Saturday 9th January 2021 Poll - Weekly Main Shop

[vrdiver]

Which reminds me. Lidl are fresh out of baked apple strudel, and their schnitzel with noodles is stuck in a lorry queue in Rotterdam. Hard times.

You think you have it rough? Our local Morrisons is out of tahini

VRD

[bungeejumper]

[Which reminds me. Lidl are fresh out of baked apple strudel, and their schnitzel with noodles is stuck in a lorry queue in Rotterdam. Hard times.

Any wild geese flying with the moon on their wings?

There might be. I can't see a damn thing for all these hairy kittens.

BJ

[redsturgeon]

Perhaps we can all be hopeful of a silver white winter that melts into spring.

John

[johnhemming]

Perhaps we can all be hopeful of a silver white winter that melts into spring.

Nice as a jazz waltz.

[tjh290633]

Still no Cornish or Somerset Brie in Tesco. Must be snow on the Mendips. Plenty of French.

TJH

[bungeejumper]

Still no Cornish or Somerset Brie in Tesco. Must be snow on the Mendips. Plenty of French.

You're absolutely right. You can't send the men down the cheese mines, you see. It's not safe in this weather.

BJ

[jfgw]

I went to Tesco's this afternoon for a change. There was a traffic light system to allow customers in, someone just inside the door squirting hand sanitiser into people's hands, and pick 'n' mix on one gondola end


Julian F. G. W.

[bungeejumper]

I went to Tesco's this afternoon for a change. There was a traffic light system to allow customers in, someone just inside the door squirting hand sanitiser into people's hands, and pick 'n' mix on one gondola end

What an image that conjures up. Hundreds of Tesco customers with sanitiser gel pre-emptively applied at their gondola ends.

BJ

[UncleEbenezer]

I went to Tesco's this afternoon for a change. There was a traffic light system to allow customers in, someone just inside the door squirting hand sanitiser into people's hands, and pick 'n' mix on one gondola end

What an image that conjures up. Hundreds of Tesco customers with sanitiser gel pre-emptively applied at their gondola ends.

BJ

I never even knew there was a Tesco in Venice.

[AF62]

To be precise -

Lidl - 38% of my grocery shopping - cheap, fresh, nearby
Tesco - 20% - more expensive than Lidl for the basic items so used to fill in the gaps
Aldi - 12% - cheap, fresh and nearby, but queues are worse than Lidl
Waitrose - 12% - happy to pay for quality where it delivers a better product, but not where it doesn't
Asda - 6% - not nearby so used for things like coffee and some other long life items
Costco - 6% - vastly cheaper on a small number of items I buy in bulk
M&S - 3% - occasional items, but the quality of much of their offering is poor for the price compared to Waitrose
Iceland - 1% - Ice lollies in the summer
Sainsburys - 1% - not nearby so only for things I can't get elsewhere and it feels like stepping back into the 90's
Co-Op - 0% - Nearby, but poor range and expensive.
Local shops - 0% - Butcher doesn't display prices, bakers never have any stock, etc.

I went to Tesco's this afternoon for a change. There was a traffic light system to allow customers in, someone just inside the door squirting hand sanitiser into people's hands(

I went into Waitrose this morning; it was deserted in comparison to a normal Sunday morning. I guess the combination of elderly/wealthy customers that usually shop there have moved online.

[swill453]

OK, in the interests of precision, for 2020 I was:

- Tesco 61%
- Morrisons 16%
- Sainsburys 8.5%
- Asda 6%
- Lidl 3%
- Aldi 3%
- Amazon 1.5%
- B&M 0.5%
+ others

Scott.

[didds]

Still no Cornish or Somerset Brie in Tesco. Must be snow on the Mendips. Plenty of French.

TJH

Hmm. Son did the family shop in the mid week last week. Got a full cornish brie half price! Morrisons.

[AsleepInYorkshire]

OK, in the interests of precision, for 2020 I was:

- Tesco 61%
- Morrisons 16%
- Sainsburys 8.5%
- Asda 6%
- Lidl 3%
- Aldi 3%
- Amazon 1.5%
- B&M 0.5%
+ others

Scott.

Scott you have way too much time on your hands (My bad )

AiY

[didds]

Local shops - 0% - Butcher doesn't display prices, bakers never have any stock, etc.

I found AF62s list interesting - espeically this lione. Your local butchers doesnt have an indication of how much per kilo etc against all of its stock on display? TBH I am surprised, though of course am not doubting you.

WRT bakers - I fguess they sell out quickly ? (which doesnt help when you can only get there in the afternoon etc obviously).

didds

[swill453]

Scott you have way too much time on your hands

Took about 2 minutes to run a report in Quicken 2000. I can give you the figures for 1998 for comparison if you like

Scott.

[AsleepInYorkshire]

Scott you have way too much time on your hands

Took about 2 minutes to run a report in Quicken 2000. I can give you the figures for 1998 for comparison if you like

Scott.

That's kind of you but perhaps on this occasion I suspect that may just be bordering on information overload

AiY

[scrumpyjack]

The 'Overheard in Waitrose' quotes are always amusing
https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2020/12/09/ov ... -waitrose/

Used to shop mainly in Tesco and a little at Lidl but we are oldies and somehow are on Ocado and Waitrose's vulnerable lists, we get it all delivered from them. Occasionally get a Tesco delivery when there's a slot.

So much easier to order on the net than to waste time going there etc etc.

[bungeejumper]

The 'Overheard in Waitrose' quotes are always amusing
https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2020/12/09/ov ... -waitrose/

Brilliant, thanks. The best line I can recall was delivered in our very own kitchen, by a Mrs Lentil Brown-Rice who I used to work with.

"Hmmm. Don't you have any other kinds of Turkish rose petal tea?"

BJ

[AF62]

Local shops - 0% - Butcher doesn't display prices, bakers never have any stock, etc.

I found AF62s list interesting - espeically this lione. Your local butchers doesnt have an indication of how much per kilo etc against all of its stock on display? TBH I am surprised, though of course am not doubting you.

WRT bakers - I fguess they sell out quickly ? (which doesnt help when you can only get there in the afternoon etc obviously).

The local butchers - no, nothing has a price on it - just a cabinet of meat, sausages, and pies. Even though they have chalk boards promoting what they sell, those don't mention the price either. I believe it is legal as it is a small shop (although the display cabinet is the same size as the one in Waitrose and they manage to price everything just fine), I just think it is stupid as it must lose them many customers.

As for the bakers, yes be there at 8am and I am sure they have a good selection, but later in the day... nothing.

[AsleepInYorkshire]

Local shops - 0% - Butcher doesn't display prices, bakers never have any stock, etc.

I found AF62s list interesting - espeically this lione. Your local butchers doesnt have an indication of how much per kilo etc against all of its stock on display? TBH I am surprised, though of course am not doubting you.

WRT bakers - I fguess they sell out quickly ? (which doesnt help when you can only get there in the afternoon etc obviously).

The local butchers - no, nothing has a price on it - just a cabinet of meat, sausages, and pies. Even though they have chalk boards promoting what they sell, those don't mention the price either. I believe it is legal as it is a small shop (although the display cabinet is the same size as the one in Waitrose and they manage to price everything just fine), I just think it is stupid as it must lose them many customers.

As for the bakers, yes be there at 8am and I am sure they have a good selection, but later in the day... nothing.

First rule of shopping ... if they can't price it I can't be bothered to ask the price, let alone purchase it.

AiY