I feel sorry for the older people who shop at supermarkets, sometimes they only get to talk the checkout operator all week. The automated tills wouldn't provide that interaction. Littlewoods used to do a nice cafe but unfortunately they've gone now.
It's up to the younger generations to look after the elderly, which isn't happening as it used to. I'm not saying they're all destitute but a lot have no family or friends left. Always take the time to make conversation with the elderly.
Excellent vlog. A 31.58 film about breakfast in Sainsbury's, and you get on the car park with about 9 minutes left. What an amazing review. This is very helpful Lee, and don't let anyone tell you any different.
It's not just the cafes that are closing. In Bedford all the Tesco's and sainsbury's have closed their deli's, fish counters and bakeries. Only Morrison's in Bedford still other these
@sarahe6063 Not quicker in mine,if you dare to buy alcohol you have to find someone to approve it..culling means they have 2 instead of 4 looking after 50 checkouts....
I've been in hospitality since the age of 7, my parents had a guest house in Blackpool and I have worked in the industry ever since, I agree with you customer service is nothing like it was in the 70's, 80's and 90's. It's a shame
Where have you been Lee? All Sainsburys cafe's closed months ago. But because I thought that maybe, just maybe, you knew something I didn't, I sat though all that waffle just to find out that yep,, the cafes were closed. Good job you're entertaining! Keep up the great work pal.
For the last few months my daily ritual….get home from work, put CZcams on, see what MacMaster has been up to. Keep up the videos look forward to them every day after work. ❤❤❤
unfortunately saadiq khan is not that nostalgic about british history or our freedoms. hes making us pay back as punishment for his own low self esteem. and punish this country
I absolutely totally and utterally agree with everything you’ve just said Lee. I literally mourn for the 80s. It was like a magical land that is now a fantasy 🥹🥰
Regarding cash only, i do believe we should have the choice, but i fully understand why small local businesses don't offer card payments, it's purely down to cost. Above all, we need to keep cash and keep our transactions private.
Lee,If you feel that you are being RIPPED OFF RESIST BUYING THE PRODUCT or SERVICE and if everybody did this the COMPANY would end up BANKRUPT or STOP RIPPING US OFF.
They not a supermarket since they closed the deli/ meat and fish counters , now they just soulless warehouses , staff re just robots filling shelves and packing for Internet shoppers ( not staff fault ) , sad times
Lee, here in the US, most merchants accept cash or card. The advantage of not accepting card is that the income often goes unreported because there is no paper trail. A lot of merchants don't have that policy here because they know it can trigger an audit by the IRS. You much have a similar thing there in the UK. If not, maybe they should be cracking down on these merchants so that it would encourage them to accept both forms of payment but also collect more income for the country.
Sainsbury’s cafe in Matlock has closed. My mother used to meet her friends in there on a Saturday morning after she had done her shopping. She is 75 and looked forward to a chat with her mates.
My partner bought a pack of 6 mini magnums today....when he opened the box, there were 7 inside! It made us ridiculously giddy!! Felt like wed had a small victory over the greedy food manufacturers and retailers.....mind you there's a long way to go on that track......
Downsizing has been a common practice in the consumer goods industries for decades. And, I've participated in it. Less crisps (potato chips) in the bag. Less Doritos in the bag. Less nappies in the bag, etc. It"s sort of a game that the big competitors play. If your competition downsized. Then you're pretty much forced to follow suit. It is an instant way to boost profit margins. It's not the best way to increase margins, but usually the quickest.
Totally unrelated to the context but i thought id share childhood memories of a cooked breakfast. My mum added some fried left over potatoes from the previous nights dinner. An extra few potatoes were boiled and then kept in the fridge to be fried the next morning they are amazing!!!
Not been in a Sainsbury’s café for 10 years but I loved the fresh sandwiches and I got a side of chips but I did enjoy it….love your vlogs thanks for sharing
😂when I were a lad, if you bought a wagon wheel at yon tuck shop, yer needed 2 mates to help carry it 😂 Last week I went in Tesco, and noticed the price of my favourite ham had gone up by around 8%. And the Farquhars had also STOLEN a slice. That’s not inflation. That is being bent over and shafted at the deli counter 😂
Have just bought a pack of Bounty bars and what's happened they are twin packs the size of the ones in a celebration tin. Have you done a trip around Matlock Baths restaurants
Thanks for highlighting the issue with Sainsbury Lee. We used to have a great breakfast in the one in Stoke but now it’s gone to pre packaged stuff and not nearly as good as it used to be.
