Second pro-Asda march to hit Cinderford this month
PROTESTERS will march in Cinderford once more as they ramp up efforts to bring a big-name supermarket to the town.
Many shoppers want more choice on where to get their weekly groceries and were delighted when Asda won permission to build in Steam Mills Road.
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Adrian Lane
But the Co-operative, which already has a store in Cinderford, has launched a legal bid to try and prevent the rival retailer setting up. It is challenging Forest of Dean District Council’s approval of the Asda plans. Asda’s developer Trilogy has resubmitted its planning application for the supermarket.
Resident Adrian Lane, who organised the first march at the end of September, will hit the streets once more on November 24 and is urging others to join him to help show the strength of feeling.
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He said: “We want the Co-op to know that we are not going away, we’re not going quiet.
“We just want a supermarket, any supermarket, that will give us the chance to choose where to shop for our groceries competitively.”
He added: “The planning application is back in now so we also want people to write in and support the proposals.”
The march will start at noon in Steam Mills and end outside the Co-op.
Mr Lane said a silent protest will also be held on December 1, at Cinderford’s Christmas Lights switch-on, but he stressed it would not disrupt the event.
Trilogy Developments managing director Patrick Stones said the planning application has been resubmitted, unchanged, because the Co-op’s challenge is based on processes they say the council did not follow properly.
“If the challenge goes to court, we will deal with it there but we also just wanted to speed the process up a bit and give the council the chance to go through those processes again if necessary,” he said.
No one from Midcounties Co-operative was available for comment.
Comments
by Freeborn_John
Tuesday, November 20 2012, 8:19PM
“Curious to know what the co-op have ever done to Mr Lane to make him so vitriolic... especially as he lives in Coleford...”
by cheltm2012
Friday, November 09 2012, 7:26PM
“nib nobs needs to get a life- price spotter
do you also have a drinks flask and broken thick rimmed glasses”
by bonzaharris1
Thursday, November 08 2012, 10:27PM
“Nibnobs, you have a very sweet tooth !!”
by NibNobs
Thursday, November 08 2012, 9:03PM
“Two more festive examples people are buying for Christmas right now:
Quality Street/Cadbury's Roses/Heroes 850g tins:
Co-op price: 2 for £9.00
Asda price: £4 each... 50p per tin less than co-op.
Quality Street/Cadbury's Roses/Heroes 350g box
Co-op price: 2 for £6
Tesco price: £2 each....£1 per box less than co-op.
Asda in Cinderford.....bring it on!”
by NibNobs
Thursday, November 08 2012, 8:47PM
“cheltm2012,
NICE TRY....but you're wrong. Asda have had the whole Nescafe Cafe Choice range of coffee sachets (boxes of 8) in flavours like Mocha, Latte Vanilla, Irish Coffee, Double Choca Mocha etc etc for £1.50 for over a month now - that's Nescafe not the Asda brand (the Asda ones don't taste as nice, I have tried them) in the Co-op they are 100% more expensive at £2.99 each.
Tesco have had 4 pack of Nestle toffee crisp bars for £1 for the last 2 weeks at least. Asda have 4 pack of Cadbury's Wispa for £1. Co-op used to have a special pack of 3 toffee crisps for £1 but not now.
And finally 500g Kelloggs Bran Flakes are STILL £1 in Tesco as I bought another box this morning in Tesco, Brockworth.
It's part of my job to check supermarket prices for a government department that helps to set the monthly Consumer Prices Index (CPI) on a basket of foodstuffs.”
by cheltm2012
Thursday, November 08 2012, 6:30PM
“@nib nobs
i went to asda in cheltenham (where we have an abundance of choice) and checked asda prices :
400g can of Heinz Tomato Soup: 78p in co-op, last week 79p in asda.
Box of 8 Nescafe cappuccino sachets: £2.99 in co-op, asda cheap brand only £1.50 in Asda this week.
Nestle Toffee Crisp: 56p in co-op, 4 for £3 in Tesco this week.
500g Kelloggs All-Bran Bran Flakes: £2.69 in co-op, £2.55 in Tesco this week.
the price for seeing your green space ruined by asda-priceless!”
by NibNobs
Thursday, November 08 2012, 11:23AM
“Co-op clearly still worried about competition, and at THEIR prices no wonder!
400g can of Heinz Tomato Soup: 78p in co-op, last week 50p in Tesco.
Box of 8 Nescafe cappuccino sachets: £2.99 in co-op, all varieties only £1.50 in Asda this week.
Nestle Toffee Crisp: 56p in co-op, 4 for £1 in Tesco this week.
500g Kelloggs All-Bran Bran Fkakes: £2.69 in co-op, £1 in Tesco this week.
The good people of Cinderford deserve better prices & more choice.... and I don't work for Asda.”
by Douglasknows
Thursday, November 08 2012, 11:10AM
“It's not often you get protesters marching FOR something but in this instance a supermarket like Asda IS needed in the Forest and the sooner the better if you ask me.”