Saving Money On Your Weekly Shop!

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Originally posted by Kathy@Oct 23 2006, 12:54 PM
Perhaps Cricketfan and SL should write to the supermarkets and suggest a local supermarket delivery service. If they are guaranteed more business, and they can use the services of small, local courier companies or even taxi's for the deliveries, they may well be grateful of your idea and input. The refrigerated items may be a problem for them, especially in the hot weather, but for the rest of the produce they could at least trial it! B)
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On the back of your (far too sensible) post, I've just had a look at the Morrisons website. It doesn't offer an online shopping service in the UK. In fact it doesn't even offer an email address for their customer services department. It may well be entertaining (but probably on no account productive) writing to both their c/s department in the UK and their branch manager in Gib (as it happens, he's an absolute arse) just to see what excuses they can some up with not to do it.
 
OK...... I'm game....... Though since it has been some time since I last wrote a letter, I wondered whether the good folk of TH could constructively criticise the following................

Dear Sir/Madam/Mr Morrison

I wondered whether you have ever considered the possibility of an online ordering/delivery service for your branch in Gibraltar?

There is a large number of existing and potential customers that do not frequent your store as often as they might for numerous reasons. For some it is the length of time it takes to complete a shopping trip due to the inadequate length of their lunch break. Others, some less physically able, haven’t the means to take a large shop back home without the use of a taxi. There are no doubt more still who live in Spain and work in Gibraltar who would like to arrange to have shopping delivered to their place of employment during their working day, thus relieving the ordeal of having to queue both at a checkout and then at the border. And there are the ones like myself who simply can’t be bothered with the hassle of tripping over screaming brats whose mothers allow them to play in the middle of the aisle and who never has a pound coin for a trolley when he needs one.

I realise that this would not be without cost for your company, and therefore suggest a 5% charge (min £5) could be levied for the service.

I await your positive response with unwarranted optimism.

Love & kisses

Cricketfan
 
Originally posted by cricketfan@Oct 23 2006, 04:43 PM
There is a large number of existing and potential customers that do not frequent your store as often as they might for numerous reasons
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There are, darling, there are!!! ;) (although I wait to stand corrected on that one!!)
 
If I were Mr. Morrison, I would give your well thought out suggestion due consideration, Cricketfan.

Saying that, the love and kisses bit at the end may worry me though, I may fear being stalked if I said no. :ph34r: I would also check out if Mr. Morrison has any "sceaming brats" of his own, just in case he takes offence at this particular comment. :)
 
I would think it would be there is - it refers to "a large number" .. had cricketfan said "many" it would be there are

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Where are those self-confessed pedants when you need 'em??? :D
 
It is 'is' as it refers to the number (a collective noun) which is large. I have held myself very tightly in check over Kathy's topic on 'Are Your Police Force Coping... ' since I don't want her belting me over the head the next time we meet.
 
With apologies to Paul and Art, how about:

"Oh here's to you Mr Morrison
How about some groceries to go?
Ho, ho, ho
I'm saying please, Mr Morrison
Can't you do a bit of take away?
Hey, hey, hey.

I'd like to say a little bit about your bloody aisle
Whenever I come in to help myself
And screaming snivelling three-year-olds whose mothers never smile
Prevent me pulling stuff down from the shelf.

And listen here, Mr Morrison,
Even worse than every bawling kid,
All round the floor Mr Morrison
Are trollies but you need a 'feckin quid

So what is more Mr Morrison
How come you don't get some white van man
For door to door Mr Morrison
We know you'll want to charge us and you can

Because you see Mr Morrison
We have to go to work to earn our keep
But pubs and clubs Mr Morrison
Mean that we can either shop or sleep."

Yours sincerely ,
cricketfan
 
Trolley - trolleys.

I've seen your hair - unless you've been at the Grecian 2000, it's not brunette, sweetie.
 
Originally posted by Kathy@Oct 23 2006, 01:56 PM
If I were Mr. Morrison, I would give your well thought out suggestion due consideration, Cricketfan.

Saying that, the love and kisses bit at the end may worry me though, I may fear being stalked if I said no. :ph34r: I would also check out if Mr. Morrison has any "sceaming brats" of his own, just in case he takes offence at this particular comment. :)
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Letters amended from 'little brats' to 'added convenience' and from 'love and kisses' to 'yours sincerely'.

I'm going to save the Simon & Garfunkel parody for the 'Free Trolley Protest Gig', but will first have to wait until Shadow learns to play her guitar.
 
Is there any recent work of Art to be found on this forum, Brian?

I'll share the prize with you, Kri if we find him/her! :P
 
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