As an Californian used to high quality produce I was thrilled to find Waitrose. The variety of…read morefruits and vegetables and the quality is superior to that of their two main competitors. The selection of meats and cheeses is impressive. The shrimp and salmon are always fresh, and the prepared foods are appealing. The cost is a little higher, but the customer service is astonishing -- everyone is so helpful and kind. Also if you join their rewards program you get a free coffee or tea every time you come in -- the only unfortunate thing is that they don't have a decaf. option. I really recommend this store and finding it has improved my life in the UK markedly.

As with most services, it is expensive to get food and drink here…read more Sandwiches are good but the Tuna Niçoise salad was really odd tasting to be honest.

This particular Marks and Spencer is really just a grocery store (not a big M&S like the one…read moredowntown that has clothes, etc.) - and has a lot of good, fresh food as well as some innovative sauces and kits. Their prices are not bad, even though I think they have a reputation for being the pricey option; but when doing my own informal price comparisons with Sainsbury and Tesco, they all seem to be pretty similar. M&S tends to have a pretty good selection of fresh fruits and vegetables. I think their weakness is in the fact that they mostly only have their own store brands of nonperishables, but they've started to incorporate other brands of cereal, etc. But generally, you can be sure you're going to find what you need here, with good quality, and at a decent price. I'm a fan of their Indian cooking sauces, some of their pasta sauces, and their house-brand cereals. Just a note: For anyone with experience with actual Mexican food, their enchilada kits will be a disappointment. But that's pretty typical for Britain, anyway... you don't really come here for Latin American food ;)

One of the things I've come to like about M&S is the food side of things, and this place in…read moreSummertown is a perfect example. The prepared foods available are wonderful and the selection is quite good. The fruit and veg looked fine, as did the meats. The staff was helpful and check out was quick w/ self-scan. Good to go!

they say this is where mums go and I certainly do - at least twice a week lol. excellent value for…read moremoney, I have not had any faulty produce at all and they always have amazing offers. There sticky toffee cheesecake for £1 is to die for!

This is the smaller of the two Sainsbury's stores in central Oxford. Being a little bit more…read morecentral than the Westgate store, and with longer opening hours, it is naturally busier. The range of products is not as good as that in the Westgate and the prices are higher - a tub of houmous might be 5p more expensive here. It's not the place to do your weekly shop, but is convenient for little things that you might have forgotten to buy. Queues are long but fast moving at peak times. One thing that does put me off is that most of the fresh fruit and veg is pre-packaged, which means that a) you can't pick out exactly what you want, and b) you can't have smaller amounts than are in the bags.

Sainsbury's Local has a fairly good range of foods, with all the essentials and is usually…read morewell-stocked despite its popularity. It's quite hard to get into through the flow of pedestrians and queues for the bus on Magdalen Street, but it's well worth it. There are no surprises, and it's not really the height of luxury, but there's a good selection of fruit juices and a section of bakery goods and lunch time snacks/meals. Because it's only Sainsbury's Local, as opposed to the main shop, you don't really get the good Sainsbury's Basics deals or the more unusual foods, but there's usually a suitable alternative available. The queue often snakes around the shop and is very offputting, but it moves surprisingly quickly; they've got a very efficient system going, so don't be put off because of that. The most frustrating thing is trying to fit everything into a bag on the tiny counter, as the shop assistants work very quickly! Some are friendly, some aren't so, but you'll get your food for a reasonable price, so it doesn't really matter.

Located in Oxford and we got a tour of Oxford and Covered Market. I will say many stores were…read moresomewhat closed towards the 5pm timeslot on a weekday but they have foods, restrooms, stores and other items in the market. They have knick knacks and multiple entrances/exits into the market.

Absolutely love the covered market! There are so many cute shops, restaurants, cafes all with a…read morelocal feel and intimate texture to them. The market is so uniquely decorated and has an amazing cozy feel to it! Perfect place to hang out with friends and/or family!

got a too good to go- insane amount of food and all really nice (a massive bag of pastries for £2)…read moreand the staff in there are really quick and helpful, especially Raam who always helps us out with the too good to gos.

Appalling shop. Very rude staff, no customer service skills, staff never on tills wandering round…read moreaisles on loud headsets ranting at each other. And if you have an Evri parcel, forget this place, their technology very rarely works or sometimes they decide they are at capacity and can't cope with any more parcels. Avoid unless you have serious time to waste and want to be spoken at rudely.

My partner and I were shopping on Monday in Headington, Oxford, and my partner went into the Botley…read moreRoad Aldi and was frightened by the lack of attention of staff and buyers to the 2 metre, coronavirus rule. When she exited the shop to bring the goods to the car she was badly shaken by the danger she had been in. I watched outside as shoppers casually took completely uncleaned trolleys into the shop. My partner said that people were not giving space at all. These people and the staff are in coronavirus danger. We will not be visiting the shop again.

"This is like our neighborhood sunday haunt."…read more So started my introduction to Aldi. And yes, we did see my sister's neighbors there and apparently it is where people go to in oxford on a sunny sunday afternoon. I was wowed by the rows upon rows of stacked up imitation branded goods in Aldi and even more WOWED by their prices. Unfortunately most of the food I have tasted as far wasn't as wowing.... This included the not so cheesy gruyer cheese straws, the salty chocolate digestives, very dry bread (literally the sandwich dried my mouth better than a dentist's office) and not very juicy lemons. HOWEVER, they do somehow managed to make delectable "posh" chocolates, which comes in either packs of 5 in a pretty card board box or a bag of 5 variety flavours for about 99p. I am partial to the milk chocolate which tastes a bit like lindt and the dark is pretty decent too. Wowed by the prices, I leave with about 10 times as much groceries as I get from waitrose and about 5 times from tesco. Not sure I would shop here rather than the other 2 though... It is very cheap and the fresh produce looks ok, but I am not sure about anything else, down to the £3.50 bottle of "champagne"...

Convenient small supermarket with long opening hours and lots of fair trade products…read more Do not be put off by the seemingly long queues. Everybody very sensibly joins one queue and when you get to the top of the queue you go to the next available cashier. So you never have to make that awful decision as to which queue to join only to find yourself stuck behind the lady arguing about the 30p off sticker, the man with the £150 pound vegetable peeler who wants the price checked or the person who forgot to weigh their vegetables. (All of which have happened to me recently but in France - I'm beginning to lust after the sensible, well labeled queues of England).

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This is large Tesco store, which has bakery, fishmonger and Krispy Kreme donuts!…read morePlenty of parking with a good wholefood section. There is also a cafe, which seems to be a sales reps meeting point between 9-10am.

Cheap and conveniently located, perfect for students - pretty much everything you need under one…read moreroof