Latest post of the previous page:
I was away for a couple of weeks recently so obviously missed the closing of Nicolls Meats in the Britten Centre, which I saw yesterday when I went into town. It wasn't a huge surprise because there was a pretty hot debate about this shop in Streetlife earlier on this year. One local contributor was in dispute with them over a Xmas hamper she'd ordered, and the turkey crown I think was pretty rank when she opened it. She'd received no compensation or even apology from the shop and was thinking of taking the matter to court. It was also in the news that 3 of their stores around the county had been found to be selling meat products that were, I think, 2 or 3 years out of date. So what finally did it? Is it just our store that was closed, or has the whole chain been closed down?I only went in there once myself and wasn't happy with the product so never went back. Also I don't think the meat products displayed country of origin. The writing was definitely on the wall I think, because whereas it was pretty crowded when it first opened, since last Christmas there would be just one or two customers in there whenever I walked by, and sometimes none at all.