Supermarkets - the Megathread

Patrick2010 · 06-07-2020 2:49pm

They still have someone on the door though to check people aren't just walking in

Jim_Hodge · 06-07-2020 4:07pm

Tesco here have nobody at the door and no traffic light system. A spray and paper towels sitting in a table if you want to wipe down your trolley and an unlabelled spray which we eventually learned was hand sanitizer. Dunnes have a person in the door wiping down all trollies and ensuring everybody hand sanitizes. We'll be going to Dunnes in future.

What Username Guidelines · 06-07-2020 4:27pm

Jim_Hodge wrote: »

Tesco here have nobody at the door and no traffic light system. A spray and paper towels sitting in a table if you want to wipe down your trolley and an unlabelled spray which we eventually learned was hand sanitizer. Dunnes have a person in the door wiping down all trollies and ensuring everybody hand sanitizes. We'll be going to Dunnes in future.

Not quite a supermarket but a large petrol station near me with one door has done a great job with a roped off area to enter and a different route to exit, even though it's just one door. Huge sign saying "enter this way" and hand sanitizer dispensers wall mounted on the way in. Still had someone absent-mindedly almost bump into me as I was leaving.

punisher5112 · 06-07-2020 4:57pm

Jim_Hodge wrote: »

Tesco here have nobody at the door and no traffic light system. A spray and paper towels sitting in a table if you want to wipe down your trolley and an unlabelled spray which we eventually learned was hand sanitizer. Dunnes have a person in the door wiping down all trollies and ensuring everybody hand sanitizes. We'll be going to Dunnes in future.

But the sanitizer will do exactly what you want once it's genuine.

rubadub · 06-07-2020 5:01pm

punisher5112 wrote: »

But the sanitizer will do exactly what you want once it's genuine.

I think he is saying it should be labelled, I saw some shops with hand sanitiser AND surface sanitiser. So people might not want to risk using some unlabelled spray on their hands thinking it might be harsh stuff not intended for hand use.

Jim_Hodge · 06-07-2020 6:16pm

punisher5112 wrote: »

But the sanitizer will do exactly what you want once it's genuine.

There was nothing to say what was in it. The surface cleaner beside it was in the same type of bottle but had a faded hand written label in it.

When we asked a staff member was it hand sanitizer, she just shrugged and said "think so" and walked off.

punisher5112 · 06-07-2020 6:52pm

Jim_Hodge wrote: »

There was nothing to say what was in it. The surface cleaner beside it was in the same type of bottle but had a faded hand written label in it.

When we asked a staff member was it hand sanitizer, she just shrugged and said "think so" and walked off.

Ok I get you now.

phormium · 06-07-2020 10:29pm

A local supermarket has installed two sinks by their door, was a bit surprised, have to say prefer just the bottle of sanitiser, standing there washing your hands for the required time was a little odd, something to dry them with then was not nearby at all with the result that I just walked away in with wet hands. Think I'll be sticking to Dunnes too who have by far the best set up where I am.

In a small shop I was a few days ago there was in/out system but the trouble was if you didn't actually want to buy anything there was no way out except through the 'in' route or squeeze by the queue for the till.

joeguevara · 07-07-2020 1:33pm

Jim_Hodge wrote: »

Tesco here have nobody at the door and no traffic light system. A spray and paper towels sitting in a table if you want to wipe down your trolley and an unlabelled spray which we eventually learned was hand sanitizer. Dunnes have a person in the door wiping down all trollies and ensuring everybody hand sanitizes. We'll be going to Dunnes in future.

Tesco Dun Laoghaire has someone at the entrance to the shopping centre as well as the shop itself. Numerous people both internal and contractors employed to wipe down trolleys, self service units, baskets as well as shelves instore. Very impressive.

Jim_Hodge · 07-07-2020 2:05pm

joeguevara wrote: »

Tesco Dun Laoghaire has someone at the entrance to the shopping centre as well as the shop itself. Numerous people both internal and contractors employed to wipe down trolleys, self service units, baskets as well as shelves instore. Very impressive.

