Iceland closing 27th June.

[Jeremy]

Mustard Wrote:

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> 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.

[Sue]

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?

[Jeremy]

> Don't know if the company is paying?

Doubt it! Norbury is what, 20 mins on the train?

[El Presidente]

great news. M&S will be much better

[se22cat]

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.

[DulwichFox]

El Presidente Wrote:

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> great news. M&S will be much better

It's hardly News !

So ! Better for what? Better for who. ?

Who will benefit from this new addition. ?

How will they benefit ?

DulwichFox

[Drxyster]

It's hardly News !

So ! Better for what? Better for who. ? Marks & Spencers !!!!

Who will benefit from this new addition. ? Marks & Spencers !!!!

How will they benefit ? Make more money !!!!

[Jennys]

I often do a bit of food shopping at Marks and Spencer in Walworth Road. All the staff there are really lovely and helpful to all the customers. I hope the East Dulwich branch will have a great team of staff too.

[ruffers]

se22cat Wrote:

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> I doubt the staff will be anywhere nearly as

> friendly.

Why?

[se22cat]

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.

[bermygirl]

Bring on M&S!

[alice]

goodbye Iceland.

[Earl Aelfheah]

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.

[Otta]

And the sun did come up over East Dulwich on the 28th June. And the middle classes did awaken from their slumber and look out of their windows. And they did see that Iceland was gone. And they did rejoice.

[Andrew1011]

And the sun did come up over East Dulwich on the 28th June. And the 'new moneyed blow - ins' did awaken from their slumber and look out of their windows. And they did see that Iceland was gone. And they did rejoice.

Amended for increased flame effect. ;-)

[uncleglen]

Yep, there are M and S staff and there are M and S staff. Personally I never use their food shops...

[Bic Basher]

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.

[Andrew1011]

I wonder why blow hyphen ins was censored as though I'd written an obscenity?

[Mustard]

Jeremy Wrote:

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> Mustard Wrote:

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> > 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]

Mustard Wrote:

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> Jeremy Wrote:

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> > Mustard Wrote:

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> > > 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.

[sydenhamcentral]

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.

[edhistory]

sydenhamcentral Wrote:

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> I've never worked with Iceland

[Annasfield]

What a shame

[Callie]

edhistory Wrote:

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> sydenhamcentral Wrote:

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> > I've never worked with Iceland

lol

[maxxi]

100 and out.