All this supermarket chat being reignited got me thinking - I used to live near a supermarket that started as a Safeway, became a Morrisons, then changed to a Somerfield, and now it’s a Sainsbury’s. Anyone else know of a supermarket going through so many different guises?


Somewhere in the ...

Their adverts have always tended to be quite minimal in their claims - I presume it's because they can't actually advertise the benefits you supposedly get from using the oil on your skin.


A bit like the advert for caffeinated shampoo, which makes no mention of why you might want to put ...

Pres Café now has a rule stating that "Pres Café reserves the right to restrict the access of accounts of users who access the forum via anonymous proxy services or VPN."


They already have, haven't they?

I use the Google One VPN on my phone - as far as I know if I'm in the UK it connects via a ...

was the the kids' bike hire company? The idea is that it saves you the cost of buying a new bike every time your child outgrows the previous one - just rent one and swap it for a bigger one as and when required. The economics can make sense, but a decent kids' bike does hold its value fairly well ...

I didn't know you needed a licence for such a thing, but that does explain the one solitary store in Spitalfields.

As I may have mentioned before, AmazonFresh had been reducing their own-label fresh stuff over the last year in favour of a ragtag mix of Morrisons and Booths, though the ambient range ...

A colleague (in his early 40s) recently referred to his 'carphone'.

There's a lot of Saltires going up round some parts of Glasgow, which we assume are part of the same protest.

Pizza Hut have closed their 'flagship' restaurant in Argyle Street in Glasgow City Centre - meaning you'll no longer be able to stand outside Tim Horton's and sing the Fast Food Rockers song.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/pizza-hut-suddenly-closes-down-062007390.html?guccounter=1

(I find it kind of ...

I think the points lock thing is new. Someone in Birmingham spent £80-odd of my points a few years ago, and support restored them with no quibbles. As you say, it must be costing them a bomb.

The Kidlington store (Est. 1979) changed to a Metro in the early 2000s, but changed back to a regular superstore when the Metros were abolished. Are there many Metros which didn’t become Expresses?


Well Street in Hackney was a Metro and is now a superstore.
Its sign says 'est 1978' , though I ...

I get the geoblock message if I try to access the forum with the Pixel VPN turned on - it doesn't let you choose your geographic region but I thought usually gave you an IP in the country you're actually in.