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I can't remember the last time I saw a Co-op shop.
The one in Neath went years ago.
Ours has been there for donkey’s years; I used to shop there when I lived near here around 1990. It’s a 1920s or so style building, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it was originally built by East Midlands Co-op, or whatever they were called back then.
There’s one in a suburb-that-used-to-be-a-village not too far away that’s being taken over by Morrisons in a month or so
the last time i used a co-op was in Basel in 2012.
every morning i'd pick up breakfast and lunch, as it was just opposite clientco's offices.
We've got two within shopping distance atm. and we use them a fair bit.
Only small but usually have a good selection of stuff, including fresh fruit and veg, and much better than your average corner shop. On a par with Sainsburys Local or Tesco Express. Not enough to do a full shop but useful for last minute bits and pieces or when you want stuff for dinner but don't have time to shop properly.
"Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.
Well, it's a fair bit busier in Mancunia than it was last Thursday and Friday. Got the earlier tram and as a result no schoolkids. Fantastic, alarm recalibrated and should be able to get away from the office earlier in future as a result.
The Rock was on over the weekend, classic popcorn muncher of a movie.
LM Jr has been having a clearout; I've now inherited his PSP and associated games and movies - could prove handy with an upcoming trip to that London in the offing.
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist
Another broken night’s sleep, once I finally managed to drop off, which itself took absolutely ages
Ours has been there for donkey’s years; I used to shop there when I lived near here around 1990. It’s a 1920s or so style building, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it was originally built by East Midlands Co-op, or whatever they were called back then.
There’s one in a suburb-that-used-to-be-a-village not too far away that’s being taken over by Morrisons in a month or so
The Co-op have redesigned themselves around stores of a certain size. Above that size and the co-op store "concept" doesn't work so they try and offload the store to someone else instead.
Locally I have one co-op to the west of us (in the new Garden Village) which is probably suffering after an Aldi and M&S opened next door 18 months ago and in the shops in the "village" to the East we have 2 co-ops. One store is too big for the Co-op but too small for anyone else to want it so it remains a co-op. I should point out that I live within a half a mile of both - it's just this side of town is expanding rapidly out to the motorway.
There's a small Co-Op on Earl's Court Road. Often has good wine offers. It's in a much nicer condition than either of the Sainsbury's within walking distance of home but not quite as good selection as M&S Food.
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