Supercigs

Whenever I’m shopping on the Hawthorn Road in Kingstanding I will always pop into the appallingly named Supercigs for some sweets for the kids — and my cigs, of course!
It’s a great little newsagents which I believe is part of a chain, but this branch is absolutely brilliant.
They have a large selection of magazines and newspapers which is great for me as I love my trashy celeb mags, the magazines are laid out logically which is great compared to the newsagents nearby who seems to think it’s a good idea to place Heat magazine next to Coarse Fishing books!
They have a couple of fridges stocked with a nice selection of soft drinks which are reasonably priced and always well stocked.
The ‘munchies’ section is the best part of Supercigs; they sell a brilliant range of crisps, boxed cakes, chocolate bars, sweets, chewing gum and bagged sweets. My daughters’ love the bagged sweets because as well as the usual pineapple chunks and jelly beans they can also choose more exciting sweets such as chocolate Brazil nuts or dried banana chips.
The sweets are all very reasonably priced, not just the bagged ones but across the board in this branch. The use-​by dates are aways a way off in the future so I’m not such how they can offer such large discounts, but on my last visit I bought multi-​packs of Monster Munch for £1 and a bag containing six Cadbury’s chocolate bars for just 99p! My kids love it in here because the couple of quid I give them for sweets lasts so much further than if they spent it in the Co-​Op.
You can also buy greetings cards in here and in the centre of the shop are usually some discount baskets which can hold anything from kids’ gardening sets (£1.99, although this was a couple of Summers ago) to huge boxes of marshmallows.
Another thing I love about this branch of Supercigs is the fact that I can pay all my bills in there, it’s a Paypoint outlet so any bill I have which requires a card or statement for payment I would simply hand over for them to scan and pay the money owed with no charges for this service. Saves a trip to the bank, and believe me I’d much rather be in a shop than a bank!