TOLGA SUPERMARKET

Tolga Supermarket
80 Amhurst Road
London, E8 1JH

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 50p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Perhaps their supplier let them down and they were forced into this course of action out of desperation. I would rather give them the benefit of the doubt and assume it was the result of some kind of mix-up than suggest any kind of deliberate sinister plot. But still, it says quite clearly on the back of the bar:



MULTIPACK BAR - NOT FOR RESALE

And while 50p may seem like an excellent price, the multipack bar is smaller than a standard bar:



In fact, the multipack bar is 35g compared with the 43g standard bar. Pro-rating the price, therefore, we come to around 61p. Still cheap, but I'm not impressed.

STOP & SHOP

Stop & Shop
BBC White City, 201 Wood Lane
London, W12 7TS

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 50p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I went to the BBC yesterday to give a presentation about DVD newspaper covermounts to some people I used to work with (it wasn't a very good presentation, unlikely to be translated into Russian). Popped into Stop & Shop on the way, very impressed by the price - only 50p! How much of that is subsidised by MY LICENCE FEE, I wonder.

ME ONUR

ME Onur
90 Leytonstone Road
London, E15 1TQ

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 50p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Twirl information and photo supplied by MandrewB, who says "if you visit this shop often enough, the nice man will start calling you 'brother'". To clarify, MandrewB explains "he's not my actual brother", then adds "Oh, according to my female housemate, you might even get 'princess' if you're a lady. Not just if you're a lady/peer/aristocrat either, just if you're a woman."

WATERLOO NEWS

Waterloo News
27 York Road
London, SE1 7NJ

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Good
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 50p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Twirl information and photo supplied by wardytron, who observes "Waterloo News appears to sell the least expensive Twirls in SE1, or at least in the bit I bothered going to. However the shop was quite warm inside and stank of rabbit hutches for some reason". Humorously, he also adds "I expect you're wondering who the man standing outside is, aren't you. Well he's your boyfriend hahahahahaha".

JF GROCERS

JF Grocers
406-408 Brixton Road, Stockwell
London, SW9 7AW

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 50p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Twirl information and photo supplied by a somewhat vague combination of MandrewB and mrscomedyarms, during "a rare visit to SW9". "Pic speaks for itself" says MandrewB.

UPDATE: mrscomedyarms offers some further details, "the man behind the counter had a baseball cap and was very friendly".

Also, MandrewB comments further, saying "the lady at the counter had a very liberal attitude towards change-giving: 'That's right, ISN'T it?' she said"

READ 'N' RITE

Read 'N' Rite
104 Central Road, Worcester Park
Surrey, KT4 8HU

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 50p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: As I was taking this photo, a guy in a white van beeped his horn and yelled "Oi, mate", I looked round and his mate held up a small whiteboard on which he'd written "I love you". I responded by flicking him the Vs.

MILLENIUM FOOD & WINE

Millenium Food & Wine
176 The Grove, Stratford
London, E15 1NS

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 50p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I bet soon they'll rename this shop "Olympic Food & Wine".

TESCO EXPRESS

Tesco Express
62 Queensway, Bayswater
London, W2 3RL

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 50p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I wouldn't normally bother listing supermarkets for this blog, because, well, it would be kind of boring. But in the Twirlish desert of Queensway, I was desperate.

CHRISTINE'S CONVIENCE STORE

Christine's Convenience Store
132 New Cavendish Street, Marylebone
London, W1W 6YA

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 50p!
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: What a bargain! This shop is really nice and seems a bit like it's about fifty years out of date. Like you might go back the next day and find it all boarded up and empty and you'd ask someone what happened to the shop and they'd say "Shop? There hasn't been a shop here for fifty years". The woman who served me was very nice, I hope she was the actual Christine, it would be like meeting a celebrity.