Last month, I visited ASM store, using curtsey car due to a car accident that rendered my vehicle…read moreunusable. As I understand, PCE, manages the car park of ASM. The car park is free for customers. However, after making payment at counter, the customers' needs to make entry of car registration number on t the display screen next to exit door. Regrettably, it appears that during this process, there might have been an error on my part--I may have inadvertently entered an old car registration number or, worse yet, forgotten to input the details entirely. Upon receiving a notice of car parking charges from the rental company, I promptly lodged an appeal, attaching proof of my shopping receipt from ASM as evidence of my visit. Despite providing this concrete evidence, which unequivocally verifies my presence at your store during the specified time, my appeal was callously overruled. This unjust dismissal of my appeal, despite furnishing proof of purchase, suggests a blatant disregard for customer goodwill and fairness.

ASM Cash & Carry is a surprisingly large Indian grocery store in the style of Worldwide Foods in…read moreRusholme, although ASM has the added attraction of a sari shop under the same roof! All the usual favourites are there, the dhals, rices, spices and speciality fruit & veg and fresh herbs. So if you are in Ashton experiencing hunger pangs for okra or yam or a big bunch of coriander leaf or fenugreek or a box of honey mangoes - ASM Cash & Carry are your people! On this visit, I discovered some different poppadum makes and varieties - including one incorporating fenugreek leaf which I can't wait to try! A plus for me is that this place appears to be totally vegetarian, and that would make sense as the adjacent Indian café-restaurant is called Lily's Vegetarian - I think Lily's is owned by the same people. The staff are really sweet, and the atmosphere is understandably a bit less hurried than Rusholme equivalents. I will definitely visit ASM when I'm in the area, and any Ashton foodie worth their salt should be a regular visitor!

This is a handy medium sized grocers and greengrocers that sells both Asian (Indian subcontinent)…read moreand English food, and a wide range of both, with a halal meat counter at the back and chest freezers with a range of fish. I go there for the basics like milk and marge, but also for rice, herbs, spices, cheap cleaning items, large bags of dried fruit and nuts, oven chips, frozen samosas, and tahini and tinned chickpeas for making my own hummus. They also have a very big range of soft drinks. Service at the till is no better or worse than most shops, the people at the tills are mostly young and a little offhand, like shop assistants in most small businesses. But they are helpful if you need to ask them where to find something. I like that they open slightly longer than average hours, too, it makes it more convenient to shop here.

There are plenty of arguments for and against the social impact of segregated communities in…read moreManchester. One of the overwhelming advantages of such communities however, which I'm sure will gain universal approval is their complete immunity from being threatened by giant retail food chains. You know the ones I'm talking about, the ones that've been driving out small independents outta business across across the country. I LOVE the fact that the communities remain militantly loyal to local foodstores like Madina. Upon close inspection, turns out the reason is a little more complex than just cultural affiliation. One of the main one reasons? This place is AWESOME!! There's literally a library of spices to buy (at BARGAIN prices) and experiment at home with. Any foodie/charlie out there who's sick of the monotonous nature of the shopping experience, will find this to be their culinary/chocolate factory. True, London probably bigger volume of such establishments, but they probably cant beat us for sheer quality. So next time you're stuck in traffic driving to town on Stockport road (through Levenshulme) have a break, and instead of having a kitkat, park up and have a cheeky gander.

Despite having a deceptively small storefront, once inside Madina Superstore turns out to be…read moreanother Desi supermarket easily on a par with branches of Worldwide Foods or Manchester Superstore. With the UK 'hungry gap' upon us, I bagged a box of lychees plus sundry Desi vegetable and fresh herbs. Freshness of the produce was very good, although a bit of banter with a Desi customer revealed that he was passing up on the tinda as being too big - although this is no doubt an out-of-season issue. For the mobile cosmopolitan foodie such as myself, the aim is to know where all the ethnic food stores are so that ethnic food shopping can be done with a minimum of detour from other city business and pleasure. Although there is nothing really oustanding about Madina Superstore to make you travel beyond your nearest Desi superstore, it is nice to have a proper Desi supermarket in Levenshulme to save Levy locals a trip up Stockport Road to Longsight. And visitors such as myself can combine a visit to Madina Superstore with a trip to the monthly Levy Market, or else the permanent Trove café bakery or POD deli.

WARNING: If you visit Tesco more than once a day you will receive a fine of £40! That's the price…read moreyou pay for being a loyal customer. After going to Tesco twice on Monday 9th January (once in the morning at 10am and then once in the evening at 6pm), my mum received a fine of £40.00 claiming that she stayed at the store for 8 HOURS 21 MINUTES. Firstly, I found it hilarious that any customer would or could ever stay at TESCO for that long! Secondly, as the claims were completely false as my mum does work! And thankfully we have CCTV at our house so have evidence that our car was parked on our drive during that time) I just wanted to warn all TESCO shoppers. As a very loyal customers of TESCO, I'm not sure what to say except... sorry for shopping there too often? We won't make that mistake again.

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Just across the road from where I live so this store is very convenient for me. Every week they…read morehave 4 fruit or vegetable products at 59p, which is really good value. The staff are not too friendly, but the shop was very clean and also has a very big car park.

