This Asda store is in Failsworth, opposite Park 66 retail park where the old cinema was.
This store is quite large, although not as big as the Manchester City stadium branch.
As with Asda stores nationwide, they have a Seattles best coffee machine here, they is one just outside the cafe, where I got mine from and inside the cafe. I found this coffee to taste actually quite good, especially compared to the disastorous one I got from a machine from the same company at the Sport City store, where they was no Caramel syrup and just tasted weird and dreadful. They was a nice amount of hazzlenut in it and the coffee was quite nice and creamy at this branch.
This store has a Pharmacy, cafe and also numerous pizzas like for Pizza and Chicken.
The staff seemed nice in the store in general, the checkout woman was quite nice and even let me take a free bag for life, it is a nice design with the Quality Street brand advertised on it, they replace it free when it breaks so I have got a good deal. Even 6p for such a strong, reusable bag is nice and Asda's policy makes it certainly a bag for life.
This store has some good stock, with quite a few brands of Gluten Free sausage however the Free From area in general is quite poor, especially in the frozen although I did manage to find an Amy's Kitchen Mushroom soup, which I rarely see in supermarkets.
This store has a nice design in some parts especially near the Pizza and Chicken counter however I find it dissapointing that the yogurt drinks are seperate from the yogurts and the sausages are away from the meat in general, hence much different from the typical layout. I would prefer it to follow more of a traditional ASDA layout though as although it was nice in some parts, it wasn't in others and it was confusing.
They was quite a few samples on my visit, one with Fruit and Crossiants, another with Cheese and Crackers, and another with Pancakes and Blueberries, apart from the fruit they was nothing gluten free on sample, The checkout woman did offer me some cheese on its own but due to cross contamination, I had to refuse as she was spreading the cheese on the crackers on the knife, she picked mine up with, without washing it, If I would of ate it it could of made me very ill.
This store even has a Thomson holidays in
This store isn't the best, it does have quite a big range but the layout being so different to normal Asda's which really confuses me and the poor free from ranges and cafe means it isn't the perfect supermarket to shop at, also I am still angry don't have a loyalty card and it makes me want to shop elsewhere. This is why I feel this store deserves just 2 stars. read more