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Literally said the same to the mrs last week! Did my usual type of visit, nip in for a certain item and filled a basket. I actually found most things more expensive than TescoNo Ney Never wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2023 9:25 pmUsed to be markedly cheaper than the main supermarkets, doesn't seem to be that much difference these days on many items.
The wife wants another one of those stringy chairs they have in at the moment in their garden summer range, I don't find them comfortable.
Do you shop there?
Without going to a shop that weighs out sweets, it’s the only place that I know that sells Lions Midget Gems - far superior to the Basset’s ones, who for some strange reason did away with the ‘black ones’ in favour of blackcurrant.LeadBelly wrote: ↑Sat Jun 10, 2023 9:12 amI always think of this outfit as Butlers and Mitchells
I'm retired and dont have a car so I shop frequently (via shanks's pony) for small amounts- especially fruit/veg (raw ingredients generally) so this isn't a place I spend a lot of money.
There's an outlet next to the Morrisons where I do most of my fruit/veg shopping so I do call in there, I find it very good for various birdfeed stuff (suet balls/pellets, seeds etc)- and I'm using quite a lot of that at the moment with breeding birds/ fledglings growing rapidly.
I also occasionally buy traditional-type sweets there (got a pack of blackcurrant and liquorice there yesterday); have also bought the odd household item such as bathmats/ towels when I've spotted something in a colour that suits but not bought such items on quality alone.
With provisions shops, it's horses for courses with me - I use all the shops I can walk to within 2.5 miles call at each one for the things that I find best there.
A lot of supermarkets sell the lions sports mixtures/footballs
Poor Bens - now that’s a good sweet!!Burnley1989 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 10, 2023 9:40 amA lot of supermarkets sell the lions sports mixtures/footballs
They’re the proper original ones, but I also prefer midget gems and the Maynards are ok if you put them in the fridge and toughen them up, but still nowhere near as good.
Big fan of poor bens as well
It was named after the married couple who opened the store in Cleveleys. Made a fortune (my auntie was a neighbour)… as it started growing (several years later) they divorced acrimoniously. Not sure what happened after that (my auntie moved) and lost touch as they were fighting in court for the stores.pompeyclaret wrote: ↑Sat Jun 10, 2023 7:50 amThe Mrs loves a shop in these sort of shops.
Call it Barry & Mike's, what it's known as in our house now, clearly bored wondering around their stores making stuff up!
They also do the strongest lager in the UK that I’ve come across called faxe at 10% volume, other posters might know stronger 1s that I haven’t come across, I think crest was the same but doesn’t seem to be around any more.dougcollins wrote: ↑Sat Jun 10, 2023 6:19 pmBest thing about B & M is that it's the only regular retailer who has the 7.5% Nigerian export Guinness.
Don't knock it til you've tried it.
Booths sell it too if you’re feeling a bit flush.dougcollins wrote: ↑Sat Jun 10, 2023 6:19 pmBest thing about B & M is that it's the only regular retailer who has the 7.5% Nigerian export Guinness.
Don't knock it til you've tried it.
You can get it in Burnley Tesco and Asda? In Tesco it’s in the other countries area near the bakery and in Asda it’s in the beer aisle itself.dougcollins wrote: ↑Sat Jun 10, 2023 6:19 pmBest thing about B & M is that it's the only regular retailer who has the 7.5% Nigerian export Guinness.
Don't knock it til you've tried it.
Can always remember my grandma and grandad driving over to Cleveleys regularly and telling us the wonder that was B and M!elwaclaret wrote: ↑Sat Jun 10, 2023 11:40 pmIt was named after the married couple who opened the store in Cleveleys. Made a fortune (my auntie was a neighbour)… as it started growing (several years later) they divorced acrimoniously. Not sure what happened after that (my auntie moved) and lost touch as they were fighting in court for the stores.
I go to booths in garstang occasionally they stock a good selection of real ales.
