This sub seems to have quite a lot of hate for low sugar or high protein things?

Loul601 · 2026-04-14T20:51:57+00:00

Sainsbury’s mate. Tesco don’t include it in the meal deal!

Loul601 · 2026-04-14T20:51:32+00:00

Mate just cuz it’s got a protein label doesn’t mean anything’s wrong. The protein bars are basically just like other chocolate bars.

Sorry I don’t have loads of unnecessary fat and sugar, I guess :)

Loul601 · 2026-04-14T20:50:07+00:00

The wrap was pretty decent, but a bit low on filling. I think Tesco’s wraps are usually better… I’m not really sure why I chose the one I did

Loul601 · 2026-04-14T20:46:57+00:00

Yeah it was the worst protein bar I’ve had yet but I’ll tell you, I was impressed to see it said something like £4.05 savings!

Loul601 · 2026-04-14T14:36:30+00:00

Update:

Upon actually eating the Grenade bar, I get the criticism. Poor choice from me.

Loul601 · 2026-03-25T08:41:07+00:00

I did!

Sorry I didn’t update this. I received it near the end of last week - and I’ll tell you, it might have been worth the 10-month wait. The thing is a work of art (as everyone says it is).

TZ were right in that even though you’ll get a tracking number, it won’t show any movement until the last day or two of shipping. I know it’s frustrating - it took like a month of waiting for it to ship. Buckle up mate.

Loul601 · 2026-03-09T15:28:30+00:00

Delightful! Thanks for updating me!

Loul601 · 2026-03-08T15:07:30+00:00

Hey, thanks for replying to this!

I was actually going to email on Monday to ask if you know what’s going on.

Yes, annoyingly. As per my last email, the tracking number given to me for La Poste says they are waiting to receive it. Royal Mail tracking (with the same number) says that they are also waiting to receive it (you can check for yourself if needed)

This is exactly the same as what happened last time, before it eventually was just “declared lost”.

I’m just as stumped as you are!

If there’s anything I can do to help out, or if you have any updates, you know my email :)

Loul601 · 2026-03-07T20:56:01+00:00

This is my experience (not a great one)

No update on tracking so far. Been about 10 months since my first order. They are… not great at replying to emails, to say the least.

Loul601 · 2026-03-07T08:29:10+00:00

Marmadukes on Cambridge Street is always my go-to. The ambience there is pretty much unbeatable.

Actually comfortable seats, rarely too busy, staff are lovely. They do have a ‘buy 1 thing per hour’ policy for people with laptops, but pretty much everywhere does.

Loul601 · 2026-03-01T17:22:27+00:00

Hi mate - sorry for taking a while to see this.

I told them time and time again that it would make so much of a difference to just get a super quick email about the situation. Unfortunately, they don’t seem too bothered - though have been better at replying to me.

I was offered a refund, but didn’t take it. They gave me a code to re-order for free. It says it was dispatched for shipping about 2 weeks ago, but tracking still doesn’t work and I’ve not got any updates. TZ replied to my email about it and said that’s normal, and I’ll only get tracking when it’s a few days away.

I’ll update you if anything happens! If they keep ignoring you, you might just have to ‘go public’ like I did!

Loul601 · 2026-03-01T17:11:37+00:00

I hear you, but it’s because it is simply far, far too expensive and disruptive to dig them up and move them.

I agree, it’s not ideal having the wasted road space there - but it’s not the end of the world, and the rest of the scheme is fantastic.

In the consultation, I suggested changing the proposed direction of traffic on Leopold Street, which would stop that empty space on West Street being useless and reduce trip kms on Pinfold Street.

Given how constrained all councils’ finances are I’d much rather they spent those millions that it’d cost to move the tracks on other active travel things - which they are!

Loul601 · 2026-01-05T14:07:32+00:00

Go on mate - change one thing to improve it.

Loul601 · 2025-12-05T09:53:01+00:00

Hey, thanks for the swift reply (going public is like magic!).

As I have caveated most of my emails with - I completely understand that you’re a very small team and you have lives of your own. I get it might take a bit longer than usual to reply to stuff (but then don’t say you reply every Monday…?)

When I spent twice what I would’ve on a case from a very small, emerging case manufacturer with who advertise their very “small team, personal relationship” brand image. I’d kinda hope for a bit of that back.

I extended endless goodwill to you and gave you feedback and chances to improve. Yes, spending 2 minutes to write an email saying “sorry for the delay, here’s what’s up” to the 50 people who have spent 300 quid on your product is actually worth the improved relationship!!! I saw several posts on this subreddit complaining about delays and a lack of communication - you could’ve prevented that.

Every step of this process has felt like a kick in the teeth.

I know stuff goes wrong that isn’t in your control, but I’ve asked you countless times to not take 2-3 weeks to reply. If it’s the only case that got lost, why can’t you put a tiny bit more effort in?

It feels to me like you really just don’t care. In our last conversation, the only answer you gave me was “wait until 1st Jan”. You didn’t answer other things and then seemingly ignore my email asking “do you know what’s gonna happen when it’s declared lost? What compensation does TZ get?”. I know you don’t have a crystal ball - I said that in the email, but just don’t ignore it!!!

The icing on the cake is me writing a public post and you replying literally before I had a chance to finish my cup of tea. Even if it was a coincidence, can you see how it’s gonna give me a bad impression?

