Shippham’s factory in Chichester. Now a shop but the signage and beautiful clock remain.

Remarkable scenes here in Musselburgh. Opened in 1957, closed in 2008. B&M has come and gone, leaving the charming ghost signs.

Bucket list stuff this evening

Superb effort. 10/10

Sainsbury’s Camden. First grade II listed purpose-built supermarket in the country

Finally about to close after 220 years of trading. Being absorbed by a chain pharmacy. Hope the shopfront gets the respect it deserves afterwards.

Superb pass agg

Rare trip to London. Chance to check in on Smithfield Market 🥰

Sainsbury’s Marsh Mills. 11 sail-like panels to create a nautical canopy to honour Plymouth’s heritage. Known locally as the Sainsbury’s Opera House

Seaside retail

Waterstones in Bradford 🥰

Bit of Peckham Rye art deco. Former Holdron’s department store. Now a tremendous shop in its own right

Nama department store (1945)

Zagreb market

SuperKonzum in Zagreb. One of my happy places.

Quite like the ‘views from supermarkets’ genre, so here’s Voli in Kotor, Montenegro

Just bought a packet of fags at WHS at the airport 😆😆😆

Sawers deli in Belfast. Going strong since 1897. Epic place.

Blast from the past in Belfast

Former Astoria cinema in Finsbury Park (1930). Now a UCKG building. Which makes the anti-rough sleeping architecture all the more ironic

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Some pleasing finds in Reigate: Knight’s department store (1883 - 2016); Freeman, Hardy & Willis; and Mead’s Wine & Beer Stores (1870s).

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Random find of the day was The Sussex Grocer in Steyning. Epic shop with awesome local range. Part of the ‘Together with Morrisons’ wholesale operation

Oooh. I like these.

The curiously beautiful world of inside the Morrisons freezers

If I was a national pub chain I’d probably employ a proofreader

The launch of BrewDog groceries went well then

holy shit lmao

1976 Telford United programme, notable not only for Geoff Hurst being player manager but also for this belting back page ad from Carrefour

Nice bit of retail archeology recently revealed in Hertford. The small print has an 01 code for Gallaher Ltd, suggesting 1980s or earlier

As opposed to the scheduled freezer breakdown

Couple of days in Switzerland for the ⚽️ and had a chance to see some stores. Does make me wonder how the UK socio-economy has managed to warp its relationship with food into such a mess.

Ground 356 🏆 UEFA Women’s Euros 🏟 St. Jakob Park (FC Basel) 💷 CHF25 👫🏽 34,165 Germany 2 Denmark 1

Ground 355 🏆 UEFA Women’s Euros 🏟 Stade de Genève 💷 CHF25 Attendance: 22,713 Portugal 1 Italy 1

What if he doesn’t answer his landline?

I reckon it’s high time for some regulations that prevent foods high in fat, sugar or salt being displayed in prominent locations.

I don’t think Amazon is serious about running grocery stores…

Walgreens in Key West 😍

2011. Just saying.

Having abandoned this app due to an inability to post photos, it turns out the reason was I had an iPhone 7. New phone, so we are rolling again. Prepare for endless tedium about shops, architecture and random football stadia

I’m probably being thick but why is it impossible to post photos on here from an iPhone?

Proper shopper marketing

Bakery has finally landed at my local. Only doing one ‘bake’ a day seems slightly self-defeating though.

Nice to pop into the recently renewed Waitrose in Maidenhead today. Absolutely banging shop

New JS in Hendon 😍

Finally. Tesco caves in and calls its different formats the correct names

Good morning from Salford Quay

Ground 339 🏆 Women’s Super League 🏟 Goodison Park 💷 £10 Attendance: TBC Everton 1 Liverpool 0

Finally made it to the greatest Starbucks on earth: Markham Moor, Notts. Built in 1960 as a petrol station, converted into a Little Chef in 1989 and then Starbucks in 2019. 😍