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16:4216:42, 22 March 2025 diff hist +3,942 N File:KFC - Moto Exeter.jpeg KFC unit at Exeter, located within the food court area opposite customer seating, between Chow and Greggs. KFC opened at Exeter in December 2021 as part of a major refurbishment scheme to the site. Moto also added a Pret, changed the location of West Cornwall Pasty, & toilets were fully refurbished. Exeter had also been extensively renovated in 2017. Adding new facilities to Exeter was a smart idea of Moto's, as it's a highly profitable site, especially during the summer holidays. Moto's quie... current

22:3422:34, 27 February 2025 diff hist +4,135 N File:Pret A Manger - Moto Exeter.jpeg Pret A Manger outlet at Exeter, located between the amenity building's main entrance and the toilet facilities, in a new extension. Pret A Manger opened here in Jan 2022 and was Moto's third Pret, having already opened stores at Cherwell Valley & Rugby. It replaced West Cornwall Pasty and a takeaway Costa. Turning two takeaway units into one means this Pret is quite spacious & provides customer seating, meaning customers of Pret don't have to use the communal seating area. This Pret now also... current

10:0810:08, 24 February 2025 diff hist +4,917 N File:Krispy Kreme Airstream + West Cornwall Pasty Kiosk - Moto Exeter.jpeg Krispy Kreme airstream and West Cornwall Pasty kiosks at Exeter, situated outside the main entrance to the amenity building. There never used to be any outdoor kiosks at Exeter before lockdown, as the Krispy Kreme arrived in 2021 & West Cornwall Pasty used to be located within the amenity building, but both brands have operated at the site for a while. A Krispy Kreme cabinet was installed in the WHSmith Convenience store in 2009, whereby customers could choose doughnuts from the cabinet and p... current

20:4620:46, 22 February 2025 diff hist +3,745 N File:Chow Asian Kitchen - Moto Exeter.jpeg Chow Asian Kitchen at Exeter, situated in the food court area between Costa & KFC, opposite customer seating. Chow is a Moto own-brand, serving Asian dishes (with a particular focus on Katsu curry). Chow was created in 2016 due to the success of Roadchef's Chozen Noodle offering. Nowadays, most large motorway services have an Asian themed takeaway, with Extra & Welcome Break making use of Chopstix Noodle Bar. Chow helps keep Moto's food courts diverse in what food they can offer customers, as... current

19:0719:07, 17 February 2025 diff hist +3,897 N File:Costa Drive Thru - Moto Exeter.jpeg Costa Drive Thru kiosk at Exeter, situated near the entrance to the car park, far from the amenity building. Costa Drive Thru opened here in 2021, taking customers who want Costa products, but aren't necessarily fussed about the other facilities at the site. It means customers don't have to leave their vehicles, and prevents the amenity building from becoming overcrowded during the summertime peak as customers don't have to go inside for Costa. Exeter was one of Moto's most recent Costa Drive... current

18:2818:28, 10 February 2025 diff hist +4,074 N File:Former Bar & Grill - Moto Exeter.jpeg A glimpse of the former Bar & Grill restaurant at Exeter, situated within the Travelodge motel building. Bar & Grill was a Moto-own pub/restaurant brand, similar to Harvester, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Its location, far from the amenity building, means the only custom it really got was those staying in the Travelodge rooms. Therefore, it was rather quiet. The motel building Bar & Grill was situated in was constructed in 1986 and was built with 58 rooms & a restaurant area. When the...

17:4717:47, 2 February 2025 diff hist +4,064 N File:McDonald’s - Roadchef Taunton Deane Southbound.jpeg McDonald's outlet at Taunton Deane Southbound, strategically situated towards the back of the amenity building next to WHSmith & near the toilets. McDonald's is located here as Roadchef understands it's their most popular brand, meaning customers would have to pass all the other facilities (such as Fresh Food Cafe, Cornish Bakery and Chozen Noodle) before reaching this, giving the less-popular food units a chance of trade. McD's is popular at Roadchef sites as it's such a recognisable brand,... current