There seems to be huge differences between stores. This is really not good enough. Surely Tesco should have a standard approach countrywide on this. The one here certainly wouldn't encourage anybody to use it. The protocol you describe matches those in out local Dunnes Store though.

phormium · 07-07-2020 5:31pm

Dunnes here have two shops but in the one I go to they have a great system, marquees erected for trolleys and another for queuing. Someone constantly with the trolleys sanitising all returned ones and then another person by the door managing the queue, very efficient.

iamwhoiam · 07-07-2020 5:44pm

phormium wrote: »

Dunnes here have two shops but in the one I go to they have a great system, marquees erected for trolleys and another for queuing. Someone constantly with the trolleys sanitising all returned ones and then another person by the door managing the queue, very efficient.

Same in my local Dunnes . I used to shop in Lidl but gave up as it was so badly organised . It seems to be down to the managers as I have heard other Lidls were ok

Zardoz · 10-07-2020 12:54pm

Went to Aldi last night after 9,yet again I was the only person wearing a mask.
Busy enough for a Thursday night ,alot of people seemed to be in for the specials ,people just wandering around picking stuff up and rooting around .
Saw a good few people leave without buying anything .
It all seems a bit lackadaisical.

SusanC10 · 10-07-2020 1:13pm

We are getting grocery deliveries at the moment but just wondering what the situation is with Supermarkets right now ?
Is the number of shoppers controlled ?

Drove up to the nearest Tesco yesterday evening. Car Park fairly busy but no queue outside. People coming and going and not a single mask in sight. 3 people standing having a chat outside with no distance between them.
Didn't feel comfortable so didn't go in.
What I wanted to buy was not that urgent.

freshpopcorn · 10-07-2020 1:14pm

Supermarkets have got back to almost normal around me. People just strolling in for a fee items and looking around,
Even the place that was strict about only allowing one person per family in sort of gave up doing it because the shop used be almost empty with the policy and people shopped else where.
Masks usage is very low amongst the staff and customers.
People seem a lot happier in the shops again.

Jim_Hodge · 10-07-2020 1:18pm

SusanC10 wrote: »

We are getting grocery deliveries at the moment but just wondering what the situation is with Supermarkets right now ?
Is the number of shoppers controlled ?

Drove up to the nearest Tesco yesterday evening. Car Park fairly busy but no queue outside. People coming and going and not a single mask in sight. 3 people standing having a chat outside with no distance between them.
Didn't feel comfortable so didn't go in.
What I wanted to buy was not that urgent.

Any around here are back to normal and even quieter at times than previously.

freshpopcorn · 10-07-2020 1:22pm

I don’t mean to cause offense by this but if your very strict about the guidelines, feel uncomfortable seen two people been near one another, really into mask usages, etc. You mightn’t like it.

odyssey06 · 10-07-2020 1:23pm

SusanC10 wrote: »

We are getting grocery deliveries at the moment but just wondering what the situation is with Supermarkets right now ?
Is the number of shoppers controlled ?

Wednesdays at opening time for LIDL is usually pretty quiet time.
Maybe a third of people wearing masks. Staff weren't wearing any even though on the floor bringing stock out.
Social distanced queue was well marked out and there was a staff member on door monitoring numbers.
When I was leaving there was a queue outside.
Wiped down own trolley before use.
Hand sanitiser dispenser on way in.
At that hour, people aren't socialising, they are just in and out fast.
Usually too early for people with kids also.

Think I read that tuesday and wednesday are the quietest days.
Thursdays you get new specials on so that makes them busier days.

Princess Calla · 10-07-2020 1:31pm

odyssey06 wrote: »

Usually too early for people with kids also.

Think I read that tuesday and wednesday are the quietest days.
Thursdays you get new specials on so that makes them busier days.

I've kids... I leave them behind, always did, seriously life is too short for weekly shopping with kids in tow

Anyway that was just a cheeky aside

I've found Monday and Tuesday mornings in my dunnes very quiet, no queues, though I go about half hour after opening.

Mask usage is probably around 30% and generally customers are around 70% elderly at that time.....

Living Off The Splash · 10-07-2020 1:49pm

In Dunnes this morning. About 60% of customers wearing masks. None of the Dunnes Store workers were wearing masks. Even the lady manning the deli counter had no mask on which I thought was very bad.

