Foxtons on Lordship Lane soon to become a Poundland Local

[ken78]

Triple whammy for local house prices....

Rising mortgage rates nationally

Loss of over inflated Foxton asking prices

An influx of poundland clientelle to our beautiful 'lordship Lane village'

I mean how am I expected to push past all those tracksuits while I'm carrying a selection of cheeses from Mons (not to mention the quince paste).....

 

so as you say " poundland clientelle to our beautiful 'lordship Lane village' when was lordship lane part of your beautiful 'lordship Lane village, and i bet you go to peckham £1 shop on the quiet. and as for tracksuits have you seen the price of them, a for as you say " selection of cheeses from Mons" the £1 shop sell cheese. and please don't call them poundland clientelle should be clientele but most of people who use the shops ARE customers , got to go to peckham £1 shop just can't wait to go to the village £1 shop 🏪

[Guest]

Next we need a B&M store

[ken78]

Next we need a B&M store

 

Yes and a lidl now your talking and a butchers that sell fish as well like the ones in Peckham rye Lane village now that would be GREAT every thing we need in our Lordship village

[Guest]

Lidl would be great, will save having to go to either the Old Kent Road or Catford for all their super special offers, this week Mexico/New America, next week Eastern Europe, last week Austria........

[Guest]

Apparently I'm told there's one in Camberwell, but Lordship Lane would be soooooooooooooooo convenient

[Sue]

The trouble with Lidl is, it's so cheap you end up buying a load of stuff you don't really need.

Like IKEA.

I have to stay away from Lidl for that reason 🤣

And yes, there is one just down the road from King's.

[ken78]

The trouble with Lidl is, it's so cheap you end up buying a load of stuff you don't really need.

Like IKEA.

I have to stay away from Lidl for that reason 🤣

And yes, there is one just down the road from King's.

 

Self control at all times

[Guest]

While Lidl may be "cheaper" than the other supermarkets, the good thing about Lidl is the quality of some of their specific products and the weekly opportunity to try new things when they have "flavour of the week" weeks. A couple of weeks ago they had Italian week, some lovely biscuits that were really cheap and worth every penny. And dried mushrooms etc.

[Sue]

While Lidl may be "cheaper" than the other supermarkets, the good thing about Lidl is the quality of some of their specific products and the weekly opportunity to try new things when they have "flavour of the week" weeks. A couple of weeks ago they had Italian week, some lovely biscuits that were really cheap and worth every penny. And dried mushrooms etc.

 

I agree it's often good quality, and very good value for money.

[j.a.]

If there was a Lidl on Lordship Lane I’d probably never see the inside of Sainsbury’s again.

I swear I get ridiculously excited by the prices in Lidl, be so happy when the Peckham one opens again.

[ken78]

Which was the cheapest supermarket in August 2022?

Latest research by trade magazine The Grocer(opens in new tab) reveals that discount retailer Lidl is the cheapest supermarket for everyday groceries, with Aldi a close second. The weekly shopping price survey compared the cost of a shopping basket of 33 typical grocery items at the biggest supermarkets (Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and Waitrose), and compared it to the same basket at both Lidl and Aldi. Lidl’s basket came in at a total of £39.96, which was only 69p cheaper than runner-up Aldi, but a whopping £21.05 cheaper than the most expensive basket from Waitrose.

Overall, the supermarkets were ranked as follows from cheapest to the

[imasnookercue]

The trouble with Lidl is, it's so cheap you end up buying a load of stuff you don't really need.

Like IKEA.

I have to stay away from Lidl for that reason 🤣

And yes, there is one just down the road from King's.

 

Oh, lucky you, miss loaded. What other shops do you walk around and just freely buy whatever takes your fancy, even though you don't need it, because its just so cheap? Should we keep you away from Moxons too?

[Sue]

The trouble with Lidl is, it's so cheap you end up buying a load of stuff you don't really need.

Like IKEA.

I have to stay away from Lidl for that reason 🤣

And yes, there is one just down the road from King's.

 

Oh, lucky you, miss loaded. What other shops do you walk around and just freely buy whatever takes your fancy, even though you don't need it, because its just so cheap? Should we keep you away from Moxons too?

 

Changed your forum name again, have you?

[gabys1st]

Lidls at end of Bellenden RD is undergoing works to expand it - hopefully finished by Christmas.

[BillyOcean]

The Lidl on The Old Kent Road is a total game changer. The size of Heathrow terminal five, tills a plenty..........

It is their 'Flogship' branch.

[Loutwo]

Hallelujah!

At last we have a sensible rebuke to the last 20 odd years of creeping yuppification. Sick to death of all the poncy wannabes showing off with their organic vegan ‘look at me’ shopping bags full of overpriced tat.

Poundland will allow ordinary people to use the lane again for essentials, without having to take out a second bloody mortgage for the privilege.

Louisa.

[Sarahbmh]

Ditto!

 

Hallelujah!

