Worst parcel delivery company.

[Dork Lard]

Many specialist/niche shops are doing well, however.

I likes to shop local as it supports the local economy. Shops now a days have to be very convenient or very very good.

My local post office/newsagent/general store will always get my business as it's very convenient & always good for local gossip. I travel 5mls for a butcher 'cos it's above & beyond very very good & I travel 10mls for raw food for the dogs.

I was told xmas day that I'll be buying another pram -) ) & while there are at least 2 stores I could buy from within shopping range it will be strictly an online purchase.

In my lifetime the High St has re-invented itself a few times, it seems to be all fast food & charity shops now. Gone are the days when I could walk into town & buy a new suit of clothes for a special Sat'day night . . . . .

 

[cwhaley]

I likes to shop local as it supports the local economy. Shops now a days have to be very convenient or very very good.

My local post office/newsagent/general store will always get my business as it's very convenient & always good for local gossip. I travel 5mls for a butcher 'cos it's above & beyond very very good & I travel 10mls for raw food for the dogs.

I was told xmas day that I'll be buying another pram -) ) & while there are at least 2 stores I could buy from within shopping range it will be strictly an online purchase.

In my lifetime the High St has re-invented itself a few times, it seems to be all fast food & charity shops now. Gone are the days when I could walk into town & buy a new suit of clothes for a special Sat'day night . . . . .

I agree shopping local helps the local economy out and I will do it, but online is king now.

The nearest town to me is Long Eaton, which if you judged on the state of the High Street you would think is a failed town. However, it has a big economy in manufacturing (upholstery, furniture, ovens, CNC milling machine parts, etc.) -- that is where the real money is. The High Street will just evolve into whatever the demand calls for.

I would love to go the butchers as the quality is unrivaled, but their hours are totally inconvenient for most working folk. My retired father-in-law goes three times a week because he can, so he gets our bacon and pies! I think our two butchers close by the time I'm home from work, but are open on a Saturday morning. However... on Saturdays we're out walking, with family or doing something worthwhile -- stood queuing at a shop is not a great use of time off work!

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I would love to go the butchers as the quality is unrivaled, but their hours are totally inconvenient for most working folk.

As near as I can tell, our local butcher - we only have one, charges 30 to 50% more than Lidl for the same items, though I agree, some of their output is better quality.

 

[cwhaley]

As near as I can tell, our local butcher - we only have one, charges 30 to 50% more than Lidl for the same items, though I agree, some of their output is better quality.

They are certainly expensive. We only get bacon (which is thick and has hardly any fat), pies (which they make themselves) and sausages. Definitely not economical for us to go there and most of our meat we'll get from Aldi. Maybe another reason why fewer people shop local!

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

We only get bacon (which is thick and has hardly any fat), pies (which they make themselves) and sausages.

I like wafer thin smoked bacon, fried to slightly crisp and buy from Lidl. I've not had any for 10 months, but bought a pack last week. It went very quickly so I bought a second pack yesterday. I also buy Lidl's 95% pork sausages, they are as good as any I have bought from the local butchers - the difference is Lidl clearly state on the pack, the meat content, the butchers give no indication at all of meat content.