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existing food shopping habits. In the Table at Document 5 the available expenditure at 2016 and the
turnover of existing retailers (in the absence of a new store) are derived directly from the NLP 2010
Study (Table 7B). The only judgement we have made, based on the two household surveys, is how
shopping patterns would change with the proposed store.
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7.35 From our most recent Survey certain features emerge about current shopping patterns in Thetford (and
indeed were apparent from the NLP Survey). In particular:-
Thetford as a whole is only retaining about 60% of the PCA’s main food spend. For top-up
shopping it retains only 30% of the spend.
Unsurprisingly, the out-of-centre Tesco and Sainsbury’s stores are the principal locations where
people do food shopping (both main and top-up).
Of the 60% of people who do their main food shop in Thetford, 45% go either to Tesco or
Sainsbury’s.
The next most popular store, attracting just under 9% of the main food spend is the Aldi. This
again is an out-of-centre store.
Thetford town centre itself attracts just 1.9% of the main food spend and 5.9% of the top-up spend.
7.36 Mindful of the above characteristics, we summarise in the table below where the principal impacts
(convenience spend) of the new store will fall.
Table 10: Trade Draw of the Proposed Store, 2016
Centre or Store Turnover per
the Proposed
Store £M 1
Trade Draw to
Proposed Store
%
Trade Draw
£M
Post Impact
Turnover £M
Impact %
Sainsbury’s 32.40 30% 9.18 23.22 28.3%
Tesco 39.77 20% 6.12 33.65 15.4%
Other Thetford Retailers 17.80 5% 1.53 16.27 8.6%
Retailers Beyond
Thetford but in the PCA
Inflow from beyond the
PCA
- 35% 10.71
- 10% 3.06
Total - 100% 30.61
Source: 1 Table 7B, NLP 2010 Study
7.37 None of the above impact levels are sufficient to cause concern nor come close to constituting a
‘significant adverse impact’. Indeed it is highly telling that the principal impacts will fall on the town’s
existing two out-of-centre foodstores; Tesco and Sainsbury’s. In planning terms impact on those stores
is of no concern. This is because:-
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Retail & Planning Statement, February 2012