A pretty decent Sainsbury's store located on Lord Sheldon Way, in-between Ashton West Metrolink…read more(for the restaurants at Ashton Moss) and IKEA, I prefer using the former stop to get here on foot as it's pretty hard to navigate the roundabout on foot. It is a little difficult to get to on foot as a result of this, but it can be done. A pretty modern store, it has the only Argos store in Ashton now after their branch in The Arcades shut down, it also houses a Lloyds Pharmacy; both of which are pretty much a given when visiting a Sainsbury's nowadays. I couldn't find every item I came in for, but they did have a good selection in most areas, especially the Nespresso Compatible Capsules, they had the new Christmas blend variety in which I haven't seen in any store before (October 2020) I had mixed experiences with staff members, based on three interactions - One shown me where a product was - Someone else told me the aisle number - I was ignored by another staff member. 3* - Couldn't get the items I came in for which was a shame, good selection in most areas, however.

I Love this Sainsburys, it has got to be my favorite of all the ones near by…read more Situated next to IKEA, it is Ideal for anyone Driving. The Carpark is pretty large with pleanty of space. The store it's self is a good size, with a large clothing Dept and House hold goods section. Both of which are well staffed and kept nice and tidy. It has an instore bakery and Deli counters. The store has a good selection of foods like most sainsbury's stores, You can always find staff on the shop floor who are always willing to help and very friendly. You find all the offers you expect in sainsburys and the Quality is always good. I've never had to wait long to be served. The Cafe in this store is fantastic, always clean and well stocked. The Food is really nice and great value for Money.

Sadly, I've never got the hype about Aldi, they might be associated with "bargains" and "low…read moreprices" however I don't really agree, I always find that in ALDI you are paying less for a decreased level of quality, service and in-store experience and this branch here in the Manchester Arndale sums up my scepticism completely. This branch is in quite an unusual condition, it is located on the upper floor of the Manchester Arndale, with enterences from street level from Market Street and from Shopping centre level, where the actual only floor of the store is. The store just didn't feel nice, and it felt like a Pound shop in certain areas, it just felt cheap with the poor level of shelving etc, it just wasn't very nice at all. ALDI and LIDL are very similar in this approach across most of their branches, which are two very similar "discount" brands however another problem with the brand that this branch is a prime example of is the queuing, the queuing system was really badly handled, there are no self service tills, customer service desks or anything like that here, there is just a very low number of tills which don't cope well with queues, I eventually decided to leave and buy my products from somewhere else because of this. I did notice the store manager too who basically stared at me at a comment I made about the poor quality feel of the store and the cheap shelving and layout, he basically rudely stared at me before walking off, he didn't even acknowledge me or try to speak about the problem. Sadly this ALDI branch at the Manchester Arndale is a prime example of all things wrong with the brand especially with the poor, cheap layout and the awful queuing which isn't handled very well at all, so sadly deserves a single one star. which is a shame to start off on a negative foot as this is my first review for an ALDI store.

I'm not prone to depression but spending five minutes in this Aldi definitely made me feel like I…read morewas sliding down a long and bleak hillside. For starters, this store is about ten times bigger than any Aldi I've seen before and looks and feels like a gigantic Iceland. There's no attempt at seducing customers or displaying goods in an attractive manner - everything is just stacked up as easily as possible with horrible signage. The lights look like interrogation strip-lights and there's no music or ambience. In short, the whole focus is on the products and what a mixed bunch they are! One minute you're walking past an aisle of cheap biscuits, crackers and crisps, the next cheap cheap DVD players, walkmans and sat navigation systems. At the back of the store there's an even cheaper fresh and frozen section with perfect looking fruit and veg, meat, fish, cheese, butter, pizzas, puddings and ready meals. Strangely, Aldi seem to sell odd bits and bobs of clothing too from cheap fishing gloves and hats to wool scarves. I'm sure you could pick up some good things if you looked hard enough but frankly, I can't imagine having the time or the inclination to return.

When I first started university this building was an empty shell. My student life involved long…read morewalks to Asda which seemed especially long on the way back after I decided it was a good idea to buy 12 cans of beer, 3 litres of orange squash, 4 cans of beans etc. Thank God for those Germans and their wonderful supermarkets. Lidl arrived. It seems to have inadvertently brought along its own accordionist who is always outside come rain or shine - she's actually pretty good. I disagree with Alfie about Lidl not being the best place for a weekly shop. I often did my weekly shop here, even if it was sometimes necessary to supplement it with items from Worldwide and Tesco. The best things to buy: fruit and veg (really good deals like 29p for an aubergine, 19p for a cucumber), pesto (half the price of Tesco pesto), gin, cloudy lemonade, German beer, frozen pizzas (often half price), mozzarella, frozen Indian snacks, tortellini, antipasti, ice cream... I challenge you to carry more than £15's worth of Lidl's goods home with you.

Omg Lidl is the best shopping place to ever go to, most of the time it has everything i need and…read morethe workers always are kind and ask politely, "Do u need anything Ma'am or Sir?" Best shopping place ever.. Cheap stuff aswell the quality of the stuff are amazing..

Great store chain in England!! Had everything we needed, so many choices for dinners.prices are…read morecheaper than in some American markets.

Not a bad branch of Tescos and the new bargain range is really good in this store…read more It's big enough to have all the different departments although I think that the clothes range is quite small - mostly underwear and tights and some t shirts. nice Deli counter with roast chicken hot out of the grill. I have bought lots of little christmas presents from this branch - very cheap and cheerful and perfect for frugal christmas.