Today's Times Online reports:
"Tesco tried to railroad the Competition Commission into considering the broadest possible definition of the grocery market yesterday after failing to persuade the regulator to accept its arguments in a document expected to be released next week.
Britain’s biggest supermarket released a 28-page document arguing that the UK grocery market should be considered as one national market and that “local” should mean as much as a 30-minute drive from a store."
It's not, by the way, the first time we've spotted those clever people over at Tesco coming up with their very own brand of imaginative vocabulary.
As for distance to shops, back in January we asked here whether St. Albans really needs yet another supermarket. Using google maps, we found a total of 8 grocery stores, not including smaller convenience stores, corner shops or specialist food providers, within the St. Albans area with just over half of those within walking distance.
The furthest of those from the proposed Tesco on the Evershed site is the Tesco at Hatfield, just 7.4 miles away. Now how many grocery stores do you reckon we would have found within Tesco's definition of "local"? We'd prefer proper local shops anytime...
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