What's going on at the Co-Op

[niall]

Why does the place have no food and smell like s#it recently?

[ab29]

Brexit 🙂

[Bumpkin]

They were hacked ☹️

[Sue]

1 hour ago, niall said:

Why does the place have no food and smell like s#it recently?

Same reason that M&S's shelves were half empty recently.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/30/co-op-forced-to-shut-down-part-of-it-system-after-hack-attempt?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

 

[Mops]

The empty shelves is well reported, but the sewage smell has been awful for weeks if not months, and just keeps getting worse. It started off near the Costa machine/ behind the delivery and collections booth thing, but now it hits you the second you walk in the store. I’m amazed nothing (visibly at least) appears to be going on to fix it. Somewhat relieved it’s not just me who can smell it!

[Sue]

7 hours ago, Mops said:

The empty shelves is well reported, but the sewage smell has been awful for weeks if not months, and just keeps getting worse. It started off near the Costa machine/ behind the delivery and collections booth thing, but now it hits you the second you walk in the store. I’m amazed nothing (visibly at least) appears to be going on to fix it. Somewhat relieved it’s not just me who can smell it!

I was in there recently and never noticed a smell, but I think it's been mentioned on here before.

Have you asked the staff about it?

[kford]

According to someone who knows, there's a broken sewage pipe from the flats above that is leaking behind the wine/sandwiches fridges. Why it's not been shut down, I don't know, as that is effluent seeping into the booze aisle. 

[Azalea]

 Hope Southwark Environmental Health has been informed.

[CPR Dave]

That's absolutely disgusting. If it's true they should have closed the shop until it was fixed.

[Nigello]

I smelt it also and asked a staff member where it was coming from a few days ago.
 She said it was something to do with cleaning but I wasn’t sure because it was in poor English and she replied while walking away from me at some speed. I got the impression it was a subject she wasn’t keen to discuss!