Manxman1234 Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 2 minutes ago, Last Ten said: And how often do you find loss leaders with other outlets on the Isle of Man? Not many, so bring it on Tesco. Loss leaders are there for a reason, to get you in and spend money you hadn’t planned on spending. it doesn’t mean other businesses ripping you off, it generally means paying fair price to their suppliers when Tesco squeeze out the competition, watch the prices rise as they have done in the UK 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Gladys said: Thanks Roger. Very interesting. There is a Hermitage marked (something to do with the nunnery?) And also a mark where the highest spring tides will reach. The area around the bus and rail station is shown as The Lake, hence the road name I guess. Fascinating, thank you. The Hermitage was part of the Nunnery Estate. It covered where Quayles Garage was with gardens up towards what became the old Wool Control Centre. Now a reclamation place. The Hermitage became the original Cunningham House, then Quayles and now the new Douglas City flats. what was the Hermitage garden was developed as a Drill Hall in the 1890’s. In the basement there was/is a rifle range. Next to Brown Bobby. Big sign saying Armoury. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Roger Mexico said: True there hasn't been warning of flooding in the area for ... a whole 17 days. A warning is not a flood. When did tesco last flood. By tesco I mean the store, not a puddle in the car park. I honestly don't remember. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 1 hour ago, TheTeapot said: A large flat area of land near the mouth of a river with a built harbour and is called Lake Road can't possibly be a flood plain no, of course not. Fucks sake Happier Diner. A 'large' area? Extending all of 50m to the south! I only said its not what you visualise when you think of a 'plain'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 6 minutes ago, Happier diner said: A 'large' area? Extending all of 50m to the south! I only said its not what you visualise when you think of a 'plain'. Except it’s not just that area. The flood plain extends up to Cronkbourne Road and Kirby Meadow. If you look a the map Roger has posted, one page back, the area marked Ropewalk is on the flood plain. There are cliffs marked, escarpment. The area marked lake. I mentioned the meandering branches of the Glass. That’s shown. The area marked with field numbers 2930/2/3/4 was in effect an island, with the river on each side. It was a marshy swamp. As was The Lake. Small river, small flood plain. Big river, etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 9 minutes ago, John Wright said: Except it’s not just that area. The flood plain extends up to Cronkbourne Road and Kirby Meadow. If you look a the map Roger has posted, one page back, the area marked Ropewalk is on the flood plain. There are cliffs marked, escarpment. The area marked lake. I mentioned the meandering branches of the Glass. That’s shown. The area marked with field numbers 2930/2/3/4 was in effect an island, with the river on each side. It was a marshy swamp. As was The Lake. Small river, small flood plain. Big river, etc. My wife remembers tesco flooding, she says it was all just water under the fridge. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 21 minutes ago, Happier diner said: A warning is not a flood. When did tesco last flood. By tesco I mean the store, not a puddle in the car park. I honestly don't remember. The store is set higher than the road. The car park has flooded at the far end, but the store is set higher. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 2 hours ago, Manxman1234 said: when Tesco squeeze out the competition, watch the prices rise as they have done in the UK What does this mean? They certainly haven't squeezed the competition out in the UK. It gets more intense all the time. If you mean in specific locations, that doesn't work either because they have national pricing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah 01 Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 9 hours ago, Roger Mexico said: Tesco Lake Road 4375 sq m Even that isn't that big. I visited what I'd describe as a standard Sainsbury in the West Country recently and it was twice the size in length and width of our very modest Tesco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 8 hours ago, Manxman1234 said: when Tesco squeeze out the competition, watch the prices rise as they have done in the UK Link, proof? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 10 hours ago, Gladys said: The store is set higher than the road. The car park has flooded at the far end, but the store is set higher. I have heard that they are going to produce a Tesco cookbook which relies on non perishable and flood proof ingredients just in case the store floods. Sound like a recipe for disaster to me! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 12 hours ago, Last Ten said: And how often do you find loss leaders with other outlets on the Isle of Man? Not many, so bring it on Tesco. Do you even understand what a loss leader is? Why would be encouraging places to use them? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxman1234 Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 (edited) Can’t beat bit false advertising! Proudly locally owned 😂 I think someone is telling a little white lie here Edited October 18, 2023 by Manxman1234 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred the shred Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 I haven’t seen Dealz mentioned with regard to other retail outlets, you would be surprised at how much stuff that shop moves in small quantities perhaps but it adds up the prices have crept up recently but always busy. The staff at Shoprite have had an information pack from Tesco apparently their hourly rate is going up around £2.50 an hour from January this is for staff at Victoria Road, they also think all other stores will be Tesco Express. Regarding loss leaders M&S have done this with there value bread currently at 80p for quite a while now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_manx Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 (edited) Off topic but went to Tesco yesterday ( it's been a while since I've gone there) When coming down Bank hill ( going downhill past the steam railway station) and waiting to turn right to tesco , the building opposite ( ? Railway Pub ) seems to have put up a fence blocking visibility of the cars coming towards you over the bridge Saw someone in front of me nearly have an accident as they didn't see the car coming from the left ( cars coming have priority ) Both cars were small ( I think a i10 and a swift ) .. I suppose those who are tall or in an SUV might be okay .. Edited October 18, 2023 by mad_manx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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