A new stash

Being in Majestic this afternoon to pick up the next dozen of our vin ordinaire, that is to say 2017 Sauvignon Blanc from Villa Maria, as sold by most if not all Wetherspoon's outlets, we noticed that the trolley stack behind the dustbins out the back had been re-established, the stash noticed at reference 1 having been cleared away some time ago.

Given that the stash reported at reference 2 has also been cleared away, this new one might be handy to keep things ticking over when business is slack. M&S and Sainsbury's as far as I could see, it not being not a good time to make a proper inspection.

M&S is probably accounted for by people who are too mean to pay for a regular car park and prefer to squat in Majestic for free - and wheel their trolley a kilometre or more. Sainsbury's is harder to account for as they have a perfectly adequate free car park of their own. I think the people at Majestic told me last time that squatting was a bit of a problem around Christmas, but ordinarily they don't bother about it. This time they said that they had phoned M&S up, who promised to do something about it, but didn't. Which seems a bit slack to me: it would be no big deal for the manager to send one of his people up here to recover his property when things are slack.

With a quick peek at reference 4 suggesting that they might cost you or me of the order of £100 each.

PS: we continue to wonder when the vin ordinaire has to leave New Zealand to be in a shop in Epsom now. Does it fly or does it come in a container on a boat? Does it come in tanks or bottles? Is it blended in some facility near Immingham (up north), along with a dozen other popular brands? Was it made just about a year ago, assuming that they pick the grapes six months out of phase with us?

Reference 1: http://psmv3.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/stash.html.

Reference 2: http://psmv3.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/a-stash.html.

Reference 3: https://www.villamaria.co.nz/.

Reference 4: https://www.shoppingtrolleysdirect.co.uk. Look under commercial and industrial.