18:0218:02, 29 January 2025 diff hist +3,765 N File:Exterior - Roadchef Taunton Deane Southbound.jpeg Exterior of the amenity building at Taunton Deane South in Dec 2023. Quite a tired looking place, which was supposedly "improved" in 2019. It remains rather cramped & squalid, but with plenty of natural lighting inside. Taunton Deane's story began in 1971, where bids opened for operators to purchase the land & build a services here. Ross won the bid in 1974, and were set to open the site as "Cutsey". Ross quickly pulled out of this contract, & Roadchef was set to become the new operator of th... current

00:2100:21, 22 January 2025 diff hist +3,275 N File:Costa Coffee - Roadchef Taunton Deane Southbound.jpeg The internal Costa lounge at Taunton Deane Southbound, situated in the food court area, next to Chozen Noodle & opposite customer seating. Costa has traded at Taunton Deane since the 2000s & replaced Coffee Republic, Roadchef's previous coffee provider. Before this, Roadchef had Café Continental, which was introduced in 1989 to work alongside "Foodfayre", another former Roadchef own-brand. Roadchef chose Costa to replace Coffee Republic as they saw it as a "better fit" for their brand image.... current

20:3020:30, 17 January 2025 diff hist +2,872 N File:WHSmith - Roadchef Taunton Deane Southbound.jpeg WHSmith convenience store at Taunton Deane Southbound, located towards the back of the amenity building, near the toilets & gaming arcade. An awkward WHSmith to photograph, but I like the skylight above it. Brightens up the inside of a very cramped amenity building. WHSmith is the only convenience store at Taunton Deane (no SPAR), so faces no competition as its purpose of providing roadside basics & snacks is different to any other brand here. Roadchef's partnership with WHSmith began in roug... current

22:3922:39, 9 January 2025 diff hist +2,640 N File:Additional Customer Seating Area - Roadchef Taunton Deane Southbound.jpeg The additional seating area at Taunton Deane South, located opposite Fresh Food Cafe and Chozen Noodle. It wasn't open during my visit & seems to only be in use during the summer periods, when the sites busier. The existing seating area was in high demand whilst I visited, being the reason I photoed this instead. The existing seating area was also very messy with litter. When the site was being refurbished in early 2019, a temporary structure was added & used as a seating area whilst the perm... current

23:3623:36, 6 December 2024 diff hist +2,879 N File:Fresh Food Café - Roadchef Taunton Deane Southbound.jpeg The Fresh Food Cafe offering at Taunton Deane Southbound, situated in the food court, beside Chozen Noodle, opposite customer seating. Its proximity to the seating area means Fresh Food Cafe doesn't have any seating of its own. Fresh Food Cafe is a Roadchef-own brand serving sit-down meals for breakfast, lunch & dinner. It's the last of its kind at motorway services and many Fresh Food Cafes have been downsized to accommodate Coco Di Mama takeaways (such as Tibshelf and Norton Canes). Others... current

00:4500:45, 17 November 2024 diff hist +3,016 N File:Chozen Noodle - Roadchef Taunton Deane Southbound.jpeg Chozen Noodle unit at Taunton Deane Southbound, squished between Costa and Fresh Food Cafe in the food court area, opposite customer seating. Not one of Taunton Deane's most popular brands, hence why Roadchef have made the unit so small. Most of Roadchef's Chozen units are tiny. Chozen doesn't have any customer seating of its own, so customers using the facility will need to use the communal seating areas. Chozen opened here in 2014 & Roadchef introduced the brand to help make their food cour... current

01:2201:22, 10 November 2024 diff hist +2,938 N File:Costa Drive Thru - Roadchef Taunton Deane Southbound.jpeg Costa Drive Thru kiosk at Taunton Deane Southbound, located between the entry slip road and the M5 South. This pic was taken from my car. This drive thru is very typical of Roadchef, a small Costa kiosk without any customer seating. This is a useful facility as it means customers are able to purchase Costa products without needing to park & enter the amenity building. It's handy for those in a rush, & also prevents the amenity building from overcrowding. Taunton Deane being an online site mea... current

