Jaspers.

Noah

Noah

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Interesting thing about Jaspers. When Costa, Subway & Greggs opened at Boscomoor the large number of villagers who posted on the village forums views of relief that now there was somewhere to go other than Jaspers was surprisingly large. Clearly far from universally popular in the village.
 
Jonah

Jonah

Spouting nonsense since the day I learned to talk
If Jaspers in Penkridge isn’t popular then why is it always busy with people queuing out of the door? And this was pre-Covid queuing.
 
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gilesjuk

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Some people don't like to take a chance on something and prefer a big soul-less global chain to a small local business.
 
Noah

Noah

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Jonah said:
why is it always busy with people queuing out of the door
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I was a little surprised but must admit that I used to prefer the deli across the road while it was open. A lot of Jasper customers seem to come from outside the village tho.
gilesjuk said:
Some people don't like to take a chance on something and prefer a big soul-less global chain
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A lot of the hurrah for the global chains people appeared to be ex Jasper customers
 
Jonah

Jonah

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Noah said:
I was a little surprised but must admit that I used to prefer the deli across the road while it was open. A lot of Jasper customers seem to come from outside the village tho.

A lot of the hurrah for the global chains people appeared to be ex Jasper customers
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Choice can only be a good thing whether you like the other establishments or not. I use Jaspers because they won't open the Baswich shop. If they did, I'd use that one.

Costa I've used a lot, Greggs is meh, Subway is a steaming pile of donkey droppings in my experience.
 
Thehooperman

Thehooperman

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Jonah said:
Choice can only be a good thing whether you like the other establishments or not. I use Jaspers because they won't open the Baswich shop. If they did, I'd use that one.

Costa I've used a lot, Greggs is meh, Subway is a steaming pile of donkey droppings in my experience.
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Is that the foot long steaming pile of donkey droppings then?
 
rudie111

rudie111

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My first job was working in the village and I would often get my lunch from jaspers on a Saturday. That was 20 years ago!

I still think it’s as good as ever
 
proactive

proactive

Enjoying a drop of red.
deano_liv said:
Once upon a time it used to be open as me and my work mates used to go there for lunch
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No it didn't. Not as Jaspers. Before Jaspers put there signage up (and then did bugger all else), there was a different bakery there, who's name I forget.
 
Jonah

Jonah

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proactive said:
No it didn't. Not as Jaspers. Before Jaspers put there signage up (and then did bugger all else), there was a different bakery there, who's name I forget.
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I’m afraid you are wrong there, it was Jaspers.

Jaspers were open for years and then they closed.
Chatwins then opened for a few years, then closed.
Then Jaspers put a sign up saying they were opening.
Then they haven’t.
 
proactive

proactive

Enjoying a drop of red.
Jonah said:
I’m afraid you are wrong there, it was Jaspers.

Jaspers were open for years and then they closed.
Chatwins then opened for a few years, then closed.
Then Jaspers put a sign up saying they were opening.
Then they haven’t.
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Well bugger me!
 
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gilesjuk

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It's really annoying as it is wasting a shop unit which could be offering something new. I'm really fed up with the dreadful service the co-op provides and they have FOUR stores around the east/south east area of town. Their freezers are about a quarter full, prices are sky high. Try finding a decent veggie pizza in the co-op, non-existent. It was a huge shame the co-op stopped Tesco opening an small store in Weeping Cross. I feel like emailing Tesco and asking them to open a store in the old Vauxhall showroom in Weeping Cross.
 
staffordjas

staffordjas

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Jonah said:
I’m afraid you are wrong there, it was Jaspers.

Jaspers were open for years and then they closed.
Chatwins then opened for a few years, then closed.
Then Jaspers put a sign up saying they were opening.
Then they haven’t.
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I used to work in the bakery (Crumbs bakery owned by Tim ) within Kwiksave for a few years. One of the workers who lived in Penkridge actually left and went to work in Jaspers in Penkridge when Crumbs closed (or rather Tim was kicked out by Somerfields/Co-op as they wanted their own instore bakery crap).
At the time I worked in the bakery , Jaspers owned the one on Bodmin.
 
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