UK or England thread?

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i have a difficult time deciding

I love Pukka pies

My first experience of regular supermarket shopping was at the International Stores in Oxford High Street in the late 1970s. This was one of the city's main food outlets, and it was like visiting a timewarp from the late '50s or early 60s. The place was quite dingy, stark and basic inside, and only had three checkouts, which were operated by Nelly, Gloria and Linda. The company went out of business some time in the 1980s (not entirely surprisingly), but it'd be interesting to know if there's still a supermarket on the site. Nelly, if she's still alive, would be around 100 years old now....

In contrast to Kortie's American perspective, I think most Brits would regard the modern incarnations of Sainsbury's, Tesco, Morrison's and the like to be pretty up to date, especially the larger stores (some Asdas are looking a bit tired though). The last really shabby supermarkets in the UK were Netto and Kwiksave, but both have long gone.

I visited The Netherlands and Italy about a decade and a half ago, and felt that their supermarkets were considerably more basic than ours.

I tried shop & scan in Tesco's the other day. I spoke to the security guard on the way in as I needed a mobility scooter for my GF , then he helped me with getting a shop & scan gun. I then asked him if I should just fill my shopping bags in the trolley ( which I thought was the idea ) , he told me not to do that So I got to the checkout and told the guy I was an S&S virgin and he talked me through the procedure and told me it would be a lot quicker if I used the system as intended and packed the bags as I shopped

Interesting - I've never come across 'shop and scan' anywhere yet. I tend to use the self-service checkouts at the local Asda, despite having been very wary of them initially. The regular checkout service is pretty slow (though not as bad as it was), with the cashiers having a rather laid back approach to scanning the goods and spending a little too long yakking to customers. The latter don't help much either - they never have their cash or cards ready, and only decide to start rooting around for them after they've been informed of the total price.

I think it's good idea , I like the fact that you can speed up the checkout with a full trolley ( if it's done correctly ) and you can find out prices of things not marked. You do need a clubcard to access the scan guns and you will see a lot of people moaning online about being checked ( sometimes the till asks for a shop assistant to randomly check bags ). The only negative for me is that when I shop , I buy what I want , don't think about total price till I pay at the till ( then go oh f**k ) , with the S&S , you get a running total which can be off putting of how much you are spending before you even get past isle 2

When I was a kid we had a discount supermarket called Jack the Slasher.
Everything was still on pallets or in large wooden produce bins, no shelves.
They gave you a Nikko pen and you got to write down the prices on everything you put in your trolley before going to the checkout.
What could possibly go wrong?

Can this be the UK or England and occasional Aussie thread?

You'll have to ask the OP Tem of the House Targaryen, the First of Her Name, The Unburnt, Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men, Queen of Meereen, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Protector of the Realm, Lady Regnant of the Seven Kingdoms, Breaker of Chains and Mother of Dragons

I wasn't trying to insult Sainsbury's, folks.

I like the place. It had a wide variety of foods, and it was organized quite well.

A 70's suburban supermarket actually was quite clean, and not dingy like many of the city supermarkets of that time. And some of them even had electronic cash registers; whereas those in the city tended to have the old-fashioned type cash registers.

You also have to acknowledge the sovereignty of HM Queen Elizabeth II, aka Mrs Windsor, aka Brenda....

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Nvm, too scared now.

Too late to apologise , I have been on the phone to Mr Sainsbury and you have been blacklisted

Sainsbury's have also withdrawn Kraftiekortie's Nectar Card.

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That's NOT nice at all!! !! !

^ that'll learn you