M&S Simply Food at Brighton Station is one of the few shops inside the station concourse, it is…read moreprobably one of the better places in the station to grab some to-go food and drinks ahead of a train journey, with rivals Superdrug and WHSmith barely having a food selection, and PRET being the only other place which sells food, but even then they sell a limited menu compared to other stores. This is pretty different from other M&S Simply Food stores as it is a travel store, they specialise in to go food and drinks at really high prices, as I recall a meal deal cost around £5 which is £1.50 more than a regular store, an increase of around 42.8%. I understand travel stores can cost more because of the location, but this seems to just take it a little step further, knowing there is little competition elsewhere in the station and it is from the Marks and Spencer brand, which has a reputation for being towards the higher-end scale for food anyway. The gluten-free selection was awful, they didn't have any wraps or pasta pots which stores usually have, they had two varieties of sandwiches, even then this is quite poor for a Marks and Spencer store, who have much more to choose from. I personally have a strong hate for seeded bread, which is why it frustrates me to see so many places only offering gluten-free sandwiches on seeded bread, and this location is sadly no different. A useful store, but they really do need to work on making pricing much more reasonable and stock of gluten-free items, which Marks and Spencer are usually pretty good here, so this branch is pretty rare in that sense. 2*

Y'know those long journeys when you've been travelling for hours and just want to get home, pull on…read moreyour PJs and eat something warm and homely? Well, if your train pulls in at Brighton Station you can pick up a roasted chicken, mashed potato and asparagus from the M&S Simply Food. They're open til 11pm every day except Sunday and also sell staples like bread, milk, yoghurt, fruit and juice. Of course, Marks and Spencer is always slightly more expensive than other grocery stores but the food is usually of such good quality it makes up for the extra pennies. If you're super-tired, you can also pick up muffins and coffee for breakfast the next day!

A member of staff held my basket whilst I was busy texting my mum. Too much information but I had a…read moregood experience.

I was shopping with my baby in the buggy today and went to self checkout to pay. Your staff member…read moreKevin took me to a spacious end till and carried my basket for me and checked out the majority of my items being super helpful. Kevin also told me about all the new deals i'd get it I signed up to Nectar, so I did! Thanks Kevin!

This Waitrose store is a fairly larger version of the supermarket chain, especially considering it…read moreis located right in Brighton centre, within walking distance from Churchill Square Shopping Centre and the Pier, on Western Road, fairly close to a great number of shops. I'm firstly surprised this store has been here in this location since 2007 when it was first reviewed, it has obviously been taken care of and refurbished since then which is a good sign. Interestingly, this is one of the few stores to not have one of the new signs "Waitrose and Partners" which all branches of Waitrose and John Lewis seem to be, rebranded as. They have multiple counters here for fish and sushi, meat, cheese and more. You could potentially get a great deal of your weekly shop here, it is larger than your typical Little Waitrose store, yet smaller than your average Waitrose supermarket but is still a decent size, with coffee machines and a small amount of outdoor seating to grab your loyalty scheme free beverage. The outdoor seating area, being on a busy road isn't the nicest of places to sit, especially considering this part of town is prone to the standard beggars and Big Issue sellers who seemed a little harassing. A decent branch, they seem to have a smaller product range of everything you'd normally find in a Waitrose, with the gluten-free selection being especially sub-par compared to other branches but still it's a decent store in a great location, making it pretty good to grab essentials or more while in Brighton centre. 3*

Hardly a hidden gem, though it's surprising how many people don't know there's a Waitrose here…read more It's a reasonably-sized version of the familiar supermarket on this busy shopping street, five minutes west from the main Churchill shopping centre. Helpful staff, though check-out queues can be long, and some of the aisles are a bit narrow. Good wine section. Helpfully, there are bus stops right outside to a wide range of destinations. Also opposite is the Taj Foods supermarket (see separate review), for all sorts of organic stuff, authentic Asian produce and exotic fruits, if you want a wider choice of these items. There's a life up to the car park area at the rear (on the first floor).

A small Tesco Express store on Jubilee Street, Brighton - the product range is pretty much average…read moreand what one would expect from such a small store, albeit I wasn't able to get everything I came in for, which I'd be able to get at a similar sized store (Tesco Express or Sainsbury's Local) for example. The checkout area could have been much more centred towards a to-go market, with it being a small convenience style store, one would often come into this store when in a rush, passing through or commuting in the city so improvements could be made here. Apart from that, it felt like a pretty average and typical Tesco Express location possibly in a smaller town, the store did seem slightly small especially compared to nearby rivals in such a large city, with Waitrose, Sainsbury's Local, and Co-op Food all having rival stores nearby, although I did have multiple issues with the latter brands on that list. Meh, I've experienced better pretty much sums this one up. Useful location for the bare minimum basic essentials. 2*

Brighton Council have made some baaaad mistakes over the years…read more Letting the West Pier rot. Allowing the Bandstand to disintegrate. And giving Tesco permission to open an Express store in the North Laines. The area has been home to hundreds of cool and quirky independent shops for decades and as we all know, one of Tesco's trademarks is elbowing and crushing small businesses out of the way. If it was an emergency I'd go in this branch for Nurofen or wine but I'd never buy my groceries or store-room goodies from here. It's cheap but soul-less.

