Sainsbury's Local

Convenient Sainsbury’s local store with plenty of food to go options (meal deals etc). They also have a fresh sushi counter and a fresh pizza counter too! Hot coffee machine and orange juice dispenser available too! Also, there are many self checkouts so queue times are never too long.

Good spot for the basics but not a huge selection of things. Also, not sure if it’s because of covid and maybe they stock less stuff but they always seem to be out of prepared foods no matter how early you go. They do carry Tony’s Chocolonely bars though and the staff is friendly.

I visit this branch most days, and always impressed by Hopes professional and helpful customer service. I'm also surprised and to be honest pretty shocked! that head office hasn't spotted Hopes potential, and promoted him into a training/HR or similar role. Seems absolute madness to me, how someone with such great interpersonal skills hasn't been snapped up.

A far better selection of hummus than would be strictly necessary for the size of the store. I counted at least 5 different varieties and 3 different brands. Delicious

Coming in this morning there was only one colleague on the tills, running about to do the self checkouts all by himself and I couldn't see anybody else about to help. I didn't catch his name but he wears glasses. I would love to thank him for the effort in still providing and quick and friendly service! Perhaps in future more colleagues around would be better

Very good selection of food and bakery. Perfect for a quick stop.

It seems they only employ machines that do not work properly and there are no people to help. I love self checkouts but they either need to work or have a member or staff there to sort things out.

I've tried to buy cigarettes on my break on 2 separate occasions this week at this branch.

On both occasions I was dressed in my chef's uniform (jacket, work trousers and shoes) and didn't have my ID, as it's not something chef's usually carry.
On both occasions, despite my chef's clothing, greying hair and my age being 43, I was refused cigarettes because "I couldn't provide ID"
On both occasions, I was on my break from the kitchen and had enough time to walk to the nearest Sainsbury's, buy what I needed and head back into the kitchen, before I was let out again much later in the day.

A little common sense and further training wouldn't go amiss.