Your local shop, always close to home
Your quickest stop, sorted.
A proper local shop for the thing you need now — with a person at the counter when a shelf is not enough.
Find us when you need us
14 Saggar Lane · Stoke-on-Trent
Ring ahead and we'll tell you honestly what is available to hold.
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Close enough to pop in
14 Saggar Lane · free parking outside
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Need it held? Ring first
A person confirms what is actually available
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More than a shelf
Parcels, PayPoint, top-ups and counter help
Start at the window
Three ordinary jobs. One local stop.
Three reasons people come in
What are you actually here for?
- 01Food nowIt's tea time and there's nothing in.Fresh bread, milk and eggs, in every morningThe £3.50 meal deal, every day until 3pmChilled, frozen and the tins you forgotSee what's in today
- 02Household rescueSomething's run out and the big shop is shut.Washing powder, bin bags, batteries, bulbsNappies, pet food and cleaning bitsPapers and magazines, delivered locally if you likeWhat we keep in
- 03At the counterYou need a person, not a shelf.PayPoint bills, meter keys and mobile top-upsLottery, scratchcards and cash backParcels in and out — lockers outside, Evri insideCounter services and charges
On the shelf
A few lines from the seeded shelf
Prices and lines come from this fictional shop's seeded catalogue for the demonstration — not from a live till. Use the basket to stage a demo order, or ring to ask about a hold.
- Fresh Oatcakes (6 pack)Bakery£2.10per pack
- Warburtons Toastie Loaf 800gBakery£1.45per loaf
- Fresh Semi-Skimmed Milk 2ptDairy & Eggs£1.30per bottle
- Coca-Cola 500mlDrinks£1.65per bottle
- Yorkshire Tea Bags (80)Drinks£2.89per box
- Cadbury Dairy Milk 110gSnacks£1.60per bar
The shop window
Essentials, made easy to find.
A useful shop should answer the errand before anyone has to ask. Browse the shelf, check the counter and call ahead when you want something held.
Plan the quick stopWant something keeping back? Ring 01632 960 118 or ask Nell and a person can confirm whether a hold is possible — the website does not guess what is on the shelf this minute.
Behind the till
What the counter can do, and what it costs
Every symbol-group site lists these. Almost none of them tells you the charge, the cut-off or what to bring — so this board does.
- PayPoint & bills
- Pay your gas, electric and water bills or top up in seconds at the counter.Bring: Your bill, key, card or meter number — cash or card both work.
- No chargeAny opening hour
- Parcels in and out
- InPost and YEEP! lockers and the drop-off station outside; Evri ParcelShop collection at the counter.Bring: Your collection code for the lockers, or ID at the counter for Evri.
- Free to collectEvri holds 10 days
- National Lottery
- Lucky dips, scratchcards and the big draws — someone local has to win.Bring: Photo ID if you look under 25. Over-18s only.
- Ticket price only7:30pm on draw days
- Cash back
- Take cash out with a card purchase — no cashpoint fee and no walk to the main road.Bring: A debit card. Subject to what is in the till.
- Free with any purchaseUp to £50
- News & magazines
- Daily papers and your favourite magazines, with home delivery available locally.
- From 40p per deliveryOrder at the counter
- Off-licence
- A hand-picked range of beers, wines and spirits. Challenge 25 always applies.Bring: Photo ID if you look under 25.
- Until 9:30pm
Not on the board? Ask at the counter or ask Nell. If we cannot do it we will tell you who can, which is usually the Post Office on the main road.
Your 24/7 shop assistant
Meet Nell — ready at the counter and online
Opening times, availability, prices and services — Nell answers from the shop's verified systems, any time of day.
What's real on this demo
Basis: validated tenant truth manifest
Every enabled screen here runs on the real shared platform against this demo's own database. Some capabilities are deliberately held back, and this is exactly which.
View capability-by-capability status6 live · 5 labelled demo or roadmap states
- LiveBusiness overviewBusiness overview runs against this business's real data.
- LiveInventoryInventory runs against this business's real data.
- LiveAI insightsAI insights runs against this business's real data.
- LiveAutomation centreAutomation centre runs against this business's real data.
- LiveDeliveries & AI intakeDeliveries & AI intake runs against this business's real data.
- DemonstrationOrders & collectionClick & collect works end to end — the order is real, the stock really moves — but no card is charged. This is a demonstration shop.
- LiveShop windowShop window runs against this business's real data.
- PlannedCustomer conversationsCustomer conversations is on the roadmap for this business.
- PlannedEPOS syncEPOS sync is on the roadmap for this business.
- PlannedLoyaltyLoyalty is on the roadmap for this business.
- PlannedCollection slotsCollection slots is on the roadmap for this business.