Waitrose or M&S TYPE supermarket - do we want one on LL?

[Ladymuck]

> (SeanMac has a point, in that some supermarket

> items are overpriced in comparison with local

> shops)

Yes, he does. As does Narnia, in that some local shops' items are (to some) offputtingly priced compared with their corresponding supermarket equivalents.

[katie1997]

SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> I think the current balance in the area is about

> right and people can adapt the LadyMuck model of

> pick and choosing as budget sees fit.

That's jolly decent of you Sean, thanks :)

I do think those who are complaining about the Co-Op on here should complain directly to them. Iceland isn't so bad, you can get lots of produve that's not frozen too.

I love the independent shops though but that doesn't suit everyone.

Although not on LL, Barrys shop is fantastic, opens late and does a huge range of things including those gu/fru deSserts people mentioned before. The staff are lovely and get to know you. I'd vote for a Barrys onLL too ;)

I thought all the Waitrose "aspirations" talked about on the forum were a running joke, clearly not.

[HelBel65]

> Although not on LL, Barrys shop is fantastic,

> opens late and does a huge range of things

> including those gu/fru deSserts people mentioned

> before. The staff are lovely and get to know you.

> I'd vote for a Barrys onLL too ;)

Sorry, not quite the point, but where's that please? <----- just moving to ED

[Keef]

On Barry Road, just past the Uplands Road junction.

[TonyQuinn]

Barry's is the king of Dulwich.

[Alec John Moore]

I've been meaning to mention Barry's. It has really improved since Shine became the manager a while ago. He's an entrepreneur with a real sense of his clientele's needs and interests. So, good customer service doesn't just mean that you don't feel so bad about paying a bit over the odds for stuff but that the shop actually stocks the products you are interested in and new ones you might like to try. Where else can you get Marmite XO, for instance? That was a rheorical question, by the way.

[zeban]

I LOVE Barry's!

[treehugger]

I Love Barry's too and all the staff. They have a really wide range of products and will get stuff in for you if you ask them. BUT: they are more expensive than Sainsbury's. I don't care personally because they are convenient and I want to give them my custom. It's not all about money - and shouldn't be.

[Ladymuck]

Do they stock fresh longans?

[zeban]

Barry's is more expensive than Sainsbury's for some things. I think their free range eggs might be around the same though and they have some nice organic canned soups/other things if you're feeling lazy. I love this Moroccan tagine they have. Yummy, and nowhere near as pricey as those innocent veg pots if I want a healthy ready meal.

[karter]

Thought another useful grocery store was opening up but turns out it's another property agent, near the roundabout. Good luck.(tu)

[dds29]

No to supermarkets: how about a Picturehouse type cinema?

[Jeremy]

dds29 Wrote:

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> how about a Picturehouse type cinema?

Why has nobody suggested that before?

[AlexC]

Seems the new Waitrose on Old Brompton Road is going to be the first smaller format store to trial the name 'Little Waitrose'. A new sub-brand.

[Keef]

But how will people know they're getting Waitrose goods if it has a different name?

[DulwichFox]

dds29 Wrote:

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> No to supermarkets: how about a Picturehouse type

> cinema?

How would a Cinema survive. Over the past 25-30 years virtualy every suburban cinema in the country

has closed down to become Bingo Halls, to close down to become Flats or pubs.

['bout now]

Like this

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A28678404

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Barry's doesn't stock my brand of cigarettes so it's a 'no' from me.

Not that it matters, it's once in a blue moon I'm up that way - just happened to go in on Tuesday.

[mariatia]

I'm about to appoint someone to fit an electric shower. Do I need to be asking those quoting me for any certificates? Do they need to prove to me they're a qualified electrician?

[civilservant]

cinema suggestion already discussed here in last few weeks http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,595075,599751,page=2#msg-599751

[tsimmonds]

Waitrose please and if this forces Iceland to close all the better

[Ridgley]

why can't we have both, the shops on LL is not just for the middle classe elite they are not the only ones that live there

[bigal]

Waitrose or M&S would be v welcome - Coop and Iceland are a waste of space in my view.

[Michael Palaeologus]

Could we just have an S&M Supermarket on Lordship Lane?

[SeanMacGabhann]

quite a number of the "yes to waitrose - even better if Iceland go!" posts are from people who have posted for the first time or registered very recently

Not sure what that says, but it says something