Old supermarket signage

[thegeek]

What does their new livery look like? If I'm honest off the top of my head I can't remember any other Tesco lorry liveries, apart from the you shop we drop and the one that has a giant Tesco wordmark in Cyan on a blue background

Plain white; large Tesco logo; 'funny' slogan in small print, like "baby carrots on board"

[AndrewPSSP]

Oh I do think I've seen those.
I hate when companies try to be 'funny' or 'relatable'. It just rubs me up the wrong way.

Was worse during the pandemic, "we're all in this together" my arse

[james2001]

Some people here might appreciate the new Morrisons advert where they've attempted to recreate part of old store interiors:

[AGuyFromUpNorth]

Some people here might appreciate the new Morrisons advert where they've attempted to recreate part of old store interiors:

That's interesting. Those look like recreations rather than original pieces of old signage (aside from the yellow box fridge, although they were originally all yellow, the green stripes were added later I believe).

Unless they are leftovers from the Safeway conversion, when they stuck up that tacky fake 'tile effect' cardboard signage above the counters!! (Here is what I'm talking about if you're unfamiliar: )

What I do find strange though is that for the last shot, they used one of their concept versions of Market Street rather than the most up-to-date one... but then again it's Morrisons, should we really be surprised?

[Zimba]

Some people here might appreciate the new Morrisons advert where they've attempted to recreate part of old store interiors:

That's interesting. Those look like recreations rather than original pieces of old signage (aside from the yellow box fridge, although they were originally all yellow, the green stripes were added later I believe).

Unless they are leftovers from the Safeway conversion, when they stuck up that tacky fake 'tile effect' cardboard signage above the counters!! (Here is what I'm talking about if you're unfamiliar: )

What I do find strange though is that for the last shot, they used one of their concept versions of Market Street rather than the most up-to-date one... but then again it's Morrisons, should we really be surprised?

100% not original that mind, the fish counter didn't look anything like that.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1 ... -w680-h510 - Redcar still had the old design until a couple year back.

Tbh the '1990's store' is pretty much off completely, nitpicking.

https://c7.alamy.com/comp/2BWJW8C/1995- ... BWJW8C.jpg - That's a 1990's Morrison's and can remember my local store (Tynemouth) being near identical as they're both a similar age.

[Pete]

https://c7.alamy.com/comp/2BWJW8C/1995- ... BWJW8C.jpg - That's a 1990's Morrison's and can remember my local store (Tynemouth) being near identical as they're both a similar age.

look how spacious that entrance is compared to the cluttered mess as you enter tynemouth today

[Zimba]

https://c7.alamy.com/comp/2BWJW8C/1995- ... BWJW8C.jpg - That's a 1990's Morrison's and can remember my local store (Tynemouth) being near identical as they're both a similar age.

look how spacious that entrance is compared to the cluttered mess as you enter tynemouth today

Aye it's a mess the entrances now. That's Morton Park at Darlington that mind but it's just very much the same, stock just all over the place now with the fire blind jammed half down and has been for years now.

Sad to see how messy the original Morrisons stores are nowadays (a fair chunk of the Safeway stores have always been a mess - let's be honest).

[AGuyFromUpNorth]

Not a supermarket, but sad to see that the super-retro Sheffield branch of The Body Shop is closing this week. They still have the original signage and shop layout from when they opened about 30 years ago.

[WillPS]

Not a supermarket, but sad to see that the super-retro Sheffield branch of The Body Shop is closing this week. They still have the original signage and shop layout from when they opened about 30 years ago.

Aye, turns out it's a franchise store. Who knew!

[ph2o]

Tesco Clubcard turns 30 this year and to mark the moment, the retailer has released a retro-themed, nostalgic look back at the last three decades. The spot follows two neighboring couples - one signs up for the supermarket rewards program, the other doesn’t.

Does anyone remember the pink dotted unform?

Rewards for viewers include Sam de Jong’s zippy direction, Darude’s club-thumping “Sandstorm” soundtrack.

[james2001]

The blue and white aisle singage in the 1995 video is ALMOST right, but it was one long continuous strip the whole width of the store rather than broken into sections as it is here.

The 1999 section also has the old logo on the carrier bags. That logo did hang around on carrier bags for a couple of years after the new logo came in (even though the new logo appeared elsewhere on the bags), but it had finally been changed by the end of 1997. I don't think the "Every Little Helps" slogan ever appeared on the side of the bags with the blue stripes either, as seen in the 2004 section (but it did appear on the other side of the bag which was usually a promotion for something else)

I know I'm being very anal here when they've clearly put in a lot of attention to detail.