Treetz

After the unfortunate demise of Woolworths, previously the nation’s one-​stop pick and mix shop, it seems that a whole new industry of sweet shops has opened to compensate for the loss. Most have gone for the high end old fashioned confectioners style, with prices to match, but Treetz, now open on the top floor of the Mall (previously the Galleries) has gone for the opposite end of the spectrum. The shop sign is garishly bright, the interior is utterly functional, and the pick and mix is in plastic drawers instead of posh glass jars. Correspondingly, the prices are wonderfully low, so a paper bag of your favourites doesn’t feel like daylight robbery. Treetz offers all the standard pick and mix fare, as well as some more unusual items like enormous mallow cables. They also sell some sweets that you might remember from your childhood, which are tasty and have great nostalgia value. I was amazed to find Wham bars, which I hadn’t seen since my school days.

You can’t miss attention-​grabbing Treetz — the sign outside the shop in the Mall couldn’t be much brighter or more multi-​coloured.
It lacks any of the charm of Bristol’s more funky sweet shops, such as tiny Treasure Island in St Nicholas Market, but to be fair it is stocked with a pretty good selection of treats.
Alongside the predictable pick ‘n’ mix selection you used to be able to buy from Woolworths (no more), there are a few you might not have spotted before — as well as packs of retro sweets harking back to your childhood.
Fine if you just happen to be passing and have a sugar craving — but if you’re going out of your way to find nostalgic sweets, head for Treasure Island instead.

Have a sugar craving? Instead of popping to a newsagents with only the typical selection of Kit Kats, Twixes, Kinders and Yorkiesm you should check this place out. I understand, the name ‘TREETZ’ spelt as it is doesn’t sound the most appealing. and from the outside it looks to bright and garish compared to a more traditional tuck shop that has charm to it, but once you’re inside Treetz, you get that same feeling as if you did just walk into that tuck shop — bubbly excitement at all the goodies you’re surrounded by.
Pear drops in big tubs, sizzling candy in straw-​like tubes, gum powder in sachets and sweeties in mini baby bottles are just some examples of what you’ll find here. Finding a roll of Hubba Bubba tape gum gave me a little smile.
There is also pick and mix here with the usuals, but also some great huge marshmallow worms and funny tiny blue and white gummy whales (or at least I think they are whales).
You’ll definitely buy something if you come in here, whether if it’s a snack you’re after, or simply something to take home for nostalgia’s sake.

Any sweet shop is a brilliant sweet shop in my books! Treetz is located on the top floor of the broadmead shopping complex, a perfect position for children to sneak off and buy some sweets without their parents seeing, and also for adults to go into without getting judged by every other adult shopping in the Mall.
With an incredibly impressive selection of Pick’N’Mix you will definatley find something that is for your taste buds. They also have a selection of pre-​packaged sweets, the usual selection of famous confectionnary that you will be used to seeing around the place.

It’s only recently that I’ve realised just how many sweets shops there are in Bristol — loads! I never knew. Anyway, this one’s located in the Galleries, near Argos and, I have to say, it doesn’t exactly match up to some of the others in the vicinity. Sure, it’s got a big pic ‘n’ mix section on one side, making up for the loss of the Woolworths downstairs (dearly departed) and on the other side there are few jars of «retro» sweets, but it just doesn’t have any atmosphere. It’s certainly no treasure trove and it in no way transports me back to my youth. Mainly it makes me think of the overpriced sweet and popcorn section before you go to see a film at the Odeon — and that’s not a good thing.