Holmfirth Residents Take on Tesco and Win

A really interesting article about the residents of Holmfirth in Yorkshire ['Last of the Summer Wine' Country to many] and their fight to stop a Tesco store on the outskirts of their town.

Quotes

"One local greengrocer, when Tesco’s withdrawal was announced, wrote in his shop window 'Holmfirth 1, Tesco 0".

"As many town centres testify, we have sleepwalked into a sort of monoculture. Holmfirth, however, has not. If you discount the bank and the travel agent, it does not have any “chain” stores. Every shop, be it a greengrocer’s, clothes or toy store, is independent, quirky. The one small supermarket is an ethical Co-op".

"A lot of my business is in supplying schools and restaurants,” he says. “I’m not concerned about the impact on me but on the impact on the town generally. If little shops close then places just become a big housing estate".

Read it for yourself [here].