Aaaahhh!!! I LOVE ALDI! And I'm not ashamed to shout it from the rooftops! Anymore…read more.. But seriously this place is immense - how could you not love it? Everything is great quality and CHEEEAP! Yeah it looks a bit scummy but whatever that place is - the building will ALWAYS look grubby for some reason. It did when it was Sainsbury's. Good quality bags of veg for 40p, free range chickens for £4, great selections of cured meats and cheeses and wait til I get to the booze! Oh the booze! Delicious bottles of Malbec and Pinot noir (to name some of many) for £4! It'd be silly of me to shop elsewhere really. They also sell good little gardening bits too. My only gripe is there aren't enough check outs and only a couple of people manning the stations. But I LOVE ALDI!

O.K. traditionally a 5 stars out of five would suggest that the place is simply sensational. Aldi…read moreis definitely not that. Why then would I give this Aldi five stars? Well you know that feeling of sticking your hand inside a lucky dip and just not knowing what your going to pick out, the excitement, the nerves, the sheer joy of the pick, and not of the end result. That is why I give this Aldi five stars. The way that the shop is laid out means that is is essentially a lucky dip on a grand scale. There is a big middle stand kind of thing that doesn't really sell items that have any relevance to each other. I saw Eggnog, and Tuna in very close proximity to each other. O.K. these products shouldn't be that close, but what I love about Aldi is that doesn't care about stupid convention. Oh No. There's inevitably a lot in this Aldi store that you don't need or want, but to about every 4 of these, there is one gem which is well worth a visit almost just for that item. In my experience, it is the natural yoghurt for only 50p per large pot, which tickles my fancy somewhat. In fact have taken detours just for this one thing, which I have bought in bulk. Not 5 stars in the kind of way which 5 stars would normally be awarded, but 5 stars for the whole, disorganised, mad, pot luck experience.

This is a pretty well placed store if you are out late and want some last minute food/ drink before…read moreyou sit at the station and wait for the first train. The staff here are really funny and offer the most flat of all customer service. Me and my girlfriend play a game where you've got to try and get one of them to crack a smile, make eye contact or say "thank you" back. Still, it's a 24 hour store that's pretty cheap, so who cares??

I came to this Budgens the other night on a late night food raid, when most other places were…read moreclosed. My skinny housemate who could literally eat me, and put on only about 2 kilos comes here to add to his unhealthy diet with the ridiculously cheap chocolate cookies that they have on sale. I think the cookies had been reduced twice and he bought two packets (10 cookies) for something stupid like 50 pence, whilst I (with a metabolism more like that of a human) bought some apples which were also reduced to just £1 for a packet of around 10! Bargain. Though not so tasty lets be honest. Other than that the produce is generally the type that you'd buy on the run, and not your weekly shop kind. Decent selection of magazines here too, so something to get your teeth into on a long journey.

This is probably the least customer friendly branch of Asda I've ever used…read more As it is open 24hrs I have shopped at all hours, and find problems whenever I go there. In fact I only use because it's on my way to/from work, and it's open 24hrs. I frequently find the shelves empty of want I'm after. Sometimes they are on the trolleys waiting to be put out, but more often than not, they don't have them. And whilst we're talking of the stock trolleys/roll-pallets, why do they have to leave them in the middle of the aisles? If you shop during the evening or at night, I is often impossible to actually go down some aisles because they are blocked by stock waiting to be put out. And the staff have a habit of standing and chatting amongst themselves totaly oblivious to the customers. Sometimes it takes saying excuse me a couple of times, or a quick jab with the trolley, to actually get them to move. And I would never buy anything frozen from them. I have seen, and been told by an ex-employee, that frozen products are sometimes left out waiting to be put in a freezer for longer than half an hour. However, they do have some good points such as being 24hrs. Also they do some weird offers. This week I have bought two packets of cereals for £2, when they are £2.15 each; and five Muller Lights for £1.00 when they are 54p each! Bargains! They also have a petrol station which is normally one of the cheapest in the area

I'm not entirely sure why I go out of my way to go here sometimes, I just end up leaving feeling…read morestressed. It's ALWAYS the wrong time! Screaming children, people tottering around aimlessly with trolleys, a less then impressive food selection, I could go on! I can't decide whether it's ASDA I don't like, or just supermarkets in general! The staff always seem friendly enough, I have fond memories of being an ASDA checkout girl during one summer in my teens. I liked being chatty to the customers (I'm not sure whether that was encouraged or not!) But I always have a good natter with the checkout ladies. It can be pretty monotonous scanning food all day long. My other half likes to spend ages looking around the electricals section, some bargains to be had apparently! We didn't come home with a new TV or speaker set this time.

Amazing got pikachu waffle maker…read more Lidl = large interest drives loyalty Great service

Great store , always fully stocked and good prices and very nice staff, fresh bread and fruit and…read moreclean store

It's a good store to for a quick food shop. Nice selection of prepared foods, produce and meats…read more Fresh bakery items are always gone when I'm there.

I finally realised how old and uncool I was when found out that a new Sainsbury's Local was being…read morebuilt at the end of my road, and the discovery was basically the highlight of my week. Admittedly the prospect of being delivered from the evils of the nearby Tesco Express would probably be enough to raise most people's spirits, but it was with a rather unhealthy level of longing that I gazed upon the wooden facing that for a few weeks shielded the work going on inside. The Sainsbury's is now open, and, unsurprisingly, it's OK. Nothing amazing, but it's definitely an improvement. For one thing they sell coffee filter papers, but their stock in general is more wide ranging. I even managed to buy hollandaise sauce in there, although I wouldn't recommend hollandaise out of a jar, it turned out to taste of jellied vinegar. They have more service points than the Tesco too, and the cherry on the cake is the free cashpoint. Until that one arrived it was a good 10 minute walk in either direction to get to a free cashpoint, which meant a lot of money was wasted on buying small items in the Tesco in order to get cash back.