Which companies do you want to see survive?

AMG2B

Hmmmm obviously all the small businesses and manufacturing but in terms of big names I'd be distraught if any of the following went:

Oasis (although I know this isn't looking too good apparently - but I'd have NOWHERE to buy clothes from!!!!!)

Mango
John Lewis
Sainsbury's
Jones the Bootmaker

Stompa

jamtart6 wrote: »

Shame on the supermarkets for taking away all small business in our area actually! But its true...they can't compete when milk is 1/4 price in the supermarkets poor old milk men.

You must have some incredibly cheap supermarkets round your way!

BlondeHeadOn

treliac wrote: »

Sad, but they couldn't compete. I gave up delivered milk when it arrived later and later and ended up sitting on the doorstep getting warm and going off before I could pick it up on my return from work (that was when it didn't get nicked).

This is where the reliable service bit comes in. Our milkman delivers 3 mornings a week in our area, at 5am in the morning. Without fail. So the milk is on the doorstep when we get up for work, and never sits outside getting warm through the day.

The only time (once!) when it was later in the day I was so shocked I rang up the dairy to find out what had gone wrong. The nice woman apologised profusely, and told me that the milk float had been vandalised on the round, so they had had to send out another one when it had returned from the early round. And I still had my milk by 9.45am.

I don't think being a bit late once in nearly 13 years is a bad record!

nudda

Woolwo ... oh wait.

torontoboy45

BlondeHeadOn wrote: »

This is where the reliable service bit comes in. Our milkman delivers 3 mornings a week in our area, at 5am in the morning. Without fail. So the milk is on the doorstep when we get up for work, and never sits outside getting warm through the day.

The only time (once!) when it was later in the day I was so shocked I rang up the dairy to find out what had gone wrong. The nice woman apologised profusely, and told me that the milk float had been vandalised on the round, so they had had to send out another one when it had returned from the early round. And I still had my milk by 9.45am.

I don't think being a bit late once in nearly 13 years is a bad record!

I should have added the milkman to my list.

he's been delivering to us for nearly 15yrs. never failed.

morg_monster

john lewis, john lewis, john lewis (if they go, I'm stockpiling food)
argos (good alternative for when you don't want to wait in for big deliveries from online places)
esprit
the lovely shop i have ordered my wedding dress from
all companies we've booked our honeymoon with (we do have insurance, though!)
clarks
greggs (for the belgian buns).


I was gutted about woolworths, planning my brownie meetings is going to be a LOT harder now I can't just pop in there. :-(

Generali

1. fc123's fashion empire
2. The cheese seller on the market in the village where I grew up who would always give me a big chunk of something to eat on the way home from school on market day.
3. Dan Murphy's (Aussie bottle shop) - cheap wine, good wine and they sell Belgian beer and Young's Special too!
4. My next employer.
5. The Lamb (pub) in Buckland, Oxfordshire.

vivatifosi

Def fc123's store, plus:

1. My local cobbler (old fashioned place, can mend anything, definitely not a heel bar)
2. John Lewis
3. Richer Sounds
4. My local postie who managed to deliver mail even when the road was flooded, RM gets a lot of flack but he's fantastic
5. The Rex Cinema in Berkhamsted
6. Nirvana Spa near Reading
7. All those little hostelries that aren't part of a chain where you get fabulous food in a convivial atmosphere

Edited to add: and of course - supporting my fellow posters - a certain little independent bakers in Derby

space_rider

Mac, cos my daughter still has some gift vouchers to spend. I have told her not to leave it for too long!

space_rider

vivatifosi wrote: »

Def fc123's store, plus:

Edited to add: and of course - supporting my fellow posters - a certain little independent bakers in Derby

Would that be Birds. Got to agree with that one. Can`t wait until it`s time for their rhubarb cream tarts.