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I see Ocado vans driving up to deliver on the Isle of Skye, which I guess must come from either Fort William or Inverness.

I can't imagine it's especially profitable to deliver a bag of food in a refrigerated van to somewhere that's nearly four hours driving each way.





I'd guess that they make a loss on this, but that they accept some losses in exchange for being able to say "we cover the whole country!" This is the case for pretty much any delivery business.

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Meanwhile the AirBnB dwellers continue to not spend a penny locally while taking up valuable housing.

They're actually worse than the motorhome brigade.

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