Today marks a very special day in the UK supermarket calendar – it’s Lidl’s 30th birthday! Just like anyone else on their 30th, Lidl’s got a wish-list. The main difference is that while the average person’s birthday list contains some clothes and maybe a piece of jewellery, Lidl’s after several hundred new locations across Britain. ...
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Toys ‘R’ Us is opening 30 new UK shops
Once upon a time, Toys ‘R’ Us was a UK retail giant. With its huge warehouses of goodies and shelves stacked to the ceiling with toys, the American company was an essential part of growing up in this country. Well, up to the 2010s, anyway: in 2017, online competition forced Toys ‘R’ Us to close...
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The UK is officially one of the world’s best road trip destinations
From the tippity top of the mountain highways in Scotland to Wales’ winding coastal roads, the UK has plenty of marvellous spots for a scenic drive. And we at Time Out certainly know a place or two that make for a really cracking road trip. But there’s a little more to a road trip than prettiest drives...
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It’s official: Four of the world’s best B&Bs are right here in the UK
TripAdvisor has officially announced the winners of its 2024 Travellers’ Choice Hotels Awards. The awards celebrate the highest rated hotels, B&Bs and inns across the globe, based on TripAdvisor review data from the past 12 months. And this year the UK scrubbed up pretty nicely. Not one, not two but four British B&Bs made it onto...
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Aldi is opening 500 brand-new stores across the UK
Bargain supermarket and marketing menace Aldi is one of the UK’s fastest growing supermarkets – though, surprisingly, not so fast as Lidl and M&S – and that makes a lot of sense. Amid the cost-of-living crisis, Brits increasingly want their groceries on the cheap. And if that means settling for Aldi’s iconically shameless rip-offs of well-known products, so...
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Wilko is opening 300 new UK stores – here’s the full list of confirmed locations so far
Fans of beloved homeware chain Wilko, it seems there’s plenty of life in the old dog yet. Having closed 400 stores last year, the brand’s new boss has announced plans to open hundreds of new outlets. And now we know where some of those stores are going to be – and when they’ll open, with...
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43 Papa Johns takeaways across the UK are closing for good in 2024
Papa Johns has a pretty devoted UK fanbase – there is, after all, a reason why over the years the pizza chain has accumulated a whopping 450 takeaways across the UK. And if you’re part of that fanbase, we have some terrible news: the brand is set to close dozens of its UK stores for good...
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Beauty chain Sephora is opening two new UK stores outside London
It’s the cult beauty store that has tweens in a chokehold. And right now, if you want to shop in Sephora in the UK, you have to trek all the way to one of its two sites in London. But that won’t be the case for much longer – Sephora is heading up north. We...
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