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lordna
13th April 2013, 12:12
Went along to get some foods the other day in Worthing, only to find the shop now seems to have gone out of business. What a pity! ...not sure where the nearest one to us is now!

jake
13th April 2013, 14:39
It was Thatchers fault!

Hope you find another one near to you soon.

Terpe
13th April 2013, 14:45
We've seen two close down in our area. Pity. Must be due to economic situation. :Erm:
We still have two generic 'Oriental' grocery stores but limited and expensive.
Nearest for us now is Milton Keynes about an hours drive each way for us

jake
13th April 2013, 14:54
I don't think the closing down of the shops has anything to do with the British economy. The strengthening of the peso has made Philippine produced products to expensive abroad.

bigmarco
13th April 2013, 15:00
That's one of the benefits of London your only ever 20 minutes away from a Filipino store. We have a couple in Tooting and we're only 5 minutes away from a Hoo Hing cash and carry which is very good .

http://www.hoohing.com/stores/

joebloggs
13th April 2013, 16:13
the reason is probably the same why any sole trader shops go bust, costs and not enough customers :NoNo:

the pinoy shop near us, i wonder how they've kept going all the years, we only go once a month and hardly ever see any other customers inside:NoNo:

Terpe
13th April 2013, 16:46
:icon_lol:
I don't think the closing down of the shops has anything to do with the British economy. The strengthening of the peso has made Philippine produced products to expensive abroad.
The larger shops and those in areas with a bigger footfall are doing OK despite the costs of Philippine Products.

These shops have always been expensive, but our wives don't care when they need to satisy their cravings. :icon_lol:

Those larger outlets have high prices also.

Dedworth
13th April 2013, 17:07
Anyone been to a Tesco's flogging Pinoy food ? we only went to the Sandhurst one once in Oct

http://filipinaroses.com/showthread.php/42064-Filipino-Food-at-Tesco-The-Real-Cost

marksroomspain
13th April 2013, 22:17
We just went to Newcastle today from Middlesbrough our home town to pick up a balikbyan box at a local filipino store and my wife went a bit crazy buying all sorts of things but eh she was happy:xxgrinning--00xx3: