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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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.

Quality Save is the best ever discount store ever! I mean literally the cheapest store in all of…read morethe city! They have everything in bulk and let me again emphasize on its amazingly discounted prices! A strip of gum which will otherwise cost 60p, costs you about 6p here! So you can only begin to imagine the rest! They do all major brands and its only rare that something does not live upto its quality.

Yet another one of these dastardly pound discount shops. Quality Save isn't about the really random…read moreitems that populate traditional pound shops that I really love. It's more about cheap bits of food, bathroom products and that kind of thing. All dead cheap, all major brands unlike somewhere like Lidl. Good stuff.

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..

A good quality local convenience store. Reasonable prices and a great selection of groceries and…read moredrinks.

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.

I've recently been training for the Great Manchester 10k run. As I've been increasing the…read moredistances, I've had to change my route to include areas I normally wouldn't go. Including Ancoats. I wouldn't usually go here mainly because when I first moved to the NQ, it was a bit run down and aside from the occasional visit to the Argos, there was no particular reason to visit that area. Plus, as regular readers of my reviews will know, I tend to be a creature of habit and go to the same places again and again. Well running up and down Great Ancoats Street, and some of the side streets, has opened my eyes to the new places around here. Including Ancoats General Store, which I first noticed 10 days or so ago. When I ran past it last night I made a mental note to myself that I must remember to come here this weekend. And I'm glad I did. It isn't that much bigger than the corner shop I used to frequent as a kid but it fits in so much good stuff. There's fresh bread to greet you as you enter and then the aisles of food to the left. The decor is the kind of decor I've come to expect from hipster type places , with pipes/air conditioning exposed. But, having said that, I'm not sure I'd describe it as hipster. There's the organic ranges, plenty of dairy/gluten free choices but then there's the familiar brands/products that you'd expect in a supermarket/corner shop. They sell magazines too. They sell a good range of alcohol and alcohol accompaniments. I specify the 'alcohol accompaniments' because I noticed a good range of tonics for gin, that you'd not usually expect from a relatively small shop. I noticed a lot of local produce: the bakery providing the bread, the eggs, the milk, just a few examples. Some of the products are priced the same or lower than Tesco/Aldi (the Longley Farm yoghurts are well priced at 35p, for example) and some of the organic/dairy/gluten free stuff was a little pricier but that's the same anywhere. I was chatting to the guy who was on the till and he told me they'd been open for two and a half weeks. They are going to have a cafe and also hold meet the producer type of events, including good and wine tastings. That's the reason I've gone for 4* rather than 5* : it just seems too early to properly rate the place, especially as it seems there's so much more to come. I highly recommend a visit.

It's a coffee shop (with a bar) and a general store, florists, bakery, card shop and they are…read moreplaying postmodern jukebox over the top. I never thought I'd say this about a corner shop...but it's just cool. "Very Northern Quarter" in the nicest possible way.

Morrisons at Piccadilly Gardens was rebranded as Morrisons Market Kitchen following a renovation…read morelast year, I really like the new store, which is massively improved and it is a welcome addition to Piccadilly Gardens. As you enter the store, there is a modern area with stands selling freshly cooked hot food, cakes, beverages and even smoothies, the choice is unique and unlike any other store of its' kind in the city centre, I would like perhaps a choice of two hot meals compared to a rotating one daily, as some of the choices are questionable, and a small seating area would be awesome, but of course, there are limitations as it is only a small store. In terms of the groceries, the selection is OK, they have a decent selection of most items you'd expect to find with a good stock of the essentials including bread, butter, milk and other cupboard items. The staff in the store seem friendly enough, and they have a large number of checkouts so you never have to wait too long to pay and leave. The longest wait seems to get into the store, they still seem to be managing the number of people allowed in the store at one time, even after the ending of COVID restrictions. I do think a mobile payment app, similar to Marks and Spencer would be useful here, hopefully, it will come in the future as Morrisons are trialling it in a couple of stores in the UK. 4* - A pretty good store which has improved dramatically since the refurb.

I was shopping in morrisons piccadilly store manchester, when I noticed the security guard, was not…read moredisplaying is SIA license. when I asked him why, he said I cannot be bothered. Surely this is not right and should be looked into by morrisons management

This Iceland store is located in the Centre of Ashton Town Centre near the Outdoor Market…read more It is quite a large store which also sells Fridges and Freezers at reasonable prices, and with lots of special offers. The Freezers are always full of good quality foods and lots of special offers a really good place to go if like me you have a large freezer. I normally spend about £50 a month and fill my freezer up with food and treats. You can buy saving stamps out of a machine that cost £1 each and save them up til Christmas and do your Christmas shop there. They always have some great deals on joints, desserts and Party Foods. This Iceland also stocks a good range of Fruit and Veg, Cold Meats, Fresh Meats, Toiletries, cleanng product, beers, wines, tinned foods and cakes and Biscuits. They offer Free Delivery of your shopping if you spend over £25, once you have signed up for Delivery. A great Shop, with fantastic deals and offer, and very helpful friendly staff.

Iceland chain store for frozen food is situated across from the open market of Ashton. Easy reachof…read morethe taxi rank or bus station. Sells almost all items of food both fresh and frozen. LOOK OUT FOR THE OFFERS EACH WEEK-GOOD VALUE