Supermarket Choice.

[johnny02004976]

Come on, own up, who's the numpty that shops at Spar-Elyk?!
For the love of God why?!

they must be minted if they do a weekly shop there, i was stung for almost £2 for a 2l bottle of coke

[muddyfox470]

wanna get married? I love you.

... well it could get rather awkward ...

Waitrose is just so god damn awesome tho

[Workaholic]

Asda for the layout (and closeness to home, less then 5 minute walk...) but Tesco for the easter eggs!

But then again Sainsbury cookies are really good.......

decisions decisions.

[htid]

If i wasnt put on a strict £40 food budget by my other half (who, to be fair, pays for it) I'd gladly do all my food shopping in M&S. I'm not that stingy really, I just like to get as much for my £40 as possible, yet still have a healthy diet. However, if i shopped in M&S, i'd end up buying loads of ready meals, and we just don't do ready meals.

forty quid??? I've got my weekly shopping down to 9 quid!

[Funkstar]

on the subject of supermarkets.... did i just imagine it or did M&S used to have an online delivery food shop thingy? I swear i remember someone buying m&S food online a few years ago, but it seems to be no longer!

I don't know about online ordering, but i think you can get your shopping instore delivered to you. The one in Aberdeen has no parking and is attached to a center that has no parking (weird huh?) but they do have a "collect by car" where you give them your trolly of shopping and then colelct it later once you have done everything else in town. Apparently it is the busiest one of it;s kind in the country. Although M&S in Aberdeen is the largest food court per head of population and the most profitable in the country apparently*

*this may not be true now, but it certainaly was at one point, and i can quite believe it still is

[d19z]

I don't buy packaged food, no joke, even in this day and age, this has resulted in a heighten mental clarity, I get time becuase I'm still a student, If I had to I'd buy from asda.

[directhex]

locally, we have witrose or sainsburys, and a small somerfield

sainsburys win by being the least expensive non-**** option

[supermonkey]

Sainsbury for quality food they provide and tesco for the bargains and range

[Saracen]

Waitrose has good quality food, and it's not as expensive as you think if you are careful what you buy, yeah it's probably a little more than say Tesco, but it's worth the extra!

Quality meats & veg.
Never any long queues
Never very busy...
Delivery service is great too for ppl without cars

Never very busy?

You should have been in Lymington (near Southampton) the day it opened after the branch move and refit. The car park was full and the queue went a couple of hundred yards down the main street, thereby gumming things up nicely.

Yeah, I know it's not typical, but it was busy as hell. The customer queues for the checkouts went about half way down the frozen food aisles, and Waitrose staff were passing out sweets and apologising for the delay ... despite all 20-ish checkouts being open and active.

It wasn't so much "busy" as absolutely heaving. A madhouse.

[muddyfox470]

Waitrose is the one of the Supermarkets where all the checkout assistants seem to smile when they serve you.

I got a shock when I got back home to my town centre Somerfield. The staff seem much more friendly, and I guess the fact that Waitrose isn't too big helps too.

Did I mention the food is divine ?

I can't ever imagine saying that about Tesco.

Ian

(When I go back home I have to make do with Sainsbury's )

[Funkstar]

I know Waitrose is part of the ohnLewis group, but is it run the same way? If it is, then the employees are actually partners and got an 18% bonus this year. No wonder they are happy

[directhex]

I know Waitrose is part of the JohnLewis group, but is it run the same way? If it is, then the employees are actually partners and got an 18% bonus this year. No wonder they are happy

yes, employees are "partners"

[Honoop]

Sainsburys

BUT I rarely do a full shop there. I like their fresh stuff FAR more than Tesco and Asda but we usually do our 'big' shops at Asda, sometimes Tesco. Asda is good because you get loads for you money and its great for feeding the kids cheaply but their freezer selection isnt that great and they stock alot of their own brand stuff which isnt usually anywhere near as good as the branded products.

[Elmo]

forty quid??? I've got my weekly shopping down to 9 quid!

that's for 2 adults, one of which is a 17st boxer and the other is my bf

[Bazzlad]

19st Boxer? Super heavyweight! Go hit people!

[snedger]

Somerfield.

Doesn't have much tempty food, which is good for me.
And always has a big heap of reduced food.

Used to use the big Tesco, until I got sick of their profiteering and the fact that the town now has no green grocers or butchers because of them.