State of the nation: a world credit crunch leaves no corner of industry untouched. Every business is feeling the squeeze. The retail sector is a battleground with stores desperate just to hold onto market share and ride out the storm. With one remarkable exception: Business analysts are flocking to Sainsburies at Kingsway in Derby to [...]
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Not a very supermarket
Posted in Posts, What the..., tagged clueless, pants, rubbish, Sainsburies, useless on 17 October 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Marketing meat and the militia
Posted in Posts, What the..., tagged Peace, Pork, War on 20 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On my travels to Norfolk this week a couple of wonderful signages caught my attention and demanded consideration. Firstly in a Hunstanton shop the following “toy” was pointed out to me (thanks Sarah)… So what – it’s a combat soldier armed with a variety of firearms, knives, explosives and a head mask just to make [...]
Heavenly Praise
Posted in Posts, What the..., tagged Church, duet, Him, Hymn on 10 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This isn’t a blog as such, but a cut and paste of the lovely email I received from Wilson & Dottie today. Just had to share it with you… Hi Tim, Sorry this is late,but we couldn’t track down your address and this is what the church finally gave me. Both Wilson and I really [...]
Fuel for thought
Posted in Posts, What the..., tagged clueless, electric, gas on 8 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Get this. My dual gas/electric energy supplier has been sending me bills based on estimates because… well that’s another story of post-privitisation incompetence. I thought I would do their job for them and phone through with actual meter readings, as prompted by my latest bill, which implored me to phone through a reading to ensure [...]