At last we have a sensible rebuke to the last 20 odd years of creeping yuppification. Sick to death of all the poncy wannabes showing off with their organic vegan ‘look at me’ shopping bags full of overpriced tat.

Poundland will allow ordinary people to use the lane again for essentials, without having to take out a second bloody mortgage for the privilege.

Louisa.

[Bic Basher]

Hallelujah!

At last we have a sensible rebuke to the last 20 odd years of creeping yuppification. Sick to death of all the poncy wannabes showing off with their organic vegan ‘look at me’ shopping bags full of overpriced tat.

Poundland will allow ordinary people to use the lane again for essentials, without having to take out a second bloody mortgage for the privilege.

Louisa.

 

For staples, M&S Food Hall has been cheaper or the same as Sainsbury's. They're cheaper for 1 Pint milk than the Co-op.

[Loutwo]

The co-op has always been a rip off. Wouldn’t catch me going in there. And not a fan of DKH Sainsbury either (although they do a price lock range now which is ok-ish). Ironic that M&S offer a cheaper essentials range than the two local rivals.

The loss of Iceland had a big impact on the poorer folk of ED. A impact some sneery forum users mocked for a while. But it seems, what goes around comes back around. No one cares about the loss of another estate agent, not when people are struggling to pay energy bills and put food on the table.

Welcome to ED Poundland, with arms wide open.

Louisa.

[Guest]

I have found that co-op's prices have increased to the extent that hey are more expensive for staples and have increased prices i.e. milk than the other supermarkets.

Sainsbury's Price lock range is not actually price locked, prices of these items have been "sneakily" increased even though they are apparently "price locked - NOT"

Always was under the impression that M&S was the most expensive locally but according to BB that is not the case?

The necessity to shop at more than one supermarket has been an ongoing requirement to save money and that appears to need to continue. Looking out for price reductions on specific Specials that are needed is the way to go.

Unfortunately we are ALL suffering and those independents who charge more than the going rate my in time regret the decision when the footfall to there door goes elsewhere.

But one thing is sure, the electorate won't forget about three years of Johnson sleaze and Truss and Kwarteng's disastrous start with escalating the cost of living crisis and punishing those with a mortgage with significantly higher monthly repayments, crashing the economy and if things were not bad enough already. Added to that the domestic fuel crisis, with the punishing and totally unjustified daily standing charge increases. How these can be justified beggars belief!

The standing charge has increased by 185% since September 2019, the cost of gas per KWh increased by 373% and the cost of electricity per KWh has increased by 260% over the same period.

Come the next election if not before, the Conservatives will be booted out of office for making an utter shambles of the economy and making its people suffer.

[Penguin68]

Welcome to ED Poundland, with arms wide open.

Louisa.

Actually, Louisa, I can't agree. This is likely to severely damage the trade of Farmers - an excellent local shop which has provided good value services to ED over a long period. Poundland is a chain, aggressively priced and whose quality, in my view (others may differ) is not good. It will damage a quality local shop which has gone out of its way to provide a good local service. I know you have always championed chains which purport (not always accurately), to offer good value - and I do agree that losing Iceland was sad, although gaining M&S was a good thing - better would have been to have had both, in my view - but if Poundland comes and squeezes out Farmers then that loss will, again in my view, be worse than losing Iceland.

[Jenijenjen]

I’m not convinced this is going to happen, would Poundland really want to pay the high rents now being asked in Lordship Lane? Someone’s being mischievous

[Loutwo]

https://planning.southwark.gov.uk/online-applications/caseDetails.do?action=dispatch&keyVal=RH0E8AKB06900&caseType=BuildingControl

Unless someone at Southwark Council’s Planning Department enjoys trolling internet forum’s, it seems highly unlikely this is a fake application.

Louisa.

[Loutwo]

Welcome to ED Poundland, with arms wide open.

Louisa.

Actually, Louisa, I can't agree. This is likely to severely damage the trade of Farmers - an excellent local shop which has provided good value services to ED over a long period. Poundland is a chain, aggressively priced and whose quality, in my view (others may differ) is not good. It will damage a quality local shop which has gone out of its way to provide a good local service. I know you have always championed chains which purport (not always accurately), to offer good value - and I do agree that losing Iceland was sad, although gaining M&S was a good thing - better would have been to have had both, in my view - but if Poundland comes and squeezes out Farmers then that loss will, again in my view, be worse than losing Iceland.

 

I love Farmer’s, I’ve been going there since I was a youngster and I know how well loved it is, and more importantly how much effort is put into the business. However, I have to disagree. The whole point of a chain is to create footfall onto a high street. Rather than damage their business model, I would imagine it would do the opposite. Nothing wrong with healthy competition, and tbf, they offer something relatively different anyway.

Louisa.

[Joe]

I’m not convinced this is going to happen, would Poundland really want to pay the high rents now being asked in Lordship Lane? Someone’s being mischievous

 

There's a Poundland in Chiswick and Putney High streets, both of which are upmarket areas with high street rents I'd assume to be higher than LL. So clearly its working for them.