Good idea. What I find at self service, is some form of fruit machine. I put a note in, and then it goes cha ching cha ching for an eternity. Until I realise I have unwittingly saved the supermarket in question, quite a lot in bank charges 😳
I agree, the pound coin felt/feels less than a note. However, it doesn’t really matter as the UK will eventually be using the Euro, anyway. Once the UK begs to re-join and the EU makes the Euro a stipulation of re-joining. Watch this space and tell me I was wrong in 5 years.
I used to work on a nightshift in a sainsbury's many moons ago and used to enjoy a good English breakfast in the mornings just before going home after my shift. The breakfast's back then were awesome, yet nowadays a full English breakfast in a few supermarket's ain't upto scratch. Prices go up yet products are shrinking, I loved the 80s because you always got your money's worth, nowadays you pay for absolutely nothing but shinked products. Great Vlog Lee and you speak absolutely sense about products of today that are a complete rip off lol. 10/10 for this vlog 😁😁😁
LEE. MAGNUM is WALLS and YES the SIZE has BEEN REDUCED and I think IT’S UNILEVER who are RESPONSIBLE.The way to TAKE ACTION is to RESIST BUYING THIS BRAND as you have the POWER and we need to FIGHT THEM. REMEMBER WITHOUT SALES THEY DON’T EXIST.
LEE. KEEP POSITIVE give YOUR FACE A JOYRIDE YOU WILL FEEL BETTER. SOD SELF SCAN CHECKOUTS. REMEMBER YOU HAVE THE POWER JUST RESIST DOING OR BUYING. YOUR DESTINY IS IN YOUR HANDS.
We used go and get the chips in bread when at school, in the 70s, the bakers would cut a loaf in half tor you then pop along to the chip shop. We called it chippy loaf. Lovely.
Our local large one is transformed,the cafe,hot food and deli have all gone,virtually every till now a self service check out.Come from above,culling to compete with Aldi Lidl and all.Even the customer service is unmanned,you have to go to a bot terminal......
Got to admit I miss the cafe in my local Sainsburys here in Telford as it also is permanently closed. The only ones still with a cafe is Asda and Morrisons. Both are good but Morrisons is better than Asda imo for their breakfast. We also have a Wetherspoons in Telford Town centre and I enjoy the choices on their breakfast menu and they are slightly cheaper than the supermarkets and they also serve unlimited tea or coffee at just over a pound. I always go to Wetherspoons for the better value for money. Great video again and I am sorry you had disappointment at me pound bakery and you should have gone for the pastries which are really good and cheaper than Greggs. The only one I went to was in Llandudno when I was a weekend break there, it was never empty and you could sit down in there also to eat your food in comfort if you got there early enough to find a seat.
Hi Lee Just to make you aware that the bath house Lowestoft restaurant is open wedsday to Sunday. The restaurant where I work part time I do know that the restaurant that I have mentioned is on your list to visit. So.. Wedsday 9am until 3pm, Thursday 9am until 3pm, Friday 9am until 3pm evenings 6pm until 11pm ( 6pm until 9pm for food) Saturday 6pm until 9pm for food open until 11pm And finally Sunday 9am until 3pm. I hope this helps for your visit Lee by the way I work at a family run business
I agree with the shrinkflation bs. You pay 5 quid for something and you get almost nothing. If that bloke in blackpool can still sell burgers for a quid then none of these multi billion pound companies have any excuse.
In Yorkshire its a sarnie Saussages sarnie, bacon sarnie, everything is a sarnie except fish buttie, chip buttie or if it's got salad in it.then your posh
Lee, I live in a little mountain town in California. You are spot on with the crips and cereal!! Oreo cookies were much bigger! A certain brand of bagel I won’t mention, has shrunk!! My husband said, we’re is the rest of my bagel! It’s that noticeable! I feel your pain. I can remember when my mom would say, be careful not to spill the cereal when you pour it out. No problem now! It’s half AIR!!! We love your videos, food, EV’s and anything you dish out. We also park our Porsche in the north 40!!! Hilarious!!
Too much shrinkage and more expensive to buy on everything these days . All the companies are doing it . Plus they change the recipe by using cheaper ingredients and never tastes the same
I remember shrinking crisp bags. I wonder if you can still do them with today's packaging on crisps. Woolworths use to do Breakfast, fish n chips. Difference between self checkout and being dealt with by a person. Self checkout you go at your own pace putting stuff through. If you have scan as you go even better. With waiting at a check out it takes forever and the cashier is wizzing your food through, you don't have time to pack it in a good order so your getting stressed because your still packing and cashiers " Cash or Card" and your well let me put this in my bags.
you know something this has been one of the best videos you have done, you went from moaning to Sainsburys to a crap bacon butty, could your day go any worse, it was like a comedy sketch.
