Re: Britain's Worst Supermarket : Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:34 pm  

Mintball wrote:

In essence, it's easy for them to get away with a lot because the major supermarket chains have at least 80% of the entire UK retail grocery market.

Rather more worryingly, supermarkets now take a whopping 58% of all UK retail sales.

Re: Britain's Worst Supermarket : Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:37 pm  

Dally wrote:

I'm not talking ethics here I'm talking shopping.

What, specifically, about the shopping experience don't you enjoy compared to Tesco?

Re: Britain's Worst Supermarket : Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:41 pm  

Rock God X wrote:

What, specifically, about the shopping experience don't you enjoy compared to Tesco?

The East Europe c. 1975 feel. The miserable, more dopey staff. The lack of choice. Apart from that it's lovely.

Re: Britain's Worst Supermarket : Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:43 pm  

Supermarkets, in general, are not remotely interested in the 'shopping experience'. They want you in and out as quickly as possible, leaving them with your cash.

Re: Britain's Worst Supermarket : Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:49 pm  

Dally wrote:

The East Europe c. 1975 feel. The miserable, more dopey staff. The lack of choice. Apart from that it's lovely.

Sucker.

Re: Britain's Worst Supermarket : Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:51 pm  

Dally wrote:

The East Europe c. 1975 feel. The miserable, more dopey staff. The lack of choice. Apart from that it's lovely.

What, you mean, the Coop is yet another place in which you've received poor service? Why does this keep happening to you?

I can't disagree on the lack of choice issue, but then, most Coop stores are much smaller and can't possibly carry the same number of lines. On the staffing front, my experience couldn't be more different (at least at my local store). The staff there are, almost to a man, polite, friendly and courteous.

Re: Britain's Worst Supermarket : Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:53 pm  

Mintball wrote:

Supermarkets, in general, are not remotely interested in the 'shopping experience'. They want you in and out as quickly as possible, leaving them with your cash.

I think it's unfair to tar them all with the same brush. I can't say I've ever had a particularly bad experience in either Waitrose or Cooperative Food. Except when I saw some red wine in the fridge at my local Coop. That upset me a bit.

Re: Britain's Worst Supermarket : Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:55 pm  

Rock God X wrote:

What, you mean, the Coop is yet another place in which you've received poor service? Why does this keep happening to you?

He's either a very unlucky human being, alternatively, and more likely, he's a ****!
Take your pick?

Please don't over-step the acceptable boundaries - W

Re: Britain's Worst Supermarket : Wed Feb 20, 2013 2:57 pm  

Rock God X wrote:

... On the staffing front, my experience couldn't be more different (at least at my local store). The staff there are, almost to a man, polite, friendly and courteous.

Many of the customers at our local co-op know the people who work there.
It's a small town.
Yes, a local town for local people.

Two butchers, two bakers (one all organic), two greengrocers (one all organic), Delis, Off licence, hardware shop, etc etc ... that sort of thing ... it's a bit of a time warp.

Supermarkets, we don't do.
But there's a Lidl four miles away and a Morrison's five miles away ... for those who really need all that "choice".

You could fit our town centre into one of those big Asdas AND walk less distance doing your shopping.

Re: Britain's Worst Supermarket : Wed Feb 20, 2013 3:12 pm  

El Barbudo wrote:

Two butchers, two bakers (one all organic), two greengrocers (one all organic), Delis, Off licence, hardware shop, etc etc ... that sort of thing ... it's a bit of a time warp.

A candlestick maker?