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[Gerald Fiennes]

I've never heard of a burger chain called "Casey Jones", what part(s) of the UK were they found in?

Well, it makes me feel as old as George Stephenson, but they were a chain of burger restaurants developed by Travellers Fare, ie. BR's catering division, shortly after McD's started colonising the 51st state in 1975. There was one on Waterloo, which i remember very well. They lasted until 1994.

 

[route101]

Well, it makes me feel as old as George Stephenson, but they were a chain of burger restaurants developed by Travellers Fare, ie. BR's catering division, shortly after McD's started colonising the 51st state in 1975. There was one on Waterloo, which i remember very well. They lasted until 1994.

So it was a state owned fast food place ?

 

[ChiefPlanner]

So it was a state owned fast food place ?

Yes - bought out by Burger King I think - there was certainly one at Waterloo , - no worse than any other place.

 

[pdeaves]

Yes - bought out by Burger King I think - there was certainly one at Waterloo , - no worse than any other place.

No, not bought out by Burger King. That part of Traveller's Fare was sold to SSP, which converted Casey Jones into Burger King franchises.

 

[EAD]

Swiss CoOp or UK Co Op?

Swiss coop - one of their biggest supermarkets alongside Migros, if not the biggest - http://www.coop.ch/

There is a good article here with a picture of the inside where it is a shop here https://www.srf.ch/sendungen/kassen...ehr/reisen-und-einkaufen-die-misserfolgsstory. Also includes a good SRF radio article about various projects for buying on the go including the coop experiment comparing them to current modern experiments around apps and pick up at stations, etc. Text in German - radio article in Swiss German

 

[Bletchleyite]

Note that Migros is also a (farmer's rather than worker's or customer's) co-op - and there's also the Raiffeisenbanken, named after someone who pioneered...the co-operative banking movement. Clearly a popular thing in CH.

Over here the Co-operative Bank barely deserves the title any more after its terrible business decisions caused it to have to sell a big chunk outside the Movement.

 

[route101]

Swiss coop - one of their biggest supermarkets alongside Migros, if not the biggest - http://www.coop.ch/

There is a good article here with a picture of the inside where it is a shop here https://www.srf.ch/sendungen/kassen...ehr/reisen-und-einkaufen-die-misserfolgsstory. Also includes a good SRF radio article about various projects for buying on the go including the coop experiment comparing them to current modern experiments around apps and pick up at stations, etc. Text in German - radio article in Swiss German

Only swiss supermarket i recall was one at Geneva Airport which was surprisingly reasonably priced .

 

[Bletchleyite]

Only swiss supermarket i recall was one at Geneva Airport which was surprisingly reasonably priced .

The Coop right at the end of the station? Normal prices, perhaps surprisingly.

 

[route101]

The Coop right at the end of the station? Normal prices, perhaps surprisingly.

Yeah i think so

 

[Polarbear]

Probably straying way off topic, but there's a very handy Co-op just outside Zurich Hbf as well. Saves a fortune when buying snack & supplies whilst hoofing around Switzerland.