Work for one of well mentioned supermarkets. Things were good about 14 years ago, our store was bought out and we transferred from Somerfield. Got sent out to another store to be trained up, plenty of time for us, paperwork training, fuel expenses were paid for the extra distance and also time, so left home when my shift started and left work to be home in time for finishing time. Now new colleagues get plonked in front of a computer mostly for training My training store had a subsidised staff canteen and never had the same meal twice in 7 weeks, lovely food cooked from shop floor goods by as you say dinner style ladies. Dinner like pie and chips or sausage and mash and veg was £1-1.50 so was for nothing. Over the years, more and more self scan, less and less staff, more pressure, stress and end up burned out. CEO’s bonuses are nice and generous tho 🤔
And yes a big pet hate of mine someone walking around B&Q talking into their phone away from their ear telling everyone what colour they are going to decorate their living room in.. personally I don't want to know and no one else does either
I agree completely with you on shrinkflation and it literally infuriates me. I have started a ‘ban list’ of products doing this ‘rip off’ practice and also companies with nefarious tactics like phone companies with contracts that increase by RPI (cos its higher, even though a redundant measure for years) PLUS 3.9%, on a service that actually has no increase in delivery costs! Will only do non increasing phone contracts now and we should all vote with our feet! Good to agree with you for a change 🤣
Steels in cleethorpes is an amazing chippy restaurant it's family run and has been going many many years they do the best beef pie you will ever eat please come and do a review not only does its deserve some publicity but so does cleethorpes
I’ve worked for Tesco,Bejams,Safeway,Morrisons,Somerfield now I work for Sainsbury’s they are going to get rid of checkouts they want you to do smart shop and self scan.Even though we’ve got 17 self scan and about 6 work,customers shout at me,and there’s more shoplifting. Bet their going to put a Argos in there. That’s why the cafe is closed.
Fruit Clubs were my favourite. The thick chocolate and the raisen biscuits were glorious. I swear Curly Wurlies used to be like yard sticks, back in the 70s.
Seeing you drive on those motorways, that’s a rare thing my way here in Norfolk. The main road into Great Yarmouth is a single carriageway A47 “Acle Straight” as it’s locally known and sometimes the traffic into town can be right the way along especially in the summer months. I recall when Wagon Wheels were as big as tea plates. Now one bite and it’s practically gone. We used to call ‘em sawdust biscuits as a kid. Mars bars used to be thick and chunky and as for Yorkie bars, they were meant for truck drivers. thick and chunky chocolate now thin super slim bars. My Sainsburys has closed their cafe and it’s now an Argos outlet.
Great video Lee and i agree with everything you say. I used to love the old Lion Bars. They were so big you'd break your jaw just to get around them. Now theyre almost as thin as CurlyWhurlys. As for crisps, we don't buy Walkers anymore. You pay a fortune for basically a bag of air. Aldi's Snackrite versions are much nicer, cheaper, and you get a full bag. I also agree with you about having choice of card or cash. I know businesses get charges for taking card but on the flip side, they must lose more money in customers walking away because they don't have cash on them. I think certain companies refuse to take card to save on tax in my opinion. Great vlog again mate and thanks for sharing.
Sainsburys closed in my city during lockdown and never reopened. Then the store closed the bakery deli counter etc and never reopened. Staff said it was due to covid, and people's shopping habits changed. 🙄 apparently they don't have time to sit have eat breakfast etc, they like to eat and drink on the go 🙄 I can go in sainsburys shopping and no one talks, its all self serve checkouts and staff don't communicate. My Mum only spoke to a member of staff when she was accused of not paying for strawberries 😒 yep strawberries event hough it was on the receipt. The staff member said it was on the receipt but didn't apologise for accusing her of stealing.
Hi Lee, I used to work at Sainsburys cafe for years they’re getting rid of them all nationwide and either off sourcing them to Starbucks or turning that space into an Argos .
Do you know the one that really grinds my gears, Lee? Whilst shopping lately I've noticed this a lot of times lately, I've gone to get my basics and they have written on them in large bold font "NEW" which made me think "what have they changed about these, I hope it doesn't ruin them as I quite enjoy them" anyway, it turns out the only reason they were "NEW" was because they were 10% smaller and 10% more expensive. I'll give you an example, I used to buy Mcvitie's digestives in a twin pack, 2x400g for £2.30, went in one day and the "NEW" biscuits were now 2x360g and £2.60. Just had a quick look out of curiosity and they're now £3. Outrageous.
