Anyone choosing to shop at Tesco would have a much greater choice at the larger town centre store, so why would they bother shopping at a Tesco Express?

Neither of the proposed areas are lacking in shops for grocery shopping, so it is not necessary to have a new Tesco convenience store there.

I regularly use the local shops in Whitecross Road. It is a thriving local community with a local co-op and independent shops – butcher, baker, greengrocer, chemist, newsagent, florist and more, offering local produce, of excellent quality at reasonable prices without the excess packaging found in Tesco. The queues are far shorter than in Tesco and you are always greeted with a friendly smile. It is possible to buy all the groceries you need there without going into the town centre.

Anyone who likes to have a choice of where they can shop, cares about their carbon footprint and local employment for local people should say “No” to Tesco, before it is too late.

I am not anti Tesco, I do use their main town store. However, if they want to expand, perhaps they should consider putting Tesco Expresses in rural villages which no longer have a shop or are about to loose the Post Office which is the only shop they have.