EDIT - it's for Nectar, they're going to push using an app rather than a physical card, and the existing scanners wont scan phone displays. It's just a barcode reader though, nothing sinister. Thanks for that. I know the M&S self scans will now read the in-app Sparks card barcode, so presume the se...

Not a rebrand, but I noticed my local Homebase has had it's frontage spruced up with a new fascia/banner type thing the length of the store. Presumably it's trying to make the place look more exciting. https://up.metropol247.co.uk/scottishtv/homebase_banner.jpg UPDATE: the multicoloured fascia has ...

I find the amount of dry Weetabix shown in their ad quite disconcerting. My mouth dries out just watching this:

I mostly use the self-checkouts, but I noticed Sainsbury's staffed tills now have little barcode/image scanners attached to the Chip and PIN device. Couldn't really see anything about this online, other than in the tweet below (not my content). Presumably something to do with payment is in the works...

New format McDonald's to Go has opened on Fleet Street, with a pared-back range and no sitting-in.

Sainsbury’s saddles up with Deliveroo for takeaway pizza trial . I understand the point of trying to utilise hot food counters more, but this wouldn't appeal to me. If you're bothering to get a pizza delivered, I'm sure you could find many better places. And if I wanted a supermarket pizza, I'd rat...

Reminds me of:

Looks all good, apart from the last image. I think the light boxes and foliage look quite dated. Also, those leaves will look even worse when they are inevitably covered in dust.

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Sun 23 Jun, 2019 14.15

I’m waiting for someone in the latest death thread to blame Brexit for Jeremy Kyle’s axing.

A variant of this point has already been made by a ridiculous contributor elsewhere:

I guess he might be trying to make a joke about cuts to the number of frontline police officers, or something. I'm probably giving him too much credit though.

Urrgh. The disorder of it all. At one point, my neighbour and I actually thought we held the title deeds to each other's properties.