22:5722:57, 7 November 2024 diff hist +2,972 N File:The Cornish Bakery Kiosk+Costa Kiosk - Roadchef Taunton Deane Southbound.jpeg Two external kiosks at Taunton Deane South, consisting of a Costa and The Cornish Bakery. These are located outside the main entrance of the site & are handy during the summertime peak, preventing the interior of Taunton Deane overcrowding. Costa Kiosks, such as this one, were once a very common sight at motorway services, always being accompanied by a larger Costa lounge in the amenity building. Mostly, these have now been replaced by other facilities (at Reading West, a Costa kiosk was tran... current

18:1218:12, 30 October 2024 diff hist +2,759 N File:KFC - Stop 24 Folkestone.jpeg KFC fast food outlet at Stop 24 Folkestone, situated left of the main entrance, between Don Air Kebabs and Subway, opposite customer seating. KFC is an important brand at Folkestone, and has operated here since the site's opening in 2008. KFC has a large fan base of customers, and it's always been Folkestone's most profitable facility. KFC offers no customer seating of its own, & was last refurbished in 2017. KFC were introduced to the motorway network in 1989 by Trusthouse Forte, who opened... current

22:3022:30, 28 October 2024 diff hist +2,741 N File:Exterior - Stop 24 Folkestone.jpeg The exterior of the amenity building at Folkestone in July 2024, appearing rather vacant & plain. This is a huge building, which sadly has never experienced much custom. The main reason for this is Folkestone's close proximity to the Channel Tunnel and Dover Port. Branding itself as an "Early Port Arrival facility", most customers of the ports would typically just use facilities there (such as the Moto operated amenity buildings at Dover Port and the former Welcome Break operated building at... current

18:2818:28, 24 October 2024 diff hist +2,922 N File:Subway - Stop 24 Folkestone.jpeg Subway sandwich store at Stop 24 Folkestone, situated left of the main entrance, opposite customer seating, between KFC and Chopstix. Subway is a well known brand, attracting a large fan-base of customers. Subway is a popular at motorway services as it makes food courts more varied in what they are able to provide customers. The idea that you can customise your food at Subway is attractive for customers. Subway has a strong presence on the roads due to their partnerships with MFG, EuroGarages... current

22:3122:31, 17 October 2024 diff hist +2,960 N File:Hythe Convenience Store - Stop 24 Folkestone.jpeg Hythe Convenience Store at Folkestone, situated right of the main entrance, opposite the central seating area & food units, towards the front of the amenity building. Hythe Convenience Store is an independent shop offering a similar product range to WHSmith. Customers can purchase snacks, drinks, travel essentials & books. Hythe Convenience Store is huge & uses the same amount of space as the KFC, Subway & Chopstix units here combined. Its theme colour is red, and the shop resembles an Icelan... current

16:5616:56, 9 October 2024 diff hist +2,756 N File:Chopstix Noodle Bar - Stop 24 Folkestone.jpeg The Chopstix Noodle Bar offer at Stop 24 Folkestone, located amongst other food units left of the main entrance, towards the back of the interior, between Subway & Taco Bell. Chopstix provides a range of curries, noodles and rices in 3 different meal sizes. Chopstix has traded at Folkestone since around 2014 & created a new Asian-themed offering at the site. This was an idea being adopted by most operators at the time with Moto introducing Chow, Welcome Break using Chopstix & Roadchef using C... current

21:2521:25, 3 October 2024 diff hist +2,718 N File:Customer Seating Area - Stop 24 Folkestone.jpeg The large communal seating area at Folkestone, centrally located amongst all the food units. This seating area hasn’t changed at all since the site opened in 2008 (same tables & chairs). Seating is also very neatly arranged in rows. Stop24s expectations for the site when they built it were clearly very different to the reality. Otherwise, it would’ve been built much smaller. Folkestone took the title of largest UK motorway services from Clacket Lane West when it opened. It's very open & brigh... current

