I'm a bit disappointed that the new Tesco lorry livery doesn't include their coat of arms, because it's brilliant.

Sounds like a similar situation to London, where single fares have had various freezes over the years for political reasons, but Travelcard prices (and the equivalent PAYG caps) have been going up (because a large part of them is based on rail fares), so it's far less likely you can save money with ...

Blewatter wrote: Sun 02 Jun, 2024 22.54 Do you guys have any experience with foreign fast food?

The book we got with a Happy Meal in France was incredibly French - it was a proper hardback picture book about a ballet dancer.

My first thought was the Highland Council

here's a slightly more accessible version of same:
https://questions-statements.parliament ... 5-15/26391

the new Asda design made me wonder what happened to the old "Permanently Low Prices Forever" stones that used to sit by the entrances, and it appears I'm not the only person to have thought that. He located a couple, but then the trail seems to have gone cold:

https://loststonesofasda.wordpress.com/

Sounds like a great idea!

Meanwhile, Coventry Building Society look set to buy the Co-operative Bank
https://www.theguardian.com/business/ar ... ative-bank

interesting to see that while Amazon are phasing out the 'just walk out' from their own stores, they're licensing it elsewhere:

https://www.mkfm.com/news/local-news/mi ... ity-place/

I just, I don’t know, I can’t get my head round paying someone to go to the shop for me because I can’t be arsed. Yes yes I know, some people aren’t able to etc, but I don’t think that’s who is using this.


Wait until you hear about the prolifieration of corner shops on wheels in London.

I've ...

This is reminding me of the heady days of the early 2010s when Byres Road in Glasgow had three branches of Santander within about 50m of each other. Looking at Street View, the former Bradford & Bingley was gone by 2012, but the ex-Alliance & Leicester lasted until 2019. (The Abbey branch remains ...

MUJI Europe are to enter administration
https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... hops-staff