Local shop closed

I start sounding like the local newspaper! But this matters to me. I do most of my shopping in the local Londis. It is not a big shop, so it has a limited range, but it normally sorts me out. If I want something they don't have there, I generally buy that in either Bangor or Menai Bridge when I'm there for work anyway.

What I like about the shop is that it sells a lot of local produce, and sells most of it fruit and vegetables without plastic. I also quite like the people working in it. I know that ultimately, they are owned by Tesco, so your money goes into the exact same pocket if you go to the actual Tesco up the street. But I like that shop a lot less, as it doesn't have the advantages of Londis. 

At some point I heard the rumour that they would close for two weeks, in order to be refurbished, and re-emerge as a Spar. So I asked in the shop, and heard it from the horse’s mouth. Indeed it would. They would close the Saturday before our fieldwork, and it should only take two weeks. And they said the range wouldn't change, nor the employees. I hoped that was indeed true.

They indeed closed when they were supposed to. And the entire building was gutted! I knew it was an old garage, but the Londis branding came off the facade, and then that became obvious again. And you could look through the window; everything was ripped out. How would they manage to sort this place out in only two weeks?

I don't know if they manage to stay within their own deadline. But I miss them a bit! So I hope they will. And then I can get back into my old routine. Buying leeks in plastic from the Tesco on the other side of the village is not my cup of tea!

Part garage, part local supermarket, but currently mostly building site

Pic taken through the window