Supermarket expansion on local high streets

What it asks

What the petitioner did first

1. 28 Jan 2014
   Public Petitions Committee

   New Petitions
   1 mention
2. 1 Apr 2014
   Public Petitions Committee

   Current Petitions
   1 mention
3. 3 Jun 2014
   Public Petitions Committee

   Current Petitions
   1 mention
4. 30 Sep 2014
   Public Petitions Committee

   Current Petitions
   1 mention
5. 27 Oct 2014
   Local Government and Regeneration Committee

   Petition
   1 mention

1. Scotland619 71.6%
2. United Kingdom182 21%
3. England48 5.5%
4. Spain3 0.3%
5. United States2 0.2%
6. Australia2 0.2%
7. Sweden1 0.1%
8. Japan1 0.1%
9. Afghanistan1 0.1%
10. Netherlands1 0.1%
11. 5 other countries5 0.6%

1. Alexander Jackson Laing 8 Oct 2013
   It takes a lot away from each community each time a supermarket opens, siphoning money away from a local economy concurrently siphons off its individuality and culture, making us all poorer.
2. Catriona Paterson 8 Oct 2013
   There's a Tesco on Byres Road and in Maryhill and at Charing Cross. There are 2 Co-ops and a Sainsburys- also not wanted in the same stretch too. Really?! No to ANOTHER Tesco chain store Supermarket!! I prefer to support local business where I can!
3. Louise Horne 8 Oct 2013
   Stop the proliferation of huge chains and give independant stores with hard working people a chance to make a living.
4. John Sweeney 8 Oct 2013
   This is ridiculous
   - there is already a Tesco within minutes
   - around 3 minutes walk
   - of this location. And there is a Sainsbury's too
   - about a minute's walk away. I live right across the street from the proposed location, and don't want to be subjected to the noise and disturbance of early morning deliveries.
5. Eva Bolander 8 Oct 2013
   This again highlights problems with the planning system on Council level
   - even when there are local policies they are set aside for shoehorning in developments against the local opinion and detrimental to the area.
6. Ella Daniel-Lowe 11 Oct 2013
   In my small home town there are now three Tesco shops within a mile of each other with plans to build another large superstore on the space where an independent garden centre used to lie. A large number of people within Churchdown protested and petitioned against the construction of yet another Tesco but sadly to no avail. With Tesco shops already within a few miles drive in either direction from the village, another is not at all necessary and very detrimental to local businesses.
7. Elaine Venn 11 Oct 2013
   I don't live in Scotland, but I do believe that Tesco are bullies! They seem to think they have a right to go where they please. The arguement from them is always that they are bringing in employment. HOW? When local businesses go out of operation and town centres close. Surely Tesco have enough sites already and that includes the superstores, express and metro stores. I feel the UK has had enough of farmers being given a bum deal too. We have orchards closing and we are losing hundreds of local public houses too, because of undercutting by supermarket giants. Tesco, you want to come out on top? Stop your march across this country.
8. Kellie 17 Oct 2013
   Tesco are monopolising the CBD at an alarming rate and need to be cut down to size.
9. Mark Spence 18 Oct 2013
   We don't NEED more Tescos!
10. Rosemary McNeill 18 Oct 2013
    We need a balance between local, independent traders & the chain supermarkets. Currently, it's out of balance. The Goliaths are muscling in & putting smaller traders out of business. Local councils & communities should have power to actively discriminate against supermarket giants & support local traders when necessary. Also, our high streets are becoming increasingly bland, corporate & soul-less, due to this monopoly. Let's breathe some life back into our communities by going LOCAL.
11. Dc 18 Oct 2013
    Greed,greed,greed I have never seen a tesco metro benefit the locals
12. tom mciver 18 Oct 2013
    Great Western Road does not need a tesco, it is well supplied by local traders. This is part of the beauty of this area, please do not destroy that by disrupting the balance.
13. Iain Cuthbert 18 Oct 2013
    Local shops means diversafication, more jobs and a better quality of high street.
14. Robb Ross 19 Oct 2013
    Save the diversity of our communities!
15. Alison Green 20 Oct 2013
    Surely we don't need another Tesco.I don't live near Roots and Fruits anymore but support my local independent deli.
16. Deborah Collins 21 Oct 2013
    These beautiful and unique businesses are disappearing under the power of the foreign owned and unscrupulous supermarket chains. I find this so sad and such a huge loss. It takes the "Great" out of Britain and we are a wonderful people who deserve our own identity.
17. tracey thanopoulos 21 Oct 2013
    I lived in Glasgow for many years until 2009 you really don,t need yet another supermarket.They are retail cannibals and suck the life out of any business that surrounds them!
18. Trevor Wilson 21 Oct 2013
    History has clearly shown that opening too many supermarkets had a hugely detrimental affect upon local businesses. The Kelvinbridge are of Glasgow is already a lovely thriving retail area full of independently owned and very popular shops. To allow a supermarket to be built there is criminal and will damage the local economy.
19. Sue Mackechnie 21 Oct 2013
    The Kelvinbridge area is well served with independent shops and if anything needs more small businesses to contribute to the character and variety on the streets. There are also already several supermarkets in the vicinity, we really really do not need another!
20. Diane Graham 22 Oct 2013
    I work for one of the local independent retailers in the Kelvinbridge area and along with my colleagues, we are worried about the lose of our jobs if this proposed store was to go ahead. There is no doubt that the opening of this proposed store would have a huge impact on many livelihoods within this area resulting in reduction of working hours and possibly redundancies. Business has been really hard for independent retailers over the past few years and we have to fight for every single sale. Adding Tesco would be a devastating pressure that many retailers would not survive.
21. Fiona Wellins 22 Oct 2013
