The Sun reports today on the impact Tesco has had on the market where company founder Sir Jack Cohen worked as a barrowboy. The Well Street Market in London's East End now has only 3 pitches left. Trader Martin Wiles told the paper,
"Tesco killed off the market.When I started 35 years ago there were 50 stalls on a Saturday — last week there were two.
"Just like High Streets across the country, a supermarket has killed it for independent traders like me. It rips the heart out of a community. The difference here is that this market was where it all began for Tesco".
Let's hope this won't be the fate of St Albans 1,000-year-old market!
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