Sainsbury’s

Great store with plenty of choice. good idea having self serve at the front and the far end of the store, its quicker to use the tills at the far end and if you’ve parked outside there’s an exit behind the café and tills that most people don’t know about. The hot food counter is handy for lunch if you need to eat on the move and the café great to sit in. During the busy times of the year its easier to park at Homebase and walk over if you can. Chistmas time and bank holidays are hectic at forestside.

Sainsbury’s is a large supermarket with a lot of products to choose from. It’s a good place to do your grocery shopping as there is parking both outside and underground the shopping centre. There is a café in store, toilets, and self scanners. As you come in the door, there is an area with magazines, dvds, books and games to your right. The rest of the store has many aisles with everything you’d be looking for. There are also various counters — I love the bakery counter where you can buy freshly baked treats! Someone once told me that they found Sainsbury’s more expensive than other supermarkets, however we actually found that between the offers and their own brand products, we don’t seem to spend any more than we would anywhere else. Also, their own brand products are of better quality than in some of the other supermarkets.

Sainsbury’s is my favourite supermarket. Its quality products are the best available and it sells a great range of items.
I’m a fan of their vegetarian foods and Sainsbury’s own brand items (love Sainsbury’s Nut Cutlets and veggie mince). They have the best labelling of all the supermarkets with all their own brand products clearly labelled as to whether or not they are vegetarian or BUAV approved (not tested on animals). In addition their brand match scheme ensures you don’t pay more with Sainsbury’s than with another supermarket. As per Sainsbury’s website «When you buy ten or more different products, we’ll tot up the comparable brands in your basket. If you could have paid less at Asda — even because of the deal — we’ll give you a coupon for the difference off your next shop.» I always use my brand match vouchers at my next Sainsbury’s grocery shop.
Plus their wine selection is superior to all other supermarket selections. Quality store with unbeatable prices, pleasant to browse and lovely, helpful staff. Perfect.
At Christmas and New Year Sainsbury’s have a special range of fabulous food you can order and collect in store, I would especially recommend the:
*Three nut roast with cranberry sauce
*Butternut & mushroom en croute
*Limoncello buche de Noël
If you want indulgent, treat foods try Sainsbury’s ‘Taste The Difference’ range. This blows every other supermarkets ‘luxury’ items clean out of the water. Definitely the best you’ll get, bar none.

Sainsbury’s is the main supermarket in the Forestside shopping centre, so for this reason it is always packed, no matter what time of the day it is. The supermarket has all the stuff you would expect and more, and is a good place to get all your weekly shop done.
They have a very large fruit and veg section, complete with salad bar if you are that way inclined, with a very large delicatessen meat and cheese counter. The store also has a large range of magazines, books, CDs, DVDs and games, and is always worth a check for a better price if you are about to buy a recently released item from HMV.
As for the rest of the store there is a large range of everything as you would expect.
The store has its own café which is good for pacifying those who have been dragged along or those who have worked up a hunger in their arduous shopping trip! The store also has installed self scanning machines, which is a real boost to customers as they can get in and for a few items much faster than in the past!
I will sign off with a tip: try the white chocolate and cranberry cookies from here. You will not find a better cookie from any supermarket, pinky promise!