This photo on Facebook caused a minor stir. We've only changed the number plate. The person who uploaded it felt that the Tesla over the line was in the wrong. She didn't really hold back. Was the driver lazy? Uncaring? Oblivious? Concerned ab…
Yesterday, Tesco, Morrison's and Aldi (three of our four Rhuthun/Ruthin supermarkets) announced that they were limiting the amount of salad vegetables to no more than three packs per person. We immediately rushed over to Tesco to panic buy. Most …
Milk is something we tend to take for granted. Like most staples, it's price on the increase. For years, we've bought Co-op skimmed organic in 2 pint containers. These used to be £1.30 but have suddenly shot up to £1.80. For some reason, you c…
I've now actually purchased for the first time from our Aldi supermarket... and made repeat visits. The first time wasn't much but comparing the cost against comparable items and making adjustments for different weights or volumes, I was surpr…
Forget social media for a second. All these came in the post yesterday and they say quite a lot. First, let's consider the brochure from Aldi, at a staggering 52-pages. It had a reassuringly regal glow and a seasonally velvety cover. Inside, the p…
One week to go. This came through a relative's postbox on Wednesday. An identical leaflet arrived through the same letter box on Thursday. Nothing has come through ours, suggesting a cock-up. All smiles as Scary Spice goes shopping in Rhuthun Neit…
No right turn to Aldi! Aldi in 25 days and Tesco is coming to the end of its car park works. Today, we see a white liner marking and remarking and from Monday we can expect a one-way flow. Ironic, really, as the very week before Tesco opened for the f…
The builders are in at Tesco. There's a small compound on the Greenfield Road side where they are doing work at the perimeter in cutting back vegetation and leveling off that part of the car park prone to water ponding. Wonder why now. Could it be…
An unintended consequence of the new schools seems to have resulted in footfall reductions in the town centre. Chatwin's staff report that takings are down as there are now fewer parents popping into town after delivering their children to the fo…
It appeared on Aldi's website in July 2017—that they were looking for land in Rhuthun/Ruthin. Then, in September 2017, it listed four towns in which it wanted to trade, either with purpose built stores or by knocking down an existing supermarket a…
It's been a fortnight since Aldi (and Peacock's) opened in Dinbych. Things have settled down at Aldi. No longer is the store busy. The car park is now half empty or worse, much of the time. At lunchtime yesterday, this is what I saw in te…
Footfall across town centres in Denbighshire is down again. Footfall counters suggest, on average, there's been a nine per cent drop. Y Rhyl and Prestatyn are standing up better than rural market towns. So, comparing quarters 1 & 2 in 2016 an…
What do Cumbernauld, Scotland; Grimsby, England; and Dinbych all have in common? As of today, their very own Aldi supermarket, that's what. Indeed, the Dinbych discount quarter took a significant step forward today, with the opening of both A…
I'm unreliably informed that later in the day on Saturday, unlike at opening time, Homebargains in Dinbych was packed out. My undependable informant reckoned she queued for 45 minutes to check out, during which time her frozen food defrosted (so …
Half of Dinbych's discount quarter is now open. As of earlier today, T J Morris Ltd t/a Homebargains has joined Lidl's... as the whole Liberty Property site remains under construction for the final half of the jigsaw, Aldi and Poundworld. H…
