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Scunner · « **Reply #70 on:** October 27, 2009, 20:29:52 PM »

There are more Kebab shops in Germany than McDonalds and Burger Kings combined [

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Toky · « **Reply #71 on:** October 27, 2009, 22:22:56 PM »

You can't compare a Turkish/Indian/Chinese restaurant to a giant like McDonalds. I tend to buy from local businesses for the reason "use it or lose it" I go the the local butchers,fishmongers, greengrocers etc in my town, as I want to give my money to local a local business rather than an impersonal supermarket which I only use for sundries. I am not against big developements and expansion if that's what locals want. That's why I gave up on Spain because the resorts have lost all their charm, and I have found again in the Fethiye area. I maybe a newbie to that area but I just love it as it is

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Highlander · « **Reply #72 on:** October 27, 2009, 23:11:47 PM »

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Originally posted by Toky

I tend to buy from local businesses for the reason "use it or lose it" I go the the local butchers,fishmongers, greengrocers etc in my town, as I want to give my money to local a local business rather than an impersonal supermarket which I only use for sundries.

Toky - that's an excellent maxim. I have a work colleague who won't shop in Tesco for the same reasons that you give.

But my point was that Fethiye residents have the same choice They are not press-ganged into going into MacDonalds, Primark or antwhere else.

On the Tesco point, we had a large Tesco open in our town some five years ago to howls of protest that local traders (butchers etc.) would soon go out of business. This has not proved to be the case. And why ?. Because the local people started buying their meat from Tescos and soon found out that it was inferior to that provided by their local butcher and they went back to shopping there. That having been said, of course, cost is a factor in all of this.

Harmless · « **Reply #73 on:** October 28, 2009, 18:06:10 PM »

Back to Scunner and kids clothes, we went into a local Turkish shop specialising in children's clothes as my 4 year old grand daughter needs new pj's. 60lira, I think not!

Toky · « **Reply #74 on:** October 28, 2009, 21:09:24 PM »

Scunner · « **Reply #75 on:** October 28, 2009, 22:45:11 PM »

Yes that sounds about right. We wanted to get blue casual shorts for the girls for sports lessons at the school - 35 lira a pair in Fethiye shops (and we needed 2 pairs minimum!).

I'm not tight but £15 a pair! 3 for a tenner in Matalan and they are equivalent quality at least - and as they insist on growing I am happy to throw them after a good use.

tinkerman · « **Reply #76 on:** October 28, 2009, 23:01:35 PM »

I'm lost in this Macdonalds topic:D

Scunner · « **Reply #77 on:** October 28, 2009, 23:10:19 PM »

It's pants

KKOB · « **Reply #78 on:** October 29, 2009, 07:28:32 AM »

So, WILL they be selling blue casual shorts in the new McDonalds or will I still have to go to a butchers for them ?

Scunner · « **Reply #79 on:** October 29, 2009, 09:07:33 AM »

Now now KKOB, this topic discusses MacDonald's but develops futher and reflects on the rise and direct local effect of multinational trading companies

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