Tescos yet again!

[Malcolm Robinson]

Deserves its own thread I think:

http://www.digitallook.com/news/news-and-announcements/tesco-to-pay-20000-into-community-fund-after-abandoning-store-sites--652389.html

[Maggie/915]

Interesting Malcolm.

Money for us ,maybe, or extra for other towns nearby.

[tomtom]

Don't hold your breath - Tesco's don't give a hoot about Bedlington. As far as I am concerned now, the soon they get out of town the better, all they have done is to leave a bad taste in the mouth.

[John Fox (foxy)]

 The jobs are going to be a big loss  but the  Horseburgers won't be missed. 

[John Fox (foxy)]

http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/exhibition-about-tesco-town-centre-shop-1-7209019

[Andy Brown]

Since a lot of campaigns gain a lot of exposure via social media, I thought I'd start (vodka told me to) with sending a tweet to Tesco in the form of
@Tesco I understand you still own the building in #Bedlington, if this is the case then may I on behalf of our town request you sell up asap

140 characters is an unfortunate limitation, but if enough voices whisper then surely they will bow to pressure, worth a shot if nothing else, and only did it cos I care for our town and there's bugger all on telly

[Malcolm Robinson]

And here we go...........

http://www.newspostleader.co.uk/news/local/tesco-agrees-to-sell-bedlington-store-1-7240376

[Maggie/915]

I wonder if the sale will go through and what money will change hands.

Still don't think anyone knows about what happened when Tesco's bought the site.

Interesting development maybe all down to Andy Brown and his campaign.

[_pauls]

"Bedlington has always been a priority for the council" - did someone miss out the words "very low" in that sentence?

[John Fox (foxy)]

Spot on with that one   -pauls

[ex Bedlingtonian]

Presumably they are also selling the land they were given for nothing!