Shock news in this morning that there are now 18 supermarkets within a two mile radius of Cheltenham town centre. The nice man from the British Retail Consortium revealed that, across the UK, there is now one big supermarket for every 10,000 of us... so probably room for a few more so long as we keep going and shopping.
His view is obviously shared by Asda who want to build a new store in Cheltenham - and Tesco who want to increase the size of the Quedgeley store by 50%.
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