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Originally posted by Pip in a Poke View PostSo, I've just been to do the weekly shop. An onerous task at the best of times but even more so when I get to the checkout to discover that once again I've neglected to remove my debit card from my camelbak after the morning cycle ride.
So, I inform them that I will park my full to brimming trolley next to the information desk while I hotfoot it back home to retrieve said debit card.
So, what happens? I get back and my trolley had gone. It had been commandeered by some spotty operative who was just in the process of returning the very last item in the trolley to the fruit and veg section.
I was absolutely apoplectic...
How can I be refunded those wasted 45 minutes of my life ?
Welcome to Sainsburys where good food costs less
They will even, helpfully, give you a loaf of outdated bread from which you can fashion a trail of breadcrumbs to follow back to the till in case you forget why you have had to rush home.
They got big by caring you know.
Either that or just get someone that is not senile to do your weekly shop for you.
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostIsn't there some sort of scandal involving betting on the Sutton reserve goalkeeper?
He apparently got some mates to bet that if he ate a pie it would be shown on TV.
He then had to resign as betting on any aspect of a match is match fixing. The commentators and Sutton United manager are sorry he did something stupid. The commentators said they wouldn't have shown it if they knew it was a bet.
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Originally posted by Pip in a Poke View PostSo, I've just been to do the weekly shop. An onerous task at the best of times but even more so when I get to the checkout to discover that once again I've neglected to remove my debit card from my camelbak after the morning cycle ride.
So, I inform them that I will park my full to brimming trolley next to the information desk while I hotfoot it back home to retrieve said debit card.
So, what happens? I get back and my trolley had gone. It had been commandeered by some spotty operative who was just in the process of returning the very last item in the trolley to the fruit and veg section.
I was absolutely apoplectic...
How can I be refunded those wasted 45 minutes of my life ?
Welcome to Sainsburys where good food costs less
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Good to see we're back on topic. Great little thread this one...
Some more old supermarket chains from yesteryear:
Pricerite
MacMarket
Fine Fare
The Wavey Lion
International
If you recognise all of them, you're showing your age
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Originally posted by LondonManc View PostPresto were acquired by Argyll, who also bought Safeway and badged all Presto stores as Safeway.
Gateway rebranded as Somerfield then were bought by the Co-op, but many were sold on.
Victor Value were bought by Tesco and the smaller stores flogged on again.
Did they go bust? I know some of the more profitable stores became Morrisons.
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Originally posted by Mordac View PostWhat happened to Prestos, anyone remember? I remember them from the early 80's and they just disappeared. Did they get taken over?
Come to think of it, there was also Gateway and Victor Value. Ah, nostalgia...
Which was then bought by the coop
Which wasnt a great move
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Originally posted by Mordac View PostThanks for that info. How ironic that Tesco flogged the small stores, and now there are Tesco Metros everywhere. How times change...
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Originally posted by LondonManc View PostPresto were acquired by Argyll, who also bought Safeway and badged all Presto stores as Safeway.
Gateway rebranded as Somerfield then were bought by the Co-op, but many were sold on.
Victor Value were bought by Tesco and the smaller stores flogged on again.
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Originally posted by Mordac View PostWhat happened to Prestos, anyone remember? I remember them from the early 80's and they just disappeared. Did they get taken over?
Come to think of it, there was also Gateway and Victor Value. Ah, nostalgia...
Gateway rebranded as Somerfield then were bought by the Co-op, but many were sold on.
Victor Value were bought by Tesco and the smaller stores flogged on again.
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostAnd it has defined your working career ever since!
I worked as a trolley pusher for Prestos (...'ere mate, want any trolley's for the weekend?...). £1.39 an hour and all the 10ps we could find left in the trolleys.
Come to think of it, there was also Gateway and Victor Value. Ah, nostalgia...
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Originally posted by MaryPoppins View PostI had a Saturday job in a supermarket for a short time when much younger. For anyone I deemed to be a twat, I'd scan their fragile items first and hurl heavier objects down in quick succession after. ...
I worked as a trolley pusher for Prestos (...'ere mate, want any trolley's for the weekend?...). £1.39 an hour and all the 10ps we could find left in the trolleys.
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Originally posted by LondonManc View PostSainsbury used to post a league table of items per minute that the cashiers were scanning. There was then a decree come down from the top that rather than speed, focus on making sure that you go at the same pace as the customer is packing their shopping.
They do that at my local Sainsburys.
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