13:0813:08, 25 September 2024 diff hist +2,843 N File:The Café - Stop 24 Folkestone.jpeg “The Cafe” breakfast & coffee shop at Folkestone, located left of the main entrance, between the former West Cornwall Food Co & Curried Away, opposite customer seating. The Cafe has no seating of its own because of its close proximity to the main seating area. “The Cafe” seems to be a Stop24 own brand & is a quite important, yet frequently overlooked, facility at the site. Folkestone doesn’t have a Starbucks or Costa, so The Cafe supplies customers coffee & breakfast items. Additionally, ther... current

09:5409:54, 22 September 2024 diff hist +2,786 N File:Starbucks Coffee-Customer Seating Area - EG Boship Rest Area.jpeg Interior of the recently refurbed Starbucks lounge at Boship, on the A22. Like Pevensey, this Starbucks has undergone a recent renovation (2023) & has changed from dark wood/black walls to white walls and lighter wood furnishings. This lounge feels much fresher & a lot larger now. This building opened in 1990 as a Little Chef & replaced two other branches either side of Boship roundabout. It was a large Little Chef, which had a Burger King installed in 1996. Sadly, the idea of restaurants by... current

16:1316:13, 19 September 2024 diff hist +2,859 N File:Exterior - EG Boship Rest Area.jpeg The amenity building at Boship in August 2024, complete with its Starbucks & Greggs advertisements. Quite a large former Little Chef building, with the Greggs built as an extension to the existing Starbucks. Boship roundabout was built in the 1950s & as soon as it was, plans were developed to build a rest area here. The site didn’t open until 1990, but there were several Little Chefs built in this area. In 1974, Little Chef opened their Lower Dicker branch, which is less than a mile from here... current
12:0412:04, 19 September 2024 diff hist +2,690 N File:Budgens-Deli by Shell - Shell Boship Rest Area.jpeg Inside the Budgens store at the Shell petrol station at Boship, on the A22 at the beginning of the Hailsham bypass. It’s a fairly cramped forecourt, but a tidy one. Unfortunately there seemed to be a significant smell of drains, which was extremely off-putting. The toilet facilities, although recently refurbished, were also very busy & unclean. Boship roundabout was constructed in the 1950s & as soon as it was, plans were being developed to build some facilities next to it. The site eventuall... current

08:5408:54, 18 September 2024 diff hist +2,710 N File:Greggs - EG Boship Rest Area.jpeg The small takeaway Greggs unit at Boship, built into the existing amenity building with its own entrance. This layout is typically found at Greggs in Moto services, to find it at an A-Road EG operated building is very rare. Greggs opened at Boship in 2018 & has proven to be popular at the site. EG have certainly been very keen to advertise it around the site (it has more signposts than Starbucks). An odd choice of EG to put Greggs here, as it will create competition with the existing Starbuck... current

09:0609:06, 15 September 2024 diff hist +2,912 N File:Exterior - Starbucks Coffee Pevensey Rest Area.jpeg Exterior of the amenity building at Pevensey in August 2024. It’s solely occupied by Starbucks & for 5 years, was disused. This amenity building was constructed in 1993 & opened in 1995 as a Little Chef. It was one of the smaller branches, but this is due to low footfall at the site as a result of its location on a more local route. Little Chef traded here for 13 years, and eventually closed in 2008. It was one of the first Little Chefs to close, & left the amenity building entirely derelict.... current

12:2012:20, 11 September 2024 diff hist +2,582 N File:Customer Seating Area - Starbucks Coffee Pevensey Rest Area.jpeg Interior of the amenity building at Pevensey in August 2024. It’s all occupied by Starbucks, who have completed a large refurb on this site, adding brighter colours & a cleaner look. The renovated interior is very clean, with light grey floor tillage and oak wall cladding. You can tell EG spent a lot improving this, already quite modern, Starbucks. It was refurbished later in 2023, & still looks brand new. It’s now totally unrecognisable from the inside that this building opened as a Little C... current

23:1923:19, 8 September 2024 diff hist +2,774 N File:M&S Simply Food-Wild Bean Cafe - BP Pevensey.jpeg Interior of the BP forecourt at Pevensey services, on the A27 near Eastbourne. As with most BP stations, M&S Simply Food provides the food in the shop & there’s also a Wild Bean Cafe concession. When the site opened in 1993, Esso provided fuel here. This forecourt, structurally, hasn’t changed much since opening, but being sold to BP in 2016 created many changes. The shop was fully refurbished & the “On the Run” was replaced with M&S. As per usual with these M&S stores, it’s neatly arranged a... current

