Waitrose isn't necessarily much more expensive than other supermarkets: it
has a Tesco price match for a large number of its products. I'd say give it
a go, Stephanie. You may be pleasantly surprised.
Mary Clarkson
Councillor, Marston Ward
Oxford City Council
has a Tesco price match for a large number of its products. I'd say give it
a go, Stephanie. You may be pleasantly surprised.
Mary Clarkson
Councillor, Marston Ward
Oxford City Council
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From: "Stephanie Jenkins" <<email obscured>>
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Subject: Re: [HMNF] Waitrose
> Debbie (moving off from the other thread on to this new "Waitrose"
> thread), I am also very sad to lose Somerfield, as I do nearly all my food
> shopping there. For financial reasons, I would have much preferred a
> Tesco or Asda.
>
> I am only cheerful because I feared that no shop would move to Headington
> for years, and we would be threatened with more student flats.
>
> It could be thanks to M&S that Waitrose is coming here: they wouldn't have
> wanted to move to Summertown, because there is already an M&S rival there.
> (I have heard a rumour that the Somerfield in Summertown is being bought
> by Tesco's, by the way.)
>
> Waitrose has been keen to get into Oxford for a long time, according to
> the Oxford Mail:
>
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/headlines/4054550.Waitrose_makes_move_on_city/
> (This is an interesting article, reporting the views of local Headington
> traders on the new shop.)
>
> I too will now have to do more food shopping outside Headington, although
> Iceland is better than you might think (by which I mean the shop, not the
> igloo in which our council tax melted away).
>
>
> Stephanie Jenkins
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From: "Stephanie Jenkins" <<email obscured>>
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Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: [HMNF] Waitrose
> Debbie (moving off from the other thread on to this new "Waitrose"
> thread), I am also very sad to lose Somerfield, as I do nearly all my food
> shopping there. For financial reasons, I would have much preferred a
> Tesco or Asda.
>
> I am only cheerful because I feared that no shop would move to Headington
> for years, and we would be threatened with more student flats.
>
> It could be thanks to M&S that Waitrose is coming here: they wouldn't have
> wanted to move to Summertown, because there is already an M&S rival there.
> (I have heard a rumour that the Somerfield in Summertown is being bought
> by Tesco's, by the way.)
>
> Waitrose has been keen to get into Oxford for a long time, according to
> the Oxford Mail:
>
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/headlines/4054550.Waitrose_makes_move_on_city/
> (This is an interesting article, reporting the views of local Headington
> traders on the new shop.)
>
> I too will now have to do more food shopping outside Headington, although
> Iceland is better than you might think (by which I mean the shop, not the
> igloo in which our council tax melted away).
>
>
> Stephanie Jenkins
> Headington ward, Oxford
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> http://forums.e-democracy.org/p/stephaniejenkins
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