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New M & S to open this Thursday 15 November

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siousxiesue

siousxiesue

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TheCat Wrote:

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> > It was a great atmosphere too! Great wine

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> A great atmosphere? its a convenience store


Yes, without doubt. A convenience store can't have that? I was merely reporting what I saw, people in the queue chatting to each other, a buzz of a new store opening. The first 200 people who picked up a 'lucky ticket' may be able to chip in here too..

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sweetgirl

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I got a so called lucky ticket.... Wasn't nothing to shout about tho


What I can tell you is they caught a shoplifter within half hour of the store opening!


But yes of course there was a buzz..... I personally think the buzz was more In relation to the freebies people wanted!


The store manager seemed happy & at ease about the whole process

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James Barber Wrote:

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> During a site visit Spring this year the head of

> libraries told me the new Grove Vale library would

> open August/September this year.

> Not a great advert for Southwark Council working

> well.


Perhaps Southwark Council are responsible for the bad weather too? Whereas the Lib Dems take no responsibility for the shambles we see with Royal Mail.

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TheCat Wrote:

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> > It was a great atmosphere too! Great wine

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> A great atmosphere? its a convenience store


I'm a grumpy old cynic and don't like shopping generally - just popped in there and by golly siouxie's right, it does have a good atmosphere! Clean, well laid out, good range, and importantly, unlike Sainsbury's Local and Tesco Extra, doesn't only offer the more expensive wines - decent Fairtrade Chenin on offer at ?5 a bottle. Definitely a good addition to the, ahem, 'hood, especially for those of us down near the station for whom the LL outlets are a bit far to walk to get supplies for surprise guests.

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I know it just opened but personally I don't think the new M&S is half as good as the one near North Cross Rd. I didn't like the layout, could be due to a 'funny shaped' space, not sure. The self serve tills are very small & squashy & weren't working very well ,they seemed to have more variety of some items like eg soup but no trace of other things at all that the other store has.
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I'd prefer at least one permanently staffed check-out counter. About 2/3 of the time I always have to be helped because my bag is not in the right place, etc. Today, an elderly person didn't know how to use the self-service till. One till was opened eventually because the Q grew. It's OK, not great; I'm more excited about the library....
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siousxiesue

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Callie Wrote:

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> I know it just opened but personally I don't think

> the new M&S is half as good as the one near North

> Cross Rd. I didn't like the layout, could be due

> to a 'funny shaped' space, not sure. The self

> serve tills are very small & squashy & weren't

> working very well ,they seemed to have more

> variety of some items like eg soup but no trace of

> other things at all that the other store has.


I think it's a false comparison, to be fair. The station store is simply that, a convenience store. They have less space so won't be able to carry as much.

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