BIG BITE

Big Bite
28 Shaftesbury Avenue,
London, W1D 7EG

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: N/A
TWIRL STORAGE: N/A
TWIRL PRICE: N/A
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Well stocked chocolate display but inexplicably, they don't seem to have found room for even a single Cadbury's Twirl. There's room on these shelves, I'm telling you. OK, maybe crystal glass models of Big Ben are not to my taste, but I accept that on Shaftesbury Avenue, there might be a big enough customer base to justify the shelf space, but can there really be that much demand for boxes of Weetabix Bitesize cereal in a store like this?

WEST END METRO

West End Metro
38 Great Windmill Street,
London, W1D 7LU

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 70p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: A small shop in the West End, but well stocked. Bit pricey, but perhaps to be expected considering location. Also do dry cleaning, apparently, which came as a bit of a surprise:



I certainly didn't expect it to be a legal matter.

SARA'S NEWS

Sara's News
14 Bloomsbury Street
London, WC1B 3QA

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: In fridge
TWIRL PRICE: 55p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Pretty good price, especially considering central location. Just look at that woman racing into the store, to buy a chilled Twirl, no doubt.

JOE'S NEWS

Joe's News
42 Store Street
London, WC1E 7DB

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 60p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I went there just as the store was about to close and the man was bringing in the racks of postcards. I'm not sure if the man was Joe himself, but he was clearly pretty high up in Joe's News. Vice-Joe maybe. He engaged in some jolly banter with the woman in front of me, who was paying by card for something or other. "You don't know what you're missing!" she said. "I do!" he replied, laughing. I have no idea what they were talking about, although was impressed by his efficiency - as the card payment was processing, he rang up my Twirl and served me.

AP FOOD EXPRESS

AP Food Express
228 Shaftesbury Avenue
London, WC2H 8EG

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 59p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Despite boasting that it's open 24 hours a day, when I was there at about 6.30pm, it was closed. Well, not closed, exactly. Locked. After rattling the door for a while, a guy popped up from a trapdoor inside the store and let me in. I quickly bought my Twirl and left, not wanting to imagine what might be down in the basement.

GOOD NEWS

Good News
23 Berwick Street
London, W1F 8RB

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: Probably 65p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Twirl information and photo supplied by MandrewB, who admits that he took the photo on Saturday and forgot the price, but thinks it was 65p. He also says that, true to the store's name, the News was "good, but not special".

MINA KIOSK

Mina Kiosk
53 Great Portland Street
London, W1W 7LG

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 60p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: You can't really see it in this picture, but according to the awning, Mina Kiosk offers "News & Mags - Confectionery - Fax & Copy - E Top Up". I think E Top Up just involves a little gadget attached to the till, you can see the confectionery on offer and there's a little rack of newspapers outside. But how can they fit a fax and photocopier inside there? Magic?

CAVENDISH DELICATESSEN

Cavendish Delicatessen
5 Cavendish Place
London, W1G 0QA

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Out of stock?
TWIRL STORAGE: Supposedly on shelf
TWIRL PRICE: Would have been 60p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: There was a price tag for Twirls on the shelf, but they didn't actually have any - instead they had some packets of dried fruit. They hardly had any chocolates, I'm not sure if they're restocking or something. Not really a "delicatessen" either.

SUNRISE

Sunrise
204 Shaftesbury Avenue, Covent Garden
London, WC2H 8JL

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 55p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Small shop, but excellent price given location

RIPPONS

Rippons
88 Dean Street, Soho
London, W1D 3ST

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 60p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I had to wait to take this photo because Dexter Fletcher (or a man who looks a lot like Dexter Fletcher) got in the way.

COMPTON NEWS

Compton News
48 Old Compton Street, Soho
London, W1D 4UA

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 60p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: This shop also has a fine selection of continental fashion magazines. Considering the name of this shop, I am not using "continental fashion magazines" as a euphemism - given its location, they hardly had ANY gay porn.

DODO SUPERMARKET

Dodo Supermarket
24 Frith Street, Soho
London, W1D 5LA

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 59p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Yes, OK. A convenience store. Brilliant.

SOHO FOOD STORE

Soho Food Store
12-13 Greek Street, Soho
London, W1D 4DL

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 70p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: By "food store", what they pretty much mean is "chocolate bars and packets of crisps". Possibly that would have been too long to fit on the sign.

KIERA CORNER

Kiera Corner
104 Charing Cross Road, Leicester Square
London, WC2H 0BP

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Not available
TWIRL STORAGE: N/A
TWIRL PRICE: N/A
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: OK, Kiera Corner, you're a small shop but that's no excuse.

CENTRAL FOOD & NEWS

Central Food & News
58 St. Giles High Street, Charing Cross
London, WC2H 8LH

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Poor
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 60p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: The Twirl I bought was the last one! Imagine if I'd come in mere seconds later - OK, maybe minutes later (I'm not sure of the precise Twirl-sales-per-unit-time rate). WHAT WOULD I HAVE DONE?

PORTLAND FOOD & WINE (REDUX)

Portland Food & Wine
246-248 Great Portland Street
London, W1W 5QY

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 59p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Bigger than the branch further down Great Portland Street, but we're only interested in Twirls, that's not important.

IAN'S NEWS

Ian's News
90A Cleveland Street
London W1T 6NL

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: "60p, darling"
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: The elderly Asian woman behind the counter was very friendly. "60p, darling" she said "thank you so very much". I think I'm in there.

CLEVELANCE GROCERY

Clevelance Grocery
113 Cleveland Street
London, W1T 6PU

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: N/A
TWIRL STORAGE: N/A
TWIRL PRICE: N/A
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Clevelance Grocery has closed down. If you want to rent this shop, you need to call Knight Frank on 020 7861 1160. If you do decide to take on this shop and want any advice on pricing and storage of Cadbury's Twirls, drop me a line.

JET

Jet
30 Clipstone Street, Marylebone
London, W1W 5DQ

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 60p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: There is a maximum height restriction here of 6.0m. Although I think this probably only applies to vehicles rather than individuals as even Robert Wadlow was only 2.72m tall.

HANNELL'S FOOD & WINE

Hannel's Food & Wine
52-62 New Oxford Street
London, WC1A 1ES

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 75p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: 75p? Who do you think you are? HARRODS? It's a TWIRL, it's not some DIAMONDS. Outrageous. Prime location, and nearby Shaftesbury News were out of stock. Hannell's Food & Wine are abusing their monopoly and should be boycotted.