>> The next pressure point will be the out of town retail parks where online shopping
>> of household basics (loo rolls, canned products, flour, sugar, some veg etc) for delivery is
>> increasing rapidly. It is probably also environmentally sound to have one van delivering (say) 5-10
>> loads that all individually going to the store.
Nearby we had a semi failing mini retail park, an empty unit was taken over by home bargains, selling loo rolls, canned and packet goods, etc etc. The car park is now heaving, and sometimes you have to queue to park. Footfall in all the other shops in the park is up.
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