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Tesco opens new 'greener' store Tesco opens new 'greener' store
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Tesco has opened the first of its new "greener" supermarkets in Scotland.Tesco has opened the first of its new "greener" supermarkets in Scotland.
The Dumfries store - its third in the town - is claimed to have a carbon footprint which is 70% smaller than on similar developments three years ago.The Dumfries store - its third in the town - is claimed to have a carbon footprint which is 70% smaller than on similar developments three years ago.
The supermarket has created 200 new jobs and the company says it believes it can help retain trade in the area.The supermarket has created 200 new jobs and the company says it believes it can help retain trade in the area.
However, local retail representatives have said they believe its out-of-town location will make it even harder to attract people to the town centre.However, local retail representatives have said they believe its out-of-town location will make it even harder to attract people to the town centre.
Tesco's corporate director for Scotland Doug Wilson said the new "environmental" stores were more expensive to build.Tesco's corporate director for Scotland Doug Wilson said the new "environmental" stores were more expensive to build.
They use a timber frame instead of steel, make greater use of natural daylight and generate their own electricity.They use a timber frame instead of steel, make greater use of natural daylight and generate their own electricity.
Mr Wilson said he believed the store could have a positive effect on trade in Dumfries.Mr Wilson said he believed the store could have a positive effect on trade in Dumfries.
"I think you will find that at this end of the town people were perhaps leaving and shopping elsewhere," he said."I think you will find that at this end of the town people were perhaps leaving and shopping elsewhere," he said.
"To try to retain some of that spend in the town can only have a positive benefit.""To try to retain some of that spend in the town can only have a positive benefit."
'Ghost towns''Ghost towns'
However, the chairman of the Dumfries Retailers' Association, Rab Smith, said the impact of the supermarket was a major concern.However, the chairman of the Dumfries Retailers' Association, Rab Smith, said the impact of the supermarket was a major concern.
"When you put businesses like that on the outskirts of town you are giving people less reason to come into your town," he said."When you put businesses like that on the outskirts of town you are giving people less reason to come into your town," he said.
He said the UK should follow America's example and set limits on the amount of development allowed outside the town centre.He said the UK should follow America's example and set limits on the amount of development allowed outside the town centre.
"They have realised they have ended up with a lot of ghost towns because they have put a lot of retail on the outskirts of their towns," he said."They have realised they have ended up with a lot of ghost towns because they have put a lot of retail on the outskirts of their towns," he said.