Supermarket produce

[Bogus Dave]

Aibu to think that supermarkets are rubbish

[horlock07]

Supermarket stuff tends to be pretty ropey, but as we have become a nation that prioritises price over quality, you get what you pay for.

Being out in the sticks unless we want to traipse 20+ miles into Kendal (and both myself and Mrs Horlock07 hate the supermarket experience) its home delivery sadly and that means Tesco or Asda and on basic experience Asda seems to be marginally better quality. On the occasions we do find ourselves in Kendal on other stuff we will usually pop to Sainsburys or Aldi, often for clothes for the little un at the former and a food shop at the latter!

Thankfully we have a fantastic bakery a 2 min walk away in the village so fresh bread comes from there every other day, plus there is a green grocer in the town 5 mins away which also has a Tesco Express and poky Co-Op for emergencies.

If we really want a treat there are Booths (northern Waitrose basically) in Kendal and Ulverston where the stuff is 10x better, but 10x more expensive!  

[Mother Brown]

Another vote for Lidl bread. Excellent quality and value!

You cant beat big soft baps.

[Panda Paws]

Hate food shopping so we use Ocado. No complaints at all.

Find the big supermarkets absolutely shite these days. Empty shelves, shocking service and shite produce.

[Legends-Lounge]

You cant beat big soft baps.

Best avoid a crusty cob though.

[reeves4england]

Supermarket stuff tends to be pretty ropey, but as we have become a nation that prioritises price over quality, you get what you pay for.

Being out in the sticks unless we want to traipse 20+ miles into Kendal (and both myself and Mrs Horlock07 hate the supermarket experience) its home delivery sadly and that means Tesco or Asda and on basic experience Asda seems to be marginally better quality. On the occasions we do find ourselves in Kendal on other stuff we will usually pop to Sainsburys or Aldi, often for clothes for the little un at the former and a food shop at the latter!

Thankfully we have a fantastic bakery a 2 min walk away in the village so fresh bread comes from there every other day, plus there is a green grocer in the town 5 mins away which also has a Tesco Express and poky Co-Op for emergencies.

If we really want a treat there are Booths (northern Waitrose basically) in Kendal and Ulverston where the stuff is 10x better, but 10x more expensive!  

Booths is dreamy. So much good food but we'd be skint if we did our weekly shop there!

We do most of our shopping in Aldi. Our experience is that the fruit and veg from there last longer than Lidl's, but this is only based on a couple of stores. We pay a bit more for vine tomatoes etc as they taste so much better, but still save a lot overall compared to other supermarkets. Shame they don't have the Lidl style bakery though as they do some good stuff.

[Peter Venkman]

I love shopping in Booths whenever we are in the North West.

We drove through Flookburgh on the way to the (somewhat disappointing) Laurel & Hardy museum in Ulverston last year. Mind you, I love the Booths there, my favourite shop for good food and beers.

[Chubbs]

My biggest issue with supermarket produce is chicken. If i buy some chicken and i dont plan on using it that same day, it goes straight in the freezer regardless of its use by date.
It doesn't seem to matter which supermarket sometimes, even 3/4 days before its sell by, i can open a packet and it smells funny. Not to the point where its gone off, but it just smells odd.

[Peter Venkman]

i can open a packet and it smells funny. Not to the point where its gone off, but it just smells odd.

Is it with everything? have you considered it may be your fingers smelling?

[Bob's Orange]

Hate food shopping so we use Ocado. No complaints at all.

Find the big supermarkets absolutely shite these days. Empty shelves, shocking service and shite produce.

We used to use Ocado but after switching to Lidl we just realised that it wasn't value for money. Had no issues with the service, always on time, generally the food is good but whereas a weekly shop would cost say £60-80, we can get more or less the same in Lidl for £30-50. Yes we have to take into consideration having to get a bus back etc but for the saving, I can handle the hassle.

That said, there are some right idiotic zombies that go shopping. If they are not dicking around on their phones they are blocking the aisles with their trollies or just generally being a pain in the arse.

[Panda Paws]

We used to use Ocado but after switching to Lidl we just realised that it wasn't value for money. Had no issues with the service, always on time, generally the food is good but whereas a weekly shop would cost say £60-80, we can get more or less the same in Lidl for £30-50. Yes we have to take into consideration having to get a bus back etc but for the saving, I can handle the hassle.

That said, there are some right idiotic zombies that go shopping. If they are not dicking around on their phones they are blocking the aisles with their trollies or just generally being a pain in the arse.

Get that, but Ocado order by 930 every Sunday morning rather than spending an hour or two of a Sunday in a supermarket is worth the £20 to me. Maybe if they opened for more than 6 hours on one of only two days most people have off it'd be less hellish.

[Bob's Orange]

Get that, but Ocado order by 930 every Sunday morning rather than spending an hour or two of a Sunday in a supermarket is worth the £20 to me. Maybe if they opened for more than 6 hours on one of only two days most people have off it'd be less hellish.

I completely understand where you are coming from as well. Its annoying that shops open for such a short time on a Sunday, I generally go to the gym and then head to Lidl for 11/12. As you say, its half a day gone so I guess depends on how important your time is to you versus money spent.

[RobertT]

Good old Sunday Trading laws.  I remember when B&Q or Homebase got around the previous laws by selling Apples for 50 quid but you got a free Black and Decker.

Over here they can open whenever, but a lot of shops don't open until 12pm as everyone is in Church in the morning.  They even have Police managing traffic around some of the churches.  Then you can pop into a supermarket and see everyone in suits doing their shopping!

The big warehouse style shops have horrendous quality of meat and veg here, apart from Beef.  You can get Tomahawk steaks and the like in a Walmart, huge beasts.

[The Grim Reaper]

Over the last year or so I find myself buying more stuff from Lidl as opposed to Asda where I previously done the majority of shopping. I don’t understand supermarket snobbery that some people suffer from, as someone else already said the bakery and bread in Lidl is top notch, I used to think Sainsbury’s was the only place that did decent bread but even their stores seem to have dropped standard.

[Wobbly Bob]

Good old Sunday Trading laws.  I remember when B&Q or Homebase got around the previous laws by selling Apples for 50 quid but you got a free Black and Decker.

Over here they can open whenever, but a lot of shops don't open until 12pm as everyone is in Church in the morning.  They even have Police managing traffic around some of the churches.  Then you can pop into a supermarket and see everyone in suits doing their shopping!

The big warehouse style shops have horrendous quality of meat and veg here, apart from Beef.  You can get Tomahawk steaks and the like in a Walmart, huge beasts.

Come 2028 when Commander Trump is elected as permanent leader of Gilead, hopefully you will have evacuated your family to Canada by then.

It's happening as we speak.
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