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[Iommi]

Been in the Tesco on the A4 once, not a lot in there apart from food and booze, are they running it as a community project out of the goodness of their hearts then?

Do you think Waitrose charge more to put people off shopping there?

[GMR]

Do you think Waitrose charge more to put people off shopping there?

Yes

[dannyboy]

I've only been once, when it opened. Nothing special.

What were you expecting - it is a bloody supermarket.

[Iommi]

I've only been once, when it opened. Nothing special.

Ah, but you should see it now! Oh! Perhaps you should have warned them you were on the way.

[dannyboy]

All of the discounters struggle to even break even on food sales when inluding costs. Where the supermarkets make their money is on non food items.

When your sales are £165m a day, you can afford to 'only' make a small margin.

[Iommi]

bollocks.

Well measured and informed comment always is appreciated on this forum.

[Iommi]

When your sales are £165m a day, you can afford to 'only' make a small margin.

That doesn't automatically make his comment 'bollocks' either you tw*t.

[dannyboy]

That doesn't automatically make his comment 'bollocks' either you tw*t.

see you next tuesday?

It is bollcoks, IMHO.

[Iommi]

see you next tuesday? It is bollcoks, IMHO.

While candid, you missed out 'ignorant' in that sentence.

[GMR]

What were you expecting - it is a bloody supermarket.

Fireworks, dancing girls, singing dolphins, monkeys etc.

[GMR]

Ah, but you should see it now! Oh! Perhaps you should have warned them you were on the way.

Good point, next time I'll remember that one.

[GMR]

That doesn't automatically make his comment 'bollocks' either you tw*t.

A friend of yours?

[Cognosco]

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Can't quite get my head around that if they have a job to break even on food items why they have opened the A4 branch? As stated they only have food and booze in there as far as I could see? Perhaps they have massive booze sales being near the Narrow Boat pub? only a one isle of booze though as far as I could see?

[dannyboy]

While candid, you missed out 'ignorant' in that sentence.

What are ignorant bollocks?

[Cognosco]

What are ignorant bollocks?

Yours??

[dannyboy]

Yours??

My balls swing like troopers.

[Simon Kirby]

It gets busy now and again. But go in during the week, and it's almost packet perfect in terms of presentation. Even the store manager (Paul Cavaliere) will tell you it doesn't get shopped!!! (by retail standards)

If it was Morrisons or ASDA, it would get shopped more, because it would be expanding choice.

Shopped as a transitive verb? Not just dannyboy with the bad language then. Have to agree with User here, supermarkets are shops, not stores.

[Iommi]

Shopped as a transitive verb? Not just dannyboy with the bad language then. Have to agree with User here, supermarkets are shops, not stores.

Stores, shops, what's the freaking difference? It's a place where you go and buy stuff.

store
 
 /stɔr, stoʊr/ Show Spelled [stawr, stohr] noun, verb, stored, stor·ing, adjective
–noun
1. an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
2. a grocery: We need bread and milk from the store.
3. a stall, room, floor, or building housing or suitable for housing a retail business.
4. a supply or stock of something, esp. one for future use.
5. stores, supplies of food, clothing, or other requisites, as for a household, inn, or naval or military forces.
6. Chiefly British . a storehouse or warehouse.
7. quantity, esp. great quantity; abundance, or plenty: a rich store of grain.

shop
 
 /ʃɒp/ Show Spelled [shop] noun, verb, shopped, shop·ping, interjection
–noun
1. a retail store, esp. a small one.
2. a small store or department in a large store selling a specific or select type of goods: the ski shop at Smith's.

[Iommi]

Tesco, et al, run on a very tight margin of sale. They make little money on food compared to the investment. It is non food where the margins are. Tesco make money by selling lots of stuff.

[Iommi]

My balls swing like troopers.

Pendulous testis have little to do with talking bollocks. Are you GMR in disguise?