supermarket own brand stuff....

[She Knows It]

I hate going The Asda. Makes my skin crawl.

 

Always full of ugly people. Can't stand the static in the air from all the polyester and man make fibres the majority of the meffs shopping in there wear.

 

Check you out, being all Southern!

[Section_31]

I used to like asda pizzas but gone off them a bit but had a dominos pizza a few weeks back and it was worse than asdas and nearly 3 times the price.

 

Domino's are shite, they just slap a whole packet of thick ham on everything hoping you'll think 'ooh the ham is bigger therefore it was worth paying £13 for a nine inch pizza'. I don't, big pile of wank.

[RJ Fan club]

 

Check you out, being all Southern!

 

I think its just the location of our nearest one.

 

Nah, its not, I can't stand them. Their fresh stuff is terrible, especially the fruit and veg. I'd rather go to the Lidl first, and the one by us is ropey as fook.

 

Besides darling, Waitrose is on my way home.

[RobbieOR]

On the subject of peanuts, Tesco's own brand of salted peanuts are quite nice. 43c a packet is nothing to be sneezed at.

[She Knows It]

I think its just the location of our nearest one.

 

Nah, its not, I can't stand them. Their fresh stuff is terrible, especially the fruit and veg. I'd rather go to the Lidl first, and the one by us is ropey as fook.

 

Besides darling, Waitrose is on my way home.

 

I have honestly never been in a Waitrose. I don't even know where the nearest one is to us.

[Section_31]

I think its just the location of our nearest one.

 

Nah, its not, I can't stand them. Their fresh stuff is terrible, especially the fruit and veg. I'd rather go to the Lidl first, and the one by us is ropey as fook.

 

Besides darling, Waitrose is on my way home.

 

ASDA went seriously downhill when Wal Mart got its mits on it. The ASDA in Hunts Cross back in the day was Shangri la, Manta Force and danish pastries everywhere, well lit, some plastic shrubbery. Gradually though they just became glorified warehouses though, a real stack em high and grab a few fest. I don't think yanks get the British shopping mentality. People like to have a mooch when they go shopping over here, squeeze some plums (ooer) have a coffee in a nice cafe that's not buried under a landslide of plates full of half-eaten chips, wheras your yank family just turn up in their elmer fudd gear and grab 18 gallon cans of syrup which they pay 89 cents for, along with a few rounds of ammunition before they withdraw to the survivalist camp for the winter. Morrisons is where the party's at these days.

[Redder Lurtz]

That's a whole heap o' wrong there Secsh. Granted some Asda stores are better than others and that's something that needs addressing (Adel in Leeds is a hellhole but Pudsey is fucking top notch). You should try one of the big Supercentres or one of the new small supermarkets, the ones that they bought from Netto and converted.

[George Costanza]

I have honestly never been in a Waitrose. I don't even know where the nearest one is to us.

 

probably Watford.

 

Some supermarket own brand stuff can be quite nice (obviously depending on tastes) a lot of it is fucking awful though and there is a clear difference between that & the so called major brand of whatever product it may be.

[RedKnight]

I'm a Sainsbury's man myself, or Tesco. Don't like Asda or Morrisons.

[RJ Fan club]

 

I have honestly never been in a Waitrose. I don't even know where the nearest one is to us.

 

Formby (I think has one) at a guess.

 

They're pricey, but the food is excellent. Totally top drawer.

 

I don't shop there much, just for the odd nice thing or convenience as its on the way home.

[RJ Fan club]

No Frills gear at the Kwikky. Now there was high class.

[Section_31]

No Frills gear at the Kwikky. Now there was high class.

 

Aye, it started off as the kind of thing you'd get shit for in school but was soon turned around to be a kind of teen rebellion. No Frills plain crisps were like an early-90s version of Steve McQueen's red jacket.

[Furmedge]

Simon would be all over this thread.

[RJ Fan club]

Simon would be all over this thread.

 

4p curry sauce, 40 pc SFC. What's not to love?

[Strontium]

What's this urban myth about own brand stuff being the same as the top brands just in different packaging?

 

 

Often that is the case. For instance, Weetabix make all the supermarket own brand wheat biscuits and they are identical except for the box. A lot of the time the own brands are made by the major brand but to a different - sometimes superior - specification.

[Dr.Filth]

Asda smartprice jaffa cakes piss all over Mcvities IMO. Everything else is shite though.

 

 

 

Edit* That lime coke stuff is ok too, although I've never actually drank it without rum.

[manwiththestick]

Asda extra special Lemo is really nice. Their curries aren't bad either,

[VladimirIlyich]

ASDA went seriously downhill when Wal Mart got its mits on it. The ASDA in Hunts Cross back in the day was Shangri la, Manta Force and danish pastries everywhere, well lit, some plastic shrubbery. Gradually though they just became glorified warehouses though, a real stack em high and grab a few fest. I don't think yanks get the British shopping mentality. People like to have a mooch when they go shopping over here, squeeze some plums (ooer) have a coffee in a nice cafe that's not buried under a landslide of plates full of half-eaten chips, wheras your yank family just turn up in their elmer fudd gear and grab 18 gallon cans of syrup which they pay 89 cents for, along with a few rounds of ammunition before they withdraw to the survivalist camp for the winter. Morrisons is where the party's at these days.

 

Not keen on the one in Speke though.

[The Acolyte]

Don't know why but most of the women I see in the asda are all done up like they stopped for a quick shop before going clubbing. Thing is I normally go asda on the Sunday so they have no excuse. Even saw one done up like a school girl, Britney Spears style, on a SUNDAY AFTERNOON!!

[Lee909]

 

probably Watford.

 

Some supermarket own brand stuff can be quite nice (obviously depending on tastes) a lot of it is fucking awful though and there is a clear difference between that & the so called major brand of whatever product it may be.

 

Nope,we have no Waitrose in Watford.We used to but that was before Asda turned ip 20 years ago.Mind you in them days Waitrose was a cheap supermarket.

We now only have Asda,2 Sainsburys, and over 4 tescos in a 5 mile radius.Oh and we have a Iceland somewhere aswell.

 

As has been said some stuff is ok but the majority is crap. Asda is also rubbish for fresh fruit and Veg.It's either the Market or Tesco for that and the butchers or Cost o for meat.

[Sugar Ape]

Don't know why but most of the women I see in the asda are all done up like they stopped for a quick shop before going clubbing. Thing is I normally go asda on the Sunday so they have no excuse. Even saw one done up like a school girl, Britney Spears style, on a SUNDAY AFTERNOON!!

 

Which asda is your local one? I'm going to start shopping there.

[Paulie Dangerously]

No Frills gear at the Kwikky. Now there was high class.

 

Their range of chocolate chip cookies used to have more chocolate than the Maryland efforts

[Trucker Paddy]

Regarding tinned food peas beans soups etc the own brand is as good, I regularly collect loads from well known brand names and have seen that it's only at labelling stage things are separated.

On a personal note tescos own brand "finest" coffee is absolute quality

[RJ Fan club]

 

Their range of chocolate chip cookies used to have more chocolate than the Maryland efforts

 

Haha, I remember them and they were boss. Loads better than Maryland, spot on.

[Rafiagra]

There's always kids running round in Asda whenever I go as well as some underage kids hanging round the alcohol aisle pondering what bottle to select.

 

That said, I rate the curries there and the ready meals are good.

 

It's not a supermarket but M&S food can't be beat (except for curries which Asda rules)