All my shopping needs on one site?

Advantages: Convenience, Long Opening Hours, Petrol on site
Disadvantages: Not the cheapest, Out Of Town.

...is the cheapest within 10 miles of my home. There are a reasonable number of pumps with a couple dedicated to 'Pay @ Pump', but it does get very busy and I do normally find myself needing to wait for a pump to become available during the day. During the night only the 'Pay @ Pump' is available and to use these a credit or debit card is needed, which is a little inconvenient if you don't have one. As well as the larger stores, normally known as Tesco 'Extra' there are a number of smaller versions dotted about. These 'Metro' stores are far smaller with a very limited range of goods available. You won't find any of the value brand in these small shops and very often they only stock the more expensive big brand names, so they can make popping in for a loaf of bread quite expensive. But they are a little less impersonal, and normally have...

sandemp 29.07.2009 · Read review
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MY NEWLY FOUND SHOPPING HEAVEN

Advantages: Cheap and cheerful
Disadvantages: No online shopping

...I have recently discovered 'Primark' - A high street clothing store. I have decided that I enjoy shopping there so much that I've come online to do a spot of online shopping from their site - WHY? Because poor little me has no Primark in her home town of Colchester, Essex. Instead I have to travel to Ipswich or Norwich! Awww...! I've just realised Primark has a terrible online website which does not include online shopping! Oh poo! So.... I'm going to write an opinion on the shop instead! In short words I think this may sum up 'PRIMARK': P is for PRIMARK my newly found shopping heaven!! R is for RACKS and RACKS of clothing. I is for the INCREDIBLE choice, value for money and size of the stores. M is for the MASSES of MONEY saved. A is for the AMAZING ACCESSORIES. R is for the RUBBISH state the store looks like on your entry...

emu128 27.06.2004 · Read review
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Review of Primark (Shop)

My Favourite Shop

Advantages: Great accesories, lots of variety, the sale periods seem to go on for very long times and you can always find a good bargain, good refund policy.
Disadvantages: Some of the items break easily (bad quality), some of the products are very childish and gimicky, they pierce the ears of underage children (illegal), some staff are a bit pushy and puncy.

...Claires accessories is one of my favourite shops ever! They have so many branches of shops in all of my local shopping centres that it is hard to escape them...not that I'd ever want to! The things which they sell are so imaginative and well thought of, such as groovy scooters and gorgeous key rings that light up and make sounds! Their range of hair accessories is awesome, in most of the shops I have been in, at least 2 walls have been covered in bobbles, hair clips and scrunchies! Their make-up range is also brilliant, full of wild and wacky colours of lipstick and yummy smelling lip-glosses. They have things suitable for all ages, although the shops main focus is on children and pre-teenagers. For the young ones there are Barbie play sets and for the teenagers their are pop star style items. Regularly they have a sale on in...

Laura_Elliott 10.09.2002 · Read review
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Review of Claire's Accessories (Shop)

Top of my shops

Advantages: Fashionable clothes
Disadvantages: can be a bit pricey

...Well people this is going to be a long review, Why? you ask well because it's one shop I am always in and I know alot about it. If you have never heard of it then i know that you don't go out shopping for clothes very much, If your a man you should of heard of top shop or at least top man. Anyway for the people who havn't heard of top shop I am going to tell you abit about it. Top shop is a ladies fashion store which sell's all kind of things, clothes, underwear, shoes, jewellery, swimwear, nightwear, accessories, and not forgetting sweets yes sweets. ~~~~ JEANS~~~~ I love their jeans because am a mum of 2 young children i am always on my hands and knees running around after my children, these jeans are hard wearing and last me a long time. Because I am young when i go into town i want to look nice and fashionable and i...

star333 21.12.2004 · Read review
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Review of Top Shop (Shop)

My Body Shop

Advantages: Love it
Disadvantages: Price.

