Not the number of changes, but the type here.

Edinburgh's Morningside area has always been quite affluent but it was illustrated quite neatly by the Safeway becoming a Waitrose and then the Iceland becoming a M&S Simply Food (now M&S Foodhall).

I wonder if we'll see any other retail park Pizza Huts turned into one of these?

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Years ago Somerfield (remember them?) launched a campaign that they had no loyalty scheme because their prices were low in the first place.
I'm pretty sure Safeway said the same thing when they ditched their Added Bonus Card (ABC) in the early 2000s.

I agree with others that it's pretty easy to ...

There's a lot of crappy plastic tokens around, but every now and again... 😀



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Have recently listened to a few episodes of the Toast podcast on BBC Sounds. Whilst it can be a bit quick and light on detail (25 mins per episode), they've covered the histories and downfall of the likes of Homebase, Woolies, phones4u, Safeway, Our Price etc. as well as other business types ...

Recounting the sad state of her local High Street, my mum told me last week that it's "even worse now the Trustee Savings Bank has left town too".

Took me a while to realise that's what TSB originally stood for.

Just another little shrinkflation report. I noticed Tesco have got the chocolate sweets tubs out for Father's Day. Quite clever really as I think this is the first time I've bought a tub of Quality Street outside Christmas.

Anyway, they've changed them so the purple one (that was moulded to look ...

After a seemingly endless "closing down" sale, the former Homebase near me has become The Range.co.uk with Garden Centre by Homebase. I don't think the store actually closed at all during the transition.

Never really warmed to WH Smith on the High Street after they took over John Menzies.

And yet all these years later, both will have finally found their respective niches - working side by side at airports, albeit doing different things.

As for the self-checkouts, turns out they are rolling out updates after announcing a new deal with NCR Voyix last year.

The overhead camera in the pole/flag keeps an eye on what's happening in the scanning area, and also allows for produce recognition, called Pick List Assist:

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WillPS wrote: Tue 25 Mar, 2025 23.55Which rotisseries are closing? I can only see Market Kitchens, which are a different thing.

Ah, my apologies. I thought Market Kitchen was another name for the hot food counter. The changes are perhaps less sweeping than I initially thought. Good.