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In todays paper there is a report that Tesco have bid £156 million for Dobbies garden centres.

Dobbies board have reccomended the proposed takeover.

Branching out or what?

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I wish they would "branch out" to Shetland!

Mrs D, can I have a loan please?

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You wouldn't necessarily feel that if you had felt the bullying tactics that they can exert in your local area.

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They're like a pernicious weed aren't they? We're starting to get these mini-Tesco things appearing like a rash.

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We're getting submerged in the mini ones also and I found out recently that the garage up the road where I have my car MOTed is to become another one. There isn't any need what so ever as there's already a COOP and Spar within walking distance and a Lidl, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Sommerfield within about 1.5 miles. The smaller shops don't stand a chance.

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Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

I think you will find that was DOBIES not DOBBIES but there is a blessing in this Wyrevale were in the market it was in Coventry telegraph tother night
thats kicked that into touch with a bit of luck i will be able to use my Tesco card at DOBBIES jacob

Where I live, I've got a Tesco's Hypermarket 2 miles to the left (biggest in UK i've been told) and a huge Dobbies Garden Centre, 2 miles to the right!

Hope to cripes they don't think about buying the bit in the middle!

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Well, if they start employing house elfs, may improve the service in some stores!

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That's cos they took over Dillons a couple of years back and seem to quietly be turning all these into Tesco 'Express' (think that's what they are called?). Scary.

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Can think of a few places that would benefit from employing a Dobby or two...

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I'd never even heard of Dobbies till this post came along...

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Me neither

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You don't think they saturate an area with Tesco in order to close down the competition do you? Then when they are totally dominant in an area, they can close down some of their own stores to cut costs ... not saying they do, but it's rumoured that some of the American Coffee Chains employ this ruthless business practice (practise? I'm never sure)

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We don't have any Dillons here though - they are taking over all sorts of premises to produce these Tesco Expresses (thanks, I'd forgotten the term!). I'm afraid I'm with 2 sheds on this - conspiracy theories are alive and well!

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Second biggest garden centre chain (21 stores) with only Wyvale being bigger. Our nearest one is in Hartshill, right next door to Nick the Grief.

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I bet the retaurants start selling Tesco gear in them in the very near future. A clever move on their part as they get an avenue from which to flog stuff they have no room for in store.

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I think they think it will improve their green image if they sell plants trouble is Dobies a bloody expensive and sell anything but decent plants ( well our one is like that) if you want a towel of a telescope fine

http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=902192007
http://www.dobbies.com/atherstone.aspx

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Well good news for all of you nice people that do not like tesco's in our local paper tonight Sir Tom Hunter who owns Wyevale is talking with potential patners in to making a counter bid for dobbies will this be good for the gardening public you all complain about Tesco's and the like getting to big but if this go's through he will have a monopoly and i thought that tescos was going to turn some garden centre's into tesco stores what shake up that would cause jacob

I also noticed today that Tesco are investing heavily into Brogdale. It's good that they have got funding, but Tesco are evil aren't they?

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Tesco have "sponsered" Brogdale for some time now Wizer. Bit ironic really that the supermarkets edict for standard shape tough fruit nearly killed off most of the vareties that they now help maintain!

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Niomi Klein's book 'No Logo' got me very scared of American big business practices.

It took me a few years to fall out with tescos however, after a disagreement over a bottle of wine. I can see my local tescos from my window and now have the motivation to travel to my local greengrocers and butchers. I absolutely LOVE them! The food is fantastic and the welcome is fabulous.

The best argument over a bottle of wine I ever had!

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