Our local Sainsbury’s cafe shut ages ago in town no idea why, probably staff shortages or something. Prices of food etc are silly these days since Covid, the war & just the general cost of living, absolute madness
Spoke to a shop keeper local the other day who's had to go cash only. I've always wanted both methods of payment offered, however I now understand after what he has said to me. After I payed cash I did ask why and here's what he said. After the "COVID" and "WAR IN UKRAINE" the prices of his stock at whole salers and cash and carry has gone up ten fold as well as his monthly fee and percentage on transactions for the card machine and payments. Now obviously his prices had to rise however to keep that to a minimum for the locals something had to give meaning the method of card payment had to go in order to not yet again raise prices on items, as the more he raises in a local shop the more he takes the flack for, however he still gets slated for removing card option, so what can he do ! After that I sort of see why you would go for it as a small retailer and could you imagine the stick off people if you raised card prices only, people would kick off I think. Times are hard and I think the local businesses are trying to do what's best in a bad set of circumstances, however do t gete wrong some people do do it for tax reasons hahaha.
Hi Lee. I used to work at Nestle in York. Nestle had to reduce the size of their chocolate bars to comply with government legislation to reduce sugar intake. Sugar was reduced and replaced with alternatives, and the physical size of the bars were reduced at the same time. Personally I think this is ridiculous because if you want as much as you had before, then you would eat 2 bars instead of 1, so in effect you actually eat more. After the sugar was reduced the bars didn't taste the same 🙄🤷♂️
Sainsbury's in Scunthorpe North Lincolnshire has shut the café that was up stairs lots of people went to have a cup of tea and put the world to rights,The large Tesco's originally had its own café it shut and became an over priced Costa
Sainsburys cafes up here closed down months ago. They were supposedly meant to be turning the old cafe at our local one into a big food court (a bit like the Morrisons Market Kitchen you went to). Still hasn't happened.
They've opened a food court at my local Sainsbury's but apparently it's not very good, wish I had a Morrisons near me with a market kitchen, the video Lee did made it look so yummy.
C'mon Lee. How difficult is it to keep 20 quid in your wallet at all times to support cash business? If you (and the rest of us) don't bother, there will 100% be no cash option in the nearest future....with all that entails.
In Warrington the Sainsbury's cafe is now an Argos shop. Do places only take cash so they can pocket the money instead of having to put it through the books avoiding having to pass the vat to the government
I feel sorry for the older people who shop at supermarkets, sometimes they only get to talk the checkout operator all week. The automated tills wouldn't provide that interaction. Littlewoods used to do a nice cafe but unfortunately they've gone now.
Thank you, that is a very kind thought. ❤
I agree.
It's up to the younger generations to look after the elderly, which isn't happening as it used to.
I'm not saying they're all destitute but a lot have no family or friends left.
Always take the time to make conversation with the elderly.
Excellent vlog. A 31.58 film about breakfast in Sainsbury's, and you get on the car park with about 9 minutes left. What an amazing review. This is very helpful Lee, and don't let anyone tell you any different.
It's not just the cafes that are closing. In Bedford all the Tesco's and sainsbury's have closed their deli's, fish counters and bakeries. Only Morrison's in Bedford still other these
We should all refuse to use the self service checkouts they have caused the loss of so many jobs
@@DMAEmmeryJohn retired people dont do big shops at 8am they do small woopsy shopping after 6 30 pm
@@DMAEmmeryJohnperfect comment. I have the weekly debate about all of that with my dad! (69 and retired) 😂
Head for the self-service till every time. Much Quicker and I don't get passing comments on the contents of my basket...
@sarahe6063 Not quicker in mine,if you dare to buy alcohol you have to find someone to approve it..culling means they have 2 instead of 4 looking after 50 checkouts....
I've been in hospitality since the age of 7, my parents had a guest house in Blackpool and I have worked in the industry ever since, I agree with you customer service is nothing like it was in the 70's, 80's and 90's. It's a shame
Where have you been Lee? All Sainsburys cafe's closed months ago. But because I thought that maybe, just maybe, you knew something I didn't, I sat though all that waffle just to find out that yep,, the cafes were closed. Good job you're entertaining! Keep up the great work pal.
For the last few months my daily ritual….get home from work, put CZcams on, see what MacMaster has been up to.
Keep up the videos look forward to them every day after work. ❤❤❤
Thanks Hammy
My local Sainsburys (Halifax) did a lovely breakfast, sadly the café closed shortly after....I agree that we are getting less for our money too!
unfortunately saadiq khan is not that nostalgic about british history or our freedoms. hes making us pay back as punishment for his own low self esteem. and punish this country
I agree with everything you're saying i do not like the self service machines always seem to go wrong when you use them
Never mind bring back the eighties, I can remember the fifties when you got a full bag of Smith’s plain crisps with a blue bag of salt in the packet.
Two videos in a day that’s what we like!
I absolutely totally and utterally agree with everything you’ve just said Lee. I literally mourn for the 80s. It was like a magical land that is now a fantasy 🥹🥰
They were the best times, all gone downhill
That mass unemployment and high crime rate was great wasn't it
@@cdifff643 can’t remember, only remember good times
Two vids in one day you're spoiling us Lee 😂
Next thing you know the supermarkets will be asking customers to unload the lorry and stack the shelves!
