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    Well I must say, this particular Co-Op does seem more geared towards the two car family, which is why I now just cycle on by.


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    Now, in the early 1950s an aunt of mine purchased a grocery shop ... one of two in the rural village of Glenfarg, roughly 101/2 miles south of Perth ... and at the time employed several staff - including her brother (my dad) - who drove a LARGE, well~stocked Austin van serving the *local farming communities.

    Business thrived until the mid '60s ... when the forerunners to today's supermarkets began to make an irreversible impact on *these customers' shopping habits - assisted, of course, by a steady increase in car ownership - and, not only was my aunt forced to close down, this also meant my dad had to look for another job when he was already more than fifty years of age.

    So, in fact, if anyone has reason to be bitter about the rise of those GIANT enterprises, it's the folk hit the hardest by their advent. But, I'm not, ... because my dad - who'd been a qualified automobile electrician before joining his sister - soon found another delivery job with an old-established wine merchants in Perth itself, while my aunt had her shop converted into a B&B ... catering for regular overspill of guests from a couple of local hotels.


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    All's well that ends well, eh Arthur ?...also more work for auto electricians now, with all those extra vehicles needed to get us to the out of town shops.


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    Co-op here where we live is expensive as well. We have Morrisons and Lidl but we never shop at Lidl.We sometimes shop at Tesco, Sainsbury's and occasionally at M&S (their cakes and bread are really good to our tastes). Morrisons is still our go to place all the time though.
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    I suppose Co-op are having to claw back the losses caused by employing this repulsive deviant (I wonder when his court case is coming up ?)



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    Happy childhood memories of the Co-Op though...especially their department stores, where as kids, we used to get good quality clothes, including school uniforms.

    They had a huge such store in York until a few years ago. Now sadly closed. Sometimes 'competition' kills old trusted friends.


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    If I ever want to feel like I've been robbed when I go shopping, I'll visit Co-Op. Reminds me of drug dealers adding on a 25% commission fee
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    Aldi, farmfoods, you just cant beat them


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    Quote Originally Posted by stevewool View Post
    Aldi, farmfoods, you just cant beat them
    Farm shops are good value, 1/2 lamb for £35 ..... extra £5 to kill it yourself
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    I bet there are lots of lambs where you are Kieth, no road kill around


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    Oh, that reminds me.

    I meant to enquire if there was a food bank near where I live.

    Seems to be the latest craze.


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    Tesco's, Spar, Co-Op, Sainsburys.....all rip-off merchants.

    Morrisons and Asda aren't too bad, Lidl is crap and I haven't been to Aldi for years.

    Best is Farmfoods followed by Iceland IMO.


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    Quote Originally Posted by grahamw48 View Post
    Oh, that reminds me.

    I meant to enquire if there was a food bank near where I live.

    Seems to be the latest craze.
    Correct according to the Biased Broadcasting Corporation and Liebor about half the country is using them and being fed for nothing


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    Well it's tough when benefits don't cover you for the fags, booze , weed , and upkeep of a couple of hungry pitbulls you know. Hardly anything left to feed all the kids.


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    Quote Originally Posted by grahamw48 View Post
    Well it's tough when benefits don't cover you for the fags, booze , weed , and upkeep of a couple of hungry pitbulls you know. Hardly anything left to feed all the kids.
    Savage Tory cuts to blame once again


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