To think Waitrose is actually a cack supermarket

[Gemsy83]

With a very limited range?

I just did a test with a load of basic items such as washing powder, eggs, milk, pasta etc and compared the two. One came to £18.16 the other £20. Ocado and tesco

I'm glad it's not just me. I like it for odds and sods but I cannot do a weekly shop there, they just don't sell enough and I have a couple of big stores near me.

but sainsburys was £18.06

All supermarkets have a 'cack' side to them. It is a pitty that they have most of us in their grasp. The convenience of being able to buy the majority if things under one roof is the draw for most busy people.

Were those branded goods or own brand, bronze?

I'm interested to know what it is that people can't buy at Waitrose. They stock pretty much anything I need - other than creamed cocnut (but even Morrisons seem to have stopped selling that).

I did an online shop before christmas. Had predone my list and bought only the cheapest version of what was on my list, didn't get sucked in by any offers or ooh that looks nice. Entered list into both mysupermarket and waitrose. Waitrose had sent me a £5 off voucher and with that and their free delivery it made it £14 cheaper than Asda. I was but also very happy! Especially as with waitrose all the meat and veg was organic so I felt like I got better quality for less money.

Also they had to substitute two things and they did sensible substitutions not asda stylee 'I'll give you a £15 bottle of wine instead of the one that made up the third bottle of the 3 for £10' or 'you ordered a tomato, have sardines in tomato sauce'

A mix
they were consistant though so it would be a dozen organic free range eggs, these would be the cheapest of each type the supermarket sold. For others I stuck to brand so 4 pack stella, jar of branstons pickle
720g. I thought of the list before I looked to make it fairer

Found it quite hard thinking of stuff as I donb't buy much in the supermarket and can be prone to knitting my own youghurt

Jenai- I find it harder because ... as an example they only sell 500g packs of fusilli pasta nothing bigger. It's not practical large family shopping.
But I say this not having shopped with them recently as there is one near where I live (or previous house)

Sob. I am nowhere near a Waitrose and it makes me very sad. I want to be posh...

Yes bronze if I'm doing my big cupboard stock up and want massive bags of pasta/rice and lots of tins and cleaning stuff I will use asda or tesco but for a normal shop I think I have been converted to waitrose.

Wouldn't know, waitrose seem to think the country stops at Cardiff. And so do ocado.
Fuckers.

Although I am sure I would hate them even if they did acknowledge our existence.

bronze who would you want a bigger pack than 500g pasta? They are that size to conform with containers for storage in your cupboards. I feed a family of 4 on pasta , buy at W'rose and just buy 2 x 500 g packets.

I agree they are more expensive for some items. However, I would need to do a round trip of 20 miles to tesco so taking that into account, WR is better for me. I would only save money by shopping online at Tesco for basics.

One of my family ( won't say who) works in the marketing section for tesco.com, head office.

They reckon you would save 10% per shop- so say £10 a week, and £500 a year by swapping from WR to Tesco.

Their meat isn't "always" off before its use by date.
What is so appalling about selling great with a date of tomorrow?
I've just been to Tescos and it was grim. If you are in a public service job, wash your hair.

talking of 'cack' and supermarkets I once came accross a human poo in the crisp isle in Morrisons - I informed a member of staff who replied 'waddayouwantmetodoaboutit' and flounced off

I spend less in Waitrose than I do in out mega Asda or Sainsburys as they don't sell clothes, DVD's, books and tat!

I've never found their meat to be off. The stuff on the counter might look a little rougher around the edges than it might do elsewhere - but that's because we're so used to neatly packed, weirdly bright red beef, for example.

Last time I bought mussels there though most of them were dead. Sadly our fishmonger - whose mussels were always gloriously fresh - has closed down, so I never get to eat them at home these days.

I go to Waitrose just because it's convenient for me (right next to the tube station on my way home from work) - though I do like it and have never had any trouble finding the things I want. I don't think it's that expensive either, not if you're just buying ordinary everyday things.

However I'm not shopping for a large family and have never in my life done a 'big weekly shop' (just bits and pieces as and when I need them) so maybe it's not so good for that.

Waitrose is a co-operative, so as a consequence the staff are friendly and helpful. The fresh food is actually fresh and the variety is good (their 21 day aged sirloin is, DH declares, the best thing ever). Their welfare standards (outdoor reared meats, organic produce) are incomparable and because people believe they are expensive, it is never packed in there, except at christmas when it's manic.
I love Waitrose - if I had to shop at Tesco every week I'd rather go hungry (but the whole Tesco ethics thing is a whole other thread)

I've got IL's who worked for Tescos, and say they are barstewards (mind you it was the same branch so it could be a shitty manager).

I know people who work for Waitrose who are more positive about it - and they get a share of the profits to boot.

Thanks Tescos for re-arranging my nearest big store - squeezing the aisles closer together and randomly mixing stuff, just to enlarge the selection of vile-looking shoddy clothes on offer. My last shop there, with trolley and hyperactive child, was such a nightmare that I'm not going back!

Nope Greenbutton, one of my best friends and her husband does too and they say the same. they get paid 4 weekly which makes her life so difficult for budgetting

there's a big waitrose near my work, I love it, I actually enjoy going there, not sure I would if it was tesco or asda.

plenty of normal stuff, not sure what people are looking for that can't find what they need there...

oh, and they're not constantly rearranging the aisles too, which I appreciate

DP used to work for Tesco, they treat thier staff like shite. They sacked DP because he asked for a day off for a funeral and they said no so he went anyway.

I have never been into Waitrose and I have one 2 mins down the road from me. I am going to venture in next time i need something.

YAB completely U

I'd happily sell them one of my DCs if they'd open near me. (Obviously not really, but you get my drift) We moved from London last year, and it is honestly one of the things we miss most.

I like it that they just sell what you need, and not loads of branded processed rubbish - though I suppose they have some of that too. They really aren't expensive, I used to always use a supermarket check, and they were usually cheapest, or second cheapest for me.

AND their baby bubble bath smells gorgeous.

I used to live 5 mins walk from a Waitrose and used to pop in before closing to snap up discounted cakes, cooked chicken and fancy rolls - oh happy days!

Off topic a bit, but I think it depends which part of Tesco you work for. The person I know works in Head Office of the dot com business and they have superb working conditions and perks.