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  1. Originally posted by Ricku2:I was just checking out Monza (Italy) on google maps and by coincidence I noticed a supermarket called U2 supermercato.
    https://www.google.com/maps/@45.6449673,9.2660088,3a,37.5y,313.51h,92.19t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sUu6KIowfU4Djyq0czJcoSw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DUu6KIowfU4Djyq0czJcoSw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D45.894535%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192

    I thougt PopMart was the only U2 supermarket, but there seems to be an entire chain of U2 supermercato's in the north of Italy/Milano area (https://u2supermercato.unes.it/). Anybody knows the story behind that name and has it something to do with our band?? I can understand the logic behind the U2 metrolines in Berlin and Vienna, but why would you name a supermarket U2 (other than you just love the band)??
    Perhaps they really liked the Spyplane
  2. Originally posted by Ricku2:I was just checking out Monza (Italy) on google maps and by coincidence I noticed a supermarket called U2 supermercato.
    https://www.google.com/maps/@45.6449673,9.2660088,3a,37.5y,313.51h,92.19t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sUu6KIowfU4Djyq0czJcoSw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DUu6KIowfU4Djyq0czJcoSw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D45.894535%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192

    I thougt PopMart was the only U2 supermarket, but there seems to be an entire chain of U2 supermercato's in the north of Italy/Milano area (https://u2supermercato.unes.it/). Anybody knows the story behind that name and has it something to do with our band?? I can understand the logic behind the U2 metrolines in Berlin and Vienna, but why would you name a supermarket U2 (other than you just love the band)??
    It looks like it’s a subsidiary of ‘Unes’ so ‘Unes 2’ shortened to ‘U2’.
  3. yes ok, but unlike the metrolines which are just numbered consistently U1, U2, U3, U4, this seems to be a deliberate choice for U2. Your explanation clearly makes sense, but I guess there still where many other options available.
  4. Originally posted by Ricku2:[..]
    yes ok, but unlike the metrolines which are just numbered consistently U1, U2, U3, U4, this seems to be a deliberate choice for U2. Your explanation clearly makes sense, but I guess there still where many other options available.
    Depending on the store size:

    U! 600 -> 1500 m²
    U2 400 -> 1000 m²

    etc
  5. ok, we have these kind of constructions in Holland as well, but they choose different names;
    AH -> AH to Go (not AH2)
    Coop -> SuperCoop (not Coop2 of C2)
    Jumbo -> Jumbo City (not Jumbo2 or J2)
    So, U2 makes sense in some ways, but it's not like it was the only logical option. So I still wonder what made them choose the name U2 in the end.
  6. Originally posted by Ricku2:[..]
    ok, we have these kind of constructions in Holland as well, but they choose different names;
    AH -> AH to Go (not AH2)
    Coop -> SuperCoop (not Coop2 of C2)
    Jumbo -> Jumbo City (not Jumbo2 or J2)
    So, U2 makes sense in some ways, but it's not like it was the only logical option. So I still wonder what made them choose the name U2 in the end.
    Write to them.
  7. probably not, but maybe I will... it's just something that I came across accidently today... like I said, your explanation makes sense, but there are maybe 100 other names that also would have made sense also... I always remember when I bought Pimm's Concert Documentary how many shows they did in Italy on Zoo TV.. they seemed immensely popular over there.. so I'm not sure if this is just coincidence (like those metrolines certainly were).

  8. That’s it!
    Italian too
    I posted a picture in the U2 parody months ago
    There are many around here and every time I see them I sing!!!
  9. Btw Davec82 where do you live?
  10. Originally posted by Fly40:[..]

    That’s it!
    Italian too
    I posted a picture in the U2 parody months ago
    There are many around here and every time I see them I sing!!!
    Yes, that's it, but when the original name was for example Anes, would they have choses A2?? I'm not so sure about that, I think there's more to it than just Unes -> U2.
  11. Unes is one thing
    then there is U! which means a bigger store
    and then U2 which is smaller
  12. yes, I understand, but it's not like that was the only option.. like I said, if it was A!, I doubt they would have called it A2... it doesn't appeal... O2 makes a lot more sense, as it means something to people..
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