petition from RASH

[diane]

Below is the link to a petition from Residents Against Sainsbury’s Horfield (RASH). 

 

And why should we be concerned about this in Bedminster?  Because the concerns about Sainsbury’s in Horfield are the same as those we are faced with at Ashton Gate.  Throughout the city there are linked efforts to preserve and enhance high streets and independent shops, which have been under attack from the relentless march of the supermarkets.  In Bristol Sainsbury’s has been particularly virulent. 

 

Bedminster has won the Mary Porteus award to help the high streets here, but the effect could still be overwhelmed by a massive regional superstore on the doorstep.  And other areas in Bristol do not even have this funding.  Supermarket success anywhere in Bristol has a domino effect, and puts the city as a whole at risk from the unsustainable agriculture, manufacture and retail methods of these non-local conglomerates.

 

Diane Jones

 

http://epetitions.bristol.gov.uk/epetition_core/community/petition/1935