Anger over plans for third supermarket

They say hundreds of jobs would go and many businesses would close if UK chain like Tesco or a French supermarket group is allowed to come to Jersey.

The report produced for the Economic Development Minister, Senator Alan Maclean, concludes that there is room for a third large food store operator.

The report effectively says that protection for the countryside should be scrapped so that a new large supermarket can be built on the outskirts of town.

But both the Jersey Chamber of Commerce and the Channel Islands Co-Operative Society have condemned the findings and strongly criticised the research.

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