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by Andrew
Fri 28 Mar, 2025 18.42
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
Replies: 2247
Views: 1207221

Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake

Sounds like a made up shop you’d get on Corrie, like Freshcos.

I can see why they’ve gone with Jones, but I would have thought there were already too many shops with initials starting with a T
by Andrew
Wed 04 Dec, 2024 23.07
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: The Tesco & other non-Morrisons supermarket thread
Replies: 2147
Views: 1349506

Re: The Tesco & other non-Morrisons supermarket thread


Here’s something I don’t get. My local Morrisons has Christmas wrapping paper… AFTER the checkouts.

A lot of the issues in supermarkets come from cutting overnight staff. I worked briefly for one chain who went through it and standards instantly plummet. There’s no real chance to reset, deep ...
by Andrew
Wed 04 Dec, 2024 23.01
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
Replies: 2247
Views: 1207221

Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake


I stumbled across this screenshot of mine (upload date: 2012) as the voucher offers on some credit card, and it looks like a who's who of failed or failing stores.

What are the chances the number of closed options is >50% before the end of next year? Frasers, HMV and Homebase have to be the ones ...
by Andrew
Sun 13 Oct, 2024 23.42
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: The Very Official McDonalds (and other fast food outlets) Thread
Replies: 345
Views: 429675

Re: The Very Official McDonalds (and other fast food outlets) Thread


I think Burger King snuck their price rises in beforehand so it seems less bad now. You also get the unlimited refills... or at least nobody ever questions you using the freestyle machines endlessly.

Costa's food is extortionate now. The breakfast wrap is now £5.50 which means if you have that ...
by Andrew
Sat 06 Jul, 2024 22.34
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: There an election this year.....
Replies: 122
Views: 119939

Re: There an election this year.....

Some of the polls we got along the way were way off, they probably shouldn’t really get the coverage they do

Some had Labour with ludicrous 500+ seats, some had the Tories on like 50 seats, Lib Dems as the official opposition and didn’t one even have Reform in second place?

Obviously Labour got a ...
by Andrew
Tue 28 May, 2024 21.57
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: The rise of the dodgy shop
Replies: 26
Views: 53236

Re: The rise of the dodgy shop

One of these shops has opened in my small village

Brash inner city style frontage (that you wonder whether it should need planning permission) selling vapes, American sweets etc, the store is spotless with everything perfectly fronted up, probably as there are never any customers

We already have a ...
by Andrew
Tue 28 May, 2024 21.35
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Another High Street Rebrand
Replies: 2591
Views: 1577308

Re: Another High Street Rebrand



On the plus side, stores seem to have been sent signage for their (bizarre) little seating areas dotted around the stores now, rather than the home-made stuff each store was bodging together.

These random seats have clearly come from a “what zero-cost thing can we do?” meeting. I was ready to ...
by Andrew
Mon 18 Mar, 2024 16.29
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: The Very Official McDonalds (and other fast food outlets) Thread
Replies: 345
Views: 429675

Re: The Very Official McDonalds (and other fast food outlets) Thread

I agree with these thoughts. It seems delivery drivers get priority, as there are presumably targets to be met, drive thru is second, as if the queue gets too long it backs out onto the road and disrupts the flow of traffic

A distant third place priority seems to be people who have been the least ...
by Andrew
Sat 16 Mar, 2024 20.05
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: The Unofficial Sainsbury's Thread
Replies: 845
Views: 689070

Re: The Unofficial Sainsbury's Thread

There was a proper branded poster in my store detailing the information

The only issue seemed to be no smartshop and no contactless, but chip and pin was working

I also notice there is no record in my bank app of any transaction, so I’m guessing the transactions may only exist within Sainsburys ...
by Andrew
Sat 23 Dec, 2023 18.18
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Another High Street Rebrand
Replies: 2591
Views: 1577308

Re: Another High Street Rebrand

If they’ve got money available to spend on their stores, I think it would have been preferable to spend it in literally any other way than changing the sign outside
by Andrew
Sun 19 Nov, 2023 14.44
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Pres Cafe Watch News and Information Board
Replies: 578
Views: 352566

Re: Pres Cafe Watch News and Information Board

Every time I go into the BBC News thread they are taking about “the 5 missing presenters”