Having watched the doors of the London-bound train close in my face and not wanting to sit on the…read morecold metal bench at Martins Heron station for the next hour, waiting for the next London-bound train, I decided to head into Tesco for no other reason than warmth and to cure boredom. It's a big Tesco. I've never been in a big Tesco. I'm a Sainsbury's kind of girl. Anyway, the store offers free wifi (which I'm using right now!). At a high level, it's poorly laid out. The entrance leads to the clothing section, the produce section is in the back of the store, and the frozen items are near the tills. The layout sort of reminds me of a Super Wal-Mart in the US, minus a McDonald's and plus a Costa. Logically, it's smart to have the frozen section near the tills because this minimizes the amount of time frozen items are out of the freezer before checking out, so I'm OK with this. I'm not OK with the produce section being located in the back of the store and the clothing section being located near the entrance. Produce should be front-and-center, not in a spot that is difficult or time-consuming or complicated to get to. And who's gonna need to "run to Tesco" quick for a new pair of tights? I suspect not many. It's more likely that someone is gonna need to "run to Tesco" quick for, say, eggs or salad or bread or milk. And all of those items are located in the back of the store - the furthest from the tills! Not logical. Note: Sainsbury's has better produce than this Tesco did. Salad/lettuce was brown and basically ready for the rubbish bin. The Costa space is nice. Service was friendly though the barista could not understand my American accent and I had to repeat everything I said thrice. She made a good coffee and it warmed me up, so job well done. Job well done. Job well done.

The thing I really love about Sainsburys is that it keeps the riff raff out of Waitrose…read more This branch was built in late 2011 and features everything you could ask for in a supermarket. Eco friendly grass covered roof? Check Biodiversity area in the corner of the car park? Check Parking space to charge your electric car? Check It's a tree huggers dream yet it still manages to draw in the most ardent of ozone depleters such as myself. There's nothing I enjoy more than ditching the short walk from my house to the store in favour of cruising down there in my behemoth of an automobile with the engine so cold that instead of measuring the fuel consumption in miles per gallon you have to use gallons per mile. Once you arrive you are greeted to a clean and well laid out store with all the usual gubbins you would expect from a supermarket but with prices so high that all but the most lavish of grocery shoppers will have been scared away. However, you must not be afraid. Pay their inflated prices I tell you, pay them! As you walk around scanning your shopping and watching the total surpass the amount you paid for your first house take a moment to soak up the ambiance. Revel in the fact that you aren't constantly stopping behind shoppers who have shunned Facebook and instead choose to conduct their social networking on aisle 5 while creating a blockade with their trolleys. Rejoice at the relative emptyness of the store, you aren't an extra in a remake of 28 days later. No, you have merely escaped from the clutches of Tesco and found a better way and it is worth every penny.

I came into Waitrose the Thursday evening after New Years Day to pick up some wine for some friends…read moreof ours - I ran across a terrific young man, Joe Martin who couldn't have been more engaging and helpful - thank you for making my first experience in an English Grocery store so terrific!!

Windsor had been crying out for a new supermarket. Somewhere that stocked more than a few gourmet…read moresandwiches, tinned olives and ice-cream. Somewhere central so you didn't have to get in your car everytime you needed a loaf of bread or some oranges. So congratulations to Waitrose for meeting that need. It took Waitrose a while to settle into their market. For a while, they tried to be more like a deli, with little discounting and not many customers doing a weekly shop. Either the credit crunch or a sensible reappraisal led them to introduce price commitments and reductions. While not there yet, I am sure what all local residents really want is Waitrose quality at Tesco prices, and if that's how we keep buying maybe Waitrose will start to provide.

What's not to like about this store. Lots of fresh selections of veggies/food, candy, and a lot of…read moreother things. Features a quick check out scan tool which customers can use to speed up shopping service. When we went to purchase goods there was quick service and friendly cashier. Also loved that this store really gives back to the communities, listing its 3 local charitable groups that it provides funds to, and encourages shoppers to do so as well.

I actually really like this Waitrose and is the only supermarket to be found between Sunningdale,…read moreSunninghill and Ascot without driving to the Sainsburys and Tescos in Bracknell or Staines. It's a good size - not overwhelmingly large but not so small it doesn't offer a choice. It's recently had a refurbishment with new checkouts and updated store design. You'll find reduced price bargains (meat and bakery) if you pop in just before closing on weekdays. They also have 'green' checkouts for customers who don't require plastic bags - cardboard boxes are usually available from behind the checkouts. There is free parking but this does get chocker with 44s, especially at weekends. Unless you have a disability, I recommend parking at the end of the car park. You'll reduce the risk of a BMW X5 reversing into you and you'll have a less stressful shopping experience. Because it's a smallish shop, you'll usually see the bright and breezy manager or deputy manager walking the floor - extremely unusual in today's supermarkets.

The supermarket itself is actually ok. Not too big, not too small. Has most essentials. Shopping…read moreexperience is not so great though. Lots of pepole that think they are the only person in the world, pushing trollys into you rather than showing some sensibility and going round you as you do to them. If you are not getting a trolley driven at you inside someone is driving their 44 at you in the car park. Incredibly badly designed car park and bad use of space. AVOID at all costs on a saturday morning!! Staff are very friendly though and couldn't do more for you, shame it is let down by the customers.

I do like Aldi for all my grocery shopping, bar a few cosmetic and cleaning products it has…read moreeverything I want in my weekly shop. Plus the aisles, which hold random different items each week. Only complaint would be the till check out. Glad they are quick, but there are a couple of staff who literally chuck your items through. I would rather having carefully selected, they made it in the same good condition to my shopping bags.

This is in Forest Park parade of shops. It has food,…read morealcohol, papers, magazines and the lotto. There is lots of parking. The shop is clean and neat and well stocked. There is a small display of fruit and vegetables and this is fresh. They sell fresh baked bread and cakes and lots of sweets! Its a good convenience shop to pop into if you need extras like bread and milk as it is well stocked and they have a nice range of ready meals as well as a small display of meat. There is a good range of wines and beers as well as soft drinks. The staff are usually friendly and quick but it can get busy. You can use your clubcard for your shopping as well.

Little Waitrose. It's like big Waitrose only little, except when you get to the till. Then all of a…read moresudden in a bizarre reversal of fortunes it becomes like big Waitrose only bigger as you realise everything looks and tastes the same, it just costs more. Still, what did you expect from a 24 hour petrol station shop? They are all expensive, at least here you can buy something to eat which doesn't contain more calories and saturated fat than a deep fried tub of lard coated in batter and smothered in cheese. Everything is brand new so it all looks shiny and appealing. Out of hours I would recommend it, but between 9am & 9pm you may as well keep driving for the extra 5 minutes it will take you to get to big Waitrose and take advantage of better prices and more choice.

This store is at the end of my road and I avoid it as much as possible - purely because of the…read morestaff. They are all so miserable and fairly rude. They almost never say, "hello", "please" or "thank-you". I would rather get in my car and drive anywhere else to do my shopping. So easy to make this a better experience.

Very rude staff, specially lady known as Fateha. she does not have any courtesy for kids, everyone…read moreis a shoplifter in her opinion. I do not understand, why Tesco allow her to deal with customers. She scared my child for no reason, i did complaint to the duty manager and couple of others as well. However, her behavior is unchanged. She must have some manners and customer services training. Tesco should deal with this otherwise this store will have more adverse reputation among locals. I will definitely not visit this store and also recommend to avoid because we pay to buy the products but not to get humiliated. I believe many people will agree with this. I will take this further because no one is allowed to make others embarrass in public.