Supermarkets - the Megathread

appledrop · 10-04-2020 11:47AM

gmisk wrote: »

Maybe go at a different time or day?
You are adding the queues as well you know...

Eh last week I went evening, today went morning. Makes no difference going to be mad Easter weekend.

What can you do. I have to work so cant go during the week.

gmisk · 10-04-2020 11:50AM

appledrop wrote: »

Eh last week I went evening, today went morning. Makes no difference going to be mad Easter weekend.

What can you do. I have to work so cant go during the week.

Yes my point is it was always going to be busy it's a long bank holiday weekend

10-04-2020 01:33PM

If there hasn’t been a major run on rice to date, there will be soon:

Indian rice exports suspended as lockdown disrupts supply chain. Predictions are that this will impact Europe in a few months -disruptions to global food supply system resulting from the pandemic will be felt soon enough I’d say.

https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/business/story/indian-rice-exports-suspended-as-lockdown-disrupts-supply-chain-report-1663745-2020-04-06?__twitter_impression=true

Princess Calla · 10-04-2020 01:59PM

Mr.S wrote: »

It's a bank holiday weekend with nothing to do but go to the supermarket, it was always going to be mayhem.

Go late at night just before closing verus peak hours during the day!

Be careful of this.... My dunnes monitor the queue a few hrs before closing and will close it off around an hour before the shop closes.

Easter weekend is always a very busy weekend, remember some stores are closed on Sunday so anyone that usually shops on a Sunday will probably do it before especially if they've to get eggs etc

Zardoz · 10-04-2020 02:06PM

Princess Calla wrote: »

Be careful of this.... My dunnes monitor the queue a few hrs before closing and will close it off around an hour before the shop closes.

Plus some shops are closing earlier due to the pandemic.
I'd normally go shopping at 9.20 on a Thursday night in Aldi ,and after 10 in Tesco as its very quiet then .
I had to bump Aldi up 2 hours on the last couple of trips as they now close at 8 and it was much busier than after 9.

silverharp · 10-04-2020 02:42PM

Tesco Merrion had a Q going down to Merrion road, Id guess it would have taken 25 min to get in . around 11AM this morning , went to a smaller Tesco Metro , was only only a 5min wait.

HeidiHeidi · 10-04-2020 04:31PM

Mr.S wrote: »

Thankfully the butchers and corner shops never have any queue so only need to do a supermarket shop every week or so.

My local butcher (who has an excellent reputation, to be fair), has queues out the door and around the corner every time I pass

krissovo · 10-04-2020 04:40PM

I did the Pallas Foods click and collect in Cork today for the first time. Amazing service and top quality food, I didn’t even have to leave the car as it was loaded into the car by the driver of the Pallas food truck.

Veg and meat are exceptional quality and available in home sizes, some of the products are bulk only so I have 10 ketchup bottles but we will get through them

Decent value for money as well, I will definitely do my shopping with them for the ease and value.

nullzero · 10-04-2020 04:43PM

Got my trolley at tesco this morning, popped it back pretty quickly. I didn't realise the end of the world was this weekend.

Daemonic · 10-04-2020 04:59PM

About 30 minutes standing in the sunshine waiting to get into Tesco at lunchtime today. There are worse ways to waste 30 minutes when you're an apartment dweller.

vicwatson · 10-04-2020 05:09PM

krissovo wrote: »

I did the Pallas Foods click and collect in Cork today for the first time. Amazing service and top quality food, I didn’t even have to leave the car as it was loaded into the car by the driver of the Pallas food truck.

Veg and meat are exceptional quality and available in home sizes, some of the products are bulk only so I have 10 ketchup bottles but we will get through them

Decent value for money as well, I will definitely do my shopping with them for the ease and value.

This only in Cork?

krissovo · 10-04-2020 05:15PM

vicwatson wrote: »

This only in Cork?

Dublin, Galway and limerick i think.

Snow Garden · 10-04-2020 06:41PM

krissovo wrote: »

I did the Pallas Foods click and collect in Cork today for the first time. Amazing service and top quality food, I didn’t even have to leave the car as it was loaded into the car by the driver of the Pallas food truck.

That's interesting that a wholesaler would offer direct sales.

Sheep Shagger · 10-04-2020 06:42PM

Snow Garden wrote: »

That's interesting that a wholesaler would offer direct sales.

Used it for the first time this week in South Dublin - will be using again.

https://collect.pallasfoods.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIibD2rrTe6AIVibbtCh3GCAUIEAAYASAAEgKkAvD_BwE

Mr.Crinklewood · 10-04-2020 06:43PM

krissovo wrote: »

I did the Pallas Foods click and collect in Cork today for the first time. Amazing service and top quality food, I didn’t even have to leave the car as it was loaded into the car by the driver of the Pallas food truck.

