Cleaning used to be outsourced to facilities company City, but using well staffed in store teams.

Then a few years ago, just before Covid they brought cleaning back in house but massively reduced the number of hours around for it. They pushed clean as you go instead - which nobody ever has the ...

I imagine the success is also down in part to the sugar tax pushing up the price of regular Coke, and the infinite varieties avaliable too.

I think In a taste test I would still prefer full fat coke but I cut most caffine out of my diet a few years ago and will now drink Coke Zero on those ...

Shame either TVF or TVLF couldn’t have subbed out the management to others but maintained ownership?


I think it's understandable after 20 years that Asa didn't.

As for Rob, he needed out of the forum and that's understandble. Had there been more time I'm sure there would have been a cleaner ...

It basically seems to come down to making sure they get all the plaudits, which is somewhat reminiscent of fighting over who gets the commendation at primary school.

Surely all that should matter is that you've enabled x many people to see something they're interested in, right?


Not as if ...

I was a bit surprised to see them reopen my local branch as there has been an existing Hays nearby for years.

My local Southern Cooperative has reopened today having been refurbished. The outside still uses a varient of thecoperative food branding but i think this is temporary as inside everything uses the southern cooperatives new logo which is also added to the outside signage.

Inside its all grey and ...

Yeah that seemed a little odd to me, it wasn't as if you were being offensive about it and your point is certainly one I agree with.

That looks very dated to me.

Pete wrote:I think the most important thing is the appearance of the archive of The Lounge

http://neon.tvforum.co.uk/thelounge/

Agreed, but all those names that have long disappeared from the forum.

Exactly.