Motorway "Rip-off" stations...

big_al2

Hi I've noticed 5minutesway is no longer on line.

There's a new site justoffjunction.co.uk which list alternative motorway services

DCFC79

big_al2 wrote: »

Hi I've noticed 5minutesway is no longer on line.

There's a new site justoffjunction.co.uk which list alternative motorway services

Isn't this it ?

5minutesaway is mentioned on the site.

societys_child

Humm looks like big_al2 joined today to resurrect a 5yr old thread . . .

Spam anyone?
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newdad123

societys_child wrote: »

Humm looks like big_al2 joined today to resurrect a 5yr old thread . . .

Spam anyone?
:spam:

Tasty spam - only £10 at a Michael Wood's

pimento

A 10 year old thread. The first post says 2003 on my PC.

redmike123

I do a lot of motorway miles, and I only ever use the service stations for calls of nature. Their prices are a disgrace, yet there are people queueing at every food outlet seemingly happy to put up with the awful food and service, and all the time there are people prepared to do this, these places will continue to thrive and prosper.

fozmcfc

Pimento, the thread was started 10 years ago, but the last post before was big_al 2 post was 5 years ago.

I also like the quote below, because it mentions petrol cost back then, now how much is it a litre?

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Just to revive this one. Why not stop at supermarkets that are located just off the motorway? Larger Tesco, Sainsbury and ASDA stores usually have decent restaurants, toilets, take away sandwiches etc - most have cheap fuel too. Regular travellers will probably find these through trial and error, but to ease the process at least one supermarket - Tesco - has a free booklet with maps of the entire UK and locations of/ directions to every supermarket. The booklets are regularly updated - they should be available in the Petrol Stations.

You can get a decent full english for about £3 compared with £7 or £8 at Services, and fuel at about 74p/l

A good example is the Tesco that is just a few hundred yards from the M6 on the A69 at Carlisle - great stop-off point for a North/ South long haul.

martinbuckley

big_al2 wrote: »

Hi I've noticed 5minutesway is no longer on line.

There's a new site justoffjunction.co.uk which list alternative motorway services

I think 5minutes away died of starvation waiting 5 years for you to come up with an alternative to motorway service station food.

fionajbanana

The M1 has 46 junctions and I say half of them have an out of town retail park or supermarket within 3-5 miles of the junction.

The only things I will buy at a service station are newspapers and magazines as they are the same price regardless where you buy them.

fionajbanana

You can say the same with railway stations. £2.79 for a bag of sweetsin a railway owned shop like WHSmiths. With thanks to supermarkets opening local stores, I bought the same packet of sweets in the Sainsburys Local inside Leeds train station for a quid!

Plus the supermarkets' lunch deals are better quality and variety than Upper Crust etc.