Saw this today, but I think still no nectar price in convenience? Either way this is going to cost them some margin.
Aldi Price Match to be introduced in convenience for first time from @sainsburys conveniencestore.co.uk/your-…
Sainsbury's just discontinuing a core own brand range like this seems like a brave move in the face of the discounters.
My mum has experienced John Lewis's outsourced customer services:
"I have spent an hour and ten minutes on the phone this morning... I shall never buy a big, heavy item from John Lewis again."
Don't outsource your USP!
Popped into a Post Office to drop a parcel off. Would probably have bought a couple of bits of top up shopping... If there had been prices on anything. This must be the most consistent failing of independent c stores. Who will then complain when a Tesco or Sainsbury's kills them
Overdue. You have to wonder at not finding a plan that would maintain continuity before closing the old store though.
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It's been 45 years since the best ever account of an attempted crime (from the Edinburgh Evening News, 18 August 1978)
A @superdrug tale: A perfume that normally sells for £35-£40 pretty much everywhere is £37 on their website. It's £74 in store, "just order it online to collect in store". No idea why so many retailers want to create this kind of friction for customers who want to spend money.
I kind of get differential pricing for online but I can't imagine anyone would be insane enough to spend the £74. And as they fulfill centrally as opposed to click & collect it will actually cost them more than if they'd just sold it in store.
Unconvinced about "completely" but certainly a huge achievement so far
"After a recovery period of nearly 30 years in the making, M&S reported a 58 per cent leap in annual profits to £716 million on sales of more than £13 billion," writes @SimonEngStand
Read more: standard.co.uk/comment/marks…
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How do you become so disconnected to reality just through covering up a busted computer system for an organisation, that you end up thinking how you can leverage the most of a dreadful situation.
My local Waitrose cafe. Disused for years except for storing excess stock. It's in a high income area with a large university population. Absolutely crying out for the space to be used for JL ranges. @dresserman
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Inflation falling is welcome, but I'm not sure the government can crow about it too much. Prices are still rising and, worse, all the price increases we have seen until now are pretty much built in for good - we're just getting less worse off, less quickly. – at Rochdale, England
In the year to February 2024:
▪️ Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers’ housing costs (CPIH) rose by 3.8%, down from 4.2% in January.
▪️ Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 3.4%, down from 4.0% in January.
➡️ ons.gov.uk/economy/inflation…
ALT Line chart showing annual CPIH and CPI inflation rates lowest since autumn 2021.
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🔥2/3📢 Architects and the British Property Federation have urged the government to change the VAT rules, because you pay 20 per cent tax on refurbishing but nothing at all on a new-build. It’s an incentive to knock down and build, often cheaply ♻️👇
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It was good to be back in #Sunderland yesterday for a catch-up with @SunderlandBID. With new-build schemes and revamps of historic properties, the city is changing fast! Stripped of its cladding and with a sympathetic shopfront added, the ugly old JJB building is transformed! – at Dunston, England
