Redmond Hanlon
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Was it not recalled?
Any retailer is allowed to refuse payment in any form he/she wishes.
I am only accepting Euros, at an exchange rate of 5 to the £.Is a visor acceptable?
Do staff behind a screened counter have to wear a face covering?My understanding is that accepting periodic allocations from Londis qualifies you for a retrospective discount on all your purchases except tobacco; and it includes purchases from Bookers (but not Tesco!).
However, there are other random allocations and "headstart" allocations.
Some are OK, if you can find space for them.This has always been the case.
30+ years ago I would meet some of my customers in Nurdin & Peacocks.
I would also meet local publicans buying huge bags of steak & kidney pies, which they then advertised as "home made"."Carnage Charge"? Brilliant!
Haren's is a big whack of his gross profit.
As my sales are declining 15-20% year-on year, I will soon be able to stock all my newspapers and magazines in three flower buckets.
That will free space for products that make a profit with little effort.Why have they withdrawn scratch cards?
What a star!
David Rees has hit the nail on the head, as does this article.
As a Londis retailer (part of the Tesco group?) I am infuriated that stock is going to supermarkets when customers are told to stay at or close to home.
My wife can get tinned tomatoes from Tesco for home delivery, but I cannot get them from Londis or Bookers!All I would say is:
(1) I am surprised that it appears legal to sell a scratchcard offering a prize that is no longer winnable;
(2) I do not see why retailers should not be refunded for all unsold scratchcards, not just unopened full packs;
(3) since scratchcard sales are not processed through their terminal, Camelot can have only a vague, overall idea of average sales, presumably from prize collections; and
(4) I cannot see why any retailer would want increased pack sizes; quite the reverse.I do think we should pay close attention to opening hours.
Some evenings and Sunday afternoons can be uneconomic.
Great news today!
Post Office Ltd has been refused leave to appeal against the first trial judgment.Brilliant photograph!
My shop closes if it is compelled to undertake manual DRS, with or without glass."11,500 branches, which are all within three miles of 99.7% of the population."
Only Post Office Ltd could make up this garbage!
The "reasonable costs" remark is curious.
Surely, retailers are saving a fortune by buying far fewer plastic bags (that they used to give out free)?In the absence of a nearby alternative collection point, the Scottish proposals would kill off our village shop.
We have no ATM within 7 miles of our village shop.
Considering the costs, business rates, and the danger of ram raids, I am not surprised.
We offer Cashback, as do local pubs, which seems to work OK.Words are cheap, especially copied from a corpspeak template.
Sub-postmasters will be celebrating throughout the country.We removed the bin from outside our quite remote village shop over a year ago, when our last collection included: an old hat, a urine-soaked pram cover, a folded cardboard box, a bag of dog poo, but mainly plastic drinks bottles and throwaway coffee cups.
I see that the ACS has welcomed the news that HM Treasury has set up a group to support access to cash.
It is a pity that Government has not told the Valuation Office not to fight the Court of Appeal's ruling that many ATMs should not pay separate business rates.
If retailers needed further discouragement to provide an ATM, then charging customers to use them and suffering ram raids and explosions are sure to do the trick.
Commented on: 10 December 2020
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