In the netherlands it's called "greed-flation", spot on description! 😮
Sainsbury's have closed their cafes and made staff redundant. My daughter works for them. 😮
Staff not get new roles within the store?
@@s125ish no like all supermarket sign of the times.
Couldn’t agree more with you about self check out ! No customer service anymore !
Take me back to the 50s and 60s
I happen to round down my age to an even number. Makes me feel so much younger. 😂😂😂
Regarding cash only, i do believe we should have the choice, but i fully understand why small local businesses don't offer card payments, it's purely down to cost. Above all, we need to keep cash and keep our transactions private.
Woolworths in Blackpool had a great cafe tasty food lovely staff and a great sea side view
Coach parties always went to Blackpool Woolworth cafe.
Next time you scan your shopping at the self checkout ask if you can use the staff toilet
Lee, it's about time you realised that nostalgia is a thing of the past.
It's cash only to fiddle with the books and escape tax. Thought this was common knowledge
Lee,If you feel that you are being RIPPED OFF RESIST BUYING THE PRODUCT or SERVICE and if everybody did this the COMPANY would end up BANKRUPT or STOP RIPPING US OFF.
Very well said about the self service tills, I've yet to use one where the red light doesn't flash
Yes you are definitely right we are not checkout assistants
Wagon wheels appear to have shrunk.
Crisps. You get 6 or 8 decent sized then the rest is scraps.😊
They not a supermarket since they closed the deli/ meat and fish counters , now they just soulless warehouses , staff re just robots filling shelves and packing for Internet shoppers ( not staff fault ) , sad times
Lee, here in the US, most merchants accept cash or card. The advantage of not accepting card is that the income often goes unreported because there is no paper trail. A lot of merchants don't have that policy here because they know it can trigger an audit by the IRS. You much have a similar thing there in the UK. If not, maybe they should be cracking down on these merchants so that it would encourage them to accept both forms of payment but also collect more income for the country.
LEE. My life Philosophy is to treat other people as I would expect to be treated. And do you know IT WORKS.
Sainsbury’s cafe in Matlock has closed. My mother used to meet her friends in there on a Saturday morning after she had done her shopping. She is 75 and looked forward to a chat with her mates.
My partner bought a pack of 6 mini magnums today....when he opened the box, there were 7 inside! It made us ridiculously giddy!! Felt like wed had a small victory over the greedy food manufacturers and retailers.....mind you there's a long way to go on that track......
Everytime I buy Aldi copycat McDonalds chicken nuggets box of 12. There are always 13 in there.
Downsizing has been a common practice in the consumer goods industries for decades. And, I've participated in it.
Less crisps (potato chips) in the bag. Less Doritos in the bag. Less nappies in the bag, etc.
It"s sort of a game that the big competitors play. If your competition downsized. Then you're pretty much forced to follow suit. It is an instant way to boost profit margins. It's not the best way to increase margins, but usually the quickest.
Totally unrelated to the context but i thought id share childhood memories of a cooked breakfast. My mum added some fried left over potatoes from the previous nights dinner. An extra few potatoes were boiled and then kept in the fridge to be fried the next morning they are amazing!!!
My Sainsbury's at Moortown Leeds has closed!
Not been in a Sainsbury’s café for 10 years but I loved the fresh sandwiches and I got a side of chips but I did enjoy it….love your vlogs thanks for sharing
😂when I were a lad, if you bought a wagon wheel at yon tuck shop, yer needed 2 mates to help carry it 😂 Last week I went in Tesco, and noticed the price of my favourite ham had gone up by around 8%. And the Farquhars had also STOLEN a slice. That’s not inflation. That is being bent over and shafted at the deli counter 😂
When you pulled into the leisure centre car park I was thinking Tea room 😂
Have just bought a pack of Bounty bars and what's happened they are twin packs the size of the ones in a celebration tin.
Have you done a trip around Matlock Baths restaurants
Thanks for highlighting the issue with Sainsbury Lee. We used to have a great breakfast in the one in Stoke but now it’s gone to pre packaged stuff and not nearly as good as it used to be.
Mostly is a fallacy created to sell cereal!
True. The most important meal is the first one you have after the nights fast, whenever it be.
Muesli rubbish.
LEE. The RIGHT way to EAT is LITTLE and OFTEN so I am told by my doctor.
Next time your passing worksop, come give my smashed burgers a try, I'm on Google maps , the smashed burger bar.
You got it!
@@TheMacMaster nice one 👍
I love your idea of a discount at self checkouts. 9/10 times you have to call a staff member, especially for alcohol.
