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Go Local Extra shops are independently owned convenience stores trading under a shared fascia supplied by a wholesaler, so there is no national customer service line sitting behind the till. The owner or manager of the branch you used is the person who can actually put things right, and asking who owns the shop is a perfectly reasonable question to put to staff. Your receipt helps: it usually shows the trading name and often the limited company that runs the store, which is who a written complaint should be addressed to.

Refused a refund at the till on a price that did not match the shelf? Start your complaint here and we bring your case to their attention through emails, social media and paper complaint letters.

No. In the UK a business is not allowed to add a surcharge to a consumer card payment for using a standard debit or credit card. A shop may set a minimum spend for card payments, and it must display that clearly at the till, but adding a percentage or a flat fee on top of the price because you paid by card is not permitted. A cash machine inside the shop charging you a withdrawal fee is a separate thing and is allowed, as long as the fee is shown before you confirm.

If you were charged a card fee, keep the receipt that shows it and raise it with the shop owner first. Put the same detail in your complaint here as well and we write it up in minutes around the receipt that shows the fee.

For a faulty, out of date or contaminated item, the shop that sold it to you is responsible under the Consumer Rights Act, not the manufacturer: take it back with the receipt, or with the bank statement showing the purchase, and ask for a refund or a replacement. Photograph the product, the label, the price and the date code before you go, because the pack usually disappears the moment you hand it over.

An unwanted item that is not faulty is different: an independent convenience store does not have to take it back, and any goodwill returns policy is set by the owner rather than by the fascia. Out of date food still on the shelf is worth reporting to the environmental health team at the local council, which inspects shops and can act on a pattern.

Because every store is separately owned, a complaint only lands if it names the branch: give the full address, the date and time, the till or receipt number, and the name of the member of staff if you have it. Ask the shop for the owner or the limited company behind it, then put your complaint in writing to that company rather than to the brand on the sign.

Route it by the type of problem too. Hygiene, pests and out of date stock go to the environmental health team at the local council. Pricing, short change and misleading promotions go to Trading Standards through the Citizens Advice consumer service. Name the branch in your complaint here as well, where other shoppers at that same address can find it and confirm the same pricing on their own receipts.

So far consumers reported 16 complaints about Go Local Extra here, with an average rating of 1.0 out of 5. The same themes keep coming back: prices at the till that do not match the shelf, change that comes up short, extra fees charged for paying by card, rude or aggressive treatment from staff, stale stock and promotions that are never actually available, and problems with parcels sent to the shop for collection.

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Yes. We have an active community of consumers, and complaints here are public: people who ran into the same problem at Go Local Extra can give you advice or back you up with their own story. A complaint with a community behind it is much harder to overlook.