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eughhh, yes I have noticed that Waitrose seems to be filling up with the wrong kind, a campaign that would be good if they stopped, call me snobby but if I want to go to a shop full of thick people with screaming kids running everywhere causing chaos, I will go to Asda or Tesco, however I like many others wish to shop in a place where the aisles are twice as wide as Tesco, kids are kept on a leash, no one leaves trolleys in the way for you to move out of the way, no one takes up the whole aisle talking with friends they have met.
Sadly I feel I may have to switch to online shopping if it carries on.
Sadly I feel I may have to switch to online shopping if it carries on.
pits said:
eughhh, yes I have noticed that Waitrose seems to be filling up with the wrong kind, a campaign that would be good if they stopped, call me snobby but if I want to go to a shop full of thick people with screaming kids running everywhere causing chaos, I will go to Asda or Tesco, however I like many others wish to shop in a place where the aisles are twice as wide as Tesco, kids are kept on a leash, no one leaves trolleys in the way for you to move out of the way, no one takes up the whole aisle talking with friends they have met.
Sadly I feel I may have to switch to online shopping if it carries on.
Bit snobby, yes! But I do know what you mean!!Sadly I feel I may have to switch to online shopping if it carries on.
I switched to online shopping a while back... much less hassle, and no risk of car park trolley dings! I get my branded/tinned/packaged goods that way, and as the supermarkets are all pretty much the same when it comes to that stuff, I use Tesco, Sainsburys or Asda, depending on who happens to have the best offers at the time. At the moment it's Sainsburys as they sent me a bunch of "£12 off a £60 shop" vouchers, which is effectively a 20% discount on everything I buy!
For fresh meat, veg and fish I go to the local farm shop/butchers, and local fishmonger. Which costs a bit more than the supermarket, but the quality is MUCH better. Particularly on meat, plus I can get exactly what I want. I have a beautiful belly pork joint in the oven right now which I got from the farm shop, and the crackling always comes out perfect - the supermarket stuff rarely does because the skin is just too 'wet' due to it having been vacuum packed. When I buy a joint of belly pork, my farm shop butcher gets out half a side of pig and asks me exactly where I'd like it cut, and how big! he also scores it exactly how I like.
Dogwatch said:
Have any of them got self-service tills yet? Local one hasn't though Sainsbury's has got them 
. Strangely our local Tesco Extra hasn't any though it opened in March and could probably house a (rudderless) jumbo jet.
Devil's machines
The one in Windsor has, and it's rubbish. Sainsbury's and Tesco appear to have gone with the same vendor, and got machines that work. Waitrose appear to have picked someone else (at least in Windsor) and have ended up with a machine with massively poor ergonomics (the bag placement is all wrong, it's set back a good way from the scanner which makes life awkward) and a lag which means if you're too fast at scanning the item and then placing it in the bag it doesn't think you've done it. This then means the machine sits around waiting for you to place the item that's already there into the bag again. Awful.. Strangely our local Tesco Extra hasn't any though it opened in March and could probably house a (rudderless) jumbo jet. Devil's machines
Finally we have a Waitrose! Opened beginning of the month. I missed it terribly from using it most of the time when living on the mainland. Strange thing, they put it in East Cowes which isn't the nicest part of the island...
Anyhow, we went on Tuesday (when the road it is on had re-opened due to flooding) it was great.. felt like I had come home ! And it was pretty empty
Was very disappointed they did not have any chicken parfait, but they did have loads of Mull of Kintyre cheddar 
Anyhow, we went on Tuesday (when the road it is on had re-opened due to flooding) it was great.. felt like I had come home ! And it was pretty empty
Was very disappointed they did not have any chicken parfait, but they did have loads of Mull of Kintyre cheddar grantone said:
Mobile Chicane said:
Does Waitrose sell Special Brew? I'd be amazed if my local one (Cobham) does.
I was surprised too, it was just down the road from Cobham in Weybridge.I'll check out my local, Sunningdale. WTS
Mobile Chicane said:
I'll have to look.
Cobham Waitrose does sell Pot Noodle, but only in 'chow mein' and 'chicken and mushroom' flavours, and right on the bottom shelf, as far from the sight of decent people as it's possible to get.
Brilliant! "as far from the sight of decent people as it's possible to get"Cobham Waitrose does sell Pot Noodle, but only in 'chow mein' and 'chicken and mushroom' flavours, and right on the bottom shelf, as far from the sight of decent people as it's possible to get.
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