Good idea. What I find at self service, is some form of fruit machine. I put a note in, and then it goes cha ching cha ching for an eternity. Until I realise I have unwittingly saved the supermarket in question, quite a lot in bank charges 😳
I agree, the pound coin felt/feels less than a note. However, it doesn’t really matter as the UK will eventually be using the Euro, anyway. Once the UK begs to re-join and the EU makes the Euro a stipulation of re-joining. Watch this space and tell me I was wrong in 5 years.
I used to work on a nightshift in a sainsbury's many moons ago and used to enjoy a good English breakfast in the mornings just before going home after my shift. The breakfast's back then were awesome, yet nowadays a full English breakfast in a few supermarket's ain't upto scratch.
Prices go up yet products are shrinking, I loved the 80s because you always got your money's worth, nowadays you pay for absolutely nothing but shinked products.
Great Vlog Lee and you speak absolutely sense about products of today that are a complete rip off lol. 10/10 for this vlog 😁😁😁
LEE. MAGNUM is WALLS and YES the SIZE has BEEN REDUCED and I think IT’S UNILEVER who are RESPONSIBLE.The way to TAKE ACTION is to RESIST BUYING THIS BRAND as you have the POWER and we need to FIGHT THEM. REMEMBER WITHOUT SALES THEY DON’T EXIST.
Anchor Butter has gone from 250 gms to now 200gms !! But costs the same drives me mad!!
Yeah I noticed that on a lot of products
Sainsburys are shutting all their cafes. Some are reopening as Costa Coffee.
LEE. KEEP POSITIVE give YOUR FACE A JOYRIDE YOU WILL FEEL BETTER. SOD SELF SCAN CHECKOUTS. REMEMBER YOU HAVE THE POWER JUST RESIST DOING OR BUYING. YOUR DESTINY IS IN YOUR HANDS.
We used go and get the chips in bread when at school, in the 70s, the bakers would cut a loaf in half tor you then pop along to the chip shop. We called it chippy loaf. Lovely.
Sainsburys are replacing a lot of their instore spaces (where the cafés once were) with either an Argos or a Habitat. They've bought both brands.
Our local large one is transformed,the cafe,hot food and deli have all gone,virtually every till now a self service check out.Come from above,culling to compete with Aldi Lidl and all.Even the customer service is unmanned,you have to go to a bot terminal......
Agree with everything you said, also hate self checkouts and avoid.
You also used to get 6 bags in a multipack of walkers, now you only get 5, and they are more expensive
Cash only. Agree. Let electronic payment and we get towards CBDC, where "they" want it to go...
Got to admit I miss the cafe in my local Sainsburys here in Telford as it also is permanently closed. The only ones still with a cafe is Asda and Morrisons. Both are good but Morrisons is better than Asda imo for their breakfast. We also have a Wetherspoons in Telford Town centre and I enjoy the choices on their breakfast menu and they are slightly cheaper than the supermarkets and they also serve unlimited tea or coffee at just over a pound. I always go to Wetherspoons for the better value for money.
Great video again and I am sorry you had disappointment at me pound bakery and you should have gone for the pastries which are really good and cheaper than Greggs. The only one I went to was in Llandudno when I was a weekend break there, it was never empty and you could sit down in there also to eat your food in comfort if you got there early enough to find a seat.
We don't buy Magnums now because of their greed-we buy the Iceland ones 4 for £1.50 😉
Hi Lee
Just to make you aware that the bath house Lowestoft restaurant is open wedsday to Sunday. The restaurant where I work part time I do know that the restaurant that I have mentioned is on your list to visit.
So..
Wedsday 9am until 3pm, Thursday 9am until 3pm,
Friday 9am until 3pm evenings 6pm until 11pm ( 6pm until 9pm for food)
Saturday 6pm until 9pm for food open until 11pm
And finally Sunday 9am until 3pm.
I hope this helps for your visit Lee by the way I work at a family run business
I agree with the shrinkflation bs. You pay 5 quid for something and you get almost nothing. If that bloke in blackpool can still sell burgers for a quid then none of these multi billion pound companies have any excuse.
In Yorkshire its a sarnie Saussages sarnie, bacon sarnie, everything is a sarnie except fish buttie, chip buttie or if it's got salad in it.then your posh
Yess 100% well said 👍 peace
Lee, I live in a little mountain town in California. You are spot on with the crips and cereal!! Oreo cookies were much bigger! A certain brand of bagel I won’t mention, has shrunk!! My husband said, we’re is the rest of my bagel! It’s that noticeable! I feel your pain. I can remember when my mom would say, be careful not to spill the cereal when you pour it out. No problem now! It’s half AIR!!! We love your videos, food, EV’s and anything you dish out. We also park our Porsche in the north 40!!! Hilarious!!