Plumbthedepths · 10-07-2020 1:53pm

Living Off The Splash wrote: »

In Dunnes this morning. About 60% of customers wearing masks. None of the Dunnes Store workers were wearing masks. Even the lady manning the deli counter had no mask on which I thought was very bad.

I was in my local Tesco's and SuperValu, mask wearing definitely a minority ( wearing correctly an even smaller group). Although people following the SD and hand hygiene advice. Non of the staff wearing masks and to be honest for an extended period of time unless mandatory I wouldn't wear one either. Better for a customer to wear for the duration of there shop.

is_that_so · 10-07-2020 5:59pm

In Dunnes and local Centra over the last few days, very few masks to be seen.

is_that_so · 10-07-2020 6:26pm

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Supermarkets have got back to almost normal around me. People just strolling in for a fee items and looking around,
Even the place that was strict about only allowing one person per family in sort of gave up doing it because the shop used be almost empty with the policy and people shopped else where.
Masks usage is very low amongst the staff and customers.
People seem a lot happier in the shops again.

Part of that comfort is the sense that people think they are low risk locations. I still see people making an effort to distance anyway.

11-07-2020 8:24am

Probably time to start bulk shopping now again. I’d expect to see things very busy again from this weekend now that it’s on the spread again.

Quantum Erasure · 11-07-2020 8:34am

I've still got a press full of pasta that I haven't made much of a dent in, were we expecting food shortages and power outages, bulk buying non perishables incase the electricity grid went out...?

I think we'll be grand

11-07-2020 8:36am

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

I've still got a press full of pasta that I haven't made much of a dent in, were we expecting food shortages and power outages, bulk buying non perishables incase the electricity grid went out...?

I think we'll be grand

I ate all mine so I may get more.

EDit · 11-07-2020 8:43am

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

I was in my local Tesco's and SuperValu, mask wearing definitely a minority ( wearing correctly an even smaller group). Although people following the SD and hand hygiene advice. Non of the staff wearing masks and to be honest for an extended period of time unless mandatory I wouldn't wear one either. Better for a customer to wear for the duration of there shop.

Totally agree. After about 5-10 mins in a shop I start to find my mask uncomfortable and hot. Can’t imagine what it would be like having to wear one all day/for an entire work shift.

I think they should be mandatory for customers, but it would be tough making them the same for staff

murphyebass · 11-07-2020 8:46am

EDit wrote: »

Totally agree. After about 5-10 mins in a shop I start to find my mask uncomfortable and hot. Can’t imagine what it would be like having to wear one all day/for an entire work shift.

I think they should be mandatory for customers, but it would be tough making them the same for staff

If masks are going to be mandatory the government needs to distribute them for free to the people.

People won’t buy them, we already know that so if it is to become mandatory they need to be made available for free or at least at a stupidly low price.

I saw 3 for €4 in a shop the other day. People won’t spend money on that.

And if they do become mandatory who polices it?

Never gonna happen unless people get given them for free

11-07-2020 8:48am

murphyebass wrote: »

If masks are going to be mandatory the government needs to distribute them for free to the people.

People won’t buy them, we already know that so if it is to become mandatory they need to be made available for free or at least at a stupidly low price.

I saw 3 for €4 in a shop the other day. People won’t spend money on that.

And if they do become mandatory who polices it?

Never gonna happen unless people get given them for free

If they become mandatory people won’t be able to buy them anyway because we always have the opportunists that will bulk buy and stick them on Donedeal for double. We definitely need them given out.

SozBbz · 13-07-2020 10:24am

murphyebass wrote: »

If masks are going to be mandatory the government needs to distribute them for free to the people.

People won’t buy them, we already know that so if it is to become mandatory they need to be made available for free or at least at a stupidly low price.

I saw 3 for €4 in a shop the other day. People won’t spend money on that.

And if they do become mandatory who polices it?

Never gonna happen unless people get given them for free

Sorry but thats a bit pathetic of us as a nation if true - like people surely have some personal responsibility to buy masks.

Obviously I'd support some assistance for genuinely low income families, but the vast majority should be able to sort themselves out. Covid has been weird in ways, some costs are up but others are down so surely people can afford a mask or two.

They had tonnes of different options in Lidl just the other day, masks are now widely available.

You can buy reusable ones for about €5 and then just wash it after wearing.

Supermarkets - the Megathread

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