...This is a review on a company that I have loved and respected since the age of around 10. When I was younger, I was looked after a lot by an auntie who was a big animal rights campaigner and due to me looking up to her so much, I not only learnt a lot about different products and companies and methods of animal testing but I also managed to acquire come beliefs which I still hold. When I was about 12 years old I wrote a really beautiful email to the body shop HQ telling them about my auntie and thanking them for backing the no animal testing belief, and for never testing any of their products on animals. I told them how nice it was that when customers go into their shop they do not have to look on the back of the item to see if it's tested on animals or not, it is a company policy and people can stick to their beliefs by shopping...

amyloop 04.10.2007 · Read review
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Review of The Body Shop (Shop)

My Local Swift Shop

Advantages: Good range for a small store, opening times
Disadvantages: Rude and unhelpful staff

...My local Co-Op 'Swift shop' opened a couple of years ago. Before this it was an Alldays, the chain was taken over by the Co-Op. I actually used to work there when I younger as a Saturday morning sales assistant as my part time job when I was at school. It has improved since I was there but the assistants are just as surly as ever! It's run by the Oxford, Swindon and Gloucester Co-op. Location: Co-Op stores seem to be located in the middle of housing area, often in village centre. My nearest one is a 10-minute walk from my home. It's located next to a couple of restaurants and hairdressers in a nice new redbrick block. There is also a pub and doctor's surgery here so it has a village centre feel to it. There is always plenty of car parking. The exterior: The area around the store always appears clears and tidy. There is a cash...

Katieshaz 20.12.2006 (22.12.2006) · Read review
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Review of Co-op (Shop)

My kind of shop!

Advantages: Bargains a plenty!!
Disadvantages: Run out of particular lines quickly

...When Home Bargains first opened in my local town... well, to be honest I didn't really notice it. Actually, that's not quite right. I did notice it. Well, who wouldn't with it's bright red frontage! But I didn't really take any notice of it. I was too busy running around the rest of the town - dragging my three young children kicking and screaming all the way - to take any interest in this new (and I have to say) UN-impressive looking shop. - It looked just like so many of the other 'cheap' (if you know what I mean!) shops in town. I just didn't have the time or the inclination to visit it. At least I didn't, until everyone around me started mentioning it. All of a sudden I kept hearing people say 'Ooh, have you been into that brilliant new shop yet?', 'Oh, it's fantastic!', 'I got this there... and that there... and virtually...

aura1 16.09.2004 · Read review
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Review of Home Bargains (Shop)

H&M - My Favorite Clothes Shop

Advantages: Affordable, gorgeous clothes
Disadvantages: There isn't one in my hometown of Colcheste

...H&M is my favorite clothes shop ever. Every girl has her fave, and this is mine! There aren't many shops where I am pleased with the prices, customer service and shop conventions equally, but H&M sure knows how to reel customers in and make them buy things. The clothes are of really good quality. I've never had something break from there, even though I often wear H&M clothes over and over again. You can tell the clothes are made well just from the feel of them, though basic they may be. That's probably why the clothes are so cheap, because many of the things they sell are plain tees, plain trousers, plain shirts, etc. All the money has gone into the qualiy rather than fancy things! However, they do have lots of nice, going-out clothes as well. I recently brought a really lovely polkadot shirt from H&M costing me £10.99, and a pretty...

Stephoohla 19.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of H & M (Shop)

My first stop place to shop

Advantages: Super cheap, great pjs!
Disadvantages: Hit and miss clothes

...Being a lowly student, I just do not have the money to be spending loads on clothes, but I still want to look good. However, these days there are millions of places on the high street and internet where you can pick up the latest trends pretty cheap. The cheapest of all these is Primark, which has become very trendy in the last year or so as more and more people discover its PURE BARGAINS. I love it, but why? LOCATION As a chain store its pretty much all round the show. I live in Liverpool and one is currently being built in our fair city, plus we have one a short bus ride away in Southport plus a bigger one in Manchester. For the sake of this review I will be describing my experiences of the Southport branch. THE STORE Its pretty basic, well lit, not more or less spaced out than any other shop. It has all the required...

kimbahop 12.01.2007 · Read review
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Review of Primark (Shop)

Yet Another Of My Lovely Local Retro Shops!

Advantages: Everything! The Best Selection Of Sweets Ever!
Disadvantages: Nothing x

...of the sweets are from as early as 1885! They have a full range of sugar free/diabetic sweets, old favourites, fudge and fruit and nuts. They are also very cheap, and you can choose the exact amount of money, or weight, that you want of the sweets. The Bad The Traditional Sweet Shop is very small, and there is only one in the world, but although you won't get the experience of stepping back in time into the shop, you can always order online! My Experience I absolutely love this store! My personal favourites are the Sour Blue Raspberry Fizzballs! They are so nice - I get addicted to them, the only downside is that they turn my tongue a bright, bright blue; not too attractive! They go really well with the Blue Raspberry Bon Bons too! My sisters are always fighting over Sherbet Pips when they share a bag, and my Great Auntie is a fan...

xhoneybeex 20.09.2009 · Read review
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