we live in a small village called Sandiacre where Tesco has bought up land and warehouses so they can build what can only be discribed as a monster store which i might add is ugly and will wipe out most of the small businesses in the village which have been struggling to survive the credit crunch, and they have only informed a small number of the people living in Sandiacre of the planned public exhibition which took place today and will take place tommorow 22/10/09 at the Sandiacre cricket club 2pm till 8pm. if anyone reads this in time i would strongly suggest you go and look at the plans, they have not thought of the extra polution this will bring to the village and the traffic load. they had the cheek to say they had surveyed Sandiacre residents and only 22% shop in the village, i am a Sandiacre resident and have never been asked that question nor has any of my friends or anyone i have spoken to, why do we have to put up with the large companies just taking over every piece of land and spolling villages or towns, We dont need a Tescos in our village.

I don't know your village but i do support what you are saying.  Its not just Tesco, but all supermarkets are destroying specialist traders all over the country.  I live in Luton and i couldn't tell you where there's a butchers, so all meat has to be bought from a supermarket.  Where have all the independant record shops gone, (Ok I'm showing my age), but shops selling cds, you come across the occasional HMV or Zavvi store, the rest is in supermarkets, where the range is pathatic, or on line.

I live in Bridge Street, two minutes from the proposed Tesco site, and they did not bother to inform me of the proposed plans or the public exhibition and so therefore I missed it.  I was only made aware of the plans by noticing an article on the front page of the local paper today (29/10). If I was cynical I would say it's because I objected to the Beeston Store and they stored my address as a negative vote. 

I find the complete lack of respect shown by Tesco to be disgusting and shall be at the council meeting next Tuesday to make my feelings quite clear.

Lets not let Sandiacre become another ghost town ruined by a Tesco.

it was the same thing in my small town a number of years ago, tesco's made plans to open a large superstore, everyone was against it, patitions and rally's, papers full of it, no one wanted this damn store, but 3 years later every day theres hundreds of cars in the car park 20 or more check-outs all full, the people love it, a huge warm bright store with almost everything we need, and much cheaper than the old grotty corner shop, even perol 1 or 2 pence cheaper than anywhere else. it's the best thing to happen to our town,

PS they even put on FREE buses to and from the srore

I LOVE IT, ITS GREAT WELL DONE TESCO.

Tesco are not the ones ruining small businesses, the public are.  People have the choice of shopping in a local shop or in a supermarket.  There are over 3500 tesco stores.  Many Tesco stores are open to the public 24 hours (although not on Sundays) so you can go in there at any time, they sell many more items than a local shop and employ around 440,000 people.  Tesco, like Marks and Spencer orignaly started as a market stall.

Having local Tesco or other supermarkets also means people use less cars or use cars for a shorter distance because if there is one not that far from you then you can walk there every day.  A lot of people drive to a large supermarket to get their weekly shopping.  If there is one local to you then you can get your daily groceries, so you are less likely to buy things and them go out of date because you are getting your daily food each day.

There was an episode of South Park where they had a new branch of Wallmart.  After they made the store implode one of them said something like "lets go to Jim's Drug Store" and then that shop grew in to the same as the Wallmart.  If people didn't shop at Tesco they would have shopped elsewhere and this topic would be called "<NAME OF OTHER STORE> again try to ruin more small businesses"

Tesco are the best thing to happen to this country since sliced bread.

Not only do they make it easy to buy everything you need all in one place, their parking is always free and spacious, you dont have to queue forever and most importantly the quality of their food is high.  I would trust a Tesco shop much more than the cheaper varieties.  They seem to have got it together 100% in that you can find really good bargains but the quality is not lost.  That takes some doing.  On top of that they have the biggest variety to choose from than any other supermarket and unlike M & S and Sainsburys you dont pay more for the fancy packaging than the product itself.  Morrisons, Nettos, Lidles etc., are  cheap products that mostly dont taste good (because they are cheap).  whereas the cheap Tesco products are of high quality.  The aisles are always big enough for lots of trolleys, you can pop in to buy clothes if you need something quick (and what a range at knock down prices) and just about everything you need for your home apart from furniture is all in one place without getting back in the car.

Tesco listen to complaints, they never quibble about giving you your money back or exchanging goods.  They are fast on the tills and have managers that actually listen to their customers.  You can bet that if you have made a suggestion for an improvement or put in feedback about what you think could be better a few weeks later its done.  They pack your food, help you to your car, there is always someone standing by to help with the self-service Tills and their whole operations runs smoothly.

I travel quite alot and whenever I do I make my way to the nearest Tesco store (they always conveniently build their shops on the edges of town for easy access and are easy to find.  Alot of their shops have cafes, toilets to freshen up and friendly staff.

I travel 10 miles round trip to get to my Tesco whereas before I used to walk in any time after closing hours - really brilliant service.

So if people want to pettition to get rid of something leave the things that work int he town and concentrate on something else.

If you have ever visited Sandiacre you will realize  that it is not a village, but poor town and is in desparate need of investment.If the local shops were of a high quality they would not be worried about Tescos, but would welcome it, as it will bring more trade to the town.If you look at Long Eaton the amount of trade has increased since Tescos was built.Although I have not seen the plans, I would wish for a better building than Lidl which has no landscaping to speak of.

 If you take a look at other places around the UK or the world you will realize what a village really is.Sandiacre has a canal and a few historic buildings, why not let Tescos fund the canal side redevelopment and make the town somewhere you would like to stop for a visit, rather than remain a place you wish to pass through quickly.

Go and visit  places in Kent and Sussex to see what a village is.