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"I've said several times I shop elsewhere  - the fact that you don't want to know what my comment means kind of proves the point I was making - London supermarkets are not a place anyone should be expecting to find…"

"It's not difficult for me to just go straight to Waitrose and never consider going in to Tesco's or Bludgeon because they never have anything I want - Tesco's especially - but Bludgeon cancels itself out because it usually wants at…"

"to add insult to injury they don't even know hjow to spell Crouch End"

"yes I know the Belsize one - the Crouch End branch feels like it's in a 70's time warp - it always feels dirty and dark - I have stopped using it - never has anything I want - I gave up several months ago"

"@ BB Mac my  choices are totally about money (sadly) I couldn't care less *where* I'm shopping I just want a choice and whatever is cheapest years ago the few pence on an independent's prices was…"

"of course the convenience is decided by income - I need affordable basics"

"it's not Sainsbury's buying up Blockbusters it's Morrison's - my mistake   any chain with half a brain must be able to see a massive gap in the market in Crouch End for well stocked well run supermarkets   I know…"

"where in Crouch End is this?"

"fantastic - I wish it was like that now - it looks much more interesting and human"

"Budgeons lost my custom entirely when Waitrose opened - the whole till secenario beggar's belief - that entire end of the shop near the door needs a complete overhaul its chaotic and ugly - but mainly inefficient - people can get served by the…"

"a guy hangs around the bus stop outside Tesco and asks everyone for money claiming to have lost his oyster card - he's well known to locals as he has been using the same story for months - the strange thing is he is well dressed and looks about…"

"*sigh*"

"do you know what kind of place it is and who is going there?"

"there has to be a radical re-think about wheelie bins which have become omnipresent to a point way beyond their function   maybe they need communal bins like the re-cycling bins on the corners of streets only, having them in sunken trenches to…"