I see them as the " Waitrose " of Lancashire ...Jakubclaret wrote: ↑Sun Jun 11, 2023 11:14 amI go to Booths in Garstang occasionally, they stock a good selection of real ales.
You get what you pay for, I like the castle dairy butter & Latham's cakes amongst other things, I'm a 1 stop shop man so I'll get everything in 1 go.Clarets4me wrote: ↑Sun Jun 11, 2023 11:23 amI see them as the " Waitrose " of Lancashire ...
Not cheap, but very high quality produce all round and a great supporter of local producers . All their tomatoes are British between May & September for example, and they have daily deliveries of New Potatoes " dug at 3am this morning " ...
A quick google says it was formed in Clevelys by Malcolm Billington and Bryan Mayman and first traded as Billington & Mayman. I suppose they could be a gay couple who entered into a civil marriage but I can't find any details. Google also tells me B&M was a struggling retail grocery business before it was bought out in 2004 by the successful business men, Bobby and Simon Arora. I suppose this is how the married couple made their money before their acrimonious divorce.elwaclaret wrote: ↑Sat Jun 10, 2023 11:40 pmIt was named after the married couple who opened the store in Cleveleys. Made a fortune (my auntie was a neighbour)… as it started growing (several years later) they divorced acrimoniously. Not sure what happened after that (my auntie moved) and lost touch as they were fighting in court for the stores.
Malcolm spent his last years living in the village of Hambleton Over Wyre, he used to come into the shop where I worked, he was a lovely man and had a sweet tooth.Vino blanco wrote: ↑Sun Jun 11, 2023 4:51 pmA quick google says it was formed in Clevelys by Malcolm Billington and Bryan Mayman and first traded as Billington & Mayman. I suppose they could be a gay couple who entered into a civil marriage but I can't find any details. Google also tells me B&M was a struggling retail grocery business before it was bought out in 2004 by the successful business men, Bobby and Simon Arora. I suppose this is how the married couple made their money before their acrimonious divorce.
May do but it was something like Bob and Marie. The names have probably been changed following the acrimonious divorce I spoke of. It was definitely a married couple (long before same sex marriages were legal). I never met them but walked past their not quite mansion many times walking the dogs, and my auntie and uncle knew them well enough to stop for a chat.Vino blanco wrote: ↑Sun Jun 11, 2023 4:51 pmA quick google says it was formed in Clevelys by Malcolm Billington and Bryan Mayman and first traded as Billington & Mayman. I suppose they could be a gay couple who entered into a civil marriage but I can't find any details. Google also tells me B&M was a struggling retail grocery business before it was bought out in 2004 by the successful business men, Bobby and Simon Arora. I suppose this is how the married couple made their money before their acrimonious divorce.
I’m a bit confused now. Was it named after Billington & May, the founders of the company and its trading name before coming B&M, or some couple called Bob and Marie?elwaclaret wrote: ↑Sun Jun 11, 2023 5:55 pmMay do but it was something like Bob and Marie. The names have probably been changed following the acrimonious divorce I spoke of. It was definitely a married couple (long before same sex marriages were legal). I never met them but walked past their not quite mansion many times walking the dogs, and my auntie and uncle knew them well enough to stop for a chat.
Nothing to be sorry about, may be second names thinking about it Bob and Linda have sprung into mind since, anyway definitely a married couple before they expanded out of Cleveleys.
Used to call in while we were over there. It was the old place behind the club, absolutely heaving if you went in the months leading up to Xmas. It was that packed that you could only travel at the speed of everyone else, which was governed by how fast the antiquated tills operated. Reminded me of the original Taskers in Burnley. I heard the divorce story too.elwaclaret wrote: ↑Sat Jun 10, 2023 11:40 pmIt was named after the married couple who opened the store in Cleveleys. Made a fortune (my auntie was a neighbour)… as it started growing (several years later) they divorced acrimoniously. Not sure what happened after that (my auntie moved) and lost touch as they were fighting in court for the stores.