An essentials list by Maddy Burton on what to pack for university, perfect for all uni students.
What’s in My Uni Bag? Unexpected Essentials
Anushka Searle lists the unexpected essentials that you’ll NEED in your Uni bag!
Co-op Reintroduces Bottled Water to LUU After 10 Year Ban
Last Wednesday (20th February) saw the grand opening of LUU’s new Co-op store. LUU have said that the decision to transform Essentials into a Co-op would “provide [students] with more choice of products, cheaper options […]
An Essential Upgrade?
Essentials, the official supermarket of LUU, is to become a Co-op, it was announced by LUU earlier today. A press release from LUU explained that the Essentials we all know and love is going to […]
Is Essentials Really Essential?
As students, Essentials has come to our rescue countless times. The not-for-profit shop run by Leeds University Union claims to stock ‘all the essentials you need for Uni life’ as well as a range of […]
The five days of Christmas (sandwiches)
Monday I go inside Tesco to the perennially busy Meal Deal aisle. Today, six students have huddled round a spilled Fanta and are pointing accusatory fingers at one another. I skirt round and peruse the […]
STAR Launch Refugee Christmas Appeal
Student Actions for Refugees (STAR) are organising an upcoming Refugee Christmas Appeal by collaborating with the Leeds Supermarket Initiative and Essentials in the Union building. All three will be working together to create packs that […]
News| Sanitary product prices drop in the Union
LUU are pledging to help students save by reducing the price of sanitary products. Essentials, the Union’s sanitary products stockist, will reduce the costs of sanitary protection under the new measure, which will see customers […]
News | Rising thefts in Essentials
Thefts from Essentials have doubled over the last three years. Since the 2009/2010 academic year, thefts have increased by 100 percent among student offenders and increased eight fold among non-student offenders. An Essentials staff member, […]
Food | Stuff Sandwiches – An alternative packed lunches guide
A daily routine of slightly stodgy pasta salads from Essentials or cheese sandwiches from home can be pretty uninspiring, but few of us have the funds to venture to Bakery 164 or the Hidden Café […]
News | Essentials hikes prices
Essentials has increased the price of their Meal Deal from £2.29 to £2.39, a 4.4 per cent rise since last semester. A Union spokesperson told LS that the price increases were due to “rising costs […]
Food | Cupboard Essentials
You’ve crash-landed into the mad house that will be your home for the next year and find yourself surrounded by equally giddy freshers itching to shake off their parents and lose their inhibitions just as […]