Changes on the High Street
27-06-2020, 18:58
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Re: Changes on the High Street
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Originally Posted by Taf
Not quite the High St., but I visited a well-know DIY store a couple of days ago. No queue to get in, but a 40 minute queue to get out! And near the checkouts were piles of stuff that people had dumped before walking out. It was at that point in the store that a small sign declared "card sales only".
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Practically everywhere is card only these days.
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27-06-2020, 19:04
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Re: Changes on the High Street
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Originally Posted by Maggy
Practically everywhere is card only these days.
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I've still.got the same £50.cash in my wallet that I took out of a cashpoint in Feb. Will we ever use cash again ?
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27-06-2020, 19:32
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Re: Changes on the High Street
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I've still.got the same £50.cash in my wallet that I took out of a cashpoint in Feb. Will we ever use cash again ?
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I did the same i've got £40 left.
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27-06-2020, 21:16
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Re: Changes on the High Street
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Originally Posted by papa smurf
I did the same i've got £40 left.
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Ditto.
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27-06-2020, 21:26
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Re: Changes on the High Street
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Ditto.
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Can't get much in Waitrose for a tenner, Seph. 
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27-06-2020, 21:39
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Re: Changes on the High Street
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Can't get much in Waitrose for a tenner, Seph. |
Tip the parking attendant 
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27-06-2020, 21:41
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Re: Changes on the High Street
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Can't get much in Waitrose for a tenner, Seph. |
Gotta agree with you again, jfman.
EDIT: If I spend £10 including the Torygraph, then the Torygraph is free. It would cost OB £2.50 to buy the Torygraph in ASDA.
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Last edited by Sephiroth; 27-06-2020 at 21:52.
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27-06-2020, 21:54
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Re: Changes on the High Street
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
Gotta agree with you again, jfman.
EDIT: If I spend £10 including the Torygraph, then the Torygraph is free. It would cost OB £2.50 to buy the Torygraph in ASDA.
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Ouch! 
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27-06-2020, 21:57
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Re: Changes on the High Street
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Gotta agree with you again, jfman.
EDIT: If I spend £10 including the Torygraph, then the Torygraph is free. It would cost OB £2.50 to buy the Torygraph in ASDA.
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The Torygraph costs me nothing to view all content and I don't know why ! It's some cruel joke
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27-06-2020, 22:03
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Re: Changes on the High Street
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The Torygraph costs me nothing to view all content and I don't know why ! It's some cruel joke |
Then you could shop at Waitrose, spend £10 and the Grauniad is free.
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27-06-2020, 22:10
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Re: Changes on the High Street
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Can't get much in Waitrose for a tenner, Seph. |
It lights one’s Cohiba quite adequately, donchaknow...
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27-06-2020, 22:16
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Re: Changes on the High Street
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The Torygraph costs me nothing to view all content and I don't know why ! It's some cruel joke |
Has Mrs K let on that she has a subscription to it?
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01-07-2020, 08:02
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Re: Changes on the High Street
Upper Crust and Caffè Ritazza owner to cut 5,000 jobs.
https://www.theguardian.com/business...up-coronavirus
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SSP Group said the cuts, which represent about half of its workforce, are part of a wide-sweeping restructuring aimed at keeping the catering company afloat.
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01-07-2020, 14:23
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Re: Changes on the High Street
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Quote from Evening Standard: The new chairman of John Lewis is to take an axe to stores, jobs and part of the retail group’s London headquarters in a cost-cutting drive, the Evening Standard can reveal.
In a bombshell letter to staff, Sharon White this week told 80,000 staff at the mutual, which also includes Waitrose, that its prized bonus will likely be ditched next year as the company wrestles to improve profitability.
At the start of the Covid crisis, sources at the group warned it was unlikely all 50 of its department stores would reopen after the lockdown. White confirmed plans to close a several unnamed shops, with staff informed in mid-July. Around 20 stores have reopened since non-essential retailers were given the green light to reopen on June 15 with distancing measures in place. Plans to open a further 10 were announced today, including Oxford Street on July 16.
In the letter, seen by the Standard, White said: “The difficult reality is that we have too much store space for the way people want to shop now. As difficult as it is, we now know that it is highly unlikely that we will reopen all our John Lewis stores. Regrettably, it is likely that there will implications for some Partners’ jobs. We are in active discussions with landlords about ending some leases and renegotiating others to make the terms more flexible.”
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01-07-2020, 16:22
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Re: Changes on the High Street
You just need to know when to go and where. On the cheese counter they can only sell for 3 days after opening even if the cheese is fine so watch (or get a taste) and go back to get some good discounts.
Spent £40 cash to blacksmith to repair BBQ, although the signs all talk about contactless many farm stalls at the market still taking cash - no tasters though which is a big shame. Not too bad at farmer's market but you can't run a fromage stall without tasting. How do you know what new cheese is like and it's too expensive to but and throw.
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