https://corporate.asda.com/20221006/1-m ... nitiativesThroughout November and December we're offering people aged 60 and over the chance to enjoy soup, a roll and unlimited tea and coffees for just £1 in any of our 205 cafes.
Scott.
https://corporate.asda.com/20221006/1-m ... nitiativesThroughout November and December we're offering people aged 60 and over the chance to enjoy soup, a roll and unlimited tea and coffees for just £1 in any of our 205 cafes.
The only thing that's going to be more over-run is the Russian positionsswill453 wrote:Those of us over 60 can spend November and December in Asda:
https://corporate.asda.com/20221006/1-m ... nitiativesThroughout November and December we're offering people aged 60 and over the chance to enjoy soup, a roll and unlimited tea and coffees for just £1 in any of our 205 cafes.
Scott.
Christ on a bike, I'm 67 and don't consider myself old, let alone in need of soup for a quid and to while away a day in an Asda café to keep warm. Shock of my life the day I pushed a tenner across the counter to get my BP tabs and the chemist pushed it back saying 'You don't have to pay, you're 60 now"!swill453 wrote:Those of us over 60 can spend November and December in Asda:
https://corporate.asda.com/20221006/1-m ... nitiativesThroughout November and December we're offering people aged 60 and over the chance to enjoy soup, a roll and unlimited tea and coffees for just £1 in any of our 205 cafes.
Scott.
It is a similar feeling the first time someone offers you a seat on a bus or tube train.Mike4 wrote:I'm 67 and don't consider myself old, let alone in need of soup for a quid and to while away a day in an Asda café to keep warm. Shock of my life the day I pushed a tenner across the counter to get my BP tabs and the chemist pushed it back saying 'You don't have to pay, you're 60 now"!
Lol, exactly how I feel too. Waitrose (and M&S Food Hall) are the only supermarkets I feel comfortable in, which is weird because I'm not posh. I fact I get disapproving stares quite often and people sometimes swerve to avoid me! But I quite enjoy dressing like a loser and letting people judge and make assumptions.Lootman wrote:It is a similar feeling the first time someone offers you a seat on a bus or tube train.Mike4 wrote:I'm 67 and don't consider myself old, let alone in need of soup for a quid and to while away a day in an Asda café to keep warm. Shock of my life the day I pushed a tenner across the counter to get my BP tabs and the chemist pushed it back saying 'You don't have to pay, you're 60 now"!
My first reaction was to almost be offended at the idea that i might appear to be weak and frail. Then I realised that it was an empathetic gesture. I still declined, but with gratitude.
Squatting at Asda all day would be a step too far, however. Now if Waitrose offer it, I might consider . . .
Well, if the soup and roll are half-decent, that's bloomin' great value.Mike4 wrote:Christ on a bike, I'm 67 and don't consider myself old, let alone in need of soup for a quid and to while away a day in an Asda café to keep warm. Shock of my life the day I pushed a tenner across the counter to get my BP tabs and the chemist pushed it back saying 'You don't have to pay, you're 60 now"!swill453 wrote:Those of us over 60 can spend November and December in Asda:
https://corporate.asda.com/20221006/1-m ... nitiatives
Scott.
Worse, I still don't know what I want to do for a career when I grow up.
I prefer my over 60s plan that is already booked - off to the airport in November and head south to the sun only returning in March when the daffodils are thinking of appearing.swill453 wrote:Those of us over 60 can spend November and December in Asda
swill453 wrote:Those of us over 60 can spend November and December in Asda:
https://corporate.asda.com/20221006/1-m ... nitiativesThroughout November and December we're offering people aged 60 and over the chance to enjoy soup, a roll and unlimited tea and coffees for just £1 in any of our 205 cafes.
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The cynic in me thinks that Asda is betting that if people spend a few hours in an Asda store then they will probably buy some other stuff.Rhyd6 wrote:I think most of us on the board are in the position of not needing to take up Asda'a offer but I was at our local community cafe this morning and one or two people who live on their own were rather pleased about it. As one chap said "Soup and coffee for a £1 and somewhere warm to sit and plenty of people to chat to, what's not to like". Made me feel mean for thinking it a gimmick.
I still recall the day a young women offered me her seat on the tube!Mike4 wrote:Christ on a bike, I'm 67 and don't consider myself old, let alone in need of soup for a quid and to while away a day in an Asda café to keep warm. Shock of my life the day I pushed a tenner across the counter to get my BP tabs and the chemist pushed it back saying 'You don't have to pay, you're 60 now"!
Worse, I still don't know what I want to do for a career when I grow up.