Aldi expansion

All the signs seem to be good for food retail here.

Can you give us some evidence for this statement, lemon? What good 'signs' are there?

Bearing in mind, of course that the UK imports some 40% of its food. It cannot feed its population. It couldn't feed its population in WW2 despite attempts to turn every inch of productive land over to food production. We only got through with strict rationing and food imported at huge human cost in RN sailors and merchant seamen.

We have a much larger population now and, despite projects like Thanet Earth (which poses some problems in itself) we still will not be able to feed ourselves.

A general point not attacking anyone and not trying to evade the seriousness of where we could ' possibly ' be heading over Brexit.

Are we not in danger of making the European Union countries out to be our only source of providing our countries food ?

We are talking as though the rest of the world is different to us and they are ALL self sufficient, do not import food products and are being benevolent in providing the UK with food.

There is a ' possibility' both sides of the EU Brexit negotiations will feel the pinch on exporting, importing, customer losses, trading in general .

It's not as though the 28 countries presently in the EU do not import/export outside of the 28 countries and those markets are adjusted.

Exactly POGS

Food retail is one area that is really expanding in the UK, retail in general (High St) is suffering, but not because of Brexit, because of the Internet shopping.

Two supermarkets are being built in my village ( to my joy!)
And a nearby town that previously only had a Budgen and a Tesco now has 3 new supermarkets ( including an Aldi.)

Why are some posters talking of the War and feeding ourselves!
We will always import loads of food, and yes, from all over the world.

Spanish train manufacturer TALGO, has short listed 6 sights for its new super factory - all six are in the UK!!!

So if others have faith in the UK post Brexit , is it about time gransnetters did?

You do realise Lemongrove, that Brexit has not happened yet? The difficulties of import/export will become apparent soon AFTER - especially if no deal is agreed and we fall onto WTO rules. Why do you find facts so hard to grasp?

MawBroon, how many of those buildings will Britain need to have to replace all the food that comes from Europe.
If there is going to be difficulty importing food from Europe then presumably there could be the same difficulties trying to export food to Europe.
Would it therefore be logical for that food which we currently export to stay in this country?

Of course Brexit hasn’t happened yet, but the stores for our village applied for planning application last year which was a year after the referendum.
Houses and stores are going up everywhere in the UK, which implies confidence in our future.

Well, lets hope they get the builders and craftsmen they need to build, and the supplies -

a gamble, for sure, in cloud cookooland.

So are you saying that the management of Aldi are living in cloud cuckooland then jura?

Perhaps they need some words of wisdom from those who know better.

We discovered Aldi when we moved nearly 2 years. We were stunned at the speed at the check out, two of us barely able to keep up and were even more stunned when we saw the final total.

Saving at least £120 a month is great and what I can't get there or don't like, I get at Tesco.

We own and run a building supply company (power tools, fasteners, protective clothing/equipment and 1000 of other building requirements).

We sell products from all over the world including the EU, and I can honestly say that none of our EU suppliers are worried that they will not be able to import to U.K.

Something's could possible be cheaper to the UK as at present the EU puts a tariff on imports from outside the trading block which we would no longer be subject to.

I shall continue to be a glass half full person rather than a glass half empty.