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[loganair] 11/3/2024 10:05

Ste2000 - my point exactly, in Portuguese and Spanish supermarkets good quality food properly cooked from fresh rather then the extremely highly processed, no good for you extremely unhealthy ready made meals that British supermarkets sell.

The current local Tesco I pop into, I've done so anytime from 11.00 to 18.00 and each time the groceries on the shelves have been pushed as forward as they can go to try and hide the fact that the back 2/3rds of the shelf is empty.

Also many times the fruit and veg area so empty.

British supermarkets have got rid of their fresh fish, meat and delicatessen counters. My previous Tesco which I'll soon been returning to had a thriving fresh fish counter, especially their fresh muscles which would be completely sold out by 14.00 each and every day.

My two local mas y mas in Spain, the fresh counters are always busy, especially the delicatessen, I always have to queue.

[loganair] 11/3/2024 08:48

In the UK, up until the mid 1970's VALUE matted over CHEAP, whereas today VALUE no longer maters is solely about CHEAP, CHEAP, CHEAP.

In the end can not make anything any cheaper with out destroying the product itself and making it unfit for use.

[unastubbs] 11/3/2024 08:46

well logan sure experience and perception will obviously differ but "dungheaps" is way off the mark! good to read your comment though...

[spob] 11/3/2024 08:41

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I have always found eating fresh bread from Sainsbury's equivalent to eating cardboard.

No flavour whatsoever.

Tesco same.


I don't know what they do in Lidl, but their fresh bread actually tastes like bread.

[loganair] 10/3/2024 16:31

Personally I find the Spanish and Portuguese supermarkets far superior to any in the UK, not only for the quality of food, also for the quality of customer service they provide.

Lately I've noticed in my local big Tesco, often the groceries are pulled right forward on the shelf trying to hide the fact in reality the shelves are at best only 1/3rd stocked, rather reminds me of the old Soviet Union and supermarkets I went into in both St Petersburg and Moscow in the late 1980's.

Both Sainsbury's and Tesco's most of the time, one of the three self-service areas are closed due to lack of staff, at times two of the three.

Cafes in French motorway service stations often serve better quality and more tasty food then would be served in a good, high end British restaurant.

Over all the UK supermarkets are dung heaps and getting worse all the time.

[unastubbs] 10/3/2024 14:58

Personally I find all UK supermarkets to be excellent. I've been alot in Singapore and Malaysia recently and they have good suprmarkets. Aeon in Malaysia I am fond of. Cold Storage and Fairprice in Singapore are great.Oh and I used Woolworths in Australia last year and I was impressed. Tesco, Sainsburys and Morrisons which I use regularly in the UK are better by comparison. The self-service counters are so much better in the UK atm. Malaysia doesn't do delivery and while Singapore does when I used it a couple of years ago it was poor but i've heard it has improved. I am always amazed by the scope and complexity of the major supermarkets, how they bring great food, endless variety and price points to suit almost everyone. I wish folks could be more positive about something that the UK actually excels in.

[tim 3] 10/3/2024 13:43

Yes I get what you mean.

Some of the supermarkets in France and Spain have fantastic bakeries.

I guess it boils down to what consumers will accept/pay for.

[loganair] 10/3/2024 09:56

As always with British supermarkets, food quality continues to go down, no wonder why food sold in Britain is most probably the worse quality in the whole of Europe.

[tim 3] 10/3/2024 09:29

spob29 Feb '24 - 19:32 - 23132 of 23134
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I'm guessing the new more efficent way of baking bread in store actually means NOT baking it in store

Rather warming up already half baked bread that has been delivered to the store.


That is correct.

Its becoming a standard model across supermarkets now with the exception of Morrisons.

Asda go one step further and deliver it from a centralised factory pre packed straight to store.

Its generally accepted that quality is not as good but the cost savings are significant and would think the lost sales because of lower quality/costs saved ratio makes it a bit of a non brainer.

[unastubbs] 06/3/2024 09:43

anyhooo...back to Sainsbury's? share price up this morning, expectations of spare cash in the pockets of hard working families from the budget this afternoon?

[solarno lopez] 05/3/2024 15:57

So true sadly

[loganair] 05/3/2024 15:57

sl - Selfish and disrespectful are two words I think fits how many people in the West now act.

