26th January 2004
“Listen
to your Loyal Customers,” McNeil to Tell Tesco
MSP
for Greenock and Inverclyde, Duncan McNeil, will urge supermarket giant, Tesco,
to listen to the views of its loyal customers when he meets the company’s
property chief this Friday.
Mr
McNeil arranged the meeting after a string of constituents contacted him to
voice their concerns over Tesco’s
plans to close their popular Inverkip Street store.
Speaking
today, Mr McNeil said:
“The
Inverkip Street store is hugely popular with its loyal customers, a great number
of whom have greeted its impending closure with dismay.
The proposal is of particular concern to the store’s many elderly
shoppers, who find its location convenient and its design accessible.
“A
lot of those who have expressed their disappointment to me cannot understand why
this store has to close as a result of a new one0 being planned for the Port
Glasgow development.
“While
Tesco is currently looking at options to address the concerns of customers who
use public transport – including additional bus services to either Dalrymple
Street or Port Glasgow – this can hardly, as customers point out, match the
convenience of a having a main bus terminus right next to your local
supermarket.
“I
think it would make good business sense for Tesco to listen to the views of
their loyal customers and I will be making that clear on Friday.
“I
will also be asking whether it will be possible to incorporate a smaller scale
food store outlet – whether operated by Tesco or a competitor – into any
redevelopment of the Inverkip Street site.”
ENDS
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