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Set in Valco, it finds the funny in one of our most familiar surroundings and focuses on the types of characters we all recognise: bored checkout staff, ineffectual managers and a range of customers, from the irate to the downright bizarre.
Acting deputy manager Julie struggles to assert her authority whilst trying desperately hard to make a good impression on store manager Gavin. Her people skills are significantly lacking for a start, often to the amusement of butchery double-act Andy and Kieran.
The butchers enjoy winding each other up and, while Andy`s life is all about meat, Kieran is bored of chops, mince and ribs. He wants something better from life. Similarly, on checkouts, Katie is fed up and dreams of going travelling. Meanwhile, new starter Margaret (Rita May, Coronation Street), a recruit of Valco`s older person employment scheme and a constant source of irritation to Julie, soon finds she isn`t suited to a career on the tills. Deferring to the delicatessen, a whole new world of olives and couscous opens up for her...
Jane Horrocks