Just me who finds Sainsburys very expensive?

blackandwhitebunny

Tiglath wrote: »

We buy 240 tins of Felix a month for our lot,

I have to ask how many? I thought we were bad with 24 boxes of pouches a month.

I think it depends a lot on what you buy. I shop in Sainsburys nearly every day for school (food lessons and breakfast club) and find they are better than tesco's. I buy a lot of basic ingredients such as flour and marg and these are all the same price in all the big four. The difference I find is that when it comes to things like basics peppers, mushrooms etc, the price at sains is normally a few pence more than at tescos but they nearly always have them in stock. When I've gone to tescos for some reason I always end up having to spend more as I have to buy the next price up as they're almost always out of stock by 5pm.
I also make staff lunches for training days several times a year, I always use mysupermarket to make up a shoppping list and do a basic costing, I buy mainly fresh, raw ingredients and sains is always the cheapest.
I do know that if I ever want to buy snacks and crisps etc that asda is the cheapest.
I find morrisons specials are good but a lot of theire non special items are a few pence more than sains.
I also use the sains I do because I don't need money for parking (I know you get it back but I don't always have the right change) and for the trolley and probably most important the staff are so much nicer than those in tesco.

Tiglath

9 cats - we were putting down a total of 6 tins a day (3 in the morning and 3 in the evening) but as the weather's got colder, they seem hungry so we've upped it to 4 tins twice a day. 4 into 9 doesn't divide obviously, but they play musical bowls anyway on the grounds that someone's got something more interesting in the bowl next door. The kitchen's like a tsunami wave at mealtimes as they all leap over each other to get in there, tripping us up in the process.

starchops

I worked at Sainsburys, and the managers loved tweaking the prices after they 'got cheaper' so they could lure in customers and charge them more. My store was an awful store to work in anyway. They are brilliant for fresh fruit & meat, everything else, not so much.

As for the riff raff comment, you should be ashamed of yourself. Council estates do not make riff raffs, it's just people who live on a low income trying to make the best of their money. IF you're including the people who have a alcohol or drugs problem then how sad to imagine them as the majority.

bitemebankers

starchops wrote: »

As for the riff raff comment, you should be ashamed of yourself.

Why? One of the reasons I avoid the local Tesco is because of the riff raff, and I don't just mean the customers: the staff are similarly rude. Both staff and customers frequently push and shove, yell to one another from across the store and some customers even let their kids use the aisles as a playground. It all makes for a pretty miserable shopping experience and you just don't encounter that sort of thing in Sainsburys or Waitrose.

Edwardia

I agree that Waitrose is a far more civilised shopping experience. The staff are very knowledgeable and they have an incentive to help because they get a share in the profits.

None of the other stores do this and that could be why staff get grumpy and rude after a working day dealing with customers.

It may not be politically correct to say it, but nevertheless it is true to say that we've all seen screamy shouty sweary parents and kids and that the majority of them overwhelmingly are not middle or higher income families.

It doesn't matter whether people are rich or poor or where they live, council estate or castle. What makes them riff raff or not is their manners and the way they treat other people.

I was on a train once and a woman with a buggy ran over my dog's tail deliberately twice. I remonstrated with her and she gave me a real mouthful.

In a previous job I met people with titles including a minor royal and they were unfailingly polite and nice, really approachable. I've also met some really horrible nouveau riche types who treat everyone badly and were just as bad as chavs despite their money.

I've never had a bad shopping experience in Waitrose or Lidl. ASDA customers are the pits, closely followed by Tesco.

System

Edwardia wrote: »

I've never had a bad shopping experience in Waitrose or Lidl. ASDA customers are the pits, closely followed by Tesco.

that is harsh, there are lovely staff and people who are in ASDA or moreso Tesco. The thing about ASDA is that it also attracts the poorest people, usually the ones who aren't nice to be shopping around, but the majority of the customers and staff are fine.

POPPYOSCAR

starchops wrote: »

I worked at Sainsburys, and the managers loved tweaking the prices after they 'got cheaper' so they could lure in customers and charge them more. My store was an awful store to work in anyway. They are brilliant for fresh fruit & meat, everything else, not so much.

As for the riff raff comment, you should be ashamed of yourself. Council estates do not make riff raffs, it's just people who live on a low income trying to make the best of their money. IF you're including the people who have a alcohol or drugs problem then how sad to imagine them as the majority.

Whilst not all people who live on council estates can be tarred with the same brush but it is an unfortunate fact that they do have some 'not so nice people'.

If you go to the shopping centre near us which is in a predominately council estate town you will hear endless expletives, young girls pushing babies around etc.

I heard the other day a mother telling what looked like a two year old to "shut the f... up" and if he did not stop crying she would "f....... give him something to cry for"

I just do not hear this sort of thing in other towns around.

Middy

You get horrible people at every stage on the social ladder, The same goes with lovely people.

Edwardia

berbastrike wrote: »

that is harsh, there are lovely staff and people who are in ASDA or moreso Tesco. The thing about ASDA is that it also attracts the poorest people, usually the ones who aren't nice to be shopping around, but the majority of the customers and staff are fine.

I used to shop mostly in Lidl and ASDA with forays into Sainsburys, Tesco and Morrisons occasionally and had deliveries from Waitrose and Tesco. Then I went organic and had to try and get whatever I could when I could. In the end I gave up and now get deliveries from Ocado and Abel & Cole. My mother is a shopaholic and nothing makes her happier than schlepping round a supermarket.

I still go to Lidl, ASDA, Sainsbury's and Waitrose, one week in her county and one week in mine. Just to spice it up we go to different stores so I know four ASDAs, five Sainsbury's, two Waitrose, two Lidl, two Morrisons, one Aldi, one Co-op, and four Tescos. Not sure whether that's a or

So to summarise, I'm giving my subjective opinion granted but it's based on different geographical areas some stores in-town, some out, different sized stores with different biases.

starchops

POPPYOSCAR wrote: »

Whilst not all people who live on council estates can be tarred with the same brush but it is an unfortunate fact that they do have some 'not so nice people'.

If you go to the shopping centre near us which is in a predominately council estate town you will hear endless expletives, young girls pushing babies around etc.

I heard the other day a mother telling what looked like a two year old to "shut the f... up" and if he did not stop crying she would "f....... give him something to cry for"

I just do not hear this sort of thing in other towns around.

That has shocked me out of my tea! That is an awful thing to say.. Maybe I'm far too much of a soft touch. I dislike stereotypes and people branding, so I apologise for coming across like that, I don't want to offend anyone. Wouldn't it be great if everyone was lovely? :A


Edwardia - I'm sorry to hear that about your poor little dog, hope it was okay, that is disgusting it happened.