Morrison's quality going downhill

puppypants

I go to Morrisons every week to shop for my parents. I always feel like Im about to faint by the time I get to the till and sweat is dripping from my nose!! I can never get round it without a bottle of water to drink.. IMO the shop is far too hot, so could this be the reason why everyones frozen stuff is thawing at the till?

I never wear a coat and as little as possible layers, went into Asda for some fish for the parents prior to the Morrisons shop and nearly froze to death!!

Malory

puppypants wrote: »

I go to Morrisons every week to shop for my parents. I always feel like Im about to faint by the time I get to the till and sweat is dripping from my nose!! I can never get round it without a bottle of water to drink.. IMO the shop is far too hot, so could this be the reason why everyones frozen stuff is thawing at the till?

I had been going to Morrison's for so long that I didn't notice. I was used to it. Then when I was in Sainsbury's (nice and cool) yesterday, I remembered that is what a supermarket is supposed to feel like.

Rolandtheroadie

Been a Morrisons convert for a couple of years now, never had any problems.
Great special offers, read before you buy, a lot of items have the price by size on the shelf ticket.
I can be in, do a shop for 6 of us and out again without needing a drink, or sweating (and i'm a big lad) or even having my frozen items thaw.
Saw the cheese deals this week and returned one to buy the other.
I also find the checkout staff excellent from advising me of deals i've missed (3 branston beans for £1.50 whilst they were doing 4 for £1) to informing me that if I paid 80p for a local paper, I would get £5 off my shop.
Ok, i've never really tried Sainsburys, couldnt tell you where my nearest Waitrose is and wouldnt touch M&S with a barge poll but compared to the rest, Morrisons is by far the best.
The only comment against would be if they cant shift a certain brand (passata springs to mind) they'll just not display my usual one till they've shifted the other one.

WhiteHorse

I have also noticed a recent downturn in the general quality of items at Morrisons. They also seem to push the sell-by dates far too hard on some lines.

DCFC79

telboyo wrote: »

Funnily enough I don't like Sainsbury's, it is nothing to do with quality or price, I just find that everything is in the wrong place. I know that sounds silly but they never seem to have the same layout as other shops. If I do find my self in one of their stores it generally costs me less as I get bored with hunting around and leave without buying everything I need.
I actually prefer Lidl and Aldi because they generally only have one of each type of item I need so I don't have to make too many decisions!

My other half makes us go to Morrisons if we need to get a lot of stuff and their quality seems OK to me.

what is it you cant find in sainsburys

jonty1970

I get annoyed with supermarkets changing their prices every week. I have to watch how much I spend and it takes ages to shop now.
Also, I was nearly diddled out of money in Morrisons by one of their offers. The shelf said free item when you buy two, but I only got a bit of money off the third item, do had to complain. And also in front of me a man was complaining that his bogoff hadn't worked and he had to pay for the extra item.

I have seen the cheese mix up in my store as well and been charged over £3 instead of £1.80 or whatever it is

Multiply this by thousands each week and many people don't check their receipts or realise too late, once they get home and don't bother to complain, and Morrisons (and others) make a fortune out of sly practises

midget_gems

And this thread, people, is why there will always be the need for chefs and food preparation experts.

As i have been getting older and slowly learning the lessons of life, as we all do, the biggest thing i have noticed is the difference between a 10p pack of noodles and a 10p pack of noodles that has been prepared by someone who can cook.

Recently, having started living in a house with 3 other residents, i started by buying the cheapest and nastiest ASDA brand food i could afford.... namely 10p noodles and whatever i could get my hands on for under 20p an item because "it will be fine, i did it as a student!".

Cut to 3 months into my tenancy, a good friend of mine and fellow resident kindly takes me to one side and says "Dude, not trying to be a pompous !!!!! but you clearly cannot cook". Admittedly being slightly offended by this comment, i demand he put his money where his mouth is and show me how its done. He then proceeds to ask me to go and buy myself a Marks & Spencer/Waitrose prepared meal of my choice, and then give him the same amount of money i spent on the M&S meal fo him to go to ASDA and buy the absolute cheapest ingredients he can that make up my meal, going smartprice where possible and the next cheapest wherever else. The only condition, is that he can use whatever herbs and spices he already owns and keeps in his cupboard.

The end result? I have never since tasted an amazing piece of food like that one he prepared on smartprice ingredients, and i have certainly tried. I graciously accepted defeat, praised his culinary genius and have since been taught how to prepare meals that are so good it will feel like your face is going to melt with the pleasure of eating it.

Sarahdol75

My children call Morrisons Mouldy Morrisons, because every time I go in for fresh fruit or vegetable, within a day or two they are mouldy, needless to say I don't bother getting vegetable or fruit anymore, but I do love their bargains.

jonty1970

They sold me a mouldy cake, which I sent to the environmental health. It had "significant amounts of mould, that gave off solvent type fumes" according to them. I got an apology and a £10 gift voucher from Morrisons and it has put me off cakes from there for good

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I don`t like the quality in any of the big supermarkets and I certainly don`t like their ethics. I shop for local food mainly produced locally, to a very high standard. Prices are surprisingly good too eg a brace of stuffed pheasants wrapped in bacon, just over £6, saville oranges £1.79 a kilo