What's your favourite supermarket?

duchy

Primrose wrote: »

None actually because I loathe food shopping. I suppose the best suoermarket really would be a comoletely emoty one where I could walk in with my list, visiting only the aisles I knew I needed to visit and where there was an emoty till waiting for me so thst I could complete the whole weekly shop in ten minutes. Oh, and there would be lots of empty car parking spaces in the car park too a few paces away fem the store entrance!

Sounds like my local Aldi at 9pm (most people don't seem to realize they are open til 10pm)

I used to finish work at 8pm have a cuppa and then pop into Aldi- it was always empty by nine.

onlyroz

Aldi

duchy wrote: »

Sounds like my local Aldi at 9pm (most people don't seem to realize they are open til 10pm)

I used to finish work at 8pm have a cuppa and then pop into Aldi- it was always empty by nine.

Our Aldi is open until 10pm but I've known them to close the fridges at 9pm. However, if I get there at around 8:45 then it's usually pretty empty.

Rotti

Sainsbury's

Peter333 wrote: »

I used to think they were OK, but I am starting to struggle with Aldi and Lidl too. Yes, some of their food is reasonably priced, but then some isn't; there are some products you can get at Asda cheaper. And there is nowhere near enough choice. We could only do half our weekly shop at Aldi or Lidl.

I couldn't agree more and this week I have started to fall out of love with Aldi having been duped!

We used to shop at Morrisons and drive all the way across town but 4 years ago they drastically changed their style and many things started to disappear from the shelves. This coincided with a new Sainsburys superstore almost on the doorstep so we switched and are still shopping there regularly with the odd trip to Lidl or Aldi to stock up on things we know are much cheaper, like porridge @ 75p per kilo against £1.20.

When we were in Aldi on Monday we noticed the Nescafe Cappuccino sachets in the offers section @ £1.19. As we use a lot for our B&B and usually buy it on offer at 2 packs of 10 for £3 this seemed a real saving. It wasn't until we got home and I noticed the difference in the size of the box that I realised there were only 8 sachets in them! So the cost per sachet was only 0.2p less and certainly not the bargain it seemed in store. There isn't always time to read everything on the front of the box especially if you are concentrating on the variety but nowhere else are they sold in 8s so these packs are produced specifically for the discounters making the manufacturers complicit in the deception. If Aldi are genuine discounters then discount STANDARD branded items, don't try to fool people into thinking they are a bargain when they are not. This practice would now make me think twice and mistrust their "bargains" and I will be checking a lot closer in the future. Once bitten etc.

AubreyMac

Sainsbury's

I normally go Sainsburys as it's the nearest one to me so it's more convenient.

Recently I went to Lidl for the first time. Gosh I was a bit confused as some prices were above the products and some were below. The branded stuff were mostly cheaper but there really wasn't much variety (only 2 flavours of activia yogurt).

Kim_kim

Waitrose

My nearest supermarket is Waitrose, we have an Iceland too - I never go
In there, im not a fan of food in boxes! They don't sell much natural food in Iceland. And a lidl, which is good, but you can't get everything. Great bakery though.

The Waitrose is lovely, can always get parked easily. It's the perfect size, big enough to get everything, but small enough not to be a mission, like the next nearest store -Tesco. The fruit & veg in Waitrose is always super super fresh & lasts ages, so economical if like me you live alone.
Their cooked chickens are (or were) happy chickens & their deli counter is the best. I love their eggs (blacktails I think?) & their smoked bacon, I treat myself to their streaky at Xmas - sod the calories! Great bakery :-)
You get free coffee now :-)

I do like things about each of the others, I like Morrisons salad bar & bakery, I like meat & chicken from the butchers & Waitrose best (& M&S), but Morrisons would be my choice out of the big 4, I like their white pudding too.

Tesco - love the new bakeries, with the
Muesli rolls, heavenly :-)

Sainsburys is near where I work, so that's handy.

When I was a young single parent I used
To shop at M&S a lot (many years ago) there was only the 2 of us, but when I met my second husband I stopped, it was a bit expensive to be feeding lots from.

Asda isn't close, nothing great about them springs to mind.

No aldi near me :-(

Philis_Burrell

Aldi is number one on my list. It has always been easy doing things in such comfortable place.

indsty

Sainsbury's

As I am a "walking only" shopper, I have a choice of Tesco Express, Sainsbury Local, or a biggish Tesco. Tesco Express is more expensive, the big Tesco is a bit dismal. So I usually end up in Sainsbury Local as it stocks everything I need, the staff are lovely and I can walk along the river to get there. If I was still feeding a family it would be different, but now it is just myself then saving a few shillings here and there isn't so important. I'm cross they have reduced the Nectar Points though !

jackyann

Other

Local, independent shops, markets & farm shops for as much as I can - fruit, veg, meat, poultry, fish, cheese etc. ( I live in an excellent area for this sort of stuff, I even buy my eggs at the pub) - all excellent quality & value.

Community shop (which helps people back into work) for wholefoods - once a month when I am doing a stock up. That's where I get flour, rice, sugar, dried fruit & nuts etc. It's not that near, I combine it with a regular appointment in the area.

Co-op (ours is a proper supermarket) for milk, tinned tomatoes, frozen peas, cleaning supplies & other oddments.

So I'm definitely an "other" !!!!

geerex

Waitrose

duchy wrote: »

He's not a snob he's a troll who was bullied as a child because his parents drank the wrong coffee

Jealousy is a terrible thing. Don't try to deflect your childhood bullying experiences onto me, it's not my fault you were singled out for wearing second hand clothes and NHS specs.
You really need to learn what trolling means. Simply not liking, agreeing with, or comprehending what someone else says does not make them a troll.