LEE. NEVER EAT CATERING SAUSAGES your STOMACH WILL THANK YOU.IF YOU BUY ANYTHING and it’s not acceptable get your money back I DO.
Too much shrinkage and more expensive to buy on everything these days . All the companies are doing it . Plus they change the recipe by using cheaper ingredients and never tastes the same
I remember shrinking crisp bags. I wonder if you can still do them with today's packaging on crisps. Woolworths use to do Breakfast, fish n chips. Difference between self checkout and being dealt with by a person. Self checkout you go at your own pace putting stuff through. If you have scan as you go even better. With waiting at a check out it takes forever and the cashier is wizzing your food through, you don't have time to pack it in a good order so your getting stressed because your still packing and cashiers " Cash or Card" and your well let me put this in my bags.
you know something this has been one of the best videos you have done, you went from moaning to Sainsburys to a crap bacon butty, could your day go any worse, it was like a comedy sketch.
Work for one of well mentioned supermarkets. Things were good about 14 years ago, our store was bought out and we transferred from Somerfield.
Got sent out to another store to be trained up, plenty of time for us, paperwork training, fuel expenses were paid for the extra distance and also time, so left home when my shift started and left work to be home in time for finishing time. Now new colleagues get plonked in front of a computer mostly for training
My training store had a subsidised staff canteen and never had the same meal twice in 7 weeks, lovely food cooked from shop floor goods by as you say dinner style ladies. Dinner like pie and chips or sausage and mash and veg was £1-1.50 so was for nothing.
Over the years, more and more self scan, less and less staff, more pressure, stress and end up burned out. CEO’s bonuses are nice and generous tho 🤔
You should go to the Cannel Islands, Jersey and Guernsey still have pound notes.
LEE. WALKERS CRISPS are GOOD BUT TRY MARKS and SPENCER CRISPS THEY ARE BETTER AND CHEAPER YES REALLY!!!!!!
I remember when people would tape some coins inside a Christmas or birthday card. 1988, That was the time when they switch from notes to coins.
And yes a big pet hate of mine someone walking around B&Q talking into their phone away from their ear telling everyone what colour they are going to decorate their living room in.. personally I don't want to know and no one else does either
I agree completely with you on shrinkflation and it literally infuriates me.
I have started a ‘ban list’ of products doing this ‘rip off’ practice and also companies with nefarious tactics like phone companies with contracts that increase by RPI (cos its higher, even though a redundant measure for years) PLUS 3.9%, on a service that actually has no increase in delivery costs!
Will only do non increasing phone contracts now and we should all vote with our feet!
Good to agree with you for a change 🤣
Steels in cleethorpes is an amazing chippy restaurant it's family run and has been going many many years they do the best beef pie you will ever eat please come and do a review not only does its deserve some publicity but so does cleethorpes
I’ve worked for Tesco,Bejams,Safeway,Morrisons,Somerfield now I work for Sainsbury’s they are going to get rid of checkouts they want you to do smart shop and self scan.Even though we’ve got 17 self scan and about 6 work,customers shout at me,and there’s more shoplifting. Bet their going to put a Argos in there. That’s why the cafe is closed.
Will trolleys be taken away if checkouts are going, only so many items you can place on the self service area if you have a big trolley load of items
@@celestiallynne690 No they bigger bagging areas,
Power to the people!!!! My partner and me are so fed up with bring ripped off. And if I don't get good customer service, I don't go back!!!
Fruit Clubs were my favourite. The thick chocolate and the raisen biscuits were glorious. I swear Curly Wurlies used to be like yard sticks, back in the 70s.
Seeing you drive on those motorways, that’s a rare thing my way here in Norfolk. The main road into Great Yarmouth is a single carriageway A47 “Acle Straight” as it’s locally known and sometimes the traffic into town can be right the way along especially in the summer months. I recall when Wagon Wheels were as big as tea plates. Now one bite and it’s practically gone. We used to call ‘em sawdust biscuits as a kid. Mars bars used to be thick and chunky and as for Yorkie bars, they were meant for truck drivers. thick and chunky chocolate now thin super slim bars. My Sainsburys has closed their cafe and it’s now an Argos outlet.
The world was a better place year's ago better music better TV shows better film's too wouldn't want to be a kid today
Great video Lee and i agree with everything you say. I used to love the old Lion Bars. They were so big you'd break your jaw just to get around them. Now theyre almost as thin as CurlyWhurlys. As for crisps, we don't buy Walkers anymore. You pay a fortune for basically a bag of air. Aldi's Snackrite versions are much nicer, cheaper, and you get a full bag. I also agree with you about having choice of card or cash. I know businesses get charges for taking card but on the flip side, they must lose more money in customers walking away because they don't have cash on them. I think certain companies refuse to take card to save on tax in my opinion.
