The Co-Op at Glastonbury

[marathonsteve]

1 hour ago, Madyaker said:

Of course not. There's no way the people running the bars on site would have put up with that.

There wasn't a drop to be seen in the co op last year as you say it would impact on the bars

[stuartbert two hats]

1 hour ago, Madyaker said:

Of course not. There's no way the people running the bars on site would have put up with that.

It's not quite "of course".  It seemingly took them ages to decide.  They certainly took a long time to communicate whether there would be alcohol sold.

[Gnomicide]

2 hours ago, crazyfool1 said:

...anyone any ideas with embedding twitter stuff on here ?for now just a photo  

 

Ta da!

 

[marathonsteve]

9 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

It's not quite "of course".  It seemingly took them ages to decide.  They certainly took a long time to communicate whether there would be alcohol sold.

It was the biggest Co op I have ever seen

[Crazyfool01]

4 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

Ta da!

Ta Gnom  

[Chrisp1986]

I wish they sold bigger bottles of coke. I used to go and buy loads of 2l bottles at start of festival to use as mixer but that old shop didn't seem to be there from 2010ish onwards?

[dotdash79]

3 minutes ago, Chrisp1986 said:

I wish they sold bigger bottles of coke. I used to go and buy loads of 2l bottles at start of festival to use as mixer but that old shop didn't seem to be there from 2010ish onwards?

I would like that too but most larger bottles are single use plastic.

[Chrisp1986]

2 minutes ago, dotdash79 said:

I would like that too but most larger bottles are single use plastic.

meh

[dotdash79]

You could always pop up to the Pilton store which opens in the summer.

 

 

[Chrisp1986]

3 minutes ago, dotdash79 said:

You could always pop up to the Pilton store which opens in the summer.

 

 

Is that a bit of a faff? Do you have to drive in and out once you have parked up?

[dotdash79]

3 minutes ago, Chrisp1986 said:

Is that a bit of a faff? Do you have to drive in and out once you have parked up?

No idea, it might be "walkable" one of the Pilton residents on here might be able to advise, also it might not be open during the festival or even built at that stage. The other option is to get a bus to go pick up some mixers, or if you have a car just take them down with you.

[Ayrshire Chris]

4 minutes ago, dotdash79 said:

No idea, it might be "walkable" one of the Pilton residents on here might be able to advise, also it might not be open during the festival or even built at that stage. The other option is to get a bus to go pick up some mixers, or if you have a car just take them down with you.

No way you would get into village during festival without the appropriate village pass. 

[marathonsteve]

2 minutes ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

No way you would get into village during festival without the appropriate village pass. 

Don't even think about it.  Once on site

 

[Obiginnaw]

21 minutes ago, dotdash79 said:

I would like that too but most larger bottles are single use plastic.

This got me thinking (absolutely far-fetched, but i like the idea, and if it ever happens I'm patenting it) I wonder if for your bog-standard mixers/soft drinks, they' could incorporate restaurant style taps that are self-service. You pay for a certain amount of liquid, say 300ml/500ml/1litre or 2 litre and it's dispensed it into your own bottle. Discourages single use plastic and we aren't mixing spirits with a near boiling coke all weekend?

[vintagelaureate]

2 hours ago, Obiginnaw said:

This got me thinking (absolutely far-fetched, but i like the idea, and if it ever happens I'm patenting it) I wonder if for your bog-standard mixers/soft drinks, they' could incorporate restaurant style taps that are self-service. You pay for a certain amount of liquid, say 300ml/500ml/1litre or 2 litre and it's dispensed it into your own bottle. Discourages single use plastic and we aren't mixing spirits with a near boiling coke all weekend?

I had some really good insulated bottles last year, we'd buy bags of ice from the co-op and store them in them with the mixers. The ice would keep solid pretty much all day which was an impressive feat consisting the weather! 

[Quark]

11 hours ago, Obiginnaw said:

This got me thinking (absolutely far-fetched, but i like the idea, and if it ever happens I'm patenting it) I wonder if for your bog-standard mixers/soft drinks, they' could incorporate restaurant style taps that are self-service. You pay for a certain amount of liquid, say 300ml/500ml/1litre or 2 litre and it's dispensed it into your own bottle. Discourages single use plastic and we aren't mixing spirits with a near boiling coke all weekend?

No idea of the practicalities and I'm pretty sure it'd be shot down for many reasons, but I like

[giantkatestacks]

1 hour ago, Quark said:

No idea of the practicalities and I'm pretty sure it'd be shot down for many reasons, but I like

Wouldnt it start going flat as soon as it was decanted? It is only one step away from the US theme park reusable cup scheme as well - they have a chip in the bottom so once you have paid for the cup for x days you can use any of the Coke freestyle machines every two minutes.

[Obiginnaw]

2 hours ago, giantkatestacks said:

Wouldnt it start going flat as soon as it was decanted? It is only one step away from the US theme park reusable cup scheme as well - they have a chip in the bottom so once you have paid for the cup for x days you can use any of the Coke freestyle machines every two minutes.

It probably would, especially if you're walking around with it, but if you take a bottle with a lid it shouldn't be that rapid. I also can't help but see this as a bit of a plus as it discourages people standing at the front for half an hour filling up 30 bottles worth for their whole weekend. Again, entirely unsure of the practicalities and it is very far fetched 

[DeanoL]

17 hours ago, stuartbert two hats said:

It's not quite "of course".  It seemingly took them ages to decide.  They certainly took a long time to communicate whether there would be alcohol sold.

I think they wanted to, for obvious reasons. Was never going to happen though, despite people on here being convinced it would.

[shuttlep]

17 hours ago, stuartbert two hats said:

It's not quite "of course".  It seemingly took them ages to decide.  They certainly took a long time to communicate whether there would be alcohol sold.

yes, I heard that and that they took so long they couldn't apply for a licence in time

[deebeedoobee]

Co-op opened in Pilton today. That’s our village excitement for the year. Got a goodie bag as well.

[Quark]

Just now, deebeedoobee said:

Co-op opened in Pilton today. That’s our village excitement for the year. Got a goodie bag as well.

Easy now, too much excitement and you'll do yourself a mischief x

[Ayrshire Chris]

1 hour ago, deebeedoobee said:

Co-op opened in Pilton today. That’s our village excitement for the year. Got a goodie bag as well.

A pub, a shop and the festival site on your doorstep, sounds like the perfect village to me😁.  

[deebeedoobee]

26 minutes ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

A pub, a shop and the festival site on your doorstep, sounds like the perfect village to me😁.  

We have a working mans club with live music , 2 churches and a post office. A positive metropolis 

[Ayrshire Chris]

50 minutes ago, deebeedoobee said:

We have a working mans club with live music , 2 churches and a post office. A positive metropolis 

And those church bells that put Westminster abbey to shame.