Waitrose

Oh goodness me. I flew to Americana for a short holiday and came back to an even more disastrous cash registers/​tills situation at Waitrose. Yes, they’ve made the situation worse though I don’t think that was their intent with their rejig of the cash registers/​tills situation.
They have added in a self check-​out area with about six registers. These registers only accept cards which is sort of a pain in the butt, say, if you only have one item and just want to pop a Pound coin in the machine. Additionally, this self check-​out area is tucked in a small corner with two entrances/​exits yet those entrances and exits are not clearly marked and so people queue up at both openings which makes for a disaster. One of the entrances is near the milk (and main thoroughfare of the store), so now the self check-​out queue backs-​up and prevents people from easily getting milk and/​or traversing from one side of the store to another. The small area is really small and cramped and unpleasant.
As for the existing tills that were in this area which is now the self check-​out area, they have moved the tills down the wall and have closed off one of the entrances to the store, so it appears that the same number of tills that once existed still exists though I can’t be certain.
This store is just an unorganized mess.

Good size selection for a city grocery store. A bit overloaded with prepackaged food but still nice fresh fruit and veg. Good fresh fish selection for a store this size.
Free tea and coffee while you shop.

Lovely addition to Chiswick cramming a lot in to the small space. Usually well stocked. Good range of most things.

Pretty handy little supermarket where Woolworths used to be. Surprisingly broad range of produce for the size of the store — it manages to fit a deli, sandwich bar, butcher, fishmonger, bakery and a good selection of alcohol. The queues can be vast at lunchtime, but that’s testament to the quality of the food on offer.