I think it would be fair to say that most of us enjoy the convenience and cost saving benefits of shopping at the nearest mega-everything-under-one-roof hypermarket, but don’t you ever hanker after a shop where they know you by name and take time over serving you?
My local record store Rapture may charge 1 or 2 £’s more for a CD than Woolies or Tesco, but I am happy to pay that because of the superb levels of customer care you get.
One of TPR’s clients The Campaign to Protect Rural England are trying to put in place controls to stop the big supermarket chains monopolising rural town centres, which leads to increased pollution from food miles and vanishing local businesses and jobs.
Food for thought the next time you are going down the freezer aisle and if you can ‘go local’ just remember – every little helps 
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Campaign for Rural England, food miles, pollution, Tesco, Woolworths
