Putting The Super In Supermarket

[lupestripe]

Following on from Rustyfox's post from last week:

We shop at all the main supermarkets but recently we have taken a fancy to Marks & Spencer. It's only a few quid dearer than the main four yet the food is of far superior quality. This is not only improved taste but also health too, useful if you want to try losing weight.

We usually shop at ASDA for our weekly shop and Sainsbury's for odds and sods. ASDA is typically very cheap but the quality of the food is not the best. Sainsbury's is cheaper than it was but still far too expensive for what you get. This may be because we use local stores but I will never forgive Sainsbury's for raping me as a student - they had a monopoly in Cambridge and charged exorbitant prices accordingly.

For fresh food it's got to be Morrison's, which is also excellent for value. Their fishmonger section is first class while their range of cheeses is by far the most extensive. The same can be said for their booze.

This just leaves Tesco which is meh in every way. Add to that their aggressive and destructive approach to growing their empire and I do try to avoid them as much as possible. The most average of the average plus I don't like celebrities telling me what to do.

*I discount Waitrose as we don't really have these in the North and because they have forsaken the North I doubt I will shop there anyway.

**Of course I would like to shop locally in independent butchers and bakers but all these are open during office hours only, making it inconvenient - and indeed impossible - for me to do so. I am never really around at weekends, the time of the week I am most likely to be eating out anyway. No wonder the high street is dying.

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Comments

[avon-deer.livejournal.com]

In fairness..we DO have Booths..which is priced at a similar level to Waitrose.

[lupestripe.livejournal.com]

I have never heard of Booths. Where is the nearest one?

[gepardipoju.livejournal.com]

Ilkley is the nearest one IIRC :)

[rustyfox.livejournal.com]

My eyes were opened last Saturday to the delights of Doncaster market - I may have to change my shopping habits, even if it means planning meals a few days in advance!

2lbs of delicious Cumberland sausages, £3.50. 2lbs of the biggest, juiciest, sweetest plums ever, £1. Two big bags of white grapes, £1. An enormous fresh perfect cauliflower, 60p. And there was so many meat stalls in the market I got completely lost, mmm!

[lupestripe.livejournal.com]

I would love to shop at markets but they are never open at a convenient time. Perhaps on Saturdays but do I want to spend my only day off shopping? I agree with you though that the best food is definitely market food - the hubbub only adds to the anticipation and taste of the food.

[actively-lazy.livejournal.com]

We do our big shops at Asda and go to a tesco express for little bits if we need them. I try not to use the Morrisons near my work unless i have to, as we got stung for over £100 for a two week shop when we first moved to Leeds, we didn't even really get anything out of the ordinary either, would have been £80 at most at Asda

[lupestripe.livejournal.com]

I imagine the difference in prices between the big supermarkets very much depends on what you buy. For some, ASDA may be cheaper, for others Morrison's. We use ASDA (and M&S) mainly but that's because there is a big one near to where we live, which is also the nearest supermarket of viable size to permit us to do our weekly shop. I am sure if Tesco was closer, we'd probably use that. We do vary it a bit though and find all stores are much of a muchness regarding price, provided they are of a similar size.

[gepardipoju.livejournal.com]

Morrisons is great, which is just as well as it's all I have to choose from :P Yeadon, Guiseley and Horsforth all have a Morrisons...the nearest non-Morrisons supermarket is the ASDA at Holt Park which is two buses away. Guiseley has an M&S Simply Food but it's not a big shop and doesn't always have what I want, that said, the dine in for 2 for £10 deal is really good!

I often find that Morrisons does the most and best offers, as you said. I like the ones in BWS when you can buy really expensive wine that's been reduced by 50% or more :P