Barnsley on Newsnight

Anyone else watching it?

 

Missed it yesterday evening, what was said?

 

Only caught the back end, it was some kind of report into how the recession is affecting people, disposable income and that sort of thing. Followed a family round who were on benefits having been made redundant, filmed outside Lidl & Morrison's. He commented on the Audi's & BMW's parked outside Lidl, families with a bit more money looking for the bargains.

 

Will have to catch it on iPlayer

 

just watched it....................... manipulated no doubt by the tv company wanting certain 'types' of folk.

no denying a lot of people are skint though

hth

 

Ahh Lidl. The opportunity for that land to be business/restaurants/shops as a visible gateway as you approach town end, and someone sanctions another food place with Morrisons, Iceland, Asda a stone's throw away.

Why couldn't it be like a Leopold Sq in Sheffield for example. And even maybe a place to go at night besides all that **** on offer in town now.

'Wow, retro is good tonight'

 

A point l made when it opened. It is now a nice landscaped area but so much more could have been done with the land. If Tesco get the land across from Morrison's (old bingo place) it could be interesting.

http://v2.barnsleyfc.org.uk/showthr...ghlight-of-Barnsley-2K12-today&highlight=lidl

 

i suspect someone received a 'backhander' maybe??

fekking stinks

hth

 

Were you ever sacked or made redundant from the Council "Reevy"?

Just wondering like.

 

Sampled the delights of Lidl for the first time on Sunday - what a bag of *****.

Can't believe they've spent all that time and money to produce something that looks like a garage inside. And if folks don't have much brass then it's not the place to go. It's expensive, notwithstanding the poor choice and dodgy quality of most of the tackle in there. Tesco online for the Kaht household (and a sortie to Cannon Hall Farm shop).

 

Posh Tw@ rt

 

Left of my own free will after 11 years of utter boredom and frustration at some of the going ons.

Hth

 

are you patrick cryne?

 

The problem is atttracting prestigious businesses in to Barnsley. Gateway Plaza was built at town end - a modern commercial and residential facility, yet attracting private companies was a failure.

Unfortunately the general population of Barnsley don't appear to be interested in much more than entry-level priced products and pile em high sell em cheap retailers.

It's a simple case of supply and demand, and the demand for more upmarket retailers isn't there in Barnsley.

 

The council should have bought the land and turned it in to a public plaza/park rather than placing another ***** retail outlet there, and then turned Peel Street into a fully pedestrianised zone.

It would certainly show the main entry route to the town from the M1 and Manchester in an infinitely better light.

 

Sorry mate but your views of Lidl are so far from the truth its silly.

 

Strange that, seeing as I spent the last 10 years working in retail marketing including a 3 year spell at Morrisons head office.

Although Lidl is a mainstream multiple retailer on the continent, the shopping experience expected by those on the continent is vastly different to that of UK shoppers. In the UK the store environment is a key factor in shopper perception of retailers as a whole. Just look at the vast sums of money the big 4 supermakets spend on store layout and merchandising - Morrisons Market Street being the most relevant example these days. Their store on Kirkstall Lane in Leeds is a prime example of the type of environment and experience that UK shoppers now expect.

In Europe and Scandinavia, the purpose of mulitple retailers is purely that of a one-stop, value driven shop with little attention or focus given to the holistic experience. This is primarily due to the fact that independent local retailers still thrive on the continent so there is little need for the multiples to attempt to artificially recreate the 'high street' experience - something which I see in my daily life in Switzerland and France.

Essentially, there is huge stigma attached to the choice of which store a shopper frequents in the UK, and like it or not, value drivers such as Lidl are perceived in a negative light. Which brings me back to my original point; that visitors to the town entering via the main artery in to the town centre are met with a 'flagship' Lidl - which creates a negative perception and impression of the town in the mind of many guests from other parts of the UK.

Think how first impressions of the town would differ if it was packed full of nice coffee shops and independent patisseries instead of the numerous Greggs.

 

Towns got a costa coffee now. Keeping up with the jones indeed.

There are already a huge number of cafes in town.

Flooded with em.

 

So that's why I keep me head down when i leave Lidl....

 

My original point was in reference to the fact that a value driven retailer is the main focus of the gateway to the town centre and the perception that creates.