To think Waitrose is a rip off?

Oh, their cooked mussels in a packet are not really good. Shocked to see they have beards and barnacles. Last few years, their salmon in some sauce say ready to bake, but found out they still got scales on them! Morrisons are better and better packaging.
My husband loves his mussels, in the past we usually clean and wash them before making Moules Mariniere or in garlic butter. Such a shame we don't have a seafood market where we live.

Exactly. Better quality, more organic and more non-UPF choice.

Bloody love Waitrose. I find it easier to park, nice to shop, friendlier staff, nicer meat, fish and veg. Is it more expensive? God yes, but sometimes I think fuck it. I do a big Aldi shop once a month but do lots of top ups at Waitrose.

You sound a bit rude to me!

I like Waitrose because:

I believe all the chicken in various products is sourced from known, higher welfare farms.
You can still telephone a store directly and ask if they have a particular item in stock.
You can find more unusual and better quality ingredients there.
The staff are friendlier, eg ask if you have had a good day.
You don't need to put a pound in for trolleys.
They have excellent customer service.
The isles are not stacked as high as other supermarkets.
Queues tend to be less long.

So quite a few things really.

It's the only full sized supermarket w have in our town. Generally to the big shop at Sainsbury but often pop into waitrose for bits and pieces. Don't find it dreadfully expensive in comparison

Oh their fish is much better than other supermarkets

Waitrose is the best!

I love Waitrose. I do a food shop at Waitrose, alternating between Waitrose and Sainsbury’s and the quality of the food from Waitrose is very good. The chicken isn’t full of water and the fruit is usually sweet and lasts longer.

I agree.
I'm lucky I have a choice of supermarkets where I live. I don't mind where I go; Waitrose is for specific food products, like their Organic food, certain products you don't find in other supermarkets. Lately they have more offers, prices are the same. Like yogurts and fresh meat. Not keen on their bakery section. If you have time, go early evening. They reduce a lot of food items and you can pick up a bargain!

Don’t shop in Waitrose because of the entitled rude customers.

I shopped in Waitrose for years when I lived in England. The one local to where I lived was really old fashioned, as it hadn't been updated, and that was the main reason I liked shopping there. It was like stepping back in time, when all the other supermarkets were modern for the time. I didn't really notice significant price differences back then.

I always pop into Waitrose when I visit DM.

My dad is tighter than a duck's arse, but even he said that the fruit and veg in Waitrose is much better than other supermarkets, as it doesn't go off in 5 minutes like some other shops.
Disclaimer-I actually work there and I love it!

The choice is that or Tesco near me and the Waitrose has a much, much bigger selection.
But I would never get a big delivery shop from there.
Their bread is crap. They don't have any proper fresh pastries and no savoury ones at all. They sell Gail's bread but always run out by lunchtime.

I buy cleaning stuff, bog rolls, tins, frozen foods and soft drinks etc from Tesco or Sainsbury's for delivery.

I'm an M and S devotee. I like Waitrose but the car park is like armageddon. To the bloke in the Ferrari who reversed into my modest medium sized car and drove off, I wish you nothing less than constantly mouldy veg.

It's v expensive but in a world of supermarkets ripping us off, fake meat, horse meat scandals etc at least they have a reputation to uphold on meat

Waitrose unquestionably has the best cheese - both quality and variety. Imho the other supermarkets cannot compete.

All too often, ‘cheese’ turns out to be a disappointing lump of salty fat, but I have never been disappointed by cheese sourced by Waitrose. Now that even ‘ordinary’ cheese is so expensive, can’t afford to take risks!

I alternate between Waitrose and Tescos, but the only items I really think Waitrose do better are kiwis, fish and organic meat.

The sliced and fresh bread is much better in Tescos.

The thing that makes Waitrose more expensive for us is the “ooh look” factor. There’s a much bigger range of products and we buy lots of things that aren’t on our list. That happens on steroids when we’re on holiday and we go to Booths.

I disagree. I don't think the better quality is perceived at all - I find the quality of meat and vegetables is definitely better than any other supermarket, with M&S a close second. I also only buy organic meat and mostly organic vegetables, and there isn't any other supermarket where I can do a full week's shop and get everything I need. It depends on what you buy, but I don't find Waitrose particularly expensive compared with the other major supermarkets and I often spend more if I have to do a big shop in sainsburys than Waitrose. I suspect that might be partly because if you're in a supermarket full of products that you're not familiar with, you're more likely to buy extra stuff just to try it. But I do think you get what you pay for with meat and I don't think the quality of things like steak from Waitrose isn't comparable with Tesco or Asda.

I go to Waitrose because it's the nearest shop to my flat, @bifurCAT . If it was an Aldi barely two minutes' walk away instead I would go to that.

You'll be elderly, dawdling, one day.

You're ageist now.

I think people go to Waitrose because of the 'perceived' better quality of stuff, a slightly different product range, and the elitist thing. Some people I know even go because it's quieter and not filled with riff-raff.

They're willing to pay a premium for it, because it IS way more expensive.

I could shop in Waitrose and spend easily £100 for our standard shop. A comparable shop in Morrisons would be 80. A Lidl shop for us of similar items would be 70.

They sell smoked hummus, which I adore. Tesco used to sell it (and I lived on it for ages), but stopped, and the smoked hummus Sainsbury’s sells is not the same.

So I treat myself to a Waitrose delivery once or twice a year, so I can have smoked hummus.

It is a First world problem, I know.

I have a mywaitrose card. Every week I get a coupon for 50p off their own brand bread, bringing it down to 50p. So I get that and my free coffee too.

I also get other coupons that come in handy, such as 50p off milk or butter, £1 off their nice pizzas, etc.
Many things are the same price as other supermarkets, you just need to be selective.

They have it in my local one; it's Caffé Nero. You have to take your own cup and I always forget 😖