My local mid-refurb Asda has a travelator DOWN to George and homeware. So there.

My local Asda is having a big revamp. You’d think - they’ve recently updated their branding so it’ll be consistent with that. Of course not. Big lit-up signs everywhere (as is the current trend) where I’m pleased to say, yet another font has been introduced to the mix.

Signage above the aisles is ...

MoeTheMan2025 wrote: Tue 14 Oct, 2025 16.32
All i think of when reading the thread title is of the Channel 4 show Shameless if it revolved around a plug socket

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TG Jones is just such a bland nothingness isn’t it? Appeals to no one. They could have had some fun with it to at least try and stand out.

I thought MTD was Midlands Today? Seriously, this is changing everything I knew about initials.

Now all my cards are on my phone, which I always have with me, I can add offers or vouchers to redeem in the app before I do my shop and they automatically apply at the checkout, or I can use points elsewhere easily (for example Nectar at Caffe Nero by generating a QR code in less than a minute ...

Oh god can anyone be arsed with all that? Why have all these things become more complicated than ‘have some money off for being loyal’ or ‘here’s some vouchers for being loyal’?

I keep trying to use the New Outlook in the fear that one day I will be forced to do so but it just sucks. It's so limited compared to the "Old" Outlook, such as it won't let me set up a Quick Step to move an email to a folder in a shared mailbox. However there's no point because multiple times a ...

You lost me at “demented BBC bootlicker” to be honest.

I've noticed a few stores have started to get very utilitarian metal displays for produce. On first sight I thought they were left over from the 'misted veg' era but I'm pretty sure they're new.

One of those stores had a self service order terminal for the Pizza Counter, not unlike the ones they ...

If I’m going somewhere local I’ll nearly always just take my phone. I pay for practically everything on Apple Pay so the wallet is just clutter. In the event a shop had a fault I could always nip home and get my card.

If I’m heading to another town I’d take my wallet though as a just in case ...