AlfieMulcahy wrote: Sun 16 May, 2021 13.17 To me, it feels like it needs an apostrophe. It looks wrong without one.

Sainsbury's / McDonald's
vs.
Morrisons / Waterstones / Boots

Choose a side.

So, as of today, Morrisons are no longer giving loyalty points, although the More card scheme will continue to exist in app form, providing "personalised offers".

This also means that Morrisons joins ASDA as a major fuel retailer that doesn't give loyalty points. Their Morrisons Miles card (later ...

Photos here of the first Sainsbury's store to have been refurbished with the "Fresh Food Market" design.

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/new ... re-237659/

I'm very impressed with Morrisons for cobbling together their Food Box service, which I'm sure has been a great help to a lot of people. It's delivered by DPD in insulated boxes with ice packs.

We just received ours, and the freshness of everything was spot on.

No guarantees as to what you'll get ...

The ultra-minimalist Savers packaging didn't last long.

Tell you what annoys me. The paper petrol vouchers that only last a set time. Given they have the tech to be able to vary the price of petrol based on your clubcard (as shown during that excellent offer a few years ago) I wish they'd just make the whole thing automatic. Unless it's also a wheeze ...

Certainly an interesting approach to a rebrand – it appears that the former Thomas Cook staff re-employed by Hays Travel have been told to create their own temporary signage!

(Pics are from various local news sites over the last few days)

Still, it's mightily impressive that Hays are delivering on ...

That's brilliant, thank you. I wonder if that store had literally just lost its Safeway branding at that point.


They seemed to be doing a gradual conversion while keeping the store open, unlike the conversions on the mainland where they closed the stores for about a week to obliterate every ...

The header has made me feel nostalgic. Do these photos exist anywhere still?

Yes! Successfully found buried away somewhere on my hard drive, and re-uploaded...




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The latter is a bit of a moot point, as Esso are switching to Nectar in June.


Thanks, I wasn't aware of this.

I see that it also means the end of the very long relationship between BP and Nectar (the BP logo appeared on the front of the first generation of Nectar cards).

The link between ...

The latter is a bit of a moot point, as Esso are switching to Nectar in June.


Thanks, I wasn't aware of this.

I see that it also means the end of the very long relationship between BP and Nectar (the BP logo appeared on the front of the first generation of Nectar cards).

The link between ...