East Dulwich (affluent part of London) also had an Iceland converted to a M&S Food Hall.scottishtv wrote: Tue 04 Nov, 2025 18.09 Not the number of changes, but the type here.
Edinburgh's Morningside area has always been quite affluent but it was illustrated quite neatly by the Safeway becoming a Waitrose and then the Iceland becoming a M&S Simply Food (now M&S Foodhall).
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I noticed during a visit to my local Tesco today that the convert-a-till is seemingly making a comeback, with three standard belted checkouts being made into "assisted self-checkout" tills. They were all card only, presumably as they're not self-service tills at their heart.
Is this something they've been doing elsewhere prior to this?
Is this something they've been doing elsewhere prior to this?
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Yes I've seen those conversions at the Catford and Lewisham superstores.bilky asko wrote: Wed 05 Nov, 2025 15.26 Is this something they've been doing elsewhere prior to this?
To their credit, at least Tesco still have staffed checkouts while my nearest Sainsburys will only open them up if there's a demand.
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To their credit? That seems much smarter of Sainsburys to be honest…Martin Phillp wrote: Fri 07 Nov, 2025 01.05Yes I've seen those conversions at the Catford and Lewisham superstores.bilky asko wrote: Wed 05 Nov, 2025 15.26 Is this something they've been doing elsewhere prior to this?
To their credit, at least Tesco still have staffed checkouts while my nearest Sainsburys will only open them up if there's a demand.
I might be going entirely mad, but are Express stores/little supermarket branches closing for works much more often than they used to? Within the past few years I’ve noticed quite a few stores (mainly Tesco) being unexpectedly closed for refurbishment or some sort of works. It feels like that didn’t use to really happen, or if it did, that the length of the closure was much shorter than it is now?
Over the past few years, the stores by me have seen closure for conversion from Metro to Express format, weird little updates where all they seemed to do was put a black security cage around the checkout/cigarette kiosk, and then other refurbs that have varied from a bit of paint and new exterior signage to ripping out all the shelving and putting new stuff in. The approach to some of these works has been quite piecemeal; for example my nearest Express was closed a year or so ago so they could put the cage around the checkouts, and is now closed again for two to three weeks whilst they carry out a more significant refurb.
Maybe it’s just a case that a lot of the store estate in my area was quite old and scheduled refurbs have all happened around the same time, but it feels an odd coincidence if so!
Over the past few years, the stores by me have seen closure for conversion from Metro to Express format, weird little updates where all they seemed to do was put a black security cage around the checkout/cigarette kiosk, and then other refurbs that have varied from a bit of paint and new exterior signage to ripping out all the shelving and putting new stuff in. The approach to some of these works has been quite piecemeal; for example my nearest Express was closed a year or so ago so they could put the cage around the checkouts, and is now closed again for two to three weeks whilst they carry out a more significant refurb.
Maybe it’s just a case that a lot of the store estate in my area was quite old and scheduled refurbs have all happened around the same time, but it feels an odd coincidence if so!