Great vlog again mate and thanks for sharing.
Lee, You will get a box of cornflakes the size of a variety pack and it will be £24.99 !!!
Sainsburys closed in my city during lockdown and never reopened. Then the store closed the bakery deli counter etc and never reopened. Staff said it was due to covid, and people's shopping habits changed. 🙄 apparently they don't have time to sit have eat breakfast etc, they like to eat and drink on the go 🙄 I can go in sainsburys shopping and no one talks, its all self serve checkouts and staff don't communicate. My Mum only spoke to a member of staff when she was accused of not paying for strawberries 😒 yep strawberries event hough it was on the receipt. The staff member said it was on the receipt but didn't apologise for accusing her of stealing.
Hi Lee, I used to work at Sainsburys cafe for years they’re getting rid of them all nationwide and either off sourcing them to Starbucks or turning that space into an Argos .
Remember how big Wagon Wheels used to be.
Do you know the one that really grinds my gears, Lee? Whilst shopping lately I've noticed this a lot of times lately, I've gone to get my basics and they have written on them in large bold font "NEW" which made me think "what have they changed about these, I hope it doesn't ruin them as I quite enjoy them" anyway, it turns out the only reason they were "NEW" was because they were 10% smaller and 10% more expensive. I'll give you an example, I used to buy Mcvitie's digestives in a twin pack, 2x400g for £2.30, went in one day and the "NEW" biscuits were now 2x360g and £2.60. Just had a quick look out of curiosity and they're now £3. Outrageous.
I remember when I was a young child we could buy half penny sweets lol
Our local Sainsbury’s cafe shut ages ago in town no idea why, probably staff shortages or something. Prices of food etc are silly these days since Covid, the war & just the general cost of living, absolute madness
Chinese takeaway by us is "Cash only" - no cash machines nearby. Saw someone come in a couple of weeks ago and was told need to pay £70 cash....
Spoke to a shop keeper local the other day who's had to go cash only. I've always wanted both methods of payment offered, however I now understand after what he has said to me. After I payed cash I did ask why and here's what he said. After the "COVID" and "WAR IN UKRAINE" the prices of his stock at whole salers and cash and carry has gone up ten fold as well as his monthly fee and percentage on transactions for the card machine and payments. Now obviously his prices had to rise however to keep that to a minimum for the locals something had to give meaning the method of card payment had to go in order to not yet again raise prices on items, as the more he raises in a local shop the more he takes the flack for, however he still gets slated for removing card option, so what can he do ! After that I sort of see why you would go for it as a small retailer and could you imagine the stick off people if you raised card prices only, people would kick off I think. Times are hard and I think the local businesses are trying to do what's best in a bad set of circumstances, however do t gete wrong some people do do it for tax reasons hahaha.
Hi Lee. I used to work at Nestle in York. Nestle had to reduce the size of their chocolate bars to comply with government legislation to reduce sugar intake. Sugar was reduced and replaced with alternatives, and the physical size of the bars were reduced at the same time. Personally I think this is ridiculous because if you want as much as you had before, then you would eat 2 bars instead of 1, so in effect you actually eat more. After the sugar was reduced the bars didn't taste the same 🙄🤷♂️
LEE FIND OUT WHY CASH ONLY there might be a good reason WHY.!!!
Sainsbury's in Scunthorpe North Lincolnshire has shut the café that was up stairs lots of people went to have a cup of tea and put the world to rights,The large Tesco's originally had its own café it shut and became an over priced Costa
I agree with you Lee should be both cash and card
Sainsburys cafes up here closed down months ago. They were supposedly meant to be turning the old cafe at our local one into a big food court (a bit like the Morrisons Market Kitchen you went to).
Still hasn't happened.
They've opened a food court at my local Sainsbury's but apparently it's not very good, wish I had a Morrisons near me with a market kitchen, the video Lee did made it look so yummy.
Now I had to go to my freezer and get a Magnum, which I would otherwise never have eaten ;-)
C'mon Lee. How difficult is it to keep 20 quid in your wallet at all times to support cash business? If you (and the rest of us) don't bother, there will 100% be no cash option in the nearest future....with all that entails.
The rest of us dont lol. As consumers we should have choice we are putting trade their way
Like Monster Munch... I only get them as part of a Sainsburys meal deal. Otherwise they're about £1 for a bag of 10!
One off the Sainsburys near me had a cafe but when C0vid hit in 2019 it closed. The shop reopened but the cafe closed for good.
In Warrington the Sainsbury's cafe is now an Argos shop. Do places only take cash so they can pocket the money instead of having to put it through the books avoiding having to pass the vat to the government