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bye bye woolies
not an awful lot left in there, just some cheap crappy plasticy things, aisles of moody looking people and no obvious security. oh no hang on a mo, that's what woolworths usually looks like!
(badda - bam - *tish*, I thank you...)
can't say I'm particularly sorry to see it go, though obviously I'm sorry about the small matter of 30,000 people losing their jobs. just one lingering question remains: what happens to all the left over pic'n'mix?
taniwha says:
Must be awfully grim for the workers. I'll miss the occasional cut price DVD.
Dhamaka says:
Was talking to one of the employees today. He says that even though they know their store will shut within the week they still don't know how long they'll be expected to work or when their pay will stop.. Not a good way to start Christmas.
I will miss it. Woolworths has been a sporadic-but-reliable source of ideas for loopy presents for years. It's where I got the meter-long toblerone I sent to MaggieD this year and was the source of about 10 meter-long boxes of jaffa cakes last year. I'd never have tried out all sorts of cheap-good-ideas (such as oven gloves that are glove-shaped and the no-support bra I wore at the WNA gallery opening had I not stumbled across them by accident and I've no idea where I'll find the clothes dyes I've always purchased from them or the miniature Cadbury's Creme Eggs that have been my primary source of Easter Munition for years..
dan jacob says:
Funny how the government has money to bail out the banks and Jaguar, but not a staple high street shop ? Having said that, Woolworths must have been under competition from all the cheap n' tacky Poundstretcher shops for years.
Twiglet says:
I'll miss them too. Always got kitchen stuff from Woolworths and also Ladybird clothes for the Divine Daughter. I must have spent thousands in there over the years.
dan: I heard someone asking on the radio why couldn't Woolworths be bought out. The answer was who wants to buy an ailing business.....
billion says:
indeed, looks like woolies have been struggling for some time, the economy just nudged them over the edge. I genuinely feel for the woolies staff and hope they manage to find new jobs.
in a toss-up between poundstretchers and woolies I'd definitely choose the latter (not least because the lighting in poundstretchers is unbearable). but I prefer the generic poundland and independent stores. there's an asian-run store near me that sells literally everything in its small premises from coathangers to deck chairs to furniture to clothes and bags to wind-up toys, novelty clocks and ornaments...
MaggieD says:
Can't help but feel a little sad at their passing and especially feel for the staff ....
OCD Sprocket says:
youm youm youm . . . . what leftover pick n mix???
farewell Woolies you have served me well over the years - mainly for easter eggs and pinatas
itchymoblog says:
what happens to all the left over pic'n'mix?
I put that question to my husband and he looked at me with a very serious expression and said "The administrators get it."
This cannot stand! We need to liberate the leftover Woolies pick'n'mix!
Poor Woolies. I haven't shopped at them much, but you could pretty much always guarantee to find good insoles, good pick'n'mix, and fabric dye. RIP.