Loddon and Chedgrave is continually adapting and evolving, particularly when it comes to the shops and services provided. With the recent success of the Loddon Farmers’ Market, and the even more recent achievements of Rosy Lee’s tea room, the area has a very active business heart.
Reflecting this is an interesting local experiment proposed by Melanie below, which asks for people to only shop in Loddon and Chedgrave as best they can for a month and feedback their experiences. With enough volunteers, the project should provide some insightful information about how complete the area’s services are and what steps can be made in the future.
Full details below…
SUPPORTING YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES
We are looking for volunteers who live locally and would be willing to commit to shopping locally in Loddon and Chedgrave as far as absolutely possible for one month in January. If you think you would like to do this, and then feed back to us on how you found the experience, then please let us know.
This will be such a valuable way to gather information which can be utilised to improve your shopping experience in Loddon and Chedgrave and what better way than to get it from you the local shopper.
The sort of things we would like to know are:
Did anything surprise you?
What were the negatives and the positives?
Did you spend more than you usually do or less?
It should highlight Loddon and Chedgraves strengths, which we as a community can build on, and any weaknesses which may be able to be addressed to improve your shopping experience in Loddon and Chedgrave, help our businesses and the local environment.
If you would like to participate in this or would like further information then please contact me at loddonmill@msn.com or telephone on 01508 520522.
Thank you for your help.
Kind Regards,
Melanie
It would be a good idea if the tiny,overstuffed co-op could be closed and rebuilt on the land by the new surgery rather than yet more houses,which would in itself create more demand in said shop!Bungay did it,why not Loddon? I do understand the need for more housing,but surely it then follows that a larger shop with more stock/choice that actually has room in it for customers would then be needed? This is the real issue for Loddon shoppers.I can’t see a planning permission problem as there already exists a co-op in the village,better them than Tesco etc!!Also,perhaps the reason Loddon hasn’t won any more awards lately could be due to the eyesore behind the co-op,you know,the trolleys,bins and other detritous this shop leaves on the pavement… p. (langley).
p.s. I know I don’t live in Loddon but as Langley has no shops,Loddon is the nearest place to shop.
I sincerely hope not! This would kill the centre of Loddon stone dead, the surgery moving was bad enough. However I understand the Co-op owns the remainder of the bulding they are already in and they could expand which I’d love to see. I can’t imagine that the catchment area’s population for Loddon would be sufficient to warrant a larger new store anyway.