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Waitrose or M&S TYPE supermarket - do we want one on LL?

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*Bob*

*Bob*

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I'd like to see a Wankyfoods move in on 'the laaaane'. Wankyfoods have done super-well in places like Battersea, Putney and Fulham.


They've cornered the market in selling a bag of chopped-up salad with two haricot beans, four toasted pine nuts and a single basil leaf on top (for ?5) - to super-busy people with super-busy lives who only know how to heat, stir, heat and stand.


A Wankyfoods would also be a positive move towards the eventual elimination from SE22 of any household with a joint income of less than 20k - which I'm sure most people would agree would be for the best.

Sue

Sue

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Alec John Moore Wrote:

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>

> However, I seem to recall that when Somerfield was

> revamped a few years ago they had a small fresh

> fish stall. That may well have closed due to lack

> of patronage. That is a shame and it is

> interesting that Moxons seems to be surviving

> further up the Lane.


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Yes, they did have a fresh fish stall. The fish looked fine to me. The stall didn't last long.


I have no idea why it was removed, but maybe - just maybe - the people now buying their fresh fish at Moxons didn't want to be seen shopping in Somerfield.


Just a guess .....


Oh, and *Bob* and Silverfox, :))

DulwichFox

DulwichFox

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*Bob* Wrote:

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> Yes, that's the definitive test of a good

> fishmonger - to go in expecting something specific

> to be there - without fail.



They did not have what I wanted.


I don't eat fish fish.


No need to return

SeanMacGabhann

SeanMacGabhann

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So a fishmonger selling fresh seafood (and we can agree it's likelier to be fresh than supermarkets? yes/no? hence the probablility of a supermarket having them ) runs out of a line and it's not enough that you are upset about it but you have to call them Morons instead?


Tough crowd

DulwichFox

DulwichFox

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SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> So a fishmonger selling fresh seafood (and we can

> agree it's likelier to be fresh than supermarkets?

> yes/no? hence the probablility of a supermarket

> having them ) runs out of a line and it's not

> enough that you are upset about it but you have to

> call them Morons instead?

>

> Tough crowd


They did not run out they simply do (did) not stock them.


Full conversation was.


Me "Hello, have you got any Fresh Tiger Prawns please ?"


Oik "What ju mean, Tiger Prawns. ?"


Me "Tigers ! Don't know else to call them "


Oik "oh I know. No we don't do 'em. No Call for 'em."


Asks boss.


Boss oik " I can order a Box of Frozen ones. Err.. be 40 quid."


me "No, it's ok. I'll leave it. Thanks "


Like I say Morons.

*Bob*

*Bob*

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I can't get my head around it. It's like some kind of sick, twisted alternative reality - where you go into a shop to buy prawns and they don't have them.


I can only pray that a Waitrose and/or M&S reaches us soon - because if there's one thing you can always rely on them having, it's prawns. Unless they've sold out.

david_carnell

david_carnell

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Other than the DKH Sainsbos, all the other stores in ED are "smaller-format" convenience stores (and I'd include the Co-Op in that given their poor stock) so that would be the last thing needed.


I'm in the "no" group btw but would be intrigued by a tru co-op "people's supermarket" and the option of late night shopping on the lane inc. fresh foods once or twice a week.

Jeremy

Jeremy

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DulFox... proper tiger prawns are something like 20cm long (or more), and come from Asia. You NEVER see them fresh here... I've never seem them in a supermarket either. You sometimes get them frozen from fishmongers and Asian supermarkets, in large-ish boxes.
DulwichFox

DulwichFox

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I must try and find those Rose-Tinted-Spectacles.


How much more wonderful the World and East Dulwich would be.


Where everything is perfect and no one ever has need to complain.


And Policemen turn into Goblins when you pass them in the street.


And everyone is really nice to each other.


And everyone is Equal irespective of Race, Colour, Creed, Gender, Sexual Preference.


Lovely Day. Pease and love. Man.


How nice to live in Total Blissful Ignorance.

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