Sainsbury’s Local

This little Sainsbury’s has some tough competition, with two separate branches of Tesco nearby but it seems to get by. It’s definitely on the small side, but the layout is pretty smart and it doesn’t suffer as much from the cramped feeling you get in a lot of these smaller stores. The staff do a pretty good job of keeping it clean and tidy and don’t try to restock the shelves during peak shopping hours.
The staff are pretty quick at working through the queues at the checkout too — these can get quite long at around 6pm but it’s deceptive, you won’t need to wait long to get served. There are a few self service checkouts too, which obviously help, and actually work fairly well most of the time.
It has a decent selection of fresh fruit and veg, even managing a few less common items, as well as sandwiches, ready meals, fresh meat and fish, a small frozen section as well as jars and packets, magazines, chocolates, etc. Usually they also have a stand near the tills that sells things for the home — coffee mugs and so on. For such a small store they have a fair selection of wine and beer as well.
Most of the time you should be able to find most of the things you might need here. The only problem is the price. As with any of these smaller supermarkets you can expect to pay a premium for convenience. Don’t expect to find cheaper options for products when they have limited shelf space — only the medium to high price point items will be available.

This store is a recent addition to the area.
This store feels really cramped and very claustrophobic as if they have tried their very best to cram as much as possible into a small space, not a place that l would recommend for your weekly shop as a lot of the items here are on the high side.
I would describe it only as OK nothing special.
The security guards stand and stare at you as if you are a robber.
The fire alarm in this store goes off every 15 or so minutes as there is a fault some where.