A U-Turn & A Bargain

 I think it was sometime last year when I wrote a post about our local Co-op suddenly closing and changing hands.  Since then it has never quite regained its popularity.  Stock has been poor, as in half empty shelves, pricy too.  Only the petrol station and Post Office seemed to keep customers flowing slowly through the store. 

Well....something similar has happened this last week, but in reverse.  It has reopened as a....Co-op. This time the one with a blue and white member card rather than the Mid Counties one.  Apparently,  people turned up out of the blue to do 'till checks', ushering customers out and closing the store. It has now reopened as a fully stocked Co-op store.  

I downloaded the App, reactivated my membership card, immediately getting a £1 off shopping voucher.  I needed the Post Office counter service so we decided to take a look at the new store.  Immediately,  I spotted a box of 160 teabags with a yellow sticker, priced at £3.38.  They have a decent date on them too.  I snapped them up and got my £1 off making them £2.38

As it was only the second day of opening, there was a lot of activity with staff filling the shelves and trying to get to grips with the tills, lottery and fuel sales etc but we felt valued as customers.  The manager served us whilst trying to effectively reduce the queue by directing non fuel purchases to his till or to the self serve ones.  Only one till was ready for purchases using anything other than cash too, but he kept apologising for getting distracted whilst serving us.  We will definitely go back again.  They have some super member offers on and we have other vouchers which offers £4 off a £15 spend and £5 off a £20 one.

Does anyone use their local Co-op?

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It's been much cooler this weekend, thank heavens, and it's been drizzling with rain since early afternoon.  I really wish we could have a downpour.  The allotment is suffering from drought.  My sugar snap peas were doing well but have suddenly gone yellow and stopped producing, the strawberries have stopped too.  Some of the beetroot has split and the brocolli is bolting.  We just can't visit often enough to keep everything going.  The only things we have picked over the last week have been the last of the radishes and spring onions.  Pathetic....

At home, the cucumbers are almost ready, and I'm waiting for the tomatoes to begin ripening.

That's all for now.

Take care of yourselves,

Angie 💗