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Sue

Sue

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Don't know if this has already been posted, but I was glad to find out yesterday that all the ED Iceland staff have been relocated and still have jobs.


The person I spoke to was going to Norbury! When I said that was quite a way away, she seemed quite happy, said she was moving there. Don't know if the company is paying?

se22cat

se22cat

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I doubt the staff will be anywhere nearly as friendly.


Iceland was a great place to pick up stuff like ahem, ice, bleach, toilet paper way cheaper than anywhere else locally and the staff would actually check the stockroom for stuff not on the shelves, unlike every other supermarket around here.


Personally, I'll miss it, much better than Bejams ever was and the freezers/fridges didn't regularly fail (leading to food-borne illness occuring) like the ones in International/Somerfield/Co Op.

se22cat

se22cat

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In all the M&S I've ever shopped in, the staff have been uniformly po-faced and rude. I know someone who used to work at a branch and they are universally poorly treated according to them, which rather explains why.


The staff at ED Iceland made it a pleasure to shop there.

Earl Aelfheah

Earl Aelfheah

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Sue Wrote:

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> Don't know if this has already been posted, but I

> was glad to find out yesterday that all the ED

> Iceland staff have been relocated and still have

> jobs.

>

> The person I spoke to was going to Norbury! When I

> said that was quite a way away, she seemed quite

> happy, said she was moving there. Don't know if

> the company is paying?


That's good to hear.

Bic Basher

Bic Basher

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I used to go in Iceland to pick up cheap loo roll which seemed to be on offer every other week. The Peckham one is nowhere as good and not worth it to queue up for ages while the one cashier is working.


Penge Iceland is pretty good and worth visiting along with Wilko.

Mustard

Mustard

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Jeremy Wrote:

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> Mustard Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Practically tear a fox a new one? What does that

> mean?

>

> Erm... it means to gain the upper hand in a

> conflict.

>

> > An old, timid or feeble cat wouldn't have a

> chance against a fox.

>

> No doubt.


I looked up the expression and it means tear someone a new a**hole.

Jeremy

Jeremy

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Mustard Wrote:

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> Jeremy Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> > Mustard Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> > > Practically tear a fox a new one? What does that mean?

> >

> > Erm... it means to gain the upper hand in a conflict.

> >

> I looked up the expression and it means tear someone a new a**hole.


Yes... I. Know.

BECKENHAM CENTRAL

BECKENHAM CENTRAL

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It's kinda weird that some people thing that the quality of food is the same across all supermarkets. It's not. Profit margins across most supermarkets is pretty low, around 3-6%. This has to take into account pay, sourcing, marketing, store costs, wastage, packaging and the original cost of the food etc.


If operating costs are lower, which is the model of Lidl etc, and possibly goods are sourced cheaper for whatever reason (possibly due to dodgy ethics), then the price of food is less.


Supermarkets do charge premium prices for some goods, Tesco Finest being a great example of marketing the ordinary as something more. Different supermarkets spent different amounts on ingredients for what appear to be similar products. Most curries for most supermarkets are made by Noon in Park Royal, Bakavor in Park Royal make soups and ready meals etc for most supermarkets, but they are all different and bespoke to each supermarket.


Value supermarkets often have bespoke packaging and different sizes to give the illusion of being cheaper, but in reality there is little in it, and Lidl and Aldi have a majority of own brand products that are designed to look like Tertiary brands (goods bought in from an existing supplier in their own packaging, very often made to look like they are German, Polish or French) but these are the same as buying own brand Tesco or Sainsbury's products.


I've never worked with Iceland, but the other supermarkets operate in pretty similar ways. Some products are sold at greater profit for various reasons, some are even sold at a loss and heavily advertised (loss leaders) to get people into store.

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