High Street chain collapse sweepstake

[all new Phil]

With regards to Morrisons one thing has improved in the past year. The cafe now has an '8 item breakfast' option, where you can select what you want. No more having to order the standard breakfast and pay extra for items you want, even if you'd asked to remove a different item.

Big fan of this. In fact this was my lunch today.

Morrisons pre-buttered toast has always been an outlier in... erm... the world

Mine came out dry 😱

[james2001]

Said the actress to the bishop.

[WillPS]

Also, at my nearest store the 4 'self service' conveyor belt trolley tills have been removed. These used to be incredibly frustrating, not least as the scanning and bagging area were temperamental. In its place is an expanded self-service area, with the more familiar (and reliable) style of checkouts, some of which have wider baskets for bigger shops.

Surprised they're still knocking about, my local store had them removed during covid and replaced with a trolley self scan.

[cdd]

I stumbled across this screenshot of mine (upload date: 2012) as the voucher offers on some credit card, and it looks like a who's who of failed or failing stores.

What are the chances the number of closed options is >50% before the end of next year? Frasers, HMV and Homebase have to be the ones most at risk, although perhaps HMV will survive for the same reason that Waterstones has.

[Zimba]

I stumbled across this screenshot of mine (upload date: 2012) as the voucher offers on some credit card, and it looks like a who's who of failed or failing stores.

What are the chances the number of closed options is >50% before the end of next year? Frasers, HMV and Homebase have to be the ones most at risk, although perhaps HMV will survive for the same reason that Waterstones has.

Homebase is already gone, The Range have bought the brand and aren't keeping any stores open. Some are being converted to The Range though.

HMV is doing quite well though nowadays I believe, sure it's quite profitable.

[Andrew]

I stumbled across this screenshot of mine (upload date: 2012) as the voucher offers on some credit card, and it looks like a who's who of failed or failing stores.

What are the chances the number of closed options is >50% before the end of next year? Frasers, HMV and Homebase have to be the ones most at risk, although perhaps HMV will survive for the same reason that Waterstones has.

It depends on whether or not you class PC World as having closed or not

I can’t see Boots closing or Waterstones, and whatever people think of Mike Ashley, I imagine he’s got House of Fraser under control with a tight focus on costs

[cdd]

It depends on whether or not you class PC World as having closed or not

I think for this you have to apply the Norton Test.

If you can buy a computer from Curry's without someone trying to scare you into buying a copy of Norton Antivirus, then the spirit of their existence is gone.

[AndrewPSSP]

Well, the pcworld.co.uk link has redirected to currys.co.uk for a number of years now. I don't think the PC World name crops up anywhere at all now, been a while since I've seen a shop with the joint Currys / PC World branding.

[JAS84]

Comet didn't even survive that year, closed in 2012. Given that's the option marked in the screenshot it seems you got vouchers that probably became worthless before you could spend them!

[Martin Phillp]

B&Q have acquired five Homebase stores in Altrincham, Basingstoke, Biggleswade, Leamington Spa and Worcester.