    Supermarkets have already blighted small businesses, livelihoods and communities in so many towns across the UK. How long before Tesco value housing, cars, etc.? It's a grave new world.
22. Katie lees 22 Oct 2013
    No to tesco
23. Wendy Hetherington 22 Oct 2013
    I don't live in Scotland, but fully support this petition. Tesco are opening too many stores throughout the UK, in many cases against the community's wishes e.g. savetheharp.co.uk
24. Michael New 23 Oct 2013
    Stop these bullies
25. Caroline McDonald 24 Oct 2013
    I see too many supermarket chains opening smaller stores on the high streets & towns. For each supermarket opening up 5 local shops close down. Soon we will have no choice to shop elsewhere only dominated by the big supermarket chain who may abuse their positions in order to make money.
26. Darren 24 Oct 2013
    I don't really care as I will shop at the cheapest place so if that means corner shop closes down, that's due to them not being competitive.
27. Dawn 24 Oct 2013
    We have ANOTHER tesco opening about 100 yards from our house when we already have 2 co-op (which I want to support) a sainsburys and 2 tesco within 3 minutes walk, its ridiculous. I want to shop with my local butcher and fruit shop and small deli, where I get good advice and feel part of a community. We dont need anymore tesco, thats for sure.
28. Dougie Bell 25 Oct 2013
    you can see the effect already in Edinburgh. two specialty shops have gone in Bruntsfield. Peckhams being replaced by Sainsbury. There are 5 new express supermarkets within walking distance of my Deli. In Glasgow a Sainsbury garage opens in Woodlands followed by a Sainsbury on Great Western road and now a fairly big Tesco metro is planned just up the road from Sainsbury. If you dont think this is of any concern, take a look at Inverness and Paisley and the effect that this has had on independents or better still take a look at the obliteration of smalll shops that happened in American cities over the past 3 decades.
29. Elle Mo 30 Oct 2013
    I suppose one major draw of an independent Scotland would be the hope for greater support for small businesses. This would be a great way to illustrate this commitment to other voters and I.
30. Elaine Venn 19 Nov 2013
    It's shameful how huge supermarkets are able to go seemingly where they like. Tesco is the most aggressive in this behaviour. Build affordable houses not supermarkets!
31. Chris Dawes 21 Nov 2013
    We need to stop the takeover of our towns by unwanted superstores. I am one of many campaigning against an enormous superstore in the historic fishing port of Brixham, Devon.
32. diana scrafton 21 Nov 2013
    I believe the public should chose where supermarkets are located because these large operators undermine local markets and suck money out of communities, furthermore thier buying tactics are widely recognised to be unacceptable and their dominance needs curtailing.
33. Sarah Dixon 22 Nov 2013
    I am a member of a protest group trying to stop my local pub becoming a Tesco Express. If Tesco and its rivals continue to bludgeon their way into our local communities there will be less and less choice as to where to shop.
34. jagtar gill 22 Nov 2013
    I have been a grocer for 31 years.the feedback I get from my customers is that Tesco prices are the most expensive.tesco take advantage of there store location,meaning if your nearest supermarket is Tesco then it is expensive to travel to another suopermarket.it has been a few years now that asda guarantee that your comparable shopping will be 10% cheaper than any rival.i could compete with Tesco on prices,however customers feel that a supermarket is cheaper.this is ideology is now changing.however as a small grocer I can only offer a fair price and hope that the customer feels good about getting the odd items needed before the next trip to the big supermarkets.TESCO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR TRADING LOCATION AND THEREFORE IT LEAVES CUSTOMERS WITH LITTLE CHOICE BUT TO SHOP THERE.
35. Sheila Tracey 25 Nov 2013
    We need more independent retailers of all types. If we allow the unlimited spread of supermarkets and express stores into our high streets we will soon be left with no real choices.
36. Irene 25 Nov 2013
    local councils should also consider the detrimental effect that parking charges have on small local businesses on the high street.
37. Rosa Elswood 2 Dec 2013
    Tescopoly puts local businesses in danger and takes away from the personality of community high streets. I've been boycotting Tesco for about two years and feel my diet has improved and I feel closer to my local community.
38. Grace Franklin 4 Dec 2013
    Multinationals such as Tesco sook up the economic life blood of any community they are in, destroying the fabric of local society in the process. When the small traders go to the wall, the fine fibres of community interaction are severed. A dependency on the multinational is also created. And with the technology they use to monitor customers, mass manipulation of people is the next step.
39. David Belcher 5 Dec 2013
    Tesco are corporate thugs. Keep them out!
40. Douglas Daniel 5 Dec 2013
    Absolutely agree with this, the power of supermarkets must be reined in. This is just the tip of the iceberg of what really needs to be done.
41. Malcolm Stevenson 5 Dec 2013
    When Tesco and the other big chains move into and area, they are able to use their economic muscle to out gun the small independent traders. These presence of small traders is what gives an area it's character and invigorates the community. Once these traders are gone, all we will have left is the supermarkets. What kind of Orwellian prospect is that?
42. Donald Scott 6 Dec 2013
    If you really want to reign in a corporation, then just don't buy their products and spend your money in smaller local businesses that really need your support.
43. Rose Fraser 6 Dec 2013
    Tesco is not only taking the place of local traders, they are becoming a large, ominous, pervading force with their brightly lit shop fronts open all night.
44. Marnie Silver 6 Dec 2013
    Horrible. I can't think of anything good. Support local trade.
45. S.McRitchie 6 Dec 2013
    The co-op determined to open a store in our village despite the community saying no
    - they are so arrogant and don't listen. It would kill our wee local shops which sustain a number of families and more