{"id":612005,"date":"2025-12-04T16:37:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T16:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/612005\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T16:37:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T16:37:18","slug":"wales-oldest-man-aged-106-has-been-going-to-same-supermarket-almost-every-day-for-24-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/612005\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales’ oldest man aged 106 has been going to same supermarket almost every day for 24 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Owen Filer received a ‘wonderful’ surprise on his latest trip to buy his regular groceriesHolly Morgan<\/strong><\/a> Senior Reporter and Eleanor Storey Press Association<\/strong><\/p>\n

15:26, 04 Dec 2025<\/p>\n

\"OwenOwen looking delighted with his gifts at his local supermarket in Cwmbran.(Image: PA)<\/p>\n

A gentleman thought to be Wales<\/a>‘ eldest resident received a ‘wonderful’ surprise when he visited the supermarket he’s shopped at ‘nearly every day’ since it opened 24 years ago.<\/p>\n

Owen Filer, aged 106, is still a regular at the Asda<\/a> Cwmbran<\/a> branch despite his impressive age. As a gesture of appreciation for all his custom, the shop’s workers organised an early Christmas<\/a> present for Mr Filer \u2013 a shopping trolley packed with his usual purchases, alongside seasonal delights including biscuits, yule log and mince pies.<\/p>\n

Widower Mr Filer served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers before joining the Military Police during the Second World War<\/a>, and recently had an audience with the King at a VJ Day commemoration.<\/p>\n

He attributes his remarkable age to “never really growing up”, and enjoying a small measure of Scotch whisky at bedtime.<\/p>\n

He visits Asda daily apart from Sundays to purchase “small things”, and claims the entire workforce recognises him. For the biggest stories in Wales first, sign up to our daily newsletter<\/a> here<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Everyone is so friendly at Asda and they all know me by name,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I always have a good chat and a laugh and a joke, and if I need help with anything I’ll always get it.<\/p>\n

“If I live to 119 I won’t go anywhere else, always Asda.”<\/p>\n

Mr Filer is father to four children, grandfather to 10, and great-grandfather to 15, with his youngest great-grandchild being just three months old.<\/p>\n

Cali Beale, Asda Cwmbran’s customer manager, said the entire team adored seeing Mr Filer, who has earned the title of “local celebrity”.<\/p>\n

She said: “Mr Filer is a true gentleman and it’s an honour to have him in our store.<\/p>\n

“He loves his Asda shopping trips and enjoys chatting to the girls on checkouts.<\/p>\n

“He’s still very independent and loves to tell us all his stories, every colleague in the store knows him.<\/p>\n

“It’s such a pleasure to serve him in our store. He is fantastic for his age.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Owen Filer received a ‘wonderful’ surprise on his latest trip to buy his regular groceriesHolly Morgan Senior Reporter…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":612006,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[486,748,58030,4884,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-612005","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-asda","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-cwmbran","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115662284296231309","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}