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cdd wrote:Wow - I love this kind of thing and must now find an excuse to go to Derbyshire.

I wonder if it will be as awesome as Brent Park Tesco.

Sadly looking on Streetview, it looks like the Brent View Tesco has been demolished and replaced with a modern Tesco Extra at some point over the last couple of years. However, there is still one like it on Worksop!

https://maps.google.co.uk/?ll=53.314913 ... 59,,0,6.28

One thing I found interesting was the old 80s opening hours sign on the side of the petrol station actually had a "24 hour" bit made up in the style to match it, even though the store only started opening 24 hours in the mid-00s. That and the old totem sign at the entrance were taken down and replaced last year though, but the rest of the store is still in its late 80s glory!

james2001 wrote:A few weeks ago I was in Ashbourne, in Derbyshire, and their branch of Sainsbury's is still an old "J Sainsbury" branch, looks like it was last refurbed circa 1997. Although one of the fire exits and "reduced to clear" sections still has signs in the late 80s/early 90s style.

Ashbourne has been due a refit for a few years now. The latest expansion plans can be see here http://sainsburys-ashbourne.co.uk/

Philip Cobbold wrote:

james2001 wrote: http://sainsburys-ashbourne.co.uk/

Redditch is due a similar refit.


http://sainsburys-redditch.co.uk/index.php

So, I got a bit of a weird Catalina coupon at the till this week: "5p off per litre of petrol when you spend £15 on toiletries". Underneath it says a fuel coupon will be printed on redemption.

Seems an odd cross promotion, and even stocking up on shower gel, deodorant and toothpaste, I don't think I'll personally get to £15 in one go.

Tesco will give you 10p off a litre if you spend £8 on dairy

which is REALLY easy frankly simply by utilising cravendale and cheese

I dislike it. Feels cheap compared to lowercase Interstate.

Well my local seems to be using this font throughout:

They've not even tried, have they.

cdd wrote:Well my local seems to be using this font throughout:

Clearly the font didn't install correctly on their machine!

Or it did and some bright spark said "Fuck it that'll do."

Alexia wrote:Or it did and some bright spark said "Fuck it that'll do."

No.

The POS is generated through a web interface. You can't just open it up in Word and change the font.