Medlock

The slightly larger of the two convenience shops on Hathersage Road, Medlock marks union of Day-​Today (specialising is news and groceries) and Paper-​Net (specialising in greetings cards and grandiose sounding ‘exclusive gifts’) in what was surely the biggest merger since Google bought YouTube. Now the shop offers all the unique benefits of the two stores in one slightly wider shop. Want to buy an silver wedding anniversary card and a carton of pineapple juice? You got it. Need a copy of Take-​a-​Break and a CD of disco cover versions? Absolutely.
The magazine and news section is impressively extensive and the range of chocolate is to be commended (they have Riesen: the chocolate chew.) Biscuits are very much Medlock’s forte though. If you lay two men end to end you would still not quite have measured out the length of Medlock’s biscuit aisle (unless they were quite tall, then you might have overshot it.) Cookies, malted milks, bourbons even my beloved chocolate Hob Nobs are all available here. There is also a newly installed selection of budget spirits (featuring student favourite, ‘Glen’s: the exciting vodka!’) They also sell bread and milk, but it’s the biscuits and vodka that is the real winning combination here.