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Comment on Will UGO back? Checking out Britain’s newest supermarket chain by mick

mick — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:01:28 +0000

not surprised its closed today popular products discontinued prices rocketing empty shelves no idea how to run supermarkets
now left to the mercy of one supermarket in stanley good move by asda but not for cash strapped consumers.have ugo gone bust or been sold? lets hope any future owner has a clue how to run them.

Comment on What does 2012 hold for Newcastle city centre? by Graham Soult

Graham Soult — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:01:39 +0000

If I recall correctly, at least some of the units will be multi-level, which should address that!

Comment on What does 2012 hold for Newcastle city centre? by stevepw

stevepw — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:52:57 +0000

The only major problem I see with the redevelopment of monument mall is by doing away with the mall and having full depth shops accessed from blacket street. This will render the upper levels of the current mall unaccesable leaving a huge ammount of dead space or have I just missunderstood the plans

Comment on Will UGO back? Checking out Britain’s newest supermarket chain by Sean

Sean — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:00:45 +0000

Well they didn’t last long, Haldanes all over again.

UGO SOLD !!!

Comment on Finding old Woolworths stores in unlikely places, courtesy of The New Bond by ted lay

ted lay — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:58:08 +0000

hi we have an old woolworth building here in Kilkenny, it was turned into \A RESTAURant come bakery and in the late 90′s became Paris Texas a sort of restaurant and a night club affair, it is still going to this day, there maybe a few old pictures around, haven’t checked the web sight for Kilkenny, but if you google it is in High Street opposite Vicar St. Like your site.
As a matter of interest we still have a Christopher Wray the Kings Road Chelsea lighting shop which is also a restaurant that is round the corner in Patrick St, Zumi hotel.
Hope of interest to you regards from Kilkenny

Comment on Breaking news: Well-known chain set to snap up UGO stores and staff by ryan oleary

ryan oleary — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:20:45 +0000

and that well know chain is… Poundstretcher, Now looking for bigger sites for expansion

Comment on What does 2012 hold for Newcastle city centre? by sophie

sophie — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:37:21 +0000

ohhh yes its all good isnt it apart from all the p eople who have lost their jobs for the new monument mall project…

Comment on On the (tram) track of Edinburgh’s first Woolworths by Soult's Retail View » Princes Street’s lost Woolworths flagship

Soult's Retail View » Princes Street’s lost Woolworths flagship — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:37:05 +0000

[...] on I wrote about Edinburgh’s first Woolworths – in Leith – which opened in January 1925, but it was over a year later before [...]

Comment on Woolies spotting in Leeds by Soult's Retail View » Princes Street’s lost Woolworths flagship

Soult's Retail View » Princes Street’s lost Woolworths flagship — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:35:13 +0000

[...] a centrally located Woolworths store at all, unlike other large cities in the 1980s – such as Leeds, Sheffield and Newcastle – where a smaller store remained open even after the flagship [...]

Comment on On the hunt for ex-Woolies – and thriving high streets – in the Scottish Borders by Soult's Retail View » On the (tram) track of Edinburgh’s first Woolworths

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:11:03 +0000

[...] week I blogged about the former Woolworths sites in Hawick and Galashiels, making reference to the relative dearth of Woolies stores in the Scottish [...]

Comment on A new UGO tour: positive signs as I go supermarket spotting in Barnsley and Hull by Soult's Retail View » Breaking news: Well-known chain set to snap up UGO stores and staff

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:28:48 +0000

[...] about the business’s prospects, with several Soult’s Retail View readers reporting depleted stock levels at their local stores. Basket POS at UGO Monk Bretton (11 Oct [...]

Comment on Haldanes pledges that UGO will be “the icing on the Netto cake” by Soult's Retail View » Breaking news: Well-known chain set to snap up UGO stores and staff

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:28:31 +0000

[...] comes almost exactly a year since UGO’s press launch, when the fledgling chain’s bosses announced their plans for the tranche of ex-Netto stores [...]

Comment on Asda’s sale of surplus Netto stores: who gets what in the North East by Soult's Retail View » Breaking news: Well-known chain set to snap up UGO stores and staff

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:19:24 +0000

[...] had acquired. Pledging to be “the icing on the Netto cake”, UGO took over 20 of the 47 sites that Asda was required to divest for competition reasons following its takeover of the Danish hard discounter, including four North East stores at Stanley, [...]

Comment on Tracking down Oxford Street’s second ex-Woolworths by Frances

Frances — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:00:29 +0000

and you thought you were documenting Woolies History. Inadvertently, you also documented the home of my ancestors as identified in the 1841 census. They and hoardes of neighbours are listed as living in adam and eve court! thanks for the pics, they are great.

Comment on Asda’s sale of surplus Netto stores: who gets what in the North East by Vera Holmes

Vera Holmes — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:57:39 +0000

Please can someone out there tell me where I can buy Majestic cat food which I used to get from Netto. it is the only cat food my cat willingly eats.

Comment on On the hunt for ex-Woolies – and thriving high streets – in the Scottish Borders by Steve Hack

Steve Hack — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:59:56 +0000

Interesting read as always Graham. I went to Galashiels a couple of years ago and will be returning with work in March. Hopefully I’ll have a chance to see the town centre for myself this time!

Comment on And Berwick-upon-Tweed makes 33… by Soult's Retail View » On the hunt for ex-Woolies – and thriving high streets – in the Scottish Borders

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:24:12 +0000

[...] echoing the investment that it’s made in other former Woolies sites such as Tamworth, Berwick-upon-Tweed (below) and Prestatyn. Former Woolworths (now Home Bargains), Berwick-upon-Tweed (24 Aug [...]

Comment on Photo gallery: more former Woolies around the UK (part 1) by Soult's Retail View » On the hunt for ex-Woolies – and thriving high streets – in the Scottish Borders

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:20:25 +0000

[...] grey shopfront, echoing the investment that it’s made in other former Woolies sites such as Tamworth, Berwick-upon-Tweed (below) and Prestatyn. Former Woolworths (now Home Bargains), [...]

Comment on Cumbria’s 100% hit rate of new Woolies tenants by Soult's Retail View » On the hunt for ex-Woolies – and thriving high streets – in the Scottish Borders

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:19:40 +0000

[...] comparing the two shots below, the frontage is almost identical in scale and style to that of the contemporaneous Penrith store (#416). Former Woolworths (now Farmfoods), Hawick (29 May 2011) Former Woolworths (now B&M [...]

Comment on Poundland to take over Heron Foods site in Hexham by Soult's Retail View » On the hunt for ex-Woolies – and thriving high streets – in the Scottish Borders

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:18:14 +0000

[...] as a centre for knitwear production. Overall, it felt like a town that could be doing a lot more, Hexham-or Barnard-Castle-style, to capitalise on its assets: promoting independent retailers, and [...]