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Asda is terrible, just a warehouse with no style at all. The 'beige' of supermarkets.

 

Haven't shopped in Morrisons for a decade or more. Dull drab interior and staff. Managers always look like they are ready for a fight.

Asda , Aldi or Sainsbury's for me-much more pleasant experience.

 

Wasn't it the Seven Stars?

 

Well there might be a story there. In the last year or so I believe Morrisons have consolidated their supplier base and dispensed with many service suppliers in favour of a national agreement with a facilities management company. Probably the highest profile local victim of this was Mittons who went into admin in September after losing the Morrisons contract. I read that as many as 80 suppliers were cut but don't know how true that is. Now there is probably a good argument for reducing the supplier base, but often service will suffer. I suspect the many redundancies may also have some small effect on the local economy.

 

Swapped to Sainsbury's in the last 8 months. Morrisons one or two visits a year for us in the last 6 years . Tescos don’t give a feck about customers.

 

It has been in trouble for the past decade at least. It missed the boat with home shopping and also convenience stores. They have tried to catch up but never did. Their main problem is the historic unwillingness to change

 

There’s some truth in that, but there’s absolutely no doubt it has gone downhill far more rapidly since the hedge fund vultures took over.

We’ve been doing our big weekly shop at Morrisons in Guiseley for nearly thirty years. It’s got noticeably worse over the past couple of years. The amount of stuff that is routinely out of stock is shocking. And the prices have rocketed. It’s barely more expensive to shop at Waitrose or M&S these days than Morrisons.

 

https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/not-just-christmas-britains-ms-targets-more-regular-food-shoppers-2023-12-19/

M&S working on a plan to take more grocery shopping away from other supermarkets.

As someone who has routinely shopped at Morrisons in Guiseley for decades, I could easily see me crossing the road to M&S instead, if Morrisons doesn’t up its game soon. Since we buy mostly fresh fruit, veg and fish, rather than prepackaged food, the absence of many major brands at M&S wouldn’t particularly bother me.

 

M & S and Aldi all chaos this lunchtime. Morrisons dead in comparison. That company hasn’t got long I’m afraid, real shame but so much better out there. Sainsbury’s cheaper and better for example especially with nectar deals.

 

That supermarket has really gone downhill. Went there the other day for the first time in years and couldn’t believe how shoddy it was.

 

Haven't shopped at Tescos for a long time despite it being close to home. Shocking quality, high prices and a woeful shopping experience.

 

Shopped at Sainsbury's for years, we always feel very looked after, in fact the manager gave us a free box of mince pies at Christmas, it doesn't take much to keep me happy haha

Not been to the Greengates branch for a long time but I hear it's rough around the edges now

 

Call me old fashioned …..I want to see people in jobs so refuse to use self check outs. They pay me for using them . …No . So they can feck off.
I’d rather Q. Some supermarkets are now taking em out ……brilliant.

 

Roebuck.

 

I completely agree.
Seven Stars yes.
roebuck yes.
Sorry but it is sixty years ago.

 

Think it is Booths that are taking them out of some of their stores due to lack of use, but not sure if they are putting the old tills back in

 

I know, yes an era back , I used to go down there occasionally as a Friday night change. Late 70’s .

 

I remember them being there and going in after working at Homebase so that must have been mid 90s but Roebuck was in need of repair by then

 

I honestly don’t remember that. Kids weren’t even born then, and the daughter is 40!