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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Do you think the big superstores like Asda, Tesco etc should be banned from selling clothes, toys and electrical goods like the smaller businesses have too by being closed as non essential, the ones that specialise in those areas only . So when the lock down rules are eased they all get a share of the demand that would then exist.

Just a thought .

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By *ookie an creamCouple
over a year ago

Fife

By that logic alcohol should also be included as hospitality sector is suffering too.

I would all come down to where you draw the line like kids clothes i'd class them as essential ie baby clothes. There will always be an exception to the rule.

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By *andsCouple
over a year ago

Edin

No

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By *ering SeaMan
over a year ago

Penicuik

No

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No....if there is any logic to it then I suppose you can argue that people can get everything the need in one place rather than multiple shops. Kids clothes are essential....thought I was being smart buying some winter stuff online during the summer but my youngest grows like a and needs more stuff now.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No. Clothes are essential. If my kettle broke a replacement would be essential too.

I think it's gone far enough

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By *tagnMrsCouple
over a year ago

Wishaw

The problem is you can't stop people's lives. You could stop shops from selling toys etc. But you try explaining to a young child, who have also been having a really tough year why they aren't getting toys for their birthday.

There will always be reasons why non-essential items are NEEDED. People's lives are hard enough right now without making things even harder.

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By *eefyBangerMan
over a year ago

edinburgh


"No. Clothes are essential. If my kettle broke a replacement would be essential too.

I think it's gone far enough "

Do you not have a stove?

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By *ebimimosaTV/TS
over a year ago

Glasgow

The general shopping set up is unfair to the small independents.

The big stores have destroyed them for so long and now the CoVid regulations are now giving them a government sponsored monopoly on supply of goods.

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By *redwilma666Couple
over a year ago

Kilbirnie


"The general shopping set up is unfair to the small independents.

The big stores have destroyed them for so long and now the CoVid regulations are now giving them a government sponsored monopoly on supply of goods."

It's not the big stores that have ruined the High Street. It's the shoppers willing to use the big stores that are to blame

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"The general shopping set up is unfair to the small independents.

The big stores have destroyed them for so long and now the CoVid regulations are now giving them a government sponsored monopoly on supply of goods."

Thats how I see it too but I do understand the kids clothes argument though.

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By *redwilma666Couple
over a year ago

Kilbirnie

Can someone define essential

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"No. Clothes are essential. If my kettle broke a replacement would be essential too.

I think it's gone far enough

Do you not have a stove?"

I do, however that's the thing essential to some is not essential to others. The reality is we make our own judgement calls.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No.

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By *bostCouple
over a year ago

glasgow

The supermarkets should have been allowed to stay open selling whatever they like. However, they should have been ineligible for any sort of government support. Their profits have skyrocketed while also getting support from government.

All support could then have been focussed on the rest of the economy.

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By *cotyguyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow


"Can someone define essential"

That is it in a nutshell. What is essential. It is left vague in order to blame.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Can someone define essential"

yes its fairly simple

it is anything I wish for or want, anything at all I decide to purchase, regardless of cost or meaningfulness.

If I decide to purchase anything at all, it is essential.

the above does not include anything you deem essential, these items are non essential.

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By *ola cubesMan
over a year ago

coatbridge


"Can someone define essential

That is it in a nutshell. What is essential. It is left vague in order to blame. "
surely essential should only be life sustaining I have witnessed other country's where superstores can open but must close clothing electrical and also alcohol sections

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By *irth VaderMan
over a year ago

Busby

Is there anyone who owns an independent business that’s closed due to lockdown who thinks the supermarkets should be allowed to cash in whilst their business is dying ?

We are only looking at it from a consumers point of view. In France the delayed Black Friday by a week to allow small independent businesses to reopen and fight for their share of the pie.

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By *sa and HarryCouple
over a year ago

motherwell


"Do you think the big superstores like Asda, Tesco etc should be banned from selling clothes, toys and electrical goods like the smaller businesses have too by being closed as non essential, the ones that specialise in those areas only . So when the lock down rules are eased they all get a share of the demand that would then exist.

Just a thought . "
Simply Naw

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