12:3112:31, 5 September 2024 diff hist +2,882 N File:Taco Bell - Stop 24 Folkestone.jpeg Taco Bell unit at Folkestone, situated at the back end of the amenity building, past all the other food units, opposite customer seating. Taco Bell opened quite recently in Jan 2023. I’m assuming Taco Bell is operated by Caskade, like KFC here, as it’s a sister brand to KFC. The idea of Mexican food being offered at motorway services began with El Mexicana at Extra sites in 2012. This was likely inspired from surge of Asian themed restaurants opening shortly before. Mexican food offerings jus... current

14:3214:32, 27 August 2024 diff hist +2,768 N File:Don Air Kebabs & Pizza - Stop 24 Folkestone.jpeg Don Air kebabs and pizza take away unit at Stop24 Folkestone, situated left of the entrance, between “The Cafe” and KFC, opposite customer seating. Due to Don Air obtaining the same font and similar logo styling of “The Cafe” next door, it is likely they are both Stop 24-own brands, rather than independent brands renting the units. Don Air is the only example of kebabs being available at motorway services & the idea of it never took off. Walking past the unit, it didn’t smell nice and produce... current

12:1712:17, 8 August 2024 diff hist +2,981 N File:Former West Cornwall Food Co - Stop 24 Folkestone.jpeg Former West Cornwall Food unit at Folkestone, situated at the front of the amenity building, immediately left of the entrance. West Cornwall Food opened at Folkestone in 2017 & was a new idea of West Cornwall Pasty’s. Typically, West Cornwall Pasty outlets are small kiosks outside amenity buildings selling snacks and pasty’s. This unit, being larger & more like a cafe, was branded West Cornwall “Food”, whereby they offer a selection of sandwiches & cakes as well as the usual offer of pasties....

10:3810:38, 3 August 2024 diff hist +2,691 N File:Curried Away Curry Bar - Stop 24 Folkestone.jpeg The new Curried Away curry bar at Folkestone, located between “The Cafe” & Don Air Kebabs, in the food court area, left of the main entrance. This curry bar opened earlier in 2024 and replaced a desert outlet called the Treats, which was never open. Curried Away’s theme colour of purple matches the former “Treats” café, and makes the unit more obvious as no other food outlets here have the same theme colour. Curried Away wasn’t open during my visit as it opens at 1:30pm, and I got here at 12p... current

15:0115:01, 1 August 2024 diff hist +2,978 N File:Former WHSmith + Quicksilver - Stop 24 Folkestone.jpeg Quicksilver gaming arcade and former WHSmith convenience store at Folkestone, located at the back end of the site, on the right. Quicksilver opened in 2013, replacing another arcade called “Game Grid”. Quicksilver are the arcade of all of Extra’s sites & were introduced to their sites in 2012, replacing Namco. As per usual with motorway gaming arcades, there’s an 18+ policy. There is, however, a smaller arcade area within this unit offering more family-friendly arcade machines. It’s a large a... current

12:5212:52, 30 July 2024 diff hist +2,849 N File:Channel Ports (Inland Border Facility) - Stop 24 Folkestone.jpeg The Channel Ports inland border facility at Folkestone, located at the back of the amenity building, beside the toilets and former Cafe 24 stand. This pic evidences the large nature of Stop24 and how all this space seems unnecessary now given the low custom levels. The amenity building itself is made almost entirely from glass, with blue painted metal beams and a very high ceiling, making it feel more spacious. This pic would look very different if the weather was bad! There are rows of seati... current

12:5912:59, 28 July 2024 diff hist +3,159 N File:Starbucks Coffee - Welcome Break Warwick Southbound.jpeg Starbucks lounge at Warwick Southbound, situated left of the main entrance, next to Waitrose. Starbucks is Warwick’s most obvious brand, and has its own large extension at the side. Warwick South opened with a large Coffee Primo lounge in 1995. However, in 2009, this was refurbished into Welcome Break’s 2nd Starbucks outlet, following a successful trial at Corley 3 years earlier. Unfortunately for Starbucks, they were late to the game as the industry of chain coffee houses at motorway service... current

