I use my trolley to enforce minimum 2m distance at the till.
Why do food retailers keep building new stores to replace perfectly good existing ones?
Went to a new a**i today, lots of unpleasant spotlights in my field of view, not even any decent windows to use free light from outside. Even without muzak, I wanted to leave ASAP.
The new store cost a million or more, why not keep the old stores and pass savings on to customers
This is probably worthy of a new thread but there can be many reasons for opening a replacement store. Some of the reasons:
- the existing building is too small for the current (or future anticipated) level of trade. Makes sense to move to a larger store
- the existing building is too large for the current (or future anticipated) level of trade. Makes sense to move to a smaller store
- the existing building might cost too much to rent. Moving to a new store could be cheaper
- the layout of the existing building might be inefficient (e.g. warehouse on a separate floor). Moving to a new store makes sense if the operation becomes more efficient
- a property developer might build a new store as part of a larger development (and will often want the old store site for that development e.g. a town centre redevelopment)
- the existing building might be on the 'wrong location'. For example the shopping areas in town centres often move over time due to new development which can mean a store is not as ideally located as it once was. in some areas the side of the road a store is located on can be very significant for the level of trade
- the existing building might be life expired. It is possible to refurbish a building (and many are) but sometimes it makes sense to start again with a blank sheet of paper, especially if some of the problems mentioned above can be fixed at the same time
If a supermarket commits capital to a project they will want to see a return on it, i.e. make more money not less.