THE FACTS: Tesco in Cardiff
• There are currently six Tesco branches within a square mile of Cathays Terrace, and 15 branches within two square miles.
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• Cardiff’s biggest supermarket is Tesco Extra on Excelsior Road, 1.3 miles from Cathays Terrace.
The megastore includes large homeware and clothing departments, a cafe, an optician, a phone shop, a travel money desk and 24 hour access from Monday to Friday.
• A Tesco superstore in St Mellons made national news in 2010 by banning its patrons from wearing pyjamas whilst shopping.
A new Tesco is due to open on Cathays Terrace early next year, raising the concern of a local shopkeeper who currently runs the only convenience store on the street.
Due to open its new branch on 11 February 2014, the UK’s leading food retailer will begin trading across the road from Kanta Pindoria’s small corner shop, which operates under the franchise Premier.
Pindoria’s business has grown popular amongst the community in Cathays, but the shopkeeper is despondent about the opening of the new Tesco. He fears that the supermarket will cause a catastrophic decline in his profits.
“People are just going to go straight there, even if we’re cheaper,” he protests. “It doesn’t matter how low we price our stock if there’s a Tesco just across the street.”
Public lobbying in Bristol previously inspired a mass boycott of Tesco, although a similar movement has yet to arrive in Cardiff.
THE FACTS: Tesco in Cardiff
• There are currently six Tesco branches within a square mile of Cathays Terrace, and 15 branches within two square miles.
Click for a geographical representation.
• Cardiff’s biggest supermarket is Tesco Extra on Excelsior Road, 1.3 miles from Cathays Terrace.
The megastore includes large homeware and clothing departments, a cafe, an optician, a phone shop, a travel money desk and 24 hour access from Monday to Friday.
• A Tesco superstore in St Mellons made national news in 2010 by banning its patrons from wearing pyjamas whilst shopping.