22:0022:00, 26 July 2024 diff hist +2,941 N File:Exterior - Welcome Break Warwick Southbound.jpeg Amenity building at Warwick Southbound in June 2024, complete with a blue canopy & several brand advertisements. Warwick opened in 1995 by Welcome Break and is positioned between J12 & J13. Southbound will pick up traffic from as far as the North of Birmingham, meaning it gets rather busy and is typically busier than Northbound. Originally the site was going to be named “Barn Hill”. When Warwick first opened, it was considered very open & spacious. Since 1995, the site has experienced lots of... current
07:2007:20, 26 July 2024 diff hist +2,921 N File:Burger King - Welcome Break Warwick Southbound.jpeg Burger King outlet at Warwick Southbound, located left of the main entrance and concourse in the food court area, alongside other food brands, opposite a large seating area. Burger King opened when the site did in 1995. Had Warwick South opened any earlier, this unit would be Julie’s pantry instead. Welcome Break began using BK in 1995 when they were acquired by Granada (formerly Moto), a brand deeply in favour of installing Burger Kings. BK was one of the first high street names to saturate... current

12:2112:21, 25 July 2024 diff hist +2,803 N File:WHSmith - Welcome Break Warwick Southbound.jpeg WHSmith convenience store at Warwick Southbound, situated between Waitrose and the toilet facilities, facing the main concourse, near the entrance. WHSmith’s obvious location means it’s popular amongst customers of the site. In addition to this, WHSmith remains open 24 hrs daily, so customers calling at uncivilised hours of the day can access the basic necessities of a service station (food, coffee, shower keys etc). WHSmith has been at Warwick South since around 2008/9, and when first opened... current

22:0222:02, 22 July 2024 diff hist +2,936 N File:Subway - Welcome Break Warwick Southbound.jpeg Subway sandwich shop at Warwick Southbound, located alongside other fast food units in the food court area, left of the amenity building main entrance. Subway isn’t the most popular option of Welcome Break’s, but it is a recognisable brand which has its own customer fan base. Subway has traded at Warwick since early 2014 & formed part of dining area transformation. Warwick South opened with a large restaurant, initially branded “The Granary”, which was changed and rebranded several times unti... current
08:0708:07, 22 July 2024 diff hist +2,529 N File:Customer Seating Area - Welcome Break Warwick Southbound.jpeg Customer seating area at Warwick Southbound, located left of the main entrance alongside all of the fast food outlets. Many brands have to share this seating, so large amounts of it are available. I took a pic of the section of seating under the large glass frontage, which appears very bright, but busy. The location of the seating has remained the same since 1995 when Warwick opened, however, its purpose is different now. When Warwick South opened, the food court offer was a large Granary res... current

18:5218:52, 18 July 2024 diff hist +2,563 N File:Waitrose & Partners - Welcome Break Warwick Southbound.jpeg Waitrose mini-supermarket at Warwick Southbound, located right of the main entrance, on the concourse, between the Starbucks lounge and WHSmith store. There’s lots of competition between WHSmith and Waitrose, but the two stores attract different customers. Waitrose has a greater focus on luxury food products, whereas WHSmith sells more travel essentials. Waitrose has traded at Warwick South since September 2009, taking up space from WHSmith and the former Coffee Primo lounge (now Starbucks).... current

19:3119:31, 16 July 2024 diff hist +2,624 N File:KFC - Welcome Break Warwick Southbound.jpeg KFC fast food offer at Warwick Southbound, located between Pret and Burger King, opposite customer seating, in the food court area. Characteristically, KFC lacks any seating of its own, so customers can make use of the communal seating. KFC opened when the site was first built in 1994, & was one of Welcome Break’s first KFC units. KFC’s popularity means it’s often busier than Burger King, which is declining due to the high prices they charge. KFC does inflate their motorway prices quite a bit... current

