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"Select Convenience" from Bargain Booze?
Posted: Mon 10 Jul, 2017 21.32
by Finn
Over the weekend, our local SPAR (which has only been open a couple of years) has rebranded as a Select Convenience from Bargain Booze store.
This is a new one on me. A new player in the convenience store / mutual banding together thing?
Re: "Select Convenience" from Bargain Booze?
Posted: Mon 10 Jul, 2017 21.51
by all new Phil
Nah it's not new, there's been one near my work for a few years. The quality is about what you would expect.
Re: "Select Convenience" from Bargain Booze?
Posted: Tue 11 Jul, 2017 07.35
by Adders
It was so strange seeing that place become a convenience store in the first place - wasn't it originally a pharmacy and a fishing tackle shop?
I vaguely remember popping into the new Spar once when it opened but I wasn't particularly enthused by it. It's got a lot of competition with Best One at the top of the road, and the newsagent next to the Chinese - maybe it's struggling to get the footfall so Spar decided to get rid of it?
Re: "Select Convenience" from Bargain Booze?
Posted: Tue 11 Jul, 2017 12.27
by thegeek
I thought shopkeepers chose to join a symbol group, so perhaps Bargain Booze offered a better deal?
We have a Bargain Food & Wine near us - same branding, but with a smaller Bargain Booze logo in the window. Also an incredibly posh Spar which has its own wood-fired pizza oven and sells loads of organic stuff and a really great selection of local craft beer.
Re: "Select Convenience" from Bargain Booze?
Posted: Tue 11 Jul, 2017 20.31
by Andrew
It's not new, its just a Bargain Booze that isn't just booze. Isn't there a "Bargain Booze Plus" as well?
I do laugh at some of these convenience store names you get. The Likes of "Go Local Extra" yet there is no such thing as a "Go Local" so what's extra about it?
Re: "Select Convenience" from Bargain Booze?
Posted: Tue 11 Jul, 2017 21.37
by Finn
Adders wrote: ↑Tue 11 Jul, 2017 07.35
It was so strange seeing that place become a convenience store in the first place - wasn't it originally a pharmacy and a fishing tackle shop?
I vaguely remember popping into the new Spar once when it opened but I wasn't particularly enthused by it. It's got a lot of competition with Best One at the top of the road, and the newsagent next to the Chinese - maybe it's struggling to get the footfall so Spar decided to get rid of it?
You must be fairly local to me then
The newsagent next to the Chinese shut not long after the then Spar opened. I have a sneaking suspicion that they were both owned by the same people.
There are a few corner stores near to it. One up Moss Rd towards Trafford Park station, one on Moss Road towards the park and a couple on Park Rd within a short walk as well.
Re: "Select Convenience" from Bargain Booze?
Posted: Tue 11 Jul, 2017 21.40
by Finn
Andrew wrote: ↑Tue 11 Jul, 2017 20.31
It's not new, its just a Bargain Booze that isn't just booze. Isn't there a "Bargain Booze Plus" as well?
Interesting that there's a Bargain Booze a couple of hundred yards away up towards the A56.
Re: "Select Convenience" from Bargain Booze?
Posted: Wed 12 Jul, 2017 02.16
by bilky asko
Andrew wrote: ↑Tue 11 Jul, 2017 20.31
It's not new, its just a Bargain Booze that isn't just booze. Isn't there a "Bargain Booze Plus" as well?
I do laugh at some of these convenience store names you get. The Likes of "Go Local Extra" yet there is no such thing as a "Go Local" so what's extra about it?
Except there are Go Local branded stores - here's one in Doncaster:
https://g.co/kgs/xDZm2o
And here's the website promoting it:
http://www.golocalstores.co.uk/
They come in three tiers - Go Local, Go Local Plus (whose branding doesn't appear to differ to Go Local), and Go Local Extra.
More info:
http://www.parfetts.co.uk/golocalretailclub