So it transpires that the Somerfield supermarket in our small town is about to close for eight days and re-emerge as a fully-fledged Co-operative shop instead. I can't say I'm sorry about that as the split personality of the store (Somerfield name sign, staff in Somerfield uniforms, Somerfield carrier bags but Co-op own brand products and a Co-op divi card) has been driving me ever-so-slightly nuts for the past year or so.
I could, however, have done with just a tad more notice that the only place hereabouts where you can buy organic milk and veggies etc is about to shut for over a week. The only other supermarket in town is Aldi and, much as I do like Aldi A LOT, it does carry a rather limited range of goods.
I'll be quite sad to see Somerfield finally shut up shop as a) they're a Bristol-based chain and I always liked to feel I was doing my bit for West Country business by shopping there (even if a long way from home,) and b) my first ever (Saturday) job was working at the local Gateway supermarket (which is what Somerfield used to be called in a previous re-incarnation.)
However, I'm hoping that there may be a few good bargains to be had before Somerfield close their doors for good and am planning on getting myself down there Thursday afternoon to see exactly what is being heavily reduced before closure. I'm thinking that all fresh items - dairy, meat, fruit, veg etc should be being discounted as they won't last over the refurbishment period. Mind you, the shelves were looking very denuded even yesterday morning and by Thursday afternoon I should imagine the place will be practically stripped bare. I did find a bag of bread flour reduced by 75% to only 36p yesterday because the bag had split a bit and I'm hoping there may be more such bargains to be had before 5.00 pm on Thursday.
I thought Gateway was the new name for International's ? Or am I going back too far ?!
Posted by: Librariann | 10/24/2010 at 04:51 PM