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- Fri 09 Jan, 2026 14.30
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: The Tesco & other non-Morrisons supermarket thread
- Replies: 2234
- Views: 1644796
Re: The Tesco & other non-Morrisons supermarket thread
Yeah, they're using the 'Value' branding for promotions now. Tesco Value products themselves aren't coming back
- Thu 01 Jan, 2026 21.59
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
- Replies: 2349
- Views: 1460446
Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
Meanwhile, Liverpool Poundland actually is closing, after a fairly recent move to a new unit on Lord Street (which itself was done a while after its unit on Williamson Square closed).
- Sun 28 Dec, 2025 23.53
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: Another High Street Rebrand
- Replies: 2617
- Views: 1848021
Re: Another High Street Rebrand
I have to say, when i first heard they were renaming the retail side of the business, it made me think of the various convenience shops with similar, but legally distinct, names: Samco (with red serif lettering and a blue underline), Landis, or my personal favourite, Nasda (owned by a bloke called ...
- Tue 23 Dec, 2025 20.04
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: The rise of the dodgy shop
- Replies: 36
- Views: 76356
Re: The rise of the dodgy shop
Not a million miles from Walton… not suggesting that it’s a ‘dodgy’ shop, but it does seem a unique combination (although I think it may have closed now).
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I just don't like the optics of being a specialty shop that is selling products ...
- Sun 21 Dec, 2025 10.39
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: The rise of the dodgy shop
- Replies: 36
- Views: 76356
Re: The rise of the dodgy shop
Sometimes, you see a vape shop and to make a bit more money they'll sell other items. Spanish Cleaning products, phone cases, maybe even some phone repairs. Last night, travelling through Walton in Liverpool, i saw a shop called 'Vapes and Toys'. Because you want to get them young and then sell them ...
- Sat 13 Dec, 2025 16.25
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: Pres Cafe Watch News and Information Board
- Replies: 687
- Views: 559115
Re: Pres Cafe Watch News and Information Board
Pres Cafe being on Cloudflare, which has been in the news of late for several high profile online outages in recent months, must be causing all this downtime on the site.
- Sun 23 Nov, 2025 21.47
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: Windows 9 is now Windows 10
- Replies: 277
- Views: 317095
Re: Windows 9 is now Windows 10
Fair enough. I'm not as anti-apple as my initial comment sounded. I do think the M series macs are really good computers, but i don't want to be in one ecosystem or another, and i can't justify the price.
Though the M4 Mac Mini at £599 is an essentially unbeatable bang for your buck, from ...
- Sat 22 Nov, 2025 18.33
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: Windows 9 is now Windows 10
- Replies: 277
- Views: 317095
Re: Windows 9 is now Windows 10
Fair enough. I'm not as anti-apple as my initial comment sounded. I do think the M series macs are really good computers, but i don't want to be in one ecosystem or another, and i can't justify the price.
- Wed 19 Nov, 2025 20.55
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: Windows 9 is now Windows 10
- Replies: 277
- Views: 317095
Re: Windows 9 is now Windows 10
And this is one of several reasons I am switching to Linux Mint.
- Fri 14 Nov, 2025 22.35
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: Pres Cafe Watch News and Information Board
- Replies: 687
- Views: 559115
Re: Pres Cafe Watch News and Information Board
It must be a pretty big outage. I would imagine the weather has knocked PC off tonight. Looking outside at my window, its really windy out.
- Fri 14 Nov, 2025 20.51
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: Pres Cafe Watch News and Information Board
- Replies: 687
- Views: 559115
Re: Pres Cafe Watch News and Information Board

Indeed it is. I am sure normal sound and picture will be returned as soon as possible. In the meantime, here's some music...