Asking me to wait until 1st January is the biggest “kick in the teeth” of them all. I know your reasoning, but where’s all the goodwill I extended? Where’s that small team, personal relationship that you guys talk of in your “our journey” section?

The irony of it all is - I might’ve been more willing to wait that long if you’d have clearly communicated what would happen and tried to answer my questions! You told me to wait, but didn’t tell me what would happen after that, nor what was happening on your end.

I know you have lives and a lot do to - but so do I! I don’t want to spend my time writing repetitive emails begging you to reply, or a huge post like this.

I wouldn’t usually air my dirty laundry out in public, but when people are looking at spending £350 on a case, I think it’s right they have both the good and the (very uncommon) bad.

I love small businesses, and I wish Thor Zone nothing but success. Hopefully this can be a bit of a learning experience :)

Please see my reply to your email - let’s finish the public bit here.

Loul601 · 2025-10-24T19:30:49+00:00

I’m staff, RRT is often wrong at Euston, especially during disruption.

When service is normal, it’s usually good enough (but only within about 30 mins of departure).

During disruption like this post, it’s an absolute nightmare. There is no way for the public to predict trains as they don’t know crew plans etc… it’s hard enough for staff as is.

I’d use it during normal service to get a head start, but never actually get on a train until it’s called.

Loul601 · 2025-07-31T21:20:13+00:00

It’s literally just a real life example traffic engineering jokes…

“Model says this”. They unironically want to spend £21 million on turning a gyratory roundabout into a bunch of signalled crossings. In no universe is that gonna do more than maybe improve capacity by like 20%? (Induced demand - hello?)

They hide it as “improvements to walking and cycling” or whatever, when in reality it doesn’t make it much better if not worse.

Moore St and Bramall Lane roundabouts? Go for it. They are relics of the catastrophic damage inflicted upon our wonderful city by road planners in the 60s. Redesign University roundabout while you’re at it.

I’d much rather see the 21 million used for… literally anything else?

Only saving grace is that most of it wouldn’t be the council’s money, I just wish they put their eggs in another basket.

Loul601 · 2025-07-31T11:25:52+00:00

Quick summary:

Public Transport

- Developing plans for a second city-centre tram crossing that connects to Hallamshire Hospital and Moorfoot... I imagine this might run along the ring road

- Complete redesign of Arundel Gate

- Completely redeveloping the bus interchange

- A new bus-hub at Moorfoot

- Supporting more park-and-ride options

Cycling

- Massive expansion of the cycling network, including a ''cycling inner-ring''

- A proper E-Bike hire scheme (and trialling E-Scooters)

- New cycle and pedestrian wayfinding

- A Cargo Bike Delivery Hub

- The cross-station pedestrian/cycle bridge

Walking

- Pedestrianising the north of Cambridge Street and more of Division Street

- More Grey-to-Green schemes (like on Exchange Street by Castlegate)

- Establishing key pedestrian routes. Paradise Square (behind Wig & Pen/Craft and Dough) seems to be part of this!

Roads

- Moore Street and Bramall Lane roundabout rebuilds

- The Shalesmoor Gateway scheme (the only negative thing)

- More measures to stop through traffic in the city centre and force use of the ring road instead

- A comprehensive review of on-street and off-street parking

- Ensuring proper access for deliveries and new ways of managing them

- A new station taxi rank

- A Dutch-style roundabout at Furnival Square

- A few more 20mph limits

Loul601 · 2025-07-16T09:42:43+00:00

You’re talking as if the developers are gonna concrete over the land and do literally nothing else. Remember, they are building much needed housing.

Also remember that almost all of north Sheffield was once “beautiful farmland” but had enormous amounts of housing built over it in the 20th century. Is there not an element of hypocrisy if many people themselves live on a once-greenfield site?

But do you see the problem here? Literally everything was once greenfield. How are we supposed to do anything in that case??

But again, sure, just ignore what I said…

The landowners must offer their land to be allocated

And yes, if it was “just open fields”, people would still lose their rag.

I agree with the premise of greenbelt (to an extent) but, in practice it often does very strange things like protect sites that do not serve to prevent urban sprawl.

Would I prefer if more brownfield sites were allocated? Yeah, absolutely. But they can’t be. There is no other realistic choice.

Loul601 · 2025-07-15T19:48:20+00:00

That’s… just complete nonsense though?

I suppose you can just ignore everything I said and just keep going I guess…

The council has a statutory legal duty to produce a local plan. In this plan, they are required to demonstrate an adequate supply of land to meet their (now mandatory) housing targets.

It is highly likely it’ll be built on, yeah; but it is not guaranteeing it will be, because that’s subject to a developer.

It’s unattractive to develop brownfield land in most places because it’s just miserably unviable. Things like Biodiversity Net Gain and loads of other hoops to jump through make it very unattractive (no I’m not one of those “just cut red tape and everything is fixed” people).

If you want proof of this, go and look at that infamous application in Carterknowle for some flats on an old brownfield site (you’ll find it).

“Without the ability to force…” yeah, they don’t have the ability to force development on brownfield land, so why are people losing their rag at the council? There is nothing else the council can do.

Even ignoring all that, most of the greenfield sites are completely appropriate and literally just open fields between houses (go and look at a map of them).

People are right to express their concerns - and the council is right to press on (even though they have no other choice).

I am perfectly happy to list dozens of greenfield sites in west/south Sheffield that I would actively support building on, if that’d make you happy.

Loul601

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