The "last" bag of Woolworths pic'n'mix has sold for more than £14,500 at an Internet auction.
The souvenir from the collapsed retail chain received 115 bids before finally being sold to the highest bidder on eBay at midday on Saturday.
The 800gram bag contains fizzy cola bottles, rhubarb and custards, straw-berry bonbons, Turkish delight, pineapple cubes, white mice, and many other children’s favourites once sold at Woolworths, before the store chain became a recent victim of the worldwide economic slowdown with the loss of 27,000 jobs at some 800 branches across Britain.
Ed Adams, a Woolworths store manager, filled the pic'n'mix just before his shop in Petts Wood, Bromley, south London, closed for the final time. The bag has been officially certified by Woolworths' administrators, Deloitte, as the last one.
The auction proceeds will go to the Retail Trust, a charity for retail industry workers.
'Last' pic'n'mix fetches £14,500
I wonder what the winning bidder intends to do with these sweets?
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