*NEW YORK SPECIAL* MYERS OF KESWICK

Myers of Keswick
634 Hudson Street
(between Horatio and Jane St.)
New York, NY 10014

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Don't sell
TWIRL STORAGE: N/A
TWIRL PRICE: N/A
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I had high hopes for this store. As I walked in I saw a big display of Walkers crisps and then on top of the counter, a row of glass jars containing Cadbury's Buttons and Aeros. On another counter, they had Time Outs and Twixes.



I looked around, hopeful. I couldn't see any Twirls. I asked the woman behind the counter if they sold Cadbury's Twirls. She shook her head. I managed to hold back the tears until I was out of the shop and at least a block away.

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?

ESSENTIA NEWSAGENTS

Essentia Newsagents
1-3 Cheapside,
London, EC2V 6AA

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: N/A
TWIRL STORAGE: N/A
TWIRL PRICE: N/A
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: You can imagine how excited I was when when I saw the sign "Essentia Newsagents Now Open". I got to the door and they were closed. The only thing keeping me going is the idea that it is now spring, just look at those lovely daffodils.

NEWS BOX

News Box
Bank Station, Cornhill
London EC3V 3LA

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Not available
TWIRL STORAGE: N/A
TWIRL PRICE: N/A
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: An odd little kiosk, which serves both platforms on the Waterloo & City line at Bank. Despite two openings (one on each platform), they still don't have any Twirls. This is the only place I have visted which has failed to sell Twirls twice at the same time.

GRAB-A-BITE

Grab-A-Bite
Bank Station, Cornhill
London EC3V 3LA

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Not available
TWIRL STORAGE: N/A
TWIRL PRICE: N/A
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: The second Grab-A-Bite I've visted recently, and neither sell Twirls. I can only assume this is a company wide policy and will be writing to Head Office to complain.

GRAB-A-BITE

Grab-A-Bite
Putney Bridge Underground Station,
Station Approach,
London, SW6 3UH

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Not available
TWIRL STORAGE: N/A
TWIRL PRICE: N/A
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Unfortunately, I was unable to "grab a bite" whilst at Putney Bridge station. I waited a very long time for that woman to move, but she was there for ages. She was getting a coffee and the guy was a bit slow.

SUPERSAVE

Supersave
3 Kentish Town Road
London, NW1 8NH


TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Not available
TWIRL STORAGE: N/A
TWIRL PRICE: N/A
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Very clever. I'd started to suspect there was some sort of cartel responsible for making sure all the shops on this stretch of Kentish Town Road sell Twirls at exactly the same price. Capital Foods and Booty Wine both charge 59p. I thought I'd spotted a pattern. Supersave don't sell Twirls. How convenient.

SPHERE XPRESS

Sphere Xpress
61 Parkway
London, NW1 7PP

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Not available
TWIRL STORAGE: N/A
TWIRL PRICE: N/A
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I haven't been Twirl Spotting for quite a while. This was my first shop in a long time, so you can imagine how I felt when I discovered they didn't have any Twirls. I was suicidal. Also, this shop is huge. Not huge. But bigger than it looks. It just goes to show that bigger doesn't always mean better. That made cheered me up at least.

SUPERSAVE

Supersave
4 Kilburn Bridge
London, NW6 6HT

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Not available
TWIRL STORAGE: N/A
TWIRL PRICE: N/A
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Twirl information and photo supplied by hencehemmo, who filed this audio report*. Unfortunately, despite the man behind the counter being a big fan of Twirls, they didn't have any. They might have some on Tuesday though. To make up for not getting a Twirl, hencehemmo decided instead to get some fags.


*With technical support from mixmasterfestus.

ROSS FOOD & WINE (REDUX)

Further to my previous visit to Ross Food & Wine, hencehemmo recently visited and took this exciting night time shot:



However, while I had no problem finding the (warm, overpriced) Twirls, on this occassion, hencehemmo was not so lucky.

She filed this AUDIO report*. "I'd rather be blind than not have a Twirl" she says. Yes, it's dramatic, but I can understand how she feels.


*With technical support from mixmasterfestus.

PIT STOP

Pit Stop
6 Cambridge Avenue
London, NW6 5BB

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Not available
TWIRL STORAGE: N/A
TWIRL PRICE: N/A
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Twirl information and photo supplied by hencehemmo, who says, that sadly there are "no Twirls on Cambridge Avenue, NW6." Although the people at Pit Stop do call you "darlin'", although "perhaps only if you've just illicitly watched True Blood on a sunny day" (I don't really know what True Blood is).

SWEET EXPRESS

Sweet Express
Unit 30, Victoria Station
London, SW1V 1JU

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Not available
TWIRL STORAGE: N/A
TWIRL PRICE: N/A
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Twirl information and photo supplied by mapsadaisical, who says "Express? Took me at least 30 seconds to see they had no Twirls".

FOOD & WINE

Food & Wine
38-40 Thurloe Street
London, SW7 2LT

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Not available
TWIRL STORAGE: N/A
TWIRL PRICE: N/A
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I was convinced this place would have Twirls and was trying to guess how much they were going to be, when I was shocked to discover they don't even sell them!

SNAX EXPRESS

Snax Express
Station Arcade
Pelham Street
London, SW7 2NA

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Not available
TWIRL STORAGE: N/A
TWIRL PRICE: N/A
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Chocolate bars are kept in a fridge, but there aren't any Twirls. Large selection of chocolate raisins though.

THE EMPEROR STORE

The Emperor Store
48A Gloucester Road
London, SW7 4QT

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Not available
TWIRL STORAGE: N/A
TWIRL PRICE: N/A
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Despite its rather grand sounding name, The Emperor Store fails even to have a single Cadbury's Twirl.

KSR FOOD & WI E

KSR Food & Wi e
112 Kensington Church Street
London, W8 4BH

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Not available
TWIRL STORAGE: N/A
TWIRL PRICE: N/A
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: The fact they hadn't replaced the missing 'N' from the sign on the front of this shop should have warned me that they wouldn't be organised enough to order a few Twirls. You guys need to sort yourselves out.

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.

SNAX EXPRESS

Snax Express
16 High Holborn, King's Cross
London, WC1V 6BY

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Not available
TWIRL STORAGE: N/A
TWIRL PRICE: N/A
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Twirl information and photo supplied by mixmasterfestus, who comments that the shop is "v. well hidden. This isn't relevant however as they didn't have any." And, to illustrate his sad feelings about Snax Express' lack of Twirls, mixmasterfestus used this emoticon:

:/

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".

LONDIS

Londis
Richmond Road
Twickenham, TW1 2DX

TWIRL AVAILABILITY: Not available
TWIRL STORAGE: N/A
TWIRL PRICE: N/A
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Twirl information and photos supplied by wardytron who tells the following horror story. "This was a horror story," he writes, "It's a Londis, not that you'd know from the frontage. The temperature inside would have melted chocolate, if they'd had any. It was a disaster, there were a handful of Flakes and maybe 3 or 4 Fry's Turkish Delights. I've taken a picture of the empty space below the till where chocolate was supposed to be. Sorry about the slightly shaky image, but I was being stared at by the owner." Finally, he adds "in my notes, after leaving Londis, I wrote 'Disgraceful.' Clearly I was upset."