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by gottago
Mon 16 Jan, 2023 14.18
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: The Tesco & other non-Morrisons supermarket thread
Replies: 2008
Views: 906851

Re: The Tesco & other non-Morrisons supermarket thread

if anybody's interested in a history of Savacentre, here's a detailed history of Savacentre from the Sainsbury's Archive: https://www.sainsburyarchive.org.uk/story/stories/the-story-of-savacentre I'm extremely interested, thank you. Interesting to see that they based it on French hypermarkets. I fe...
by gottago
Fri 16 Dec, 2022 18.01
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: The Barclays and other non-Lloyds/TSB Bank thread
Replies: 232
Views: 125745

Re: The Barclays and other non-Lloyds/TSB Bank thread

Last Friday, I visited the Barclays in Tottenham Court Road (London), it's on the main road in a prime location in the West End, yet when I walked in, I was able to go straight to the self-service banking ATM without a queue at all. There was a steady amount of people using them, but no queue. So i...
by gottago
Wed 09 Nov, 2022 16.49
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Adverts that irritate and entertain
Replies: 1291
Views: 508997

Re: Adverts that irritate and entertain

I get the link to "The Christmas Party" as a term but a political party themed Christmas campaign for Tesco seems really odd and joyless and the last thing I want to associate with Christmas. I wonder if they thought it up during the height of the political turmoil over the summer and thou...
by gottago
Sat 22 Oct, 2022 17.49
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Public Transport in your particular part of the region
Replies: 584
Views: 228964

Re: Public Transport in your particular part of the region

Looks like it might be a Trainline competitor that's taking advantage of what's left of their Virgin Trains brand recognition. As an aside, god I miss Virgin Trains West Coast. Avanti has been simply appalling since Covid, though I suppose many of their staffing problems may well have hit Virgin too...
by gottago
Wed 19 Oct, 2022 20.50
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: E-bike rental
Replies: 37
Views: 17221

Re: E-bike rental

Santander e-bikes are £3.30 per half hour. They should in theory be a bit cheaper to run than Lime as they have to be docked so batteries should be easier to change whereas Lime bikes are dumped all over the place which no doubt adds a lot of time to that process. It's a shame about the parking issu...
by gottago
Tue 18 Oct, 2022 22.34
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: The Tesco & other non-Morrisons supermarket thread
Replies: 2008
Views: 906851

Re: The Tesco & other non-Morrisons supermarket thread

WillPS wrote: Tue 18 Oct, 2022 09.12 Asda Express
Why have they chosen to put minging puddles from tarmac defects in a CG image?
by gottago
Sat 08 Oct, 2022 12.57
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
Replies: 2150
Views: 853572

Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake

There was some expansion work going which started pre-Covid to turn some of the car park into more retail space. I wonder if it'll be some sort of ghost mail for a few years, given how many empty units there are, especially down the John Lewis end. I'm pretty sure they've canned that extension now....
by gottago
Fri 07 Oct, 2022 16.00
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: High Street chain collapse sweepstake
Replies: 2150
Views: 853572

Re: High Street chain collapse sweepstake

An awful lot of shops have closed over the last month in (a still endlessly busy) Westfield Stratford. Lakeland, Currys, Victoria's Secret, Indulge Beauty, some luggage shop, Swatch, HSBC, an independent clothes shop, a probably dodgy American Candy shop and a few others I will have forgotten have a...
by gottago
Tue 04 Oct, 2022 21.02
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: The Tesco & other non-Morrisons supermarket thread
Replies: 2008
Views: 906851

Re: The Tesco & other non-Morrisons supermarket thread

The Sunday Trading Act would be one of my first things to dispose of when I take over. I'm still amazed there wasn't ever even a suggestion (that I can remember) of suspending it at least temporarily during the worst of Covid. Given the amount of queues outside of supermarkets, and the need for the...
by gottago
Fri 30 Sep, 2022 18.13
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: The Tesco & other non-Morrisons supermarket thread
Replies: 2008
Views: 906851

Re: The Tesco & Other non-Morrisons Supermarket Thread

I should maybe add that this one is a Local, albeit apparently one that's over 3000 sq ft, because it's only open for 6 hours on a Sunday. This is the new one in East Village, yes? It's very annoying that they've decided to make it just large enough to close at 5pm on Sundays. It does have a very M...
by gottago
Sun 11 Sep, 2022 11.55
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Yet another Morrisons thread
Replies: 1179
Views: 526882

Re: Yet another Morrisons thread

Just came back from Morrison's before by god are the stores in a shocking state lately as if maintenance just isn't happening and it's not just one store either, they're all as bad as each other locally ie. Buckets in the aisles collecting water from leaking roofs, whole aisles of fridges broken (n...