A good village shop they sell groceries, fresh fruit and vegetables (displayed on the outside of…read morethe shop), ready made sandwiches and homemade cakes and pastries. You can hire a DVD here or drop off your dry cleaning. Useful notice board on the left as you enter the shop where people advertise items for sale or advertise their services. The staff are very friendly and helpful especially the owner who is always ready for a joke. They have quite a good selection of beers and wines for a small shop. Also gift tins of biscuits and sweets for presents. The opening hours are long including Sunday morning.

Hooray! I was seriously in trouble with my allergies this morning and because it's Easter Sunday,…read morenothing was open. Not a Boots or a Superdrug or even a Schuh was available. Figuring I would have to suffer, I managed to spot this shiny new Sainsbury's through my inflamed and tearing eyes. Holding out hope they would have something to cure my ills, I was cheerfully pleased to see a blister pack of 7 Claritin pills on the shelf. Yes, they had a whole bunch more for sale - drinks, candies, magazines, lager, wine, sandwiches, heat-and-eat meals and all sorts of other probably great stuff - but all I needed was relief from the histamine attack going on. I was able to operate the self-checkout and got Nectar points too! Hooray! Three cheers for Sainsbury's! Hip! Hip! Hooray!

I know it's a Sainsbury's Local and not a full grocery store, but this location is still quite…read morecramped and poorly stocked. Perhaps due to all the tourists, but inside it's culinary mayhem. May the Gods forgive any lone fool who wanders in without a plan nor the foreknowledge of where his target products lie.

It's amazing what these guys manage to fit into the shop. Not only do they stock a bit of…read moreeverything for everyone but their opening hours go on for ever. Beers and wines, organic milk and yoghurt. Fresh (Costa) coffee, snacks and a small selection of fresh foods. Always friendly and there for your every day needs.

I use this shop for returning my UPS parcels. They never issue me with a receipt and when I ask for…read moreone, it's hard for them to even write a note that they've received it. If it's such a hassle, why do you offer this service in the first place?!

Absolutely the best convenience store in the area, has saved me a trip down to the supermarket on…read morecountless occasions. Good selection of products, have been surprised by some of the stuff you can get there that you wouldn't expect from a small convenience store. Thank you Jays!

The best of the two convenience store in the area. Northfields avenue has a tesco express but you…read morecan go to friendly Jay if you want to avoid the 5 minutes walk. Clean, some sort of choice and a smile. What more to ask for?

This is a good, local co-op food shop. It's always busy, and has a good enough selection of…read moregroceries to suffice for most needs, although if you want more choice, you will need to go further afield. They also sell newspapers and magazines. It has a cashpoint and sells lottery tickets.

A small Co-op in North Camp with a convenient customers car park next door (even though the car…read morepark only holds enough cars for 4 customers!!). Prices in Co-Op stores are always very changeable, depending on where about in the country you shop in one, due to the fact that they are franchised to different areas throughout the UK. This one is middle of the road. It is a bit like a large corner shop in North Camp. It has everything you need but not always in the best condition (especially the vegetables which always look on their last legs - If they even have the ones that you want). The best thing about this place is that it has a convenient cash machine and a lottery machine!!

Quick easy and convenient. This Tesco Express is not quite similar to the "convenience store"…read moreformat common in the States. It's like a regular Tesco, but condensed. Decent selection and as near as I can tell, the prices are in line with the full store a couple of miles away. Conveniently located near the Post Office and not far from the Reading town centre area. If you have a make a fast shop on the way home, this is the spot.

Very close to several large student housing blocks this is a shop with one clientele in mind. For…read moreone thing these dedicated guys are open every day from 7am till midnight. A quick walk around the shop reveals all the student essentials you can imagine. They have tights, fruit juice, a wide range of male and female toiletries, a stationary section and the largest selection of biscuits I have ever seen. This is not an exaggeration; think Hobnobs, Digestives, Crunch biscuits, ones I'd forgotten about, one's I've never even heard about! A whole wall of biscuits - extraordinary. As all students necessitate the stuff there's obviously a wide choice of beers and wine with regular deals and discounts. Ready meals, soups, pre made sandwiches and for those on a budget the morning after, miniature boxes of cereal. A well thought out shop keeping Bristol's students satiated.

If temp bar and waiter work is your thing (or catering / hospitality in general), then West One…read moreRecruitment should be on your hit list. The staff are really personable - you can register immediately and they give you a crash course / refresher in how to lay a table and carry multiple plates. They aren't one of those agents that never get in touch - quite literally you could have work the next day. They often have to send a few staff at a time to certain venues - so if any of the other temps has a car, they organise drop-off and pick-up from the office, which is a great help.