is to become a new (Netto) ASDA,

uncle mick · Post by **uncle mick** » Thu 20 Oct, 2011 11:50 am

Another Tesco planned for Kirkstall District Centre http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/n ... _1_3889815