Waitrose, what's the point?

hollydays

What? Budget frozen mashed potato isn't nice? Surely not...

Andy_L

Thanks for that, I'll make sure cook knows

Morglin

Mergatan wrote: »

Everyone bangs on about how good Waitrose is supposed to be and I do shop there very occasionally.

Bought the Essential Waitrose mashed potato to have with tea and it was just slop. Usually I get the Sainsbury's Buttery Mash which is really good for £1.50, but this was worse than Smash.

All this from supermarket that sells itself on being so above everywhere else. I know I won't be bothering to return.

I find a potato, or two, mashed, works best of all lol:beer:

Jeez, what next..... instant scrambled egg? :eek:

Lin

geoffken

well you can buy instantly grated cheese so eggs may be next.!!!!

Gavin83

Make your own. Ready made mash will never be as good as home made and it's really not that hard to do.

antrobus

geoffken wrote: »

well you can buy instantly grated cheese so eggs may be next.!!!!

What do you mean "eggs may be next"?

You can buy powdered eggs, and liquid eggs, often in whole egg, egg white, and egg yolk variations. Perhaps not in Waitrose, but somewhere on the interweb you'll find 'em.

Pollycat

stevemLS wrote: »

Nothing wrong with tea taken with mashed potatoes, not sure what you are driving at?

Round here, we say 'are you mashing?' when we want someone to make us a cup of tea:

Northern English (With reference to tea)
brew or infuse:
I’ve just mashed a pot of tea [no object]:
we’d let the pot mash for ten minutes

To the OP;
just because you don't like something doesn't mean that everybody else finds it unpalatable.

Personally, I don't buy ready-made mashed potatoes - from the 'essential' or 'best' range.

I've found this, obviously a spoof but really funny:
http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2011/10/21/waitrose-withdraws-%E2%80%98essential%E2%80%99-range-after-finding-poor-people-in-stores/

Waitrose withdraws ‘essential’ range after finding poor people in stores

UK supermarket chain Waitrose has withdrawn its popular ‘essential’ range after discovering that the cut-price products had led to a number of poor people shopping there.

The discount brand, launched in 2009 to help Waitrose’s core customer base cope with the recession without having to downgrade one of their Range Rovers, was proving extremely successful. This success appears to have come at a price though, with the unwanted side effect of attracting the working class.

‘At first it worked fine, our regular shoppers were delighted with the new range, and common people were still put off by the Waitrose branding’ explained marketing director Rupert Thomas, ‘but as we advertised more, and made the mistake of including the prices of products in our TV commercials, we began to see some undesirable characters appearing in our aisles, enticed in by the prospect of finding a tin of beans for under £5, which they previously hadn’t expected from us. One horrid man even came in wearing a Hi-Vis vest looking for a sandwich. It was awful.’

The popularity of the ‘essential’ range had seen it quickly expand to include affordable versions of many foodstuffs and household items. To make matters worse Waitrose also starting pointing out that many of their prices were the same as those found in Tescos, attracting even more lower class shoppers and alienating many of their existing clientele. ‘It was so demeaning finding out that I wasn’t paying any more for my groceries than a common chav’ moaned former Waitrose customer Emily Hamilton-Brown. ‘I’ve gone back to doing my weekly shop at Fortnum & Mason now, just to make sure I don’t accidentally purchase something that’s buy-one-get-one-free.’

‘Hopefully withdrawing the products and stopping the adverts will stop any additional commoners coming in,’ continued Mr Thomas, ‘but we still have the problem of getting rid of the ones that have already started shopping with us. They’re still turning up, wandering around looking a bit lost and not buying anything. We’re thinking of putting up signs outside pointing out that Lidl down the road has some great deals on, or maybe we’ll just put down some traps baited with chicken nuggets so we can catch them humanely and release them in Asda.’

RuthnJasper

kwikbreaks wrote: »

Essentails range = low budget for tourists from Aldi or Netto to discourage a return.

I felt guilty laughing at this.

Even though I can barely afford Aldi myself, it was still funny...

msallen

You should give the Fortnum & Mason's "Less expensive" range a go. Their mash is only £14.99.

shegirl

May I recommend buying some potatoes?