Veg and meat are exceptional quality and available in home sizes, some of the products are bulk only so I have 10 ketchup bottles but we will get through them

Decent value for money as well, I will definitely do my shopping with them for the ease and value.

Go Pallas go......

fr336 · 10-04-2020 07:29PM

For anyone thinking supermarket staff are fine... https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/09/kind-supermarket-worker-27-insisted-helping-elderly-disabled-dies-coronavirus-12533905/

Princess Calla · 10-04-2020 07:40PM

fr336 wrote: »

For anyone thinking supermarket staff are fine... https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/09/kind-supermarket-worker-27-insisted-helping-elderly-disabled-dies-coronavirus-12533905/

Absolutely awful thing to happen but she had a medical condition. It's America so she probably had no choice to work.

Plumbthedepths · 10-04-2020 07:44PM

Aren't the elderly and those with underlying conditions the most at risk demographic group?

fr336 · 10-04-2020 07:46PM

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

Aren't the elderly and those with underlying conditions the most at risk demographic group?

Of course. And then you've got to think of those who live with said people. They may not step foot outside the door, but their relative who lives with them may work as an essential worker of some sort. As always the poor and less resourced will be putting themselves at risk.

Boulevardier · 10-04-2020 09:46PM

I am a frequent shopper at Tesco Rathmines, and during the lockdown I have patiently queued for up to 35 minutes to get in the door.

I was very disappointed to find today that they have been letting drivers who use the car park enter the store by the back door with almost no queuing.

This is a real slap in the face for local and loyal customers like me who wait patiently outside on the road. As far as I know it does not happen at other Tesco stores, but if it does, then that is also objectionable.

Clearly, we are not really "all in this together."

at9qu5vp0wcix7 · 10-04-2020 10:06PM

Are the Tesco priority hours on weekends too, or just weekdays only?

10-04-2020 10:19PM

Boulevardier wrote: »

I am a frequent shopper at Tesco Rathmines, and during the lockdown I have patiently queued for up to 35 minutes to get in the door.

I was very disappointed to find today that they have been letting drivers who use the car park enter the store by the back door with almost no queuing.

This is a real slap in the face for local and loyal customers like me who wait patiently outside on the road. As far as I know it does not happen at other Tesco stores, but if it does, then that is also objectionable.

Clearly, we are not really "all in this together."

Are you sure it wasn't staff? People queuing up at my store can get a bit snotty when we walk straight past the queue on the way into work!

howiya · 11-04-2020 12:25AM

Axel Scrawny Treasurer wrote: »

Are the Tesco priority hours on weekends too, or just weekdays only?

Pretty sure it's Mon Wed Fri 7-9am for oaps and carers and Tue Thur 7-9am for healthcare workers.

That being said there is a separate queue at my local tesco for over 65s all day long.

Any Saturday morning I've been there there hasn't been priority hours

at9qu5vp0wcix7 · 11-04-2020 08:55AM

howiya wrote: »

Pretty sure it's Mon Wed Fri 7-9am for oaps and carers and Tue Thur 7-9am for healthcare workers.

That being said there is a separate queue at my local tesco for over 65s all day long.

Any Saturday morning I've been there there hasn't been priority hours

Just went in and there's no dedicated hours at the weekend. In and out before 7.30am, no queue, definitely the way to go.

seefin · 11-04-2020 09:43AM

krissovo wrote: »

I did the Pallas Foods click and collect in Cork today for the first time. Amazing service and top quality food, I didn’t even have to leave the car as it was loaded into the car by the driver of the Pallas food truck.

Veg and meat are exceptional quality and available in home sizes, some of the products are bulk only so I have 10 ketchup bottles but we will get through them

Decent value for money as well, I will definitely do my shopping with them for the ease and value.

Where do you collect in cork? Couldn't see on website

Esse85 · 11-04-2020 01:01PM

seefin wrote: »

Where do you collect in cork? Couldn't see on website

Little island

seefin · 11-04-2020 02:36PM

Esse85 wrote: »

Little island

Thanks

Sheep Shagger · 11-04-2020 03:17PM

Big Qs around today with lots of empty shelves, assume people thinking the world is about to end with shops being shut tomorrow.

MrDavid1976 · 11-04-2020 03:19PM

I was in Tesco Jervis yesterday. It was packed and like a Petri dish for Covid. No controls on people entering. In the end decided to leave and report it to the Guards.

fr336 · 11-04-2020 03:46PM

MrDavid1976 wrote: »

I was in Tesco Jervis yesterday. It was packed and like a Petri dish for Covid. No controls on people entering. In the end decided to leave and report it to the Guards.

It's very strange how big companies can be very different depending on which store you're in. Regional managers should be out doing spot checks and store managers fired for breaches such as the one you describe.

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