What’s actually wrong with ASDA?

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I never knew that it was seen as “low end” until recently, escalated by the merger news. I think they have nice own brand stuff, are good value, and their stores are well presented with lots of variety . I find the George clothing nice as well and it doesn’t rip or bobble as much as some of the other supermarket brand clothes.

Is the view that it’s chavvy a southern thing?

ASDA and sainsburys are both nailing British agriculture and sell a lot of cheap imported meat. They were leading the dairy crisis in 2014 which put a lot of farmers out of business. They are the lowest of the low IMO.

I find it really funny. The Asda in my home town (south east) has what I think is the perceived "Asda shoppers" wearing trackie bottoms, shirtless, yelling at kids, swearing stereotypes. It felt like I was very overdressed in a joules coat but Asda where I live now is in the naice area of town and has a very different clientele. But our Tesco is fairly rough where as hometown Tesco was seen as better (until they built Sainsbury's and that became the posh one ). We only have Tesco, Asda and 2 Lidls here (one posh Lidl and one on the tougher side of town).

I known on mnet we're supposed to pretend none of us see class just people but in reality we all judge don't we? Really posh people round here drive to Sherborne for Waitrose (which is bonkers as it's tiny although Sherborne is lovely).

There’s nothing wrong with Asda. Snobs like to be judgy though, must make them feel better or something.

No supermarket is ethical, they all rely on paying suppliers low prices. I shop at Lidl for store cupboard and frozen stuff, meat from a farmers market once a month and fresh fruit and veg from Morrison’s. Manage to do that on a middling budget as well (and am lucky to be driving past those places weekly.)

I shop in Asda when I’m near one. But there is a definite supermarket higher archy
Waitrose
Sainsbury’s
Tesco
Morrison’s & Asda
Aldi and Lidl

Our ASDA is quite small and on the "naice" side of town, so is removed from the usual image. It reminds me of what supermarkets used to be like before they got too big.

It has butcher, hot chicken and fishmonger counters, the veg is always lovely, if not plentiful, not a lot of clothing or home goods, just the right size for a weekend top-up.

I don't shop at our local Tesco any more - it is huge! You get knackered just walking one end to the other! Over 8000 steps were taken on our last shop, and the amount of choice for every single item is just ridiculous. 18 different boxes of eggs.

We used to live next to Waitrose and would get bits and bobs there but would otherwise drive to Asda. And everyone did nearly. It was a highly middle-class area and everyone had a decent disposable income I think-it’s just that no one wants to live off Madagascan vanilla flavoured macadamia nuts and Shiraz. Then again........

The veg selection in the massive asda near me is shite. SOme things are quite good tho.

I agree with Zeze247's hierarchy.

There is a snobbery about supermarkets in the UK, but it also goes the other way. I remember some of my inlaws discussing how Sainsburys is too posh for them.

It's not about being a snob. Why put up with crap food?

We shop at Asda because it's a 2 minute walk from our house.

The food is fine in ours, but not in others.

We have a Morrisons across the road which is shit. The one 20 minutes down the road is excellent.

Like many stores, each one is different and it depends on where they are/the staff/the stock.

I only buy branded goods from our local Asda, obviously these are the same everywhere, other shopping I buy from Waitrose or Marks and Spencer. I don’t find the shopping experience in Asda a good one, likewise Tesco

I live in a very naice place.

No ASDA's within a 30 minute drive of me :(

Sad state of affairs. I fucking love ASDA.

Bigger isnt always better regards size of the supermarket. the real huge Tesco half hour from me with two floors and everything under the sun in it, is just too big. i enjoy browsing and looking, but it becomes too much by the time i get to the back and the actual food! good work out though i suppose- all that walking and pushing a heavy trolley to and fro plus getting back to the car and lugging the bags and all that. then getting it all out again once home! The smaller stores i can do in less time and spend less.

Maybe it’s because they are in more working class areas?
In Sheffield for example, the Waitrose and sainsburys are in the affluent south west, whereas the big Asda is in the more working class east side

I don't like Asda's bread

We either shop at asda or Tesco most of the time. Asda is cheaper but doesn't have as good range of fruit or veg. But I like their clothes for kids, and a few of their own brand stuff is just as nice as branded. We don't shop at the local Morrison's cause it's next to the local university and unless you are going for supermodels and beer it's crap. I've just done an online order with asda and out only substitution was beef stock cubes which were substituted with beef stock cubes. I hate Aldi as it's crowded and illogical but that's probably just me.

Super noodles not supermodels......

I do think it can be a location thing, here ASDA will be seen cheaper and for the " working class " saying that we do not actually have a Asda locally so it's 2 buses for me to get to which is what I do as Asda suits our family better.
A lot of daughters dance friends family's shop locally which is Waitrose, marks and Spencer's food, a weird shop called whole foods then sainsbury.

Depends what you want from your grocery shopping experience? If you just want to pop in and grab some bargin Andrex loo rolls or Ariel Liquid Tabs then it's fine. But I wouldn't have a leisurely wander around for a full grocery shop. There's too many of the Great Unwashed in there, yelling after their Tyler, Mason and Liberty-Mae. I've seen shoppers wearing their slippers and their kids wearing their PJs in our local ASBODA

Our bulk grocery shop gets delivered by Ocado every week, but I actively enjoy a saunter around Waitrose buying the fancy or fun stuff. Just a far naicer shopping experience all round

shopping for supermodels! made me laugh

Nothing the matter with ASDA imo. All supermarkets sell variations of the same thing so vary my shopping between most of them.

ASDA is cheaper and you get what you pay for. It's not great stuff but if you're on a budget or grabbing something quick it'll do.

Here we have a range of options from Waitrose right down to Aldi and people do judge.

I shop at ASDA for the things I can't get at LIDL. I really like it, it's my favourite of the supermarkets. I like their knock off stuff, the clothes are decent quality (and come up big, so good for kids!) and the shoes are up there with the most comfortable ones I've worn.

I don't tend to see the "chavs" in there, there's more in Tesco, but that might be to do with the area it's in and also because I go on a Monday morning!

I don't think it's seen as chavvy, just that it positions itself in the market place as cheapest not poshest or freshest or most variety or whatever.

I also think their store interiors tend to be more "cheap and cheerful" than "genteel quality".