Tescopoly

Following on from yesterday's blog about the success of campaign group Belper Against Tesco in fighting plans for a huge superstore in the town, I stumbled across a website called Tescopoly - with its handy catchline 'every little hurts'.

The site lists more than 500 local campaigns against supermarkets and claims that Tesco now controls over 30% of the grocery market in the UK.

Tescopoly is an alliance of organisations founded in 2005 to challenge the negative impact of the supermarkets on local economies, high streets and supply chains. It is also calling for legislation to curb the market power of the UK's major supermarket chains.

Members include Friends of the Earth, War on Want, and The Small and Family Farms Alliance.

It also supports local people who want to set up campaign groups to fight supermarket developments in their areas.

Well worth a look....