Woolworths pic&mix

[LoveThisUsername]

When they closed, why did no other company 'steal' the pic&mix off the suppliers and start selling it?

And why has no one tried to do similar since? Pic&mix since has been shit when compared to woolies.

Did woolworths make them all themselves?

Anyone remember the 5 and 10 penny bags? Like a mini pick and mix as you'd stand there in the corner pointing to the sweets saying 'one of those please ... One of those...' as rge shopkeeper filled tge little paper bag. You could also buy 2oz or a quarter of sweets chosen from one of the screw top sweet jars lining the shelves. Aah, the good old days!

Wilko & poundland do pick & mix.

Love your posts, @FinnRustle. This is so true:

It was so pretty - one of those lovely 'doesn't need to be as nice as it is' touches that you don't seem to get any more.

This had made me want pink mice 😋

Maybe OP is working a very quiet nightshift and musing trivial stuff yo pass the time.

Exactly the sort of question one thinks of at those hours

Not everyone works 9-5.

Agreed🤩 this thread is making me so nostalgic!

People saying Wilko & poundland etc do Pick & Mix, theirs are just shit and nowhere near as good as woollies' was.

Well said! Wouldn’t touch Wilko, Tescos or Poundland with a barge pole 😆

@LoveThisUsername it's the same stuff to what Woolies was selling when they closed (Candy King) but obviously different to what they sold in the past. I began working there in the 90s and there were a lot of different items. As I said upthread - many stopped being sold to the 🤢🤮 hygiene reasons. I remember some fantastic "penny sweets" sold at my local newsagents in the 80s. But looking back at how unhygienic it was is a bit of a gross memory.

Willis and Tesco do it, and the cinema if you're into daylight robbery.

@LoveThisUsername the nearest to the "old style" Pick n Mix that I have found you can get is usually sold at independent food market type places. If you go to a food fair or farmers market you might be able to get some.

Wilko took it on and it didn't end well for them

@anniegun Wilko didn't "take it on" - they were selling it when Woolies were still around.
They both sold it at the same time.

Maybe thats why they closed.

@LoveThisUsername yeah....no.....the Pick n Mix was barely part of Woolies down fall 😕

I was a Saturday girl in the 80s and worked behind the pick n mix in exactly this set up. I'd rather have been in the record bit though because that was cool 😂

COVID was probably due to the downfall of Woolworths. If we'd had some germ sharing over pick and mix we'd have all had herd immunity before the virus had even been named.

Woolies shut a long time before covid.

@LoveThisUsername I think @Floppyfrog was joking !

Of course, ignore me 😬 Meno brain 🙄

Genuine lols!! 😂😂

Woolies was the best, until I found a holy grail sweet shop while roadtripping in Italy. It made even woolies look shit. I bought bags full and then threw up all the way home.

Whenever I come across sweet shops that sell sweets in those big jars all lined up on shelves, I have to go in, it's like my legs take control of my mind.
Then I spend ages agonising over what I want, like I'm six years old with my Saturday spend.
I loved a woollies pick & mix too. Coconut mushrooms. Mmmm.