stuartbert two hats Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/property-and-planning/co-op-to-open-pop-up-shop-at-glastonbury-festival/591501.article This sounds like the most in your face corporate presence in years. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eFestivals Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 Just now, stuartbert two hats said: https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/property-and-planning/co-op-to-open-pop-up-shop-at-glastonbury-festival/591501.article This sounds like the most in your face corporate presence in years. Thoughts? erm ... corporate != cooperative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfool01 Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 very strange if its at the festival ... Im sure I read it as in the village ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartbert two hats Posted March 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 1 minute ago, eFestivals said: erm ... corporate != cooperative. Yes it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartbert two hats Posted March 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 2 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said: very strange if its at the festival ... Im sure I read it as in the village ? I was on my phone so didn't realise there was hardly any article without paying *ahem*. Here's the publicly available text: Co-op to open pop-up shop at Glastonbury festival 20 March 2019 Society has also submitted a planning application for a permanment store in the adjacent village of Pilton Note the "also", it sounds like two things are going on here. A permanent store, and a popup/stall at the festival. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
priest17 Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 I was chatting to a guy who works on some level at the co-op (he was a friend who was out with us, not a cashier) says they're doing it at loads of festivals this year including R&L and I think Download. It'd be a weird one, but I never use the shops that are usually there. Can imagine the tanoid constantly bleating 'clean up on aisle EVERYWHERE' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfool01 Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 Just now, stuartbert two hats said: I was on my phone so didn't realise there was hardly any article without paying *ahem*. Here's the publicly available text: Co-op to open pop-up shop at Glastonbury festival 20 March 2019 Society has also submitted a planning application for a permanment store in the adjacent village of Pilton Note the "also", it sounds like two things are going on here. A permanent store, and a popup/stall at the festival. didn't see the also bit ... its very odd in my eyes as Emily was quite clear about them ruling out things like this at her talk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eFestivals Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 8 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said: Yes it is. not it's not. The Co-op is a consumers cooperative. It's wholey in the ethos of the festival. Being of a size where it's comparable with corporations and needs access to corporate services (and sometimes gets dazzled by the corporate world in which it mixes) doesn't alter that. 8 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said: Note the "also", it sounds like two things are going on here. A permanent store, and a popup/stall at the festival. Sounds to me like Michael might have been weaving his magic to the benefit of the village, again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DropBeat Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 (edited) Looks like it may be something linked to reverse plastic bottle vending Seems they trialled it last year at Live Nation festivals... https://www.edie.net/news/5/Co-op-to-trial-reverse-vending-for-plastic-bottles-at-UK-festivals/ Edited March 20, 2019 by DropBeat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufus Gwertigan Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 Given their ethical stance sounds like a good addition. Guess it depends how much they hike their prices. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnomicide Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 Pot Noodle Party. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkyfairy! Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 They had a pop up shop at latitide last year, there were random dance parties in the pot noodle aisle and the cashiers were formation dancing ...... and they didn;t stock hot chocolate :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkyfairy! Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 2 minutes ago, Gnomicide said: Pot Noodle Party. ha ha thanks for quoting me :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukeicon Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 1 minute ago, Gnomicide said: Pot Noodle Party. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuna Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 Imagine this will make a lot of people happy if they sell booze 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkyfairy! Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 3 minutes ago, Tuna said: Imagine this will make a lot of people happy if they sell booze They sold alcohol at latitide , it was just outside the main gate on the way back to the campsite so a welcome stop on the way 'home' .... The co-op was the only entertainment when the site closed (about 3am from memory) , I think we went in there one night just to keep the party going for another 10 minutes :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drunk pumpkin Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 7 minutes ago, Tuna said: Imagine this will make a lot of people happy if they sell booze and a huge profit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravermum Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 I like this. As large scale grocery chains go (Crystal Methodist and related scandals aside, which was the banking side anyway, I think), it is as ethical as you can get in a grocery chain of that scale. It's also rooted in the working-class co-operative society movement of old. Also, if I can buy some cereal to feed my boy with and not shell out for bacon sarnies every morning, it will help my budget a great deal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfool01 Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 my worst nightmare having worked in retail for over 20 year ... nobody doing any work ... hardly anyone buying anything .... drunks in the Aisles ..... and worst of all that fucking song !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incident Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 Surprised nobody has pointed this out yet - but they did have one before - definitely in 2004 and I think at least 1 or 2 other years, in association with the LeftField. I remember it because it was a bit cheaper than most places on site (as was the one at Latitude last year). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Tease Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 Wasn't there a news agents style stall/shop a few years ago between Williams Green and west holts? Or have I completely imagined it? I can't honestly fathom out if it was real or not- I think I bought some pop and biscuits... (I'm not talking about the standard shop stall that's always there) Don't remember seeing it since! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMF Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 21 minutes ago, Funkyfairy! said: They sold alcohol at latitide , it was just outside the main gate on the way back to the campsite so a welcome stop on the way 'home' .... The co-op was the only entertainment when the site closed (about 3am from memory) , I think we went in there one night just to keep the party going for another 10 minutes ? It looks like they did chilled ready meals at latitude,, now all I need to know is what size battery do you need for a microwave in a tent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatty Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 If they sell cold tinnies at £12 for eight cans then they will be the most popular shop there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incident Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 1 minute ago, chatty said: If they sell cold tinnies at £12 for eight cans then they will be the most popular shop there. I'm not sure about the exact prices (they were closer to regular retail prices than to festival prices), but they did something along those lines at Latitude. Except that the "cold" part fell over a bit given the volume they were doing - the cans didn't stay in the fridges long enough for it to make any real difference. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazingstars Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 I LOVE CO-OP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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