Under The Counter
Gin category in Dire Straits
For reasons not particularly well understood, UTC has long had a curiously enthusiastic loathing for ultra-bland English soft...
What’s wrong with a Bloody Mary?
Not that he has a personal requirement for it, of course, but UTC was intrigued to hear about...
Probably brewed in Northampton
UTC’s fondness for a wee pint or two of Hugh Tennent’s finest is no secret – so he...
Rocket store for doughnuts
In UTC’s personal circle, a dark and murky place, the word ‘rocket’ is widely used as a sort...
Stone the crows
Say what you like about Tesco, they clearly know their stone fruits. UTC can confirm that Tesco has...
Branding: you’re doing it wrong
Designers, in UTC’s experience, are a bunch of self-important, whiney, thin-skinned divas. And he cites this example of...
I smell… pish
“Scents and aromas are a powerful thing,” began the press release, somewhat ominously. If you’ve ever followed UTC...
Michelin star-isation puzzler
Never having been much of a pet man, UTC has limited patience for the trend towards what he dismissively...
That inflation’s pure phenomenal
He may have left the industry, but former SLR Editor Kevin Scott just can’t kick the retail obsession...
‘Veganism’ sparks ‘flood’ of ‘apostrophes’
Being something of an old-school pedant when it comes to grammar, UTC has rather taken the hump with...