HEREFORD Times has had occasional news articles with regard to Lidl’s plans for a supermarket between a large Tesco and a large Asda that are less than 30 minutes average walking space apart.

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National newspapers, meanwhile, have highlighted Tesco’s surging profits amid post-Covid price hikes.


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One aspect of Belmont that appealed to me in anticipation of moving to the area in 2017 was the prominence of the Belmont Tesco clock tower as a landmark; yet I suspect that that may also have been a factor for Lidl in its decision to lay down roots at the former Three Counties Hotel site.

Why? Because, to my recollection, the clock face of the Belmont Tesco clock tower has remained stuck on the same time since before the HT reported anything of Lidl’s plans, and this factor perhaps reveals a corporate disinterest for the prime location for a ‘flagship’ store that Tesco already has at Belmont.

ALAN WHEATLEY

Hereford