21:5621:56, 15 July 2024 diff hist +2,955 N File:Good Breakfast-Chopstix Noodle Bar - Welcome Break Warwick Southbound.jpeg Hybrid food unit at Warwick Southbound, located just left of the entrance in the main shopping concourse, under the skylight. As it was afternoon, the unit was serving Chopstix Noodle Bar, but during the morning Welcome Break’s own breakfast brand “The Good Breakfast” trades from here. The site opened in 1994 with a restaurant called the Granary. This was replaced by Food Connection in 2001 and was rebranded “Eat In” in 2006. Welcome Break then went on to abandon the restaurant dining experie... current

12:2512:25, 14 July 2024 diff hist +2,517 N File:Starbucks Drive Thru - Welcome Break Warwick Southbound.jpeg Starbucks Drive Thru unit at Warwick South, located opposite the car park, next to the Days Inn. This drive thru opened in December 2013, utilising a grass area. Drive Thrus have become increasingly popular at motorway services due to their convenience. Customers who are only interested in purchasing Starbucks products are able to do so from their car, preventing overcrowding of the amenity building & meaning customers can be served more quickly. As with most Welcome Break Starbucks drive Thr... current

15:3015:30, 12 July 2024 diff hist +2,574 N File:Pret A Manger - Welcome Break Warwick Southbound.jpeg Pret A Manger outlet at Warwick Southbound, located left of the main entrance and concourse, in the food court area, between the hybrid unit & KFC. Pret opened here in June 2023, so it’s exactly one year old now. Decorated with coloured balloons and bunting, Pret replaced a Good Breakfast unit and the adjacent Chopstix unit was refurbished into a hybrid unit, providing Good Breakfast in the mornings & Chopstix in the afternoon, so no brands were lost. This is a good space-saving idea of Welco... current

11:3711:37, 11 July 2024 diff hist +2,624 N File:Costa Coffee - Roadchef Clacket Lane Eastbound.jpeg Costa Coffee lounge at Clacket Lane Eastbound, located in the food court between the entrance and LEON, opposite customer seating. It’s a large outlet, with seating of its own. Costa has traded at Clacket Lane East since 2000, replacing a Cafe Continental which the site opened with in 1993. Costa was significantly refurbished & the layout was changed in 2020, when the food court area was completely overhauled. It now looks much fresher, with large windows at the back overlooking vegetation &... current

14:4214:42, 9 July 2024 diff hist +2,614 N File:Exterior - Roadchef Clacket Lane Eastbound.jpeg Amenity building at Clacket Lane Eastbound in April 2024, complete with advertisement for SPAR, a large I-media screen & solar panels! Not the most grand entrance to a motorway services, but at least it’s clean & tidy. The entrance was modified in 2015 to accommodate for the new SPAR store. Clacket Lane was built in 1993 by Roadchef. When designing and constructing, Roadchef ensured the buildings here were in-keeping with the rural Kent/Surrey surroundings. To achieve this, the buildings have... current

22:5622:56, 6 July 2024 diff hist +2,797 N File:McDonald’s - Roadchef Clacket Lane Eastbound.jpeg McDonald’s outlet at Clacket Lane Eastbound, located near the main entrance and SPAR, opposite the seating area. McDonald’s opened at Clacket Lane East in 2012, replacing a Wimpy which was original to when the site opened in 1993. Wimpy was significantly smaller than McDonald’s, so when McD opened, they made the unit larger & changed the layout of the customer seating/food court from a long corridor to an obscure “snake” route through the food court, taking customers past brands other than po... current

16:2716:27, 4 July 2024 diff hist +2,782 N File:WHSmith - Roadchef Clacket Lane Eastbound.jpeg WHSmith convenience store at Clacket Lane Eastbound, located near the phone store & arcade and opposite the seating area for the food outlets. Very large WHSmith store at Clacket Lane East, offering customers a range of travel essentials, books and snacks. Prices are inflated quite a bit here compared to a bog-standard high st branch of WHSmith, putting some customers off & creating more trade for SPAR, the other convenience store at Clacket Lane East. Meal deals cost around £6-7 here, so def... current

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