Morrison's quality going downhill

Tigsteroonie

A new Morrisons opened near us at the end of last year. It is tiny, and I am very disappointed with the (lack of) range of products. It's competing with a Tesco Extra and an Asda Walmart, and it's as if they have decided simply not to compete.

nafan

morrisons is the best supermarket by far
generally the best value and quality for everything fruit, veg, cakes, bread, meat, fish

i really can't stand asda, sainsburys and tesco because they always try to rip you off on something, so i have to go elsewhere to finish my shopping

obviously similar items will be next to each other, even when things are on offer!! this is what all shops do so you can find things, its not there to 'trick' and cheat people that dont bother to read the labels!!!!! :mad:

I have never once been overcharged in good old morrissey, its happened in all the others

:beer::beer: well done MORRISEY :T:T:T:j:j:j

Lotus-eater

Azari wrote: »

Supermarkets as a group seem to have an abject and irrational horror of having an empty checkout manned.

At any supermarket I ever use, no matter how many or how few customers are present there are virtually always just too few for anyone to ever be able to walk up and get served immediately.

I'm not saying they should have rows of manned, empty, checkouts waiting for customers but given the complexities of queuing theory, a couple more operating would often dramatically reduce waiting time.

The Asda I go to, opens checkouts exactly at the right times. They've obviously worked out which times are the busiest and plan accordingly.
And when all the checkouts are open and filled, they have a person going around with a big "space here" sign. I couldn't be more happy with them.

Having said that, the local Waitrose always has spare tills open and you always can get straight to a free checkout. With the Asda it's a question of hitting just the right time (3pm) when they have spare operators waiting for the rush to start.
But that's what you pay extra for at Waitrose.

With Morrisons I've often found the food a little below others quality, but not much, buy bargain basement prices food from anywhere and it's about the same. Waitrose is probably the only odd one out, the price match basics you get from there, are excellent.

Mupette

I have returned meat to Morries.

Practically accused of the way i treated the meat.

I bought a nice big free range chicken for chritmas 2009, probably 3 days before with a really good date on it, left supermarket went home unpacked shopping and chicken went into fridge.

Christmas day.. the chicken was so slimey, and stank, OH confirmed the chichen was off. Mad dash to freezer to see what we could defrost, luckly we had a joint of something, so all was not all ruined.

Chuck chicken and wrapping (with date on) in a bag then in the freezer.

As soon as morris was back open the chicken is returned to the store, where i was told that the chicken would of left the store fresh, and the store can not be held responsible for the way i treat my food when i leave!!!

Got a refund on the chicken, and i asked for head office address, wrote to them who sent £5 gift voucher.

What i should of done is let trading standards have the chicken and left then look at why our local store has big problems with fresh meat.

Lots of friends say they don't buy meat there, (this next bit is all speculation) rumour has it they take the meat off you wash and repackage for sale.

Just makes my stomach turn when i see their meat, and it was another year before i could eat chicken again.

lynzpower

Lots of friends say they don't buy meat there, (this next bit is all speculation) rumour has it they take the meat off you wash and repackage for sale.

Most supermarkets do this, especially at the cheaper end ( IMVHO) I only ever buy the "butchered" meat in morries. there is a book called "not on the label" that is a good, if worrying read, that will open your eyes... adn tells all about the repackaging and relabelling and dating of meat.

Orrin

I tend to shop at Morrisons or Tesco and I've not noticed any drop in quality lately. I prefer Morrisons for meat, fish and bakery but find my local Tesco has a bigger choice of general goods. I don't like shopping in Sainsbury's because I can never find anything and I always think their bakery overcook everything. Waitrose is nice but it feels a bit like M&S - great for ready meals or prepared stuff, but not so hot for anything else.

carrikp

I have no hesitation in agreeing that Morrison's quality has and is still going downhill. I first noticed the change after they took over Safeway outlets and moved south. I notice now they're employing similar tactics to those Safeway used shortly before they folded.

elfen

Don't like Morrisons. Me and OH did our weekly shop in there and it cost us 15 quid extra for the same stuff we get in Tesco!

vuvuzela

elfen wrote: »

Don't like Morrisons. Me and OH did our weekly shop in there and it cost us 15 quid extra for the same stuff we get in Tesco!

I could say exactly the opposite. If we go to Tesco it will cost us around 15-20% more than if we go to Morrisons for the equivalent items.

WhiteHorse

EycplUK wrote: »

Same spuds , different bags ! Go figure !

Sometimes, Yes. Washing powder and sugar are examples.

On the other hand, large producers will also supply to different standards according to what the purchaser wants. Thus, Grade A potatoes for, say, Marks & Spencer, but pig potatoes for Cruddo Supermarkets. Same potato variety, but different quality.