Asda Home Shopping.

**Alrock** · 07-Aug-13, 22:05

Originally Posted by Shaggy

Asda have a poor rep for using people on an 8-hour job per person, per week. Exactly the same as Poundstretcher and Homebase. Opening up here would provide a much wanted service and give many locals employment but to what end if they are all part-time, 8 hours per week? You can all breath a sigh of relief/despair because there just isn't any suitable sites for Asda to buy and open up on

Tesco is also pretty bad at only employing part-time workers.

**poppett** · 08-Aug-13, 13:31

Many people don`t want to work more than 16 hours a week, because of the impact on their benefits.

**Shaggy** · 08-Aug-13, 13:33

Originally Posted by poppett

Many people don`t want to work more than 16 hours a week, because of the impact on their benefits.

surely you mean many people don't want to work at all because of the impact on their benefits

**Alrock** · 08-Aug-13, 19:20

Originally Posted by poppett

Many people don`t want to work more than 16 hours a week, because of the impact on their benefits.

Many people don't want to work for less than 30 hours a week because of loss of unemployment benefits & no rights to in work benefits (Working Tax Credit) making them no better (or even worse) off.

**Fran** · 09-Aug-13, 15:51

There are plenty of sights. What about the pent land autos place off George street, a huge area of land, the old auction place in barrogill street, the airport industrial site has empty places, the former Simpsons newspaper shop 3 floors the old dounreay club......the Train store isn't that big

**BishBashBosh** · 09-Aug-13, 17:47

Does anyone know what the delivery costs are going to be?

**cptdodger** · 09-Aug-13, 18:14

Just got off the the phone to Tain, and was told although they were supposed to launch the deliveries up here on the 12th, it has been delayed (possibly four weeks). The lady I spoke to advised me to call back in a couple of weeks for an update.

**willjean** · 09-Aug-13, 19:06

The deliveries are only to south side of wick. Reiss to groats area will be another 2-3 months

**starfish** · 09-Aug-13, 19:56

i do not blame people any working 16 hours we have found our self in a catch 22 places we both worked me 18 hours hubby self employed just making a living but now finds him self not able to work because of illness he would work if he could and we can not get a penny sick or help with our rates because i work 18 hrs if i work 16 we would get every thing and if i work 24 we would get working tax makes you feel as if you try to help your self while other sit on their arse but perhaps they are right when they need help its there if we had a morgage we would have lost the house by now
sorry rant over

**brambles** · 13-Aug-13, 18:53

Just to say on behalf of one of our friends thankyou asda food delivery today first of many asda vans coming up on the way to wick.

**jacko** · 13-Aug-13, 20:26

Did nt i read somewhere that Tesco bought the land that Asda wanted in Thurso. then MADE FALSE PROMICES. A ploy to keep Asda out..??

**telfordstar** · 13-Aug-13, 22:25

just tried to order a grocery shop online and it says it cant deliver to my postcode (Wick Pulteneytown)

**ducati** · 13-Aug-13, 22:35

Originally Posted by telfordstar

just tried to order a grocery shop online and it says it cant deliver to my postcode (Wick Pulteneytown)

Try ordering from TESCO, they're just around the corner.

**telfordstar** · 13-Aug-13, 22:41

Originally Posted by ducati

Try ordering from TESCO, they're just around the corner.

Mmmmm Yeah thats a good idea, why didn't I think off That!!

**Big Gaz** · 13-Aug-13, 22:50

Originally Posted by telfordstar

just tried to order a grocery shop online and it says it cant deliver to my postcode (Wick Pulteneytown)

Thats cos the armour plated delivery vans with the anti-hijack attachments haven't been delivered to Tain yet.....

**gerry4** · 14-Aug-13, 12:36

Originally Posted by ducati

Try ordering from TESCO, they're just around the corner.

and they employ lots of local people, does Asda?

**Big Gaz** · 14-Aug-13, 15:02

Originally Posted by gerry4

and they employ lots of local people, does Asda?

I suppose you only buy what you need if it is made locally by local owned companies who employ local people?

**cptdodger** · 14-Aug-13, 16:24

Originally Posted by gerry4

and they employ lots of local people, does Asda?

Well they certainly did when I worked for them in Gravesend, Kent. I am also sure they employ a lot of people from Tain and the surrounding area for their store there, and so on. The argument for not shopping in Asda on that basis will only work, if you buy nothing but local goods from local companies only employing local people. When I lived in Dundee, I had Asda, Tesco's, Sainsbury's, Morrison's, Co-op, Lidl and Aldi's, and yet still shopped in Tesco's, but that was my choice, something which is lacking here. So I do'nt blame people here for wanting something different.