General Discussion
I agree that Sainsburys has been great for local jobs, however it will end up just making another group loose jobs when the town starts to close up its swapping one problem for another, Shops in town do need to up their game. And yes i do feel that all the blame has been put on sainsbury and its not all thier fault the town retail industry has been dropping for years in favour of online shopping, ...
Yes I agree its getting worse as each week goes by, Dawlish council should a least allow free parking for residents, and charge for visitors, we will end up like Brixham, no parking, pedestrian high street and look at Brixham now Tesco express is in the town and a larger store on its way.... Its a Ghost town is this really what we want for Dawlish.??
I'm Very concerned that i have heard stories about some shops considering closing their door for good, Bastins has been talking about closing as trade is at all time lows, Stokes has cut hours back by about 20 a week (according to staff ) and is struggling to make trade and loydd maunders trade is down by 40%, These People are working hard to keep the town alive, what will happen if thay all ...
