Campaigning against Tesco's presence in the creative and cultural heart of Cambridge.
Archive for 4th March 2008
We have now written to all Councillors on the East Area Committee with a letter giving our views on the officers’ report. This is a key document and equips Councillors with well-researched arguments why the store should be rejected, on a whole range of grounds.
We’ve done a new shopping basket comparison! The results speak for themselves.
Summary of results:
For this shopping basket, the Cherry Hinton Tesco Express prices worked out a huge 26% more expensive than its sister store in Newmarket Road. And the Tesco Express is still a whopping 11% more expensive than shopping for the same goods at a handful of local shops on Mill Road.
Days that Tesco were kept out of Mill Road:
665
(Counted from first East Area Committee date)
Money kept in the community:
£4.6m
of lost turnover