Comments on Wife in the North: "Try something new today"

If it stops you shopping with them I will gladly c...

2008-03-19T17:24:00.000Z

If it stops you shopping with them I will gladly carry your basket on all fours pretending to be a trolley.

PS - I've just stopped by at Amazon to place your ...

2008-03-16T22:11:00.000Z

PS - I've just stopped by at Amazon to place your book in my shopping basket - it is so very modestly priced - perhaps you had better start shopping at Lidl's ;-)

Ah - a sign of civilisation and death to the local...

2008-03-16T22:08:00.000Z

Ah - a sign of civilisation and death to the local small specialist shops .... at least it isn't a Tesco store. you must be living in a savage area - we don't have to buy our trolleys down in Devon - only if we shop at Lidls do we have to rent a trolley.

Sainsburys is one of the aspects of UK life I miss...

2008-03-16T12:21:00.000Z

Sainsburys is one of the aspects of UK life I miss the most - having moved south to the Channel Islands where supermarkets are half the size of Tesco Metro, and twice the price.

Crazy Cath's right, smiling shop assistants, espec...

2008-03-15T21:06:00.000Z

Crazy Cath's right, smiling shop assistants, especially in British supermarkets ISN'T nomal. Buyer beware!

I agree with DogLover, good riddance to Sir Ken Mo...

2008-03-15T17:55:00.000Z

I agree with DogLover, good riddance to Sir Ken Morrison. His stores are an abomonation, full of nasty smelly fat people who don't know how to navigate the isles without bumping into each other. I go to M&S or Tesco where the clientel have more than half a brain cell.

Having to "rent" a grocery cart (trolley to you fo...

2008-03-15T17:54:00.000Z

Having to "rent" a grocery cart (trolley to you folks)? We'd have riots here in the US if that every became the practice! So what if the stores donate to a few poor homeless people who need a cart to carry their treasures in...

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Glad Sir Ken Morrison has gone - good riddance!As ...

2008-03-15T10:48:00.000Z

Glad Sir Ken Morrison has gone - good riddance!

As to trolleys, having to pay for them keeps them in good order. I patronise Waitrose because it is convenient to me and it maddens me how many of their trolleys have been damaged and won't drive straight! If we had to pay for them, we'd return them instead of running them into kerbs, dropping them into ditches, etc.!

My little voice told me not to, but I did...I took...

2008-03-15T10:09:00.000Z

My little voice told me not to, but I did...
I took my mum to Sainsburys on Thursday, after I dropped leaflets off at the local tourism fair, at Willowburn.
We joined cue of traffic at the roundabout, trailed around the car park for 10 minutes, battled with hypnotised shoppers, gazing at the choice of houmous on offer, massaging the little bags of mozzarella. We queued, ten deep, in lines snaking back down the aisles...
I was spat out, (I would have said extruded, but you go in the same way you come out,) had, dirty, used and bruised, knowing full well, I'd be back for more...

I'm with swearing Mother on this one,, no question...

2008-03-15T06:51:00.000Z

I'm with swearing Mother on this one,, no question.
I hate trolley tokens and avoid supermarkets that use them, it's not the fighting with it and then the wrenching from the pack that annoys me, or the squeaking wheel and pulling to the hard right that I can't cope with, it's th long walk back to the shop front to get my pound back that really winds me up. Let the buggers fetch their own trolleys!Oh, Blinkered, how right you are, I go to Waitrose mostly, Waitrose are good to farmers....well better than most !

I have never got a pound coin in my purse when I g...

2008-03-15T00:25:00.000Z

I have never got a pound coin in my purse when I go to Sainsbury's, and because I am so awkward I refuse to go in and wait at the customer services counter, so I take a basket and buy the absolute minimum as a protest because I think the trolleys should be free. I know you get the pound back, but that's not the point, it's still annoying.

Sainsbury's haven't noticed my protest yet, so I guess this is a futile gesture, but it makes me feel better. And gives me a good excuse to shop at Waitrose instead.

I didn't expect you to be a Sainsbury's kind of a ...

2008-03-14T17:45:00.000Z

I didn't expect you to be a Sainsbury's kind of a gal, Wife! Waitrose is the only way to go!

I am afraid to have to tell you that Aldi is a lot...

2008-03-14T13:24:00.000Z

I am afraid to have to tell you that Aldi is a lot better - they have all kinds of bizarre and unexpected treats not just Tiger Prawn Paella.

Trolley tokens in a market town? I though they ke...

2008-03-13T20:37:00.000Z

Trolley tokens in a market town? I though they kept that system for inner city hellholes.

Now you'll get all those northerners-living-in-the...

2008-03-13T18:18:00.000Z

Now you'll get all those northerners-living-in-the-south trailing back home. It was only Sainsburys keeping them there in the first place.

There you are Grocer. I thought you would be first...

2008-03-13T17:35:00.000Z

There you are Grocer. I thought you would be first off the blocks. You have never offered me one of those trolley tokens though.

Oh Yes, just wonderful.

2008-03-13T17:01:00.000Z

Oh Yes, just wonderful.

Men just don't get it do they?Beaming shop assista...

2008-03-13T16:52:00.000Z

Men just don't get it do they?

Beaming shop assistants and helpful managers is NOT NORMAL!

I got over-excited when given a trolley token with...

2008-03-13T15:01:00.000Z

I got over-excited when given a trolley token with my name on it for Christmas (I'm always without a pound when I need one for the trolley). I should get out more - perhaps to a barn opening! :)