Small to medium size Co-op store with a Post Office branch to the rear. It's a well used shop and…read morethere never seems to be enough staff working on the tills at peak periods (and they rarely offer to help you pack). There's a good selection of produce but it's more expensive than Asda or Tesco. There's a home delivery service available, a deli counter and a hot food counter that's popular at lunch times.

This Co-op offers a good basic selection of foods, household goods and small electricals. Open…read moreuntil 8pm weekdays and a good place to pop into late afternoon onwards as their reduced for quick sales section (much of it in the chiller cabinet on the left-hand side, next to the deli) offers amazing bargains. Today, Brie 35p, and recent purchases, melons 25p, chilled marscapone sauce 10p. Often these things are suitable for freezing so you don't have to eat them on the day of purchase. Lots of special offers that run for a few weeks - for instance their Fairtrade medium ground coffee has been £1. Look for these on the end of aisles. Annoyingly, they often stock products only for a special offer period and then they're gone from the shelves! Good selection of wines, including Fairtrade wines - in fact the range of Fairtrade foods including seasonal fresh fruit, is very good for the size of shop. I find the staff friendly but often not enough of them on the checkouts. Also stocks newspapers.

I love shopping at lidl because always have cheapest price on brand name product they always give…read morediscount to like buy one get one free, cheapest vegetable, many cheapest items non grocery, and many many more. I just compare 1 item they have always cheaper than another store, it is garlic cost me just 60p for 3 big garlic on tesco cost me £ 1.20. This place clean and tidy but dark place (maybe cut they price from electric). But beware sometime have recall product maybe because too cheap and then easily broken. They never give you plastic bag so you mush carry bag from your house otherwise you can buy 1 bag for 5p.

This discount supermarket offers good value grocery stuffs. The customer service is good. The…read morebranch network is small though as I believe there are only one in newcastle. So, it is not always convenient for people to come here, right in the west end of newcastle. They do not sell only grocery though. They also sell various DIY, electronic, and household things. All in a good value price. I used to buy rice here as it was the cheapest. However, that is not the case now. The parking is more than enough. It is not big, but because not too many people come to this store, so the parking looks very big.

This Sainsbury's store is my local supermarket and it is a godsend. Before this I was forced to buy…read moremy shopping from overprices places such as Marks and Spencer or the Waitrose in Eldon Square. Although the store is relatively small it stocks all the essentials needed for living at very cheap prices. The newly initiated 'Sainsbury's basics' line is ideal for penny pinching students such as myself. The staff are always friendly and although it can get quite busy at peak times (such as the evening) they always have a smile. All in all an excellent supermarket in an ideal location.

Nice handy supermarket to pick up any bits and pieces you may have forgotten during your weekly…read moreshop. Staff are friendly and helpful. Not in centre of town but not too far out of it!

This Tesco is definitely a Tesco EXTRA-it's by far the largest Tesco I've seen! It takes 5 mins to…read morewalk the car park to get to the front door! Before you enter there is a Timpsons and a Giraffe. Internally, the atmosphere is bright, clean, shiny and noisy from all the shoppers bustling around. There has been efforts to make the architecture look aesthetically pleasing from the outside but internally, aside from some high windows at the entrance, you feel like you are in a giant warehouse. As you enter, you are immediately marketed the deals of the day, to the left is a customer service desk with ladies who are away chatting to each other. Beyond the desk is another entrance to the restaurant, Giraffe. Deeper into the store is the food-to-go section which is actually pretty impressive with the salad bar, help-yourself-curry and hot sandwiches, a Costa coffe dispenser and a few self-scans (I've never seen this set up in any other store).To the right of the entrance is a serious-looking but friendly security gaurd, a postbox and a cool machine that prints off your vouchers. The general layout of the store is pretty much the same as other Tesco stores but each section is like it's own store! The clothing section has a massive range and once you turn 90 degrees to the right, you are waking down the middle of the store with food on the right (in order of fesh, refrigerated, frozen, cupboard, then drinks) and general merchandise followed by homeware, heath and beauty and home cleaning on the left as you progress deeper into the store. Beyond these ailses there's an opticians, a pharmacy and other services that I can't remember.... Beyond the food aisles on the right, you are met with lots of checkouts, self-checkouts and self-scan guns closer to the exit. Once you have finished your shopping, within the store, you can grab a bite at Subway, a card from Card Factory, get your haircut or relax with a cup of tea at the cafe. Overall, the checkout and customer service staff are not all that friendly or helpful but they do get the job done and aside from the sheer size (hence more stock and variety especially in terms of World Food sections), this Tesco is just the same as all the others. I am however told that during Christmas trading hours, the staff go around on roller blades to get around faster. Now, that's something to go see.

​Thu 16/05/2024 20:56 I live in Essex and drive to visit my…read morefriend in Newcastle around once or twice  per year and we have a lot of catching up to do, we start by meeting at the Tesco store and walk around chatting and shopping, we both enjoy the process and it can take a couple of hours or so. I was so surprised to receive a notice of exceeding parking time and that I needed to pay a fine £40 or £70 if I delayed beyond 14days, the letter was dated 9th May, I received it today 16th May.   I have paid the £40 but I am deeply upset by this charge when all I was doing was shopping in your store. I think bona-fide shoppers should be exempt being charged penalty charges, otherwise all you are doing is curtailing  some one's shopping activities and considering the store has clothing and household goods as well as groceries shopping can take some time. This experience has put me off Tesco stores, you come across as so friendly but this impersonal approach using Horizon is very much at odds with the general friendly Tesco persona. Surely with Clubcard data it is possible to know whether someone is a genuine shopper and should be allowed free shopping time after all, more time spent in store could be more sales.

Large store, helpful staff.read more

My personal favourite place to buy meat, veggies and bread…read more Big barn type market in the centre of Newcastle. Numerous stalls that offer all types of different services. Numerous award winning butchers that offer prime cuts of meat, fantastic mince and healthy plump chickens and eggs! Wonderful bakery that makes the best breads and pastry I have tried. Wonderful vegetables and fruit stands where you get can a serious deal on great vegetables. Cheapest and most authentic pick and mix selection I have ever seen Fish monger, show repair, tea shop, cafes, clothing and boot sale, cd shops, home repair, clothing alterations ... Even a room with a scale in it! Grainger Market is magical. A must see, I consider the market a tourist attraction because of how traditional it is. The people in the booths all seem very authentic and very helpful.

It took me far too long to actually go to Grainger market. I love places with lots of little…read moreindividual businesses. I was used to markets being places with cheap tat and someone with a thick Black Country accent yelling from a van about sausages, and it's just definitely not like that here. There are still veggies, butchers (and decent cheeses to boot), but there are some seriously talented craftspeople too. It's good for a look around even if you don't feel like buying anyth8ng, odds are you probably will end up doing so.

This local store is at the end of my boyfriends street, it comes in very handy as we usually decide…read moreto have some meals there and then rather then planning ahead, so its great to just walk to and pick up a few things. You can get pretty much anything to make a nice meal, wide selection of drinks and alchol. The staff are very friendly, there is car parking at the rear of the store which is useful when its raining. Another good point is that there is a cash machine outside which is great as there are only few in Denton Burn.