Would love to see a waitrose at SGR!

marianogodoy · June 2013

Guys how can we make this happen? Sainsburys abd tesco are awful, and prices very similar you would be surprised. This would really give a good boost to the area too. Any ideas welcome!

yagamuffin · June 2013

Would rather see a Whole Foods before Waitrose...

ActionVerb · June 2013

No premises big enough for a Waitrose to take over on SG Road, unless there's room as part of any redevelopments (how big are the retail units at John Johnes building?). Don't think we're gentrified enough to warrant a Waitrose.

poxy · June 2013

Waitrose has committed to the major retail unit in the proposed City North development, has it not?

twinspark · June 2013

Oh dear, Creeping gentrification more than a boost to the area I think - rather a decent baker than a chain outlet. I think Waitrose only go where M&S go.<br>

hatpin · June 2013

Why do you want another supermarket? I love Waitrose, but with Crouch End and Holloway you can't possibly be more than 20 minutes away already.

Mirandola · June 2013

@poxy Where did you hear that?

poxy · June 2013

From someone called Red Arkady! Whoever that may be. http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1356711

Detritus · June 2013

Sorry but why do we need another supermarket on sgr? It's not like we live in the middle of nowhere. Plus the small matter of the one on Holloway Road.

marko · June 2013

<span style="font-style: normal; ">We could definitely do </span><i>without</i> the SGR Tesco.

yagamuffin · June 2013

We could do without the SGR Tesco? I rarely go in there but when I do there are always a number of people shopping there, seems quite popular despite the views of some of us!

Detritus · June 2013

I hate going to Tesco on SGR but I am also lazy. I would love to see a bookshop/bookswap place as in Holburn. We don't need another supermarket, fast food shop or betting shop on SGR.

gardener-joe · June 2013

Robert Dyas shop please!

miss annie · June 2013

They don't sell anything you can't already buy in SG. Argos is better. I walk or cycle to Crouch End and Holloway Road on at least one of my days off. I cannot think of anything I need to buy that I cannot buy there or in SGR. We are pretty well served with shopping opportunities.

krappyrubsnif · June 2013

I second Robert Dyas (predictive text just came out as Rubber Dyad.....). Or a decent hardware or electrical store. Just been charged £6 for 4 small bolts with wing nuts by the robber baron hardware merchant next to X-It.

krappyrubsnif · June 2013

@Miss Annie where can you get a kettle, toaster, rice cooker, deep fat fryer or bird feeder in SGR? I rest my case.

ChangN4N6 · June 2013

Deep fat fryers going cheap at World Cafe if you need one Chang

miss annie · June 2013

You can get all those things in the Shop That Sells Everything - next to the Post Office. They do Kenwood, Morphy Richards and all sorts in there.

Mirandola · June 2013

Damn it all, I'd kill (metaphorically) for a local waitrose. The calm, the lovely stuff, the helpful staff. It's like stepping into a hot bath on a cold day. Altho Holloway Rd waitrose on NYE did make me worry that the world's champagne stocks would run dry.

vetski · June 2013

@Mirandola, agreed, there's something very soothing about Waitrose! Although I get quite stressed when they're out of ready-peeled quails' eggs.

Mirandola · June 2013

@vetski, the horror, the horror.

vetski · June 2013

@Mirandola, quite!

TheMimsy · June 2013

@ Detritus<div><br></div><div>Where is the book swapping place in Holborn and what is it called?</div>

Detritus · June 2013

Its called the books for free center on Proctor Street just off High Holburn. http://healthyplanet.org/projects/books-for-free.aspx Or try http://www.readitswapit.co.uk/TheLibrary.aspx

ADGS · June 2013

There's also one in the arcade off Kingly Street in Soho, though the stock there is never very exciting.

DJTricky · June 2013

<font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Must agree with marianogodoy food in Tesco/Sainsbury dreadful. It would be great to have a Waitrose in SGR it would save me £13:00 plus tips I pay to and from Holloway Road every Saturday morning.</font>

krappyrubsnif · June 2013

I can't understand why anyone buys the sausages from Tesco Finest or Sainsbury equivalent. Taste of nothing, ruin your barbecue experience

vetski · June 2013

Tesco's Pork & Leek are quite nice. Apparently there's a butcher's on Green Lanes called Baldwin's which does amazing sausages, but haven't - yet! - tried it personally.

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Donna · June 2013

I'd love a waitrose, amazing quiches for £2

Ali · June 2013

Krappy rice cooker Man Brother s

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