Guess how much it cost…

[Merryoldgoat]

Local corner shop, SW London, kind of a coop franchise. I bought the following 5 items:

6 pack co op frankfurters
small deli tub of large green olives and garlic
500ml Pepsi max
small punnet blueberries
small punnet raspberries

Guess how much it cost. I’m utterly shocked.

£10

It's a Nisa, right? Not the actual Co-op. They set their own prices but are supplied by Co-op, and you don't even get to use your member card (for the 2 x 20-50p discount). I got 2 pizzas and Ben & Jerry's for a fiver at the Co-op this week, pretty happy with that.

It’s weird. It’s a stand-alone shop and stocks SOME coop stuff but plenty of non-coop stuff too that you’d find in a typical corner shop and also more upmarket stuff too owing to location.

Fancy flowers and plants, machine that does freshly squeezed juice.

It’s maybe more like a Cullens used to
be? Maybe a cross between Coop and a Bayley and Sage.

13 quid

That is definitely too fancy to be a Nisa there is a similar shop in Walthamstow, stand-alone but also Spar branded and sells Co-op goods. Well pricey! Maybe there's a massive fee for unbranded franchisees?

That’s the thing - my local proper co-op has always seemed ‘fine’ so I just assumed it would be the same at Chez Swizz.

I’m invested now.

My guess was £17