Happy Shopper shops on the Channel 5 programme '1980s Food: Everything We Loved & Lost'.
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| A Happy Shopper shop in Ilkeston, Derbyshire (2020) |
It was brilliant to be able to contribute to the Channel 5 documentary '1980s Food: Everything We Loved & Lost' and help to tell the story of Happy Shopper shops.
The programme was broadcast on Channel 5 today and was an edit of '1980s Food: The Ones We Loved & Lost' shown last year. These programmes followed 'The 1980s Supermarket', which included a feature on Happy Shopper shops in episode 3 when it was first broadcast in 2024.
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| Visiting a fully branded Happy Shopper shop is like stepping back in time |
One of the brands I remember clearly from growing up in the 1980s and 1990s was Happy Shopper. The colourful sign with the happy chappy face is a lovely throwback. Happy Shopper received a rebrand in 2000, but if you are lucky you can still find the original branding and signage on some shops.
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| The Happy Shopper shop on Chaucer Road in Sittingbourne, Kent (2022) |





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