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Evil corporation scare mongering posts on here usually have all the credibility of your average football transfer rumour.


I worked for M&S for years on the store expansion programme amongst other things. They never had any intention of moving into SE22 - even as a Simply Food or BP Simply Food. There's no shortage of posts on here about that.


I wouldn't worry about moving out just yet

Nando?s would be great! I love ?em. And they?re hardly the corporate monster that McDs and the like are. They were started by a couple of guys from round my way who had their first restaurant in my home town about 15 years ago.


Definitely better than GBK if I had to choose.

kford Wrote:

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> Take your pick from McD's, BK, Nando's, Subway or

> KFC. Nando's looks like the only possible fit,

> even though the food there is disgusting,

> especially the soggy chips.


A friend of mine lives two streets away from a Nandos in Upper Street, but in a direct "line of sight" to their ventilation shafts. The smell of fried chicken and burning oil is unbelievably bad. I was amazed to be honest. I quite like their food, but haven't eaten there since.

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