Dammit. Grouse was such an obvious pun which I really shouldn't have missed...

thegeek wrote: ↑Sat 08 Sep, 2018 07.01

MarkAshley wrote: ↑Fri 07 Sep, 2018 18.59 This one's been here a while - 80s font outside Poole Extra showing compliance with 1845 Gaming Act.

Don't you mean the 1831 Game Act?

He may be playing a game with you.

It won't be nice and it won't be pheasant. You may even need to duck...

POS now all over McColl's...'Safeway, brought to you from Morrisons, only at McColl's'. Seems a bit confused. I thought the point of bringing back the Safeway brand was so Morrisons could operate as a wholesaler on the quiet without using their own brand outside of their own stores. If their brand ...

John Lewis / Waitrose are wobbling.

Although of the five stores that are closing four are the 'Little Waitrose' convenience sub-brand.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... on-profits

Simply Be and High & Mighty owner to close all 20 UK stores

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... tores-jobs

I went in yesterday having downloaded their app to see how useful it is. The self-serve till refused to scan my B&Q club card contained within the app... :? Did you use the gun or the fixed scanner? Only the guns can scan phones. They replaced them all specifically for this purpose (they went f...

I made the foolish error of going through the B&Q self scan with gardening stuff today. Please leave it in the trolley... she whispers... then there's a 15 second wait for the scanner gun to start working again, at which point she screams PLEASE SCAN AN ITEM if I don't react within the first 10...

A rundown of chains having problems:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... kingfisher

A Prezzo closure list has apparently been released, although I can't find the official press release:
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/which-pre ... n-12122496

Totally missed that Byron burgers and Prezzo (which includes Chimichanga) are having problems too.

https://inews.co.uk/news/burger-chain-b ... staurants/

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/busin ... 33076.html

Missed this one.

Looks like New Look are struggling too:
New Look seeks 60% store rent reduction ... -12bn-debt