Sue

Is their chicken free range? Just a yes or no will suffice (though sadly I think I know what the answer will be).

Everywhere. But don't worry, it's Valentine's Day first :))

At this moment in time....

Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Pot calling the kettle black. What if the pot is > purple, or silver, or copper, or any number of > colours that pots seem to be. They were black due to being used on an open fire, nothing to do with their underlying colour.

Nigello Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Maybe it could work better as an online business, > or as a mobile unit going to different venues each > week. I hope it does well under some other guise. They have another branch, don't they?

d.b Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > dds29 Wrote: > > ---------------------------------------- > > > > Surely the onus should not be on a potential > > customer to find out what is behind a window > with > > no goods or information in it, and a business > name > > which gives no indication of what it is > selling? > > > > You're being massively disingenuous. There was a > clear plate glass window through which anyone > walking past could very easily see pasta sold, and > usually could see the person actually making the > pasta fresh right in front of the window maybe 2 > feet away from where you're standing. Fair enough. I walked past it many times and never noticed this. Since it has closed down, maybe I wasn't the only one. I was dimly aware it made and sold pasta, but that was all. I had no idea if it was a shop, a restaurant or what. And presumably this pasta making in front of the window wasn't going on 24/7? I never saw any samples of pasta or a price list or a menu in the window. Sorry, but a business has to promote itself, and if it doesn't do that well enough then the inevitable happens.

tomskip Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What is or was Platform 1? The place hosting pop-ups which started off with the unfortunate name of Pussy Liquor :))

dds29 Wrote: ---------------------------------------- > > Also can't people walk into a shop and have a look > at what's on offer? Even have a conversation with > the staff? Surely the onus should not be on a potential customer to find out what is behind a window with no goods or information in it, and a business name which gives no indication of what it is selling? Life's too short!

It's not just about price, it's also about quality. I wouldn't see the Co-op's flowers as being much of a threat to a florist, but M&S are. Unfortunately I stopped using Bonnie's after I had more than one bunch of lilies which collapsed as soon as they were taken out of their cellophane wrapping. Their stems just bent double.

budleigh Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bonnie's, the florist, seems to be empty. Anyone > know what happened? http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?20,1895791

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rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Or take part in tryanuary instead: > https://www.tryanuary.com/ :))

IlonaM Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I give my extra delivery bags to Southwark Day > Centre for Asylum Seekers (www.sdcas.org.uk) at > the Copleston Centre. They use them for food > [parcels for clients and don't get nearly enough > since the charges came in. Thank you, I like that idea. I may do that.

May be better to try and moderate drinking always (or mostly) rather than not drink at all for just one month of the year? Or have a couple of dry days a week, a bit like the 5:2 diet?

Was that the reason? They had quite a bit of competition locally, with the florist by the roundabout and one on North Cross Road, and now M&S also selling cut flowers (whose quality in my experience is better than some of Bonnie's was, unfortunately).

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's been squatted hasn't it ? > Glimmer extinguished. Thanks KK for that cheery post :)) How could squatters get in, I thought it had all been shuttered up??

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have always had a shit christmas - homophobia > tonight from the white horse bouncers - some nasty > abuse > > But just put up with it - things will be OK That's appalling and you should definitely report it both to the White Horse manager and to other appropriate people/organisations. You should not have to "just put up with it".

Angelina Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > you can give your delivery bags back the next time > the delivery arrives. I won't be having another delivery for months. I was taking advantage of special offers.

singalto Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why not get your shopping delivered without bags? Because I use the bags for bin bags and for other things, plus it's a lot easier to carry it to my kitchen without having to unpack and return a load of crates!

It was still there quite recently

Hopefully a glimmer of hope :)

Great, thanks again, lots of options :)

Thanks all! Is the Sainsbury's recycling just for their own bags? I rarely shop there any more.

Is there any local supermarket (or other) which recycles other shops' plastic bags? I use my own bags for shopping but I get delivered shopping in bags. I normally reuse them for various things eg as bin bags, but I've accumulated a huge amount over the last few weeks and I'd like to recycle them somewhere.

If memory serves, it didn't have anything outside to indicate what was being sold inside, let alone prices. You would think letting potential customers know what you did and what to expect would be pretty crucial for a business!