Thanks - well, maybe then it will make the waiting room a little less noisy, without the clattering of machines and people behind the counter chatting and so forth. Not particularly negative as far as I'm concerned!
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AMT Coffee goes into adminstration... then gets bought out by SSP
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Thanks - well, maybe then it will make the waiting room a little less noisy, without the clattering of machines and people behind the counter chatting and so forth. Not particularly negative as far as I'm concerned!
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dk1
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Sorry I’ve never looked at that. Yes, AMT either end on platforms 1 & 4 plus the newer one on the island.
dk1
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The one in Brussels Centraal was a claim to fame of mine. In the UK you just show your railway staff pass for discount. I tried it there & the little Chinese man serving stopped making a waffle, gave me a hug & refused to take the 2€ for the coffee. Was a surreal experience.
Well, they used to be really rather good.....
I noticed the one in Oxford station had closed recently. The reason being obvious, and not so much to do with any downturn in travel, as with the arrival, in the same booking hall area, of small branches of, first, Costa, and then not only Pret but also Greggs for good measure (to accompany the existing Upper Crust).
Which seems something of an overkill, but if the idea was to get rid of the best purveyor of coffee in the station, it certainly succeeded.
I noticed the one in Oxford station had closed recently. The reason being obvious, and not so much to do with any downturn in travel, as with the arrival, in the same booking hall area, of small branches of, first, Costa, and then not only Pret but also Greggs for good measure (to accompany the existing Upper Crust).
Which seems something of an overkill, but if the idea was to get rid of the best purveyor of coffee in the station, it certainly succeeded.
Techniquest
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Wow it's all changed since I last went then! Good to know Pret is available for coffee!
Real shame.... years ago alot of SSP retailers were decent quality
DaventryRabbit
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The Pumpkin at Northampton hasn't exsisted since the Station reconstruction of 2013 (?)...
My visits were in the olden days!
Can anyone remember when Bite discount was reduced from 20% to 10%?
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The last time I used one was 13th December 2014, so won't particularly be missed by me. It's that long ago I can't particularly recall whether it was nice or not, but I think they did give us a free giant chocolate coin.
Used a few other retailers since, but very infrequently. Pumpkin was always a bit of a gamble for me as my card never seemed to work there, although it'd be fine anywhere else. Lead to a couple of free coffees, but I always felt guilty and embarrassed doing it. I'm also one of the few that do actually like Upper Crust, but the last time I brought something it was too expensive to claim back under my work expenses policy so won't be doing that again.
As long as there's the option of getting something wet and hot I'm happy, although generally I won't pay for coffee while I'm out. I'll either take a travel mug or, if it's a long journey, a litre flask of water, mug, and tin of coffee.
Used a few other retailers since, but very infrequently. Pumpkin was always a bit of a gamble for me as my card never seemed to work there, although it'd be fine anywhere else. Lead to a couple of free coffees, but I always felt guilty and embarrassed doing it. I'm also one of the few that do actually like Upper Crust, but the last time I brought something it was too expensive to claim back under my work expenses policy so won't be doing that again.
As long as there's the option of getting something wet and hot I'm happy, although generally I won't pay for coffee while I'm out. I'll either take a travel mug or, if it's a long journey, a litre flask of water, mug, and tin of coffee.
It certainly was the best of the bunch IMO. Big shame.
Butts
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AMT has closed at Haymarket Station and so has the old Pumpkin on Platform 4.
There is a coffee wagon opposite where AMT used to be and an M&S Food - if they had their wits about them they should stick a Coffee Machine in there as M&S machines not bad judging by the one at Birmingham Airport.
There is a coffee wagon opposite where AMT used to be and an M&S Food - if they had their wits about them they should stick a Coffee Machine in there as M&S machines not bad judging by the one at Birmingham Airport.
306024
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AMT on the West Side of Liverpool St still trading this evening.
philthetube
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It almost sounds as if the forgot to tell staff in some locations.
Techniquest
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I was interested to note yesterday at London Euston that the SSP's Ritazza outlet was closed. I didn't have the opportunity to read the paper notices on the shutters though.
Iskra
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All the Ritazza’s went a while back now
Techniquest
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Oh wow, fair enough. I didn't really notice, I had one at Southampton Central in early November but didn't realise it would be my last one. Perhaps that's why there was no Ritazza branded cups that day.
I wonder who will be next!
If you make it strong enough the taste will linger for a couple of hours.
61653 HTAFC
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The best thing about AMT was the seasoned pretzels, but nine times out of ten they'd only have plain ones left. I suppose that's the downside of having premises smaller than a bus shelter.
One at Paddington still going. Had a nice too good to go from them yesterday evening.
Iskra
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I do apologise, I thought it had gone during one of the waves of redundancies they did during the Covid period.
Bletchleyite
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There's also one at Euston.
Some did go though. The one at MKC did, as did the adjacent newspaper shop, though there are two out front so this isn't much of an issue in itself.
Steddenm
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The one at Dublin Connolly was open again today but had a 50% off sale on everything - including coffee. Hot drinks were being served in "Frank & Honest" cups (it's an Irish coffee company).
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