Several in Barking town centre have very narrow aisles, not only making it difficult to manoeuvre, but very hard to see what's on the shelves. I know they want to make maximum use of their floor space, but they may have scored something of an own goal.
If local shops really want to compete with the major supermarkets, I think they would be better off collaborating more. The ones in Barking town centre that prompted my comment above carry very similar stock lines and the ones near where I live, in a local parade, all compete with each other to sell the same things, too.
If the shops in a local parade collaborated, they could carry more choice between them and compete with the supermarkets better. They could share costs and profits out evenly.
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