Tesco Express

It is not often that I would choose to mention a Tesco Express store here on Unilocal.I am far too interested in mentioning the creativity of the independent traders, rather than the banal, mass-​produced mediocrity of the big boys… But the dire situation on Clifton Street has prompted me to speak out…
There are several convenience stores vying for diminishing trade on Clifton Street since the one way system was implemented about a year ago. The other thing that is impacting the smaller corner shops on the street is the fact that the council have granted permission for a Tesco Express midway up the street. Although some of the other corner shops are part of a chain, they are actually run as a family business, allowing the owners to make a reasonable profit for the responsibilities of running a complex shop of this kind. Conversely, Tesco’s employ people on minimum wage to work all hours, and then keep the profits for themselves. This means that huge sums of money leave the local economy, and end up in the pockets of the fat cats in London. This is really bad news for Clifton Street and Cardiff as well as Wales as a whole. What Cardiff and Clifton Street need more than anything else is for the council to stop making choices that will further entrench the recession, making it ever more difficult to turn these desperate times around. Cardiff needs a good flow of money within the local economy to endure the vicissitudes of the global slump. If this does not happen, the people of Cardiff can look forward to the prospect of working unsocial hours for an almost punitive wage, with all of the profits being siphoned out of the economy and shipped off to England! If this happens the people of Cardiff will not have the spending power to improve their lot over time!