[solarno lopez] 05/3/2024 15:13

Spot on and you can use what ever word fits the scenario

[loganair] 05/3/2024 15:11

A Liberal is some one who believes in their personal Freedoms, however while acting on your personal freedoms they do not impinge on the freedoms of others.

What is happening today is people think and feel they can do what ever they want however much this impinges on the freedoms of others....this is not being Liberal.

[solarno lopez] 05/3/2024 14:54

A somewhat liberal approach these days

[loganair] 05/3/2024 14:44

TT - It's more so today. As I posted earlier, 20 years ago 50% of the staff at my local Waitrose were part time from the local 6th Form college today at most maybe 1 or 2.

When I was young, there was a queue of youngsters waiting to do paper rounds to earn a few bob extra on their pocket money, whereas today half the paper rounds available in my local area have noone doing them.

As I was told a few short years ago by the admin at the local school..."what do you expect, it's just the way the current generation act."

Why...Because the media are always telling us we can act how we want, dress how we want irrespective of other peoples feelings.


When I was at school, in the summer we had to ask our tutor to take our blazers off and the tutors had to address all pupils as 'Gentlemen', I went to an all boys school.

If any adult or any female of any age, could be someone's 8 year old sister approached any door we were expected to open the door for them and if also going through the door, to let them through first.

[trying2trade] 05/3/2024 14:36

Lazy teenagers is not a new phenomenon

[loganair] 05/3/2024 14:22

NIQ has identified four key category trends since the start of 2024. The first is shoppers buying convenient meal options which is reflected in strong growth in the last four weeks for prepared fresh meat products (+13%), frozen chips (+13%), cooking sauces (+7%) The second key trend is cheaper meal ingredients; rice & grains (+13%), canned veg (+10%) and frozen poultry (+8%). The third is a shift towards healthier snacking with growths in dried veg & pulses (+23%) and fresh prepared fruit (+7%).

And finally, the fourth key trend was events. With Pancake Day taking place in February, there was also a rise in sales for baking ingredients such as baking mixes (+24%), flour (+18%), eggs (+16%), golden syrup (+29%), and chocolate spread (+27%).

In terms of retailer performance over the last 12 weeks, Ocado (+12.2%) was the fastest growing retailer followed by M&S (+11.9%), while sales momentum at discounters Lidl (+10.4%) and Aldi (+6.0%) continues to slow. Sainsbury’s (+8.0%) and Tesco (6.8%) both experienced an increase in market share with slower growth at Morrisons (+3.6%) and Asda (+2.0%).

[loganair] 05/3/2024 14:20

Neilson include M&S in the figures while Kantar do not....


Marks & Spencer’s grocery sales are growing faster than Aldi and Lidl as a turnaround led by chief Stuart Machin gains traction.

Industry figures reveal that M&S was the fastest growing traditional grocer over the last 12 weeks, with the total take at its tills rising by 11.9pc compared to a year earlier.

That compared to growth of 6pc at Aldi and 10.4pc at Lidl, according to market research company NIQ.

Only Ocado’s sales rose faster, rising 12.2pc on the prior year.

The NIQ figures also laid bare the pressures on Morrisons and Asda, which are both losing market share.

Asda’s market share dipped from 12.5pc this time last year to 12pc despite a 2pc rise in sales. Morrisons’s market share slipped to 8pc from 8.2pc, even as sales rose by 3.6pc.

Both supermarkets were taken over in debt-fuelled deals in recent years.

Rising interest rates have put more pressure on the businesses as interest costs have increased sharply. Morrisons is owned by CD&R, while Asda is co-owned by the billionaire Issa brothers and TDR Capital.

[loganair] 05/3/2024 13:13

TT - I disagree, the young now days just want to lounge around with their ear pods in watching tic-tok all day.

Social media and smart phones have cause unimaginable damage and harm to the younger generation and it's only going to get worse with an ever more intrusive AI.

[trying2trade] 05/3/2024 12:45

I worked 3 part time jobs in COVID times. There's nothing wrong with the work ethic of today, just the debt we have to pay by way of taxes for generations before that had it too good. Final salary pensions etc.

[vatacarma] 05/3/2024 12:18

My point exactly Loganair and wish your teen well in his/her endeavours.

Listen and learn Trying2Trade.