WHSMITH

WHSmith
Terminal 4,
Heathrow Airport, TW6 3XA

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 70p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Twirl information and photo supplied by @gillpea.

I recently went to Terminal 3 at Heathrow and checked the WHSmith there. They still have the "2 for 99p" offer, but a single bar is 55p:



They also sell giant boxes containing 48 bars:



As I was going to be out of the country for a couple of days, with no guarantee of Twirl availibility in New York, I bought two boxes.

B&Q

B&Q
1 Leyton Mills,
London, E10 5NH

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Unexpected
TWIRL STORAGE: In machine
TWIRL PRICE: 60p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: OK, I could just about accept Borders selling Twirls, but B&Q? Really? But, yes - in a vending machine on near the tills, they sell all sorts of chocolates and sweets in what I guess is intended as a way of silencing bored youngsters as they are dragged around, while their parents pick out the particular type of solid wood flooring boards they want for the front room. B&Q is amazing though, it's the perfect shop if you're a serial killer - they sell everything. In fact, I'm amazed any parent would need to resort to bribing their child with chocolate in B&Q - they sell AXES. If that's not enough to make a kid shut the fuck up, I don't know what is.

BORDERS

Borders
120 Charing Cross Road
London, WC2H 0JR

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Unexpected
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 65p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Well, would you believe it? Twirls in Borders! What next? Soon they'll be selling BOOKS in TESCO. I suppose for the location, it's not an unreasonable price, but it all seems a bit pointless. I'd gone in to buy Wired (US edition), I also bought Smoke (and a Twirl, of course).

SAINSBURYS LOCAL

Sainsburys Local
136-150 Victoria Street
London, SW1E 5EB

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 55p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Twirl information and photo supplied by mapsadaisical, who, again comparing this store to WHSmith and Victoria News nearby, says: "Walk another two, mind, and you get this. Didn't even want a twirl, but at that price could hardly refuse".

WHSMITH

WHSmith
Unit 32, Victoria Station
London, SW1V 1JU

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 69p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Twirl information and photo supplied by mapsadaisical, who adds "big shop, big price: 69p. Loads of them, almost an entire shelf".

CRISPINS FOOD & WINE

Crispins Food & Wine
15 Kensington High Street
London, W8 5NP

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 63p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: This was the fourth branch of Crispins I had visited in a single day. Their prices are all over the place. This was one of the cheaper branches.

CRISPINS FOOD HALL

Crispins Food Hall
33 Kensington High Street
London, W8 5EA

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 69p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: A rather grand branch of Crispins which describes itself as a "Food Hall". Pretty expensive. There was a man with a very high pitched laugh sharing a joke with the woman behind the counter.

CRISPINS FOOD & WINE

Crispins Food & Wine
11 Kensington Church Street
London, W8 4DS

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 63p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I had to wait ages to take this photo because people kept stopping to look at the newspapers outside. No-one actually went in and bought one though. Crispins, it seems, is viewed more as a sort of public service information source rather than an actual shop.

CRISPINS FOOD & WINE

Crispins
49-51 Notting Hill Gate, Notting Hill
London, W11 3JS

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 67p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I somehow managed to delete the photo I took of Crispins, so I'll have to go back soon and take another one. When I was in the shop, a bald headed man complained to his friend about how much they charge for a Curly Wurly. I considered suggesting to him that he could start a project mapping the prices across London but decided against it.

SAINSBURYS LOCAL

Sainsburys Local
120 Borough High Street
London, SE1 1NP

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 55p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Twirl information and photo supplied by mixmasterfestus, who also warns would be Twirl purchasers to avoid going here around 11am as that is when they restock and so you might be delayed going in or out of the store.

WHISTLESTOP (REDUX)

Following my own, somewhat brief, report on the Whistlestop at Waterloo Station, wardytron adds the following photo:



He also says, incorrectly, "Its official address is 'Unit 28, Waterloo Station, London SE1 7LY'". Unit 28, of course, is actually a branch of Monsoon.

He adds, with more accuracy this time, "Twirls were 70p, which is on the high side, but the shop was well air-conditioned and not as busy as the WH Smith I photographed yesterday. Whistlestop operate a 'Meal Deal' system, where you can buy a sandwich, bottle of mineral water and a packet of McCoys for £3.59. There's also the option to exchange the McCoys for a Mars Bar, although sadly not a Twirl. However, prolonged and intensive lobbying might produce a U-turn, who knows?"

COSTCUTTER EXPRESS

Costcutter Express
54 Aldgate High Street
London, EC3N 1AL

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Poor
TWIRL STORAGE: N/A
TWIRL PRICE: N/A
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Twirl information and photo supplied by mixmasterfestus, who writes "like Willy Wonka's Chocolate (but not Twirl) Factory".

COSTCUTTER

Costcutter
57 Central Road, Worcester Park
Surrey, KT4 8EB

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 60p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I used to go to this shop to buy beer when I was about 16 because they used to serve me even though I was underage. I think that was before it was a Costcutter though, I can't remember what it used to be called. They now have a section selling Polish food. They didn't used to.

WHISTLESTOP FOOD & WINE

Whistlestop
Unit 14, Waterloo Station
London, SE1 8SW

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 70p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I have nothing to say about this shop.

99P STORE

99p Store
412 Muswell Hill,
Broadway,
London
N10 1DJ

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: None
TWIRL STORAGE: n/a
TWIRL PRICE: n/a
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Photo and Twirl information supplied by @themanwhofell who comments "This is a new store and offers a wide range of large foreign chocolates, or traditional British chocolates bundled together for just 99p. Despite this, they do not currently stock Twirls".

WHSMITH

WHSmith
117 Muswell Hill Broadway
London
N10 3RS

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 70p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Photo and Twirl information supplied by @themanwhofell, who comments "it's all very well offering half-price books but the Twirls are very expensive. Yesterday I saw Hollywood actor Clive Owen outside this shop. He crossed the road and went into Marks and Spencers. I didn't get the chance to ask him about Twirls".

SAINSBURYS

Sainsburys
12 Fortis Green Road
London
N10 3HN

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 48p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Photo and Twirl information supplied by @themanwhofell who also writes "very cheap Twirls. They also sell the Jewish Chronicle".

WHSMITH

WHSmith
Unit 17, Waterloo Station
London, SE1 8SW

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Excellent
TWIRL STORAGE: On shelf
TWIRL PRICE: 69p
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Photo and Twirl information supplied by @wardytron, who also says "the shop was very busy so it's not somewhere to go if you need a Twirl in a hurry".

TESCO EXPRESS OLYMPIA

Tesco Express
69-77 Hammersmith Road, West Kensington
London, W14 8UZ

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Not available
TWIRL STORAGE: N/A
TWIRL PRICE: N/A
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Photo and Twirl information supplied by mapsadaisical. Compare and contrast with Tesco Queensway. Please phone 020 7371 4075 and ask to speak to the manager if you want to complain.

McCOLLS (REDUX)

Further to the earlier post, MandrewB has sent in another photo (taken in fact on the same day):