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Supermarkets and retail - Rue (17th Oct 2024 - 07:51:35) Is it true that Sainsbury’s has a monopoly in Liphook?. we seem to be starved of choices in terms of retail and shopping in the town. It’s completely dead and are bypassed by the likes of Lidl or Aldi - these would certainly be competition for Sainsbury’s, which is a depressing and expensive store. The more deserted and neglected Liphook appears, the less likely companies will invest in it. Have we reached the Nadir and can we hope for an upturn soon? I don’t know.

Re: Supermarkets and retail - AR (17th Oct 2024 - 09:06:07) Have you shopped in Lidl recently ? Meat and other produce is now more expensive than Sainsburys. Only a few items can be found cheaper. The veg too seems a poorer quality. It's disappointing, as shopping there once upon a time really made a difference to the wallet.

Re: Supermarkets and retail - k (17th Oct 2024 - 09:43:16) I agree with both comments - Lidl does appear to be more expensive now & Fruit & veg poor. Our LIphook Sainsburys's is an embarrassment little choice poor dates on fresh meat - blood on the shelves where packets are burst which don't seem to get cleaned no matter how much this is mentioned- poor general cleanliness generally. I know I have to shop after work , but surely not everything has to slip in standards during the day. Seem to think putting barriers in to get in to the store is more important and putting in an Argos when we already have click & collect - could have provided slightly better selection of products instead. I was looking forward to having a different option ie Morrisons were coming to Bordon this has now been canned - guess what another Sainsbury's instead. We need to be offered a choice - yes it looks like Sainsbury's do have a Monopoly & they know it. I feel sorry fro those who have no option to travel further afield - Godalming & Waterlooville Sainsbury's have much more choice and also other stores to choose from. Petrol is also much cheaper than ours on the whole at these stroes.

Re: Supermarkets and retail - Susan (17th Oct 2024 - 10:25:21) @ k Asda & Morrisons at Cowplain are well worth a trip,not worth going to yet ano JS. They also both deliver and it's always correct, along with click & collect available at Asda. They get my vote for discounted fuel too. Morrisons bombed Bordon because of the delays from the developer, nobody can be expected to run a business on poor, sloppy timescales and be held back by poor business practices.

Re: Supermarkets and retail - Iwik61 (17th Oct 2024 - 11:01:29) Trouble is unless ehdc develop where is big enough for retail shopping that isn’t the size of a postage stamp to build on. Liphook needs shops but my question is where as residents are nimbys, but will always object

Re: Supermarkets and retail - Local (17th Oct 2024 - 11:22:17) Remember when sainsburys was built the land opposite Canada way was supposed to be set aside for retail development NOT housing. EHDC didn’t do their job and keep it for that. After many years of refusing plans that would have been just right they allowed housing make your own mind up as to why.

Re: Supermarkets and retail - Truth (17th Oct 2024 - 12:21:45) There are plenty of farms and producers who offer locally sourced and much better quality produce than supermarkets. It may take a little effort to find them, but it's well worth it for quality, locally grown produce. And you will really be supporting British businesses by doing so. Our household has made the change and commitment to local producers, I'd encourage anyone who can to do it too.

Re: Supermarkets and retail - Rue (17th Oct 2024 - 14:10:00) It seems there is a consensus of opinion that Sainsbury’s is not great, but we are pushed for anything else unless we travel further afield. I keep thinking about the idea or aspiration of towns and villages becoming self sustaining. Liphook is very pleasant but does lack a centre and a soul. I can’t imagine why anyone would be nymbyish about shops in a village. Yes, the orange peril is ubiquitous. It’s a cycle ride to Haslemere for me. (I won’t be mentioning cycle lanes for fear of a riot.)

Re: Supermarkets and retail - Old local (17th Oct 2024 - 14:52:31) Rue I beg to differ we have a terrific soul we have a second to none community. We do have a centre the hart of our village/ town the Square but it’s being ravaged by traffic. In my lifetime you didn’t have to travel out of liphook for anything even clothes shoes everything. Liphook is a fantastic place to live so much going on all the time. Yes sainsburys has not done us any favours other shops can’t compete and EHDC also have not helped by not setting aside land for retail use. And making terrible decisions ie Bramshott Place should have been a retail park sainsburys should have been up there right on the bypass good access and keeping traffic out of the square. But as said liphook is a fantastic place to live that’s why it has grown so big. We need to do a lot more proper planning.

Re: Supermarkets and retail - Old resident (17th Oct 2024 - 14:58:05) Think back in the good old days there were 2 or 3 butchers 2 greengrocers chemists bakery habberdashery's but that was ( yes we have a couple of small shops) 40 years ago when the village was smaller and people shopped locally. A big change in shopping habbits is required lower rent to start shops lower business rates . Will it happen i doubt it Most people now just sleep and eat in Liphook work miles away and shop out of town. Catch 22 no shops nobody stays ,would more shops make people shop locally???? Online sales do not help. No easy answer .

Re: Supermarkets and retail - James (17th Oct 2024 - 19:08:02) “There are plenty of farms and producers who offer locally sourced and much better quality produce than supermarkets” Agreed, but in this country that food supply is marketed as premium and is very very expensive. Other countries have farmers markets with high quality cheap local food, yet here it’s Rolls Royce priced vegetables in a fancy stall. Go try ask for an out of season vegetable in a supermarket in Europe and watch them stare at you like your an idiot, yet here our veg is about a tenth as nourishing as the same tomato grown 30 years ago

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