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SHOCKING: Kwik save - What They Never Told You

Things you could do in the 1990s you can't anymore

The decade will feel like only yesterday for many

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool's discount '50p shop' people travel from all over the UK to visit

JR's Discounts is the longest running shop on Walton Vale

Liverpool Echo

15 things you could do in 90s Liverpool that you can't do now

These are bound to stir some memories

Liverpool Echo

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Kwik Save staff remember the good old days including memorising all the prices

For many, the shop was "ahead of its time"

Liverpool Echo

Supermarket receipt from 1995 shows how much prices have risen for a weekly shop

Allowing for inflation, the bag of everyday essentials cost a whopping 2.46 times more in today's prices compared with 28 years ago.

Daily Record

Old receipt from former budget supermarket Kwik Save shows just how different prices were in 1995

A trolley of 38 items cost less than £30

Manchester Evening News

Man uncovers Kwik Save receipt from 1995 and the prices are making people nostalgic

"Gosh wish these prices were still around," one person said

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Man finds 1995 Kwik Save receipt and people wish the prices were still around

The supermarket brand has not been on our high streets since the noughties

Liverpool Echo

Greater Manchester's lost supermarkets we no longer see on the high street

For many, these were the first places we ever shopped

Manchester Evening News

15 things you could do in 00s Manchester that you can't do now

A lot has changed in the last two decades

Manchester Evening News

29 things you don't see anymore in Liverpool but we all remember

Many of our favourite past times can no longer be enjoyed today

Liverpool Echo

Edinburgh's lost supermarkets that were once a familiar sight on city's streets

Since the birth of the supermarket in the 1950s, Edinburgh has witnessed many once familiar names come and go. We take a look back at some old favourites from decades gone by.

Edinburgh Live

Merseyside's lost supermarkets that we no longer see on the high street

Over time, we've said goodbye to these well-known brands

Liverpool Echo

The day a Corrie killer turned up at a Welsh Kwik Save with his famous gloves

Corrie serial killer Richard Hillman, aka actor Brian Capron, drew excited crowds in Nelson

Wales Online

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When EastEnders tough guy Phil Mitchell came to the Rhondda to open a budget supermarket

Have you ever wondered what soapstar hardmen do when they take a break from menacing the locals? They pop over to the Rhondda to open a supermarket and do their big shop ...

Edinburgh Live

Kwik Save, Safeway and other favourite stores Edinburgh has said goodbye to

Since the supermarket rose to popularity in the 60s, different chains have come and gone - and many are sorely missed here in Edinburgh when we take to the aisles looking for a bargain.

Manchester Evening News

The British Aldi style discount supermarket killed off by Tesco and Asda

Once the largest discount store operator in the UK, Kwik Save was a common sight on Greater Manchester's high streets

Liverpool Echo

Everyone agrees 'best crisps ever' were sold at lost 'British Aldi' that needs to return

With cheap food, carrier bags that were perfect for P.E. kits and "faster cashiers than Aldi" ECHO readers said they'd love to see Kwik Save make a comeback

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Kwik Save: The British 'Aldi' seen off by Tesco and Asda own brands

Once the largest discount store operator in the UK, Kwik Save had over 800 supermarkets across the country

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