I would personally recommend the onion bread and cherry juice in this store - very very nice…read moreindeed, the onion bread in particular (and it smells heavenly). Of course the fact that most things are only labelled in Polish is a bit of a problem, but you can always ask one of the staff if there is anything you are particularly interested in. Plus most of it is just commonsense - if it's a tin with a picture of pears on the front, you're probably not going to find sardines in there! The regular bread and cakes are nice too, and the olives are quite cheap compared to the regular supermarkets. The range of cheeses and dairy products in general is very good.

I like the cafe upstairs in co-op, they do a good roast meal i cant remmber how much it is but its…read moreunder £5, and its georgous! i go now and again when im am starving. cos you get a decent sized portion! They sell everything in this one, theres another level upstairs as well, for draws, cupboards etc. There is also the main post office inside as well so its quite convinent. Plus its always full of old women hehe but apart from that the store itself is a a mess and theres always loadsa stuff lying around in the wrong places!

MediaCity General Store is a new Convenience Store located inside Media City, while the store is a…read moregood size, I do find the aisles to be pretty narrow which means it is often single-file and difficult to get across them, especially when staff are re-stocking which often takes the whole aisle out of bounds. They do have some nice products including a number of Co-Op own branded products, alcohol and a coffee area, I do find the products here to be considerably more expensive though so it is a little pricey. The store still has a nice feel to it and is one of the only stores of its kind following the sad closure of Booths nearby. 3*

This shop has just recently had a refurbishment and it was well needed…read more A handy convenience store that is located well away from many other shops, I'm not sure if they hike the price on stock because of this, but the prices are fairly reasonable. The most local shop is the Shell garage down the road, which is just a rip-off for most things. Most of the staff are friendly, even if you do see a lot of new faces.

Despite the seemingly never-ending revolving door of staff who seem to change on a weekly basis,…read morethis is not too bad a shop. It does what it says on the tin it sells alcohol, cigarettes and the usual staples but if you are looking for specific items you are better off going to a supermarket. There has been recent refurbishment but there is still a long way to go before it feels welcoming in there. The biggest advantage of having this shop so close is the cash machine even if it does seem to go against the grain to have to pay almost £2 to access your own money!

Have you ever noticed that you can become attached to one particular supermarket? You're a Tesco or…read moreSainsbury's person, an Asda or Morrison's person... well, it works for budget stores too. I'm an Aldi person, thus I find Lidl somewhat confusing. Both are German, both deal in groceries alongside wildly miscellaneous goods. But which is better? There's only one way to find out... FIIIIIIIIIII - no, the only way to find out is to go there. Which I did. To be honest there's not a lot between them. I find Aldi somewhat aesthetically more pleasing

LIDL is good. I am happy to extend that compliment to this lidl in Salford, which by remaining…read moresimilar to the other lidls in the world, also qualifies. In fact, its not even a LIDL bit worse. Eh, like it? They've got about half the things you want, but they're about half the price they are at Sainsbury's, where they've got all the things you want. That's the best way to look at it. In fact, if I do say so myself, I've hit the nail on the head. The other half of the things they've got, are hilarious tat, ranging from food I've never heard of to random pairs of plimsolls available in 1 size. (1 size not size 1, so dont get excited babies, also what are you doing on yelp babies?) Yeah!

Look...... I'm getting a bit bored of this..."oh its so expensive malarky". People need to get…read moretheir heads around the fact that in society there is always gonna be a disposable income gap. Now I understood that when I was a student for example. I never bothered going into Harvey Nichols or any other shop for that matter where I knew it was too expensive for me. There was no point!!!!! So DONT bother going in if its too expensive and whinging about the price!!!!!!! Harvey Nick's Second Floor Restaurant, Bar and Brasserie is actually great, especially with Head Chef Stuart Thomson's award-winning menu. I feel like a kid in a sweet shop everytime I am there, they stock stuff you just can't buy in most other places. Get some food fro the deli and sit and watch the exchange square world go by....ahhhh bliss!!! Right next door is a massive wine colleciton for you should you decide to sample some while you're there. Apparently it's one of the most extensive wine lists in Manchester. So if you do have a disposable income and don't mind spending a few extra pennies on some pistachios from brazil or something, check it....innit!!!

Can anyone spare a few pounds? I wouldn't usually ask but there's no way I can stretch to buying a…read moreloaf of sourdough, a block of Lancashire cheese, a handful of vine tomatoes and a bottle of champagne from Harvey Nichols otherwise! Located on the second floor of the posh department store, the Foodmarket is packed floor to ceiling with thousands of the company's own products packaged in their iconic silver tins and bottles with slick black and white photos. There's everything you could want from whole hampers to tea, coffee, shortbread, pickles and chutneys. At the back of the store, there's a small deli counter that stocks fresh cheese, parma ham, pasta and other delicacies, a luxury wine and champagne counter, a tiny bakery section with freshly baked bread and a wee grocery section selling organic fruit and veg. If they extended these sections I'd probably visit more but as it is, the Foodmarket is too limited and too damn eXpensive.

This is my favourite supermarket by far! Lovely fresh produce, excellent quality. Lots of gift…read moreideas, delicious food and drink, condiments and speciality goods. Great range of toiletries and household items. Fantastic staff, so friendly and helpful, really great place, plus 2 hours free parking

This is one of the largest Booths stores I have visited, located on Stanley Road in Knutsford Town…read moreCentre, Booths is a premium northern supermarket chain, it reminds me a lot of a Northern Waitrose, this store is visually pleasing and has some good and high-quality products, especially from their Booths own brand. Prices are a little bit more expensive here, which is typical of the Booths brand. The store did have a good selection of products, but it still felt short compared to the size of the store, with many shelves and food counters left half-empty and poorly stocked, and they just looked like they had not been full for a while, which makes me wonder if the store is maybe too big for its own boots. There is a Cafe in the store, but it appears to be closed up and packed away in the early afternoon, which is a shame. I did find the store layout to be a little confusing, making it harder to find what I was looking for than it should be, with key grocery items including dairy (milk and cheese) tucked into the back corner of the store, I found items such as the cheese poorly packed onto the shelves, for some reason they put most of the cheese on a deep shelf right at the top, which would make it difficult for anyone who wasn't significantly tall to reach. The checkout service remained slow, down to not having a self-service option and the outdated system at the tills, compared to other major supermarkets, that being said the staff members at the checkout and on the food counters, were friendly. The car park was large, but again a strange one, the private parking company has a sign which states you can park for two hours up until 8 pm... but the store closes at 10 pm. This leaves room for misinterpretation and confusion on the car parking regulations during the final two hours of the day and needs to be rectified. 3* - Friendly staff and some nice products, but the store just seems too large for what they have, with the shelves and fresh-food counters seeming depleted, other issues such as the shelf placement and setup as well as the car parking means there are many areas for improvement.

Bargain, bargain, bargain!…read more It is absolutely great place to find bargain items. Some are really ridiculously cheap price !! I sometimes feel so foolish to pay lots at supermarkets once you go to Home bargain. The shop is fairy big and lots of items are available. They always stock in something new so it is worth to pop in if you have time. The staffs are not that friendly or good customer service but you would not expect these kind of places that much...Fantastic place for credit crunch!

If you can ignore the chavs wearing pyjamas and screaming children then you will find a bargain…read morehere. It is best to go early in the morning as its a bit quieter. The store stocks budget, cheap brand name products from hair, beauty products, bird feed, very cheap art canvases, paint, garden accessories to food and booze. The shop is clean and well laid out. The staff are helpful but the queues at the till are usually long.