June 14, 2025

Lightning Round: Tesco Club Card Nightclub, Uber Senior Features, Auntie Anne's & Dutch Food

Anne and Chris deliver lightning-fast takes on the week's quirkiest retail headlines, covering everything from Tesco's 90s nightclub pop-up to Uber's senior-friendly app features. The segment showcases their signature blend of retail expertise and entertainment while broadcasting live from Amsterdam's Consumer Goods Forum.

Special thanks to the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Simbe, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and ClearDemand for sponsoring this week's segment.


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00:00 - Untitled

00:02 - Nostalgic Nightclubs: A Look Back at the 90s

00:45 - Introduction of New Features for Seniors

01:27 - New Trends in Fast Food: Auntie Anne's Revamp for Gen Z

02:15 - Exploring Dutch Cuisine

02:34 - Exploring Unique Food Experiences

Speaker A

Let's go to the lightning round.

Speaker A

All right, question number one.

Speaker A

In commemoration of the Tesco Club Card's 30th birthday, Tesco is launching a nightclub pop up for the 55% of Brits surveyed who feel nostalgic about the 90s and early aughts.

Speaker B

Okay.

Speaker A

What club from the 90s would you most want reincarnated?

Speaker B

Okay, okay.

Speaker B

That's easy, Anne.

Speaker A

And the.

Speaker A

The whole, like, head bobbing SNL skit is optional.

Speaker A

Yeah, the Chris Kattan, Will Ferrell.

Speaker B

I can never do that.

Speaker B

For me, it's easy.

Speaker B

It's light at the Bellagio, Ann, Because I had many nights at the Bellagio, many good nights at Light in the Bellagio.

Speaker B

And that's actually where I met Mrs.

Speaker B

Omnitok.

Speaker B

Was on the dance floor, you know, rolled up to her, said, hey, how you doing?

Speaker B

All right, next one.

Speaker B

Last month, Uber said it will soon roll out new accounts for senior citizens with a larger typeface, fewer buttons, and easier to follow instructions.

Speaker B

Be honest.

Speaker B

And when you heard this story, how much did you want this feature for yourself?

Speaker A

I mean, I don't think I need all the features.

Speaker A

However, I will say I do like the photo scavenger hunt that they give you from, like, some of the airports will, like, post pictures.

Speaker A

I think it was in Paris last year where they, like had the photos that guide you.

Speaker A

Like, look for this elevator, look for this street sign like that help lead you that way.

Speaker A

I would definitely take that every single time.

Speaker A

So if that comes with the senior citizen Uber, sign me up.

Speaker B

Good to go.

Speaker B

All right.

Speaker A

All right, Chris.

Speaker A

Auntie Anne's is rolling out a brand new layout to appeal to Gen Z.

Speaker A

Coming to a mall near you.

Speaker A

I have to know, is there any mall treat that you can think of that is better than an Auntie Ann's pretzel?

Speaker B

Yeah, pretty much everything.

Speaker B

I hate Aunt Dance pretzels.

Speaker B

Yeah, I do.

Speaker B

And this is hard because I actually have an Aunt Ann and so shout out to her too.

Speaker B

I'm doing lots of shout outs on this.

Speaker B

No, I hate them.

Speaker B

They don't have the right butter to salt to texture ratio.

Speaker B

No, I go.

Speaker B

I go full on Bavarian with my pretzels.

Speaker A

And have you tried the nuggets too?

Speaker A

No, those might be better for you.

Speaker A

They're not like, not definitely not better for you.

Speaker A

They are not good for you.

Speaker B

But I'm pretzel particular and pretzel particular.

Speaker A

Oh, they're so.

Speaker B

No, I totally disagree with you.

Speaker B

All right.

Speaker B

And we are in Amsterdam.

Speaker B

What Dutch food are you most excited to try cheese.

Speaker A

Always cheese.

Speaker B

Okay.

Speaker B

I didn't know that.

Speaker A

I love their cheese.

Speaker B

Do you love their cheese?

Speaker A

The Gouda is unreal.

Speaker A

Like, so good.

Speaker A

So good.

Speaker B

Yeah.

Speaker B

Wow.

Speaker B

Okay.

Speaker B

I've been told to try the.

Speaker B

I think it's the Bitterball or something like that.

Speaker B

It's like a ball.

Speaker B

It's like a.

Speaker B

It's like a hush puppy, but of meat, I think.

Speaker B

So I gotta try that.

Speaker B

Okay, I probably didn't say that.

Speaker B

Right.

Speaker B

Sorry, Elvira and Rachel.

Speaker B

But I'm trying my best.

Speaker B

But, yeah, that's what I'm going to try.

Speaker A

Okay.

Speaker B

And the fries.

Speaker B

The fries are amazing.

Speaker A

Oh, the French fries.

Speaker A

Yes, of course, Absolutely.