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You and Yours: Supermarket expansion, Rock n roll, Death refunds

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05/01/2018

Supermarket expansion, Rock n roll, Death refunds

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Supermarket expansion, Rock n roll, Death refunds

Why the Co-op is expanding; Rock n Roll makes a comeback; Paying for services after death.

Why the Co-op is opening a hundred new stores this year. The thriving industry around Rock n Roll. Charging people for services after they've died.

In recent years, the supermarkets have been downsizing.
They've opened fewer new megastores, instead buying up space on the high street for smaller convenience shops.
This week the Co-op chain announced they'd be opening 100 more stores this year, for the third year running.
Our presenter, Peter White, talks to Matthew Speight, head of Retail Support, about why the Co-op is expanding in towns and cities across the UK.

Back in the 1950s when rock 'n' roll first burst on to the scene, it was dismissed by some as a fad.
Our reporter, Elizabeth Hotson, looks at the thriving industry around this popular style of music and how it's gaining new fans.
There's a new rock 'n' roll themed pub in London, Roy Orbison will tour the UK in hologram form this year and vintage clothes shops are increasing in popularity.
Elizabeth speaks to veteran performers still on the live circuit including Wanda Jackson, the first woman to have a UK number 1 with Let's Have A Party in 1960.
She visits Vivien of Holloway in London, a company established in 2000, which specialises in 1950s dresses and clothing.
She meets young fans who collect rock 'n' roll hit songs on vinyl and dress in fifties style.
She also finds a salon where vintage hairstyles are the norm.

We investigate if it's ever fair to charge people for services after they've died.
We report on how one man couldn't get a refund from two different companies after his mother and sister died.
We ask Tracey Singlehurst-Ward, a contract lawyer with Hugh James, whether families should have to keep paying for relatives after they've died.

Presenter: Peter White
Producer: Tara Holmes.

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