#59

I like to choose my stuff too much now, plus who would want to pass up on the opportunity of chasing two children up and down the aisles of Sainos on a Friday afternoon? Seriously though, whilst the weather is shite its a free open space to hoon around in

#60

I went shopping today. Kiddo spent the whole shop waving, tipping her head back and watching the lights, saying “bananas” and shouting “bye” and waving at everyone. Don’t get that with home delivery.

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#61

She was probably trying to alert you to @anon5266188 stealing

#62

I’m an honest man

#63

Also, as a man taking children to the supermarket you’re made to feel like some kind of superstar. I’m not going to lie, that’s quite a buzz. Also the smug satisfaction of asking your well wishers if they’ve congratulated every woman doing exactly the same thing is *chefs kiss*

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#64

She’s an undercover shopper indeed

#65

It’s great isn’t it. Wait until she goes up to everyone asking if they’re a he or a she!

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#66

Loads of people waving back and saying bye today, and the old cashier man was singing to her as well. Good shop today

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#67

Supposedly there is an M+S equivalent for everything and they will be stocking more M+S lines than we do Waitrose at the minute. I saw the word ‘cheaper’ mentioned too, which I absolutely do not believe.

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#68

Some decent beer in my Sainos tbh

#69

Mine’s shit. Even the two big ones have a shit selection. Can’t even fall back on a bottle of Banks’s for 90 pence like Asda, Morrisons or even Aldi.

Morrisons seem to have a really good selection of beer.

#70

Mostly go to the shop just to try and feel something :man_shrugging:
There’s a big 24hr Tezzas that’s just slightly too far to ever consider walking to (25m)

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#71

when i was unemployed, the big shop was a proper highlight of my week

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#72

This makes it sound like work has superseded that feeling which can’t be right

#73

certainly not, just that i don’t need to treat ‘going to the supermarket’ as an achievement of the absolute pinnacle of productivity anymore

i do still enjoy it though, still nice to be out of the house and feel like you’re doing something isn’t it

#74

some decent ones in mine - few cans of Drygate, Camden, Beavertown, Wild Beer Co etc, bottles of Yardsman/Hilden/Foxes Rock etc, a few of the different Guinness varieties and all that (obviously alongside all the old man supermarket ales i used to buy before craft beer was everywhere)

some little cans of ‘Hyde & Wilde’ beers that seem to be a Sainos own brand thing that are sometimes reduced

s’alright like

#75

You’ll be surprised, but we are the same price or cheaper than most supermarkets for branded stuff. They’ve put a lot of investment in lowering prices and getting rid of pointless deals to attract families into shop with us. The Ocado deal is the next step in that plan (isn’t going to work imo)

#76

Dunno, it’s an extra few hundred thousand customers each week.

#77

Is that what you guys are working on? If so thats substantial. Suppose we don’t see the detail in stores. But if that’s the case, then it’s positive

#78

Reckon there’s probably capacity for about 400,000 Ocado orders a week at the minute across 3 sites.

Got another big CFC being built at Purfleet, a mini one at Bristol, Andover is being rebuilt - So that’s probably another 200k+ and as part of the deal they want to build another half a dozen.

It’s a serious operation tbf, they wouldn’t be selling that shit to supermarkets across the world otherwise.

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