I'm fed up of all these Ulverston Luddites speaking for the 'so called majority'. The South is full of thriving vibrant market towns like Ulverston. Yet they have Sainsbury's, Waitrose, Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Wetherspoons etc. Quality independent businesses will survive. Quality, choice and value on our doorstep is what locals like me (and many others) want and suspect will get.

Ulverston shops, reasonably priced?!! Are you joking? I went into one of the butchers for two chicken breasts last month and paid over 9 quid. In a supermarket I could have got two cooked full chickens for that price. The shops in Ulverston are over-priced, often past their best and this partly explains why even on market days they seem virtually empty. If Ulverston wants to keep its shops, they really need to do better.

Sainsbury's is an excellent supermarket. It will bring people into the town, people from surrounding areas will not by-pass Sainsbury's to travel all the way to the Barrow supermarkets, particularly with ease of access from A590.
Sainsbury's quality and value are good and will offer a viable alternative to Booths, Asda, Tesco and Morrisons.
I use Sainsbury's in Lancaster and in Yorkshire when visiting family and know their standards and pricing.
I welcome the shop to Ulverston

Woohoo, I can't wait for Sainsbury's to come so we can give this massive corporation more money and take away from independent shops which are actually very reasonably priced.I love progress if it means homogenised shops and a lack of imagination, bring it on! And for the people who say that they don't have the time and have to go to Barrow, it takes ten minutes at the most to walk into town to get things, and twenty minutes to drive into Barrow - the quick option.

Young Ulv Resident

I have a family of 2 children, 2 adults and a couple of pets... I live IN ulverston, am raising my FAMILY in Ulverston, and work in Ulverston. I can't afford to shop ANYWHERE in Ulverston as it stands, and only do so on the rare occasions such as birthdays. I ALWAYS go to barrow to do my shopping. If sainsburys opened it would be a GODSEND!!!
Stop living in an idealised world. PEople cant afford the local shops, those that can wont go to sainsburys, just as they didnt when tesco opened. Therefore none of the local overpriced shops will lose any business because the people likely to shop at Sainburys more than likely DON'T use the local shops in the first place!!!!

A Sainsburys would drive down Booths prices and be a massive boost to Ulverston residents who don't work in Barrow. We don;t all work in Barrow and get our shopping cheap on the way home. The effect on prices would save Ulverston residents who shop in Ulverston hundreds of pounds a year.

A Sainsburys would create loads of jobs and probably get a few people down from the Lakes.

Some of the opposition to Sainsbury's is ridiculous. The head of Furness Enterprise even claimed 'professionals' wouldn't move to an area where there are supermarkets! So where do they live? No supermarkets in Lancaster, Preston or Manchester? How Furness Enterprise can oppose the inward investment and job creation of a real blue chip company is staggering. No wonder Furness Enterprise is being shut down - we may get more jobs here when they've gone.

The only people to suffer will be a few small businesses. They must have some influential friends to kick up such a stink when the benefits to the vast majority are so obvious.

YES to Sainsburys and NO to overpriced town centre shops. I love Ulverston and was born here but sorry, I'm not a high earner and it is way too expensive to shop in Ulverston at the moment... maybe, if the supermarket comes, then I will have more left over to spend in the speciality town centre shops but for now, Barrow is getting my custom!
More competition on groceries is just what Ulverston needs and it will help me to feed my family!!!! MOST (AVERAGE) PEOPLE WANT THE NEW STORE... FACT!

How can people say bringing a supermarket to Ulverston will Kill the town , its already dead
it will bring jobs to the area which are badly needed and yes there will be a few who loose there jobs due to the supermarket , but that's on the cards anyway as the town centre like it or not is dead from a commercial perspective , hence why people have closed down or moved out of town as realistically there is no reason other than financial suicide to open a shop in Ulverston

Its probably the same people moaning about the new housing , I say bring it on , the housing and the Supermarket , this is a fantastic place to live , but it has to grow and develop not be stuck in the dark ages which is were many want this town to be , if that's what you want then I suggest you move and allow this town to grow , develop and to strive.
This is a wonderful opportunity to develop Ulverston and the surrounding area

everyone seemed against HArtleys putting a supermarket on the old brewery site. This was closer to the town and people could walk into ulverston. The new supermarket will see the end of Ulverston as the shop will be out of town. Please think about your environemnt

Cant wait, just what is needed - a better quality supermarket but without the prices charged by Booths. I will quite happily come through to do my shopping rather than go to the other supermarkets in barrow and more than likely would pop in on my way back down the A590 instead of going all the way into barrow for a few bits and pieces.