'Good things are worth waiting for' Tesco said when they promised a new supermarket on Lowfield Street. Dartford waited 12 years for the giant to make good on its word. Source: Newsshopper Shops were boarded up and small local businesses forced to leave. It was an ugly derelict eyesore on the town. Tesco changed their plans four times before demolition work began and for more than a decade shop owners were made to sell up so that they could clear the site. Business owners including butcher Ray Richardson who closed his family shop due to the prolonged pressure of a compulsory purchase after having a business there for over a century. The council was blamed for selling out to Tesco and further sending the town into decline. The stress of fighting for livelihoods against the supermarket corporate giant was tough. Finally after causing such hurt, Tesco pulled out and all Dartford had to show was derelict land where successful local businesses used to be. This part of recent histo