Mixed feelings are emerging from the town’s traders, following planning approval for the new Tesco in Rhuthun/Ruthin.
Long-standing local pharmacist and businessman David Williams has claimed in the Free Press that Tosco’s is more than likely to signal the end for some local businesses.
Said Williams, “I think it’s the death knell for the town. There will be more empty shops. A personal thing... there is a proposal of having a pharmacy there. It would be disastrous to me at the age of 69.
“Where it is situated it would be out of town. People will visit that, the craft centre and they won’t come up through town. It will be a dead end.”
Williams believes his older customers will remain loyal – but younger people will be enticed to the ‘one-stop-shop’.
Williams went on, “It’s a small town – are three supermarkets sustainable in this situation?”
Meanwhile, again in the Free Press, Ceris Brunzel of Leonardo’s Deli said, “We are quite positive really, as long as the council do something about getting people into the town from Tesco. They need to sort out the parking situation in the town. If they can sort that out and get people into the town from Tesco, it would be brilliant.”
The proprietor of Well Street’s Coffee Mill was less positive. “The only objection I have got is existing coffee shops already struggle to make ends meet and council tax and overheads are extremely high. Introducing another coffee shop into the place is just not realistic.”
She also felt that Ruthin’s butchers could also suffer with the opening of a Tesco store.
Long-standing local pharmacist and businessman David Williams has claimed in the Free Press that Tosco’s is more than likely to signal the end for some local businesses.
Said Williams, “I think it’s the death knell for the town. There will be more empty shops. A personal thing... there is a proposal of having a pharmacy there. It would be disastrous to me at the age of 69.
“Where it is situated it would be out of town. People will visit that, the craft centre and they won’t come up through town. It will be a dead end.”
Williams believes his older customers will remain loyal – but younger people will be enticed to the ‘one-stop-shop’.
Williams went on, “It’s a small town – are three supermarkets sustainable in this situation?”
Meanwhile, again in the Free Press, Ceris Brunzel of Leonardo’s Deli said, “We are quite positive really, as long as the council do something about getting people into the town from Tesco. They need to sort out the parking situation in the town. If they can sort that out and get people into the town from Tesco, it would be brilliant.”
The proprietor of Well Street’s Coffee Mill was less positive. “The only objection I have got is existing coffee shops already struggle to make ends meet and council tax and overheads are extremely high. Introducing another coffee shop into the place is just not realistic.”
She also felt that Ruthin’s butchers could also suffer with the opening of a Tesco store.
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