I do all my grocery shopping on line with Tesco. I haven't stepped a foot in any of their stores for at least 5 years.
Waitrose has a Post Office, so I go there for the PO & sometimes buy the odd loaf of bread there.
Also stay for lunch.
Sainsburys, Waitrose and M&S just because I find the fruit and veg is better than our other local stores. I buy meat from Mum and Dad's local butcher and fish from their local fishmonger (I haven't found any good ones in Edinburgh!)...We have a mahoosive Tesco store nearby but it is just far too mahoosive! I could spend waaaay too much time and money in there!
To those who shop online........Are the sell by dates good. When I shop I always go to the back of the shelf for the best dates. The front of the shelf is nearly always today or tomorrow.
Jeza, if I ever shop online I always put in the "notes" bit that I would like long-dated items. If not then they will be returned with the driver. I have never had a problem :)
I never buy fresh stuff on line Jeza .I just use it for basically what I call non foods .Tins,packets,bulky stuff ,booze etc . When I have ordered fresh stuff in the past I've often found the dates a bit short ,unless of course you're buying stuff to freeze straight away.
I wish we had a Waitrose . I used to shop there a lot when we lived in London .
The nearest one here is about thirty miles away and they don't deliver this far east :(
Aldi. Top quality and dirt cheap.
When the local Aldi first opened you could gauge the bulk of the customers by the car park being full of 20 year old VWs with Polish registrations. Now the same car park is full of 5-series BMWs and E-Class Mercs, with the customers shoehorning their bargain basement buys into Waitrose bags.