BIG thank you to the WEE shops

[muppetanimal]

Huge thank you to all of the towns smaller retailers for pulling out all of the stops over the past couple of days when the electricity supply failed.

What a pity that with the power back on that those same customers, who have relied on the wee shops being there in a crisis, will be flooding back to the two supermarkets now that the power is back on

Maybe if those same customers could use the wee shops a bit more often then those independent retailers may still be trading next time there is a crisis

[MurkyLitFelon]

Some weeks ago, the ex chairman of Tesco was on desert island discs on R4. He was adamant that small shops were just pointless and should all give up now to make way for supermarkets which were effectively a public service and would look after their customers so much better.

By the way, I hear it's three-for-two on all horse and raccoon burgers today...

[glassblower]

Couldn't agree with you more muppetanimal, for the extra few pence you spend at the local shops they are worth keeping.

[russanros]

Another vote for the wee shops here, though our local tesco do a grand job when they are open its not like they are 24hrs or even sell the full range of stuff.

Big Thanks to the Ralston Road shop open without electricity saturday onwards