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[quote quote=148355]They gave approval for Tesco and Bookers to merge and Tesco has a bigger market share than Sainsburys and Asda combined. It just seems an odd fit, will Sainsbury move their prices down or Asda up ?[/quote]
I think if you look at like-for-like items the prices will be very similar to each other* and it is these “everyday value” items that they will be looking to use their increased bargaining power to reduce. Although, after this initial benefit it’s quite likely that longer term, the reduced competition will actually increase prices for consumers. Hopefully this will be the catalyst for Amazon to break into the UK grocery market in a big way which will be a disruptor in the market to drive prices down.
* Sainsbury’s seems more expensive because the have more tempting luxury items at higher prices which increases the price of your shop.
[quote quote=147968]Following on from what I mentioned the other day, there are additional observations that several visitors have asked vendors within Ty Pawb where the art gallery is, it seems many people can’t actually find it. For an Arts Hubs-cum-Market this is not great, as I thought the idea was art first with a supplemental market NOT a market with a hidden away obscure art gallery that nobody can find – surely the arts bit was what the funding was supposed to be all about, rather than an upgrade and renovation activity of the People’s Market? Almost sounds like WCBC hoodwinking the WAG for the funds.
The other thing, that I can only imagine the vendors are rather unhappy about is that there is still no Wi-Fi set-up in the venue, so they still can’t accept any card payments. I reckon, if you count the time since the hub launched, it’s almost been 3 full weeks of trading – the inability to accept cards, must be costing vendors potentially hundreds of pounds in lost revenue. Many people no longer carry any form of physical cash on them due to the major use of chip and pin or tap to pay or if they do have cash on them it will be limited and will hold them back from making more expensive impulse purchases that happen when you have access to your full bank account/credit card limits worth of cash.[/quote]
I think you’ve probably hit the nail on the head of what happened. The People’s Market needed millions spending on it so the Council came up with the unusually good idea of getting WAG to subsidise it by sticking a little gallery in the back. Quite clever really.
[quote quote=147806]So you ask me about my views on Eastern Europeans and then have a go at me for being a Neanderthal???
Who is being a judgmental racist now then?
Wake up man and grow up !!![/quote]Lol, Neanderthals are not a race, they’re a species! 😂
Snuggles – what is your problem with Eastern Europeans?? No, I am not one (before you ask) but I have friends who are and find your references a bit offensive.
Do your knuckles get sore dragging on the ground?
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You need to travel outside of Wrexham to appreciate what we do have in this town.
I think you’re right there
I really think you need to pull your heads out of your respective shells and look around you! The place is falling apart and it is full of scum bags, home grown as well as Eastern Europeans.
Does your excrement smell of roses to match the tint on your spectacles?
Do you ever go into Wrexham? Have you walked around town in the dark? It is VERY intimidating and needs proper policing and a lot of investment.[/quote]
Yes, I do go into Wrexham including regularly at night and have never had any trouble. If you look for trouble (and it sounds like you probably do) you will find it, but that’s the same anywhere.
[quote quote=147635]You need to travel outside of Wrexham to appreciate what we do have in this town.[/quote]
I think you’re right there
[quote quote=147619]Point 7 negates point 1.
Point 2 is wishful thinking, I know people working in most of those places, and I know how “local” they are.
Point 9 should be balanced against the low local median wage.
Point 10, not compared with even ten years ago.[/quote]
Having easy access to other places is not that same as being a commuter belt to such places.
Well, I know many local people working in those places – as well as those from out of the area – it goes both ways
True, although I think if you compared this ratio to, say, that of London you’d be pleasantly surprised
There’s much more varied and better quality nightlife than there was 10 years ago! Or would you prefer to turn the vibrant Fat Boar back into the rundown Black Horse (for example)!?
I’m not even responding to Idris as he’s being ridiculous. Except to say, show me any town or city that does not have these type of problems, but Wrexham still has a relatively low crime rate.
[quote quote=146013]IF you are a first time buyer you’d do very well to stay clear of new builds anyway due to their premium asking price. Lots of these homes will be sold to people already living in Wrexham looking to move up the ladder and thus freeing up their smaller, cheaper houses and so on and so on.[/quote]
Yes, but there are government schemes which are only available for new builds, such as Help to Buy Wales, which help get people onto the owner housing ladder.[quote quote=145999]Hopefully but I am not hopeful, more 2 bedroom starter homes will be built & that the council will impose a rule that for the first 30 days they can only be sold to owner occupiers, as at the moment the very very limited 2 bedroom homes that are built are bought by buy to let landlords on the first few days of going on sale.[/quote]
Yes this is a very sensible suggestion.
