[talk-au] name vs barnd

Graeme Fitzpatrick graemefitz1 at gmail.com
Wed Jul 24 22:44:43 UTC 2024


Yeah, do you go down to Woolies or do you go to <Woolworths Burleigh Heads
North (Metro) 2480>:
https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/storelocator/qld-burleigh-heads-2480 ?
Thanks

Graeme


On Thu, 25 Jul 2024 at 08:32, cleary <osm at 97k.com> wrote:

> My local Woolworths is named "<suburb> Woolworths" and the nearby IGA is
> "<suburb> IGA". The Coles supermarket in a nearby suburb is "Coles
> <building_name>".  So the brand seems to form part of the name in each
> case.  Thus, for me, the name would be "<suburb> Woolworths" and, if
> considered necessary to add a brand, then the brand would be "Woolworths"
> but probably not necessary.
>
> I recall some service stations where the name and brand are quite
> different and where both would be appropriate e.g. "<town> Service Station"
> or "<location> roadhouse" could have an additional "brand=*" as the brand
> is not included in the name.
>
>
>
> Personally I would regard my local Woolworths and IGA supermarkets as
> their respective names.
>
> On Wed, 24 Jul 2024, at 7:16 PM, Warin wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > My local Aldi store is closing down.
> >
> > Looking at the tags used, possibly entered by me, the name=Aldi has been
> > used. I think that should have been the brand=Aldi ??
> >
> > There are similar things for Coles and Woolies.
> >
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> >
> > -----------------
> >
> > Re Aldi closing down .. there are a few other Aldi stores around .. this
> > is the second one in this area to close ..
> >
> > Possibly low trade for the previous one, this one ? I do prefer the less
> > busy stores myself.
> >
> >
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