We have one locally and their bread is lovely. They do proper loaves sliced too:
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Superb!
There’s plenty of cold meats/sausage etc in the chiller cabinet next to the bread.
Problem is the script on the labels is impossible to read.
I should probably summon up the courage and have a little chat on a quiet day and get an idea of what’s what 
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Do you have a smartphone? You can take a photo and an app will translate it.
Hmmm, not sure that’ll work (?)
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They sell these and others from that bakery in Sainsbury’s near me so I suppose it must be a big national company.
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I think I’ll just stick with the chat d00d 
@HelenP Just took a pic of half a loaf we have, slightly different, Mleczko is a local company with half dozen shops, maybe a dozen in the south east.
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Yes it’s The Polish Bakery that seems to be widespread. Maybe they’re a franchise.
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OK, Mleczko Delikatesy is the one I know, a chain of 11 shops. The first opened in Shebu in '96 (the one I go to). You can still see him (Mr Wladyslaw Mleczko) wondering around: a little old bloke in a white suit & cowboy boots.
I wonder if, back hundreds of years ago, what the perspective of paper money was when first introduced. People were used to barter or exchange for gold / silver coin. The exchange of one thing of value for another thing of similar value was obvious and understood. Then along comes the paper promissory note “I promise to pay the bearer…”
You can imagine the chat back then. “Would you believe it - I wanted the wooden wheel for my broken cart and I fairly offered a pig. They declined saying they’ve stopped accepting bartered goods. I then offered half a gold coin, which they also declined saying they were worried about forgeries. So how do I pay? Paper money they said. No way, says me, I’m never buying from them again. You can’t trust them promissory notes.”
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Is that not the same theory, you’re paying extra to get extra service.
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The things people tip for:
A meal in a Restaurant.
Taxi.
Grooming, people & dogs.
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And barbers
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Grooming.
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My hairdresser charges £16 (cash) for a quick trim, I’ve discussed tips with him and he said most don’t, then something about charging enough already.
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Well that’s very candid of him. I just run the clippers over my hair these days, very convenient and very cheap.
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Mine is £8 same as the other bloke who comes here. For my wife it is about £16 depending she gets gets done. Similar for the other lady. All done here and all for cash.
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That seems cheap, I’ve paid £20 , cash, today for a seven year old boys haircut.
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I agree but there is something of a story. A few years ago a lot of people had, or feared Covid. Quite a barbers/hairdressers had to closed ship - one was ours. So she picked some personal friends from their homes. It worked.
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I’m the lucky one in this, I only get a few inches cut off my hair once a year, Donna comes to the house and she only charges me a fiver, it only takes a few minutes to do but a shop would charge a lot more for the same thing. She does insist I make a latte for her too.
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