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Plotloss said:
Nipped to Waitrose this afternoon.
Absolutely rammed with quality fanny.
Was any of it on offer? Fnar fnar.Absolutely rammed with quality fanny.
I'll stock up from Ocado (Waitrose food) once a month, mainly chicken breasts, pork, veg.. anything I can freeze and use as and when. I'll drop of at Waitrose during the week for fridge stock. It certainly tastes better than cheaper food and the service is exceptional, plus.. with the 15% off vouchers they keep sending me it actually works out as cheap, if not cheaper, than the big four. Win win.
Personally I use Waitrose because I think its a nicer place than any other supermarket (if any supermarket can be nice). Yes it may cost a bit more, but it has decent sized parking spaces, the aisles appear wider and therefore less crowded, the staff appear to be genuinely helpful and it stocks a decent range of quality products. That makes my trip to the supermarket a little nicer which, in my opinion, is worth paying for.
As a bonus, as previoously mentioned by others, there's generally a decent quality of housewife about the place. Which is nice.
As a bonus, as previoously mentioned by others, there's generally a decent quality of housewife about the place. Which is nice.
"the service is exceptional"
What are you on man? You pick your own food up, go to the till and give it to a malnourished teenager who scans it then you pack it. In what possible world is that any different to another supermarket.
"the stores are less rammed" because there's bugger all in them, even the large ones have a woeful selection, and seem to concentrate all efforts on the wine section (nothing wrong with that, but at least have some selection)
"they're clean" I've never been to a dirty supermarket, with the exception of Lidl in Kingston, the sainsburies in my local town is far cleaner and sensibly laid out than the waitrose.
I think some of you are just trying to justify it to yourselves. Or maybe you live somewhere where the poor are poor and the others are full of proper scum....
Apologies for grammar fail, on iphone
What are you on man? You pick your own food up, go to the till and give it to a malnourished teenager who scans it then you pack it. In what possible world is that any different to another supermarket.
"the stores are less rammed" because there's bugger all in them, even the large ones have a woeful selection, and seem to concentrate all efforts on the wine section (nothing wrong with that, but at least have some selection)
"they're clean" I've never been to a dirty supermarket, with the exception of Lidl in Kingston, the sainsburies in my local town is far cleaner and sensibly laid out than the waitrose.
I think some of you are just trying to justify it to yourselves. Or maybe you live somewhere where the poor are poor and the others are full of proper scum....
Apologies for grammar fail, on iphone
Edited by okgo on Monday 10th May 14:07
okgo said:
"the service is exceptional"
From Ocado.. the service is great.. The food comes in different colour bags depending on where it goes.. fridge, cupboard, freezer.. and because I tend to have it delivered late in the evening and I can just dump the bags in the respective area and deal with it all in the morning. Plus.. the guy will even carry the bags to your kitchen rather than dumping them on your doorstep.. like on the one occassion I used Asda.
The cost one is interesting. I use Mysupermarket.com which shows you how much your shopping costs in each of the delivery supermarkets, and then you just submit the trolley to them using the same site. Usually Ocado comes out a good bit more (about a tenner) but occasionally it's cheaper - depends if you've got any of their offers in your basket.
What they do usually have though are better delivery slots though, and as has been said, the quality is great. I usually get a weekly email offering 10-15% off for delivery on a Tuesday or a Wednesday so long as you spend over £75, which we do every other week.
We're lucky though, our village has two good butchers and a great local veg shop, so we get most of that kind of stuff from them. certainly the meat is superb quality but it does cost a little bit more - we've started having more veggie meals to compensate for it though.
What they do usually have though are better delivery slots though, and as has been said, the quality is great. I usually get a weekly email offering 10-15% off for delivery on a Tuesday or a Wednesday so long as you spend over £75, which we do every other week.
We're lucky though, our village has two good butchers and a great local veg shop, so we get most of that kind of stuff from them. certainly the meat is superb quality but it does cost a little bit more - we've started having more veggie meals to compensate for it though.
aberdeeneuan said:
The cost one is interesting. I use Mysupermarket.com which shows you how much your shopping costs in each of the delivery supermarkets, and then you just submit the trolley to them using the same site. Usually Ocado comes out a good bit more (about a tenner) but occasionally it's cheaper - depends if you've got any of their offers in your basket.
What they do usually have though are better delivery slots though, and as has been said, the quality is great. I usually get a weekly email offering 10-15% off for delivery on a Tuesday or a Wednesday so long as you spend over £75, which we do every other week.
We're lucky though, our village has two good butchers and a great local veg shop, so we get most of that kind of stuff from them. certainly the meat is superb quality but it does cost a little bit more - we've started having more veggie meals to compensate for it though.
We pay the £9.99 a month for all the deliveries we want with Ocado, as long as they are over £40. We tend to only have one a week still, but when sainsbury's are charging £5.99 a pop, that's £24-£30 a month! So our deliveries are now £2-£2.50 each, and we get a priority at Christmas.What they do usually have though are better delivery slots though, and as has been said, the quality is great. I usually get a weekly email offering 10-15% off for delivery on a Tuesday or a Wednesday so long as you spend over £75, which we do every other week.
We're lucky though, our village has two good butchers and a great local veg shop, so we get most of that kind of stuff from them. certainly the meat is superb quality but it does cost a little bit more - we've started having more veggie meals to compensate for it though.
Edited by fatboy b on Wednesday 12th May 10:40
Deva Link said:
Simpo Two said:
Second - how frightfully nice the punters, sorry clientele were. Nothing like striking up a bit of light banter over the truffle oil.
So it's a good place to make out with posh birds? 
Expensive? agree
Interesting choice? agree
Maybe it's the local one but I've given up buying fresh fruit and veg there. Looks nice(ish) on display but seems to go off quickly.
okgo said:
The lengths people will go to on this forum to come across wealthy and above the day to day life of millions is astounding.
Not just this forum. Mate of the Mrs was doing some sort of door to door survey. Gobsmacked at the number of people who answered the question which supermarket they used as "Well actually I use Tesco, but put me down as Sainsbury's as I wouldn't want anyone to think I shopped at Tesco"wtf??!!
Off topic, anyone agree with me that Sainsbury's has lost the plot on fresh fruit and veg quality? Or is it just our store, gone down the nick for about a year or so, thus not a short term blip.
F i F said:
Off topic, anyone agree with me that Sainsbury's has lost the plot on fresh fruit and veg quality? Or is it just our store, gone down the nick for about a year or so, thus not a short term blip.
No complaints about the fruit and veg at our sainsburys, lasts much better than tesco stuff and morrisons is woeful for fruit and veg!TubbyRutter said:
F i F said:
Off topic, anyone agree with me that Sainsbury's has lost the plot on fresh fruit and veg quality? Or is it just our store, gone down the nick for about a year or so, thus not a short term blip.
No complaints about the fruit and veg at our sainsburys, lasts much better than tesco stuff and morrisons is woeful for fruit and veg!TubbyRutter said:
F i F said:
Off topic, anyone agree with me that Sainsbury's has lost the plot on fresh fruit and veg quality? Or is it just our store, gone down the nick for about a year or so, thus not a short term blip.
No complaints about the fruit and veg at our sainsburys, lasts much better than tesco stuff and morrisons is woeful for fruit and veg!
Bill said:
okgo said:
What are you on man? You pick your own food up, go to the till and give it to a malnourished teenager who scans it then you pack it. In what possible world is that any different to another supermarket.
You get a far better class of teenager IME Unfortunately, it could well be down to the siting of their respective shops.
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