I had a fab experience in here today! The lady that served me on the check out was absolutely awesome. So friendly! It's a shame that's something you miss out on with self service. Also, I found frozen Avocado! What a result! Total game changer as I never use a whole one! read more

After having breakfast and stopping at a couple stores at Middlebrook Retail Park, we headed over to Tesco to see what they offer. Since the Tesco in Swindon has a huge selection of American items, I thought that this store might offer the same. I am planning to make a Thanksgiving dinner and need some American items to ensure authenticity :). There is a large car park, however, if there is a football game on, you may want to stay away from this area due to traffic. The store is huge and was quite busy on Saturday afternoon. There are ATMs outside of the store, as well as a dry cleaning service. Walking inside the store actually made me feel like I was in a Wal-Mart Supercenter. It is huge! There is a cafe, salon, electronics section, beauty counter like those in a department store, bakery, and a health store. We continued straight on and went through the toys, home goods, and electronic sections. If you head to the right you'll eventually find the food section. Of course we did get a bit sidetracked and ended up getting a slow cooker since it was on sale (we will be returning it as when we plugged it in, it blew the fuse for everything in our apartment). I also got to look at Christmas decorations and saw a nice laptop for a reasonable price to replace my iBook dinosaur. Eventually we got over to the food section. The problem with me trying to do a shop in a new store is that I get distracted trying to look at everything on offer. Unfortunately this is not compatible with Mr. Snarky and I should have sent him back over to the electronics. What I like about the store, is that while it is very busy, it is very spacious so it doesn't feel like sardines in a can and making shopping a little easier. While they do offer a lot and all of the usual items, I was a bit disappointed with their World Foods Area. The first was the rice aisle which consisted mainly of Basmati rice with a couple bags of glutinous rice. For a 'World Foods' section, they should have more selection of rice and as a result I didn't get the rice that I was looking for. They do offer a lot of European foods, but the selection from other countries is not as large, including the American section. I did get the pumpkin for my pumpkin pie and pumpkin roll, but the other items that I was looking for and stocked by the Tesco in Swindon were not available. I did like that they have a 'Free From' section for those with intolerances or allergies... and it seems fairly extensive. Check out was a bit slow, but no massive queues. Besides self-checkout, they do have the scan-as-you-shop scheme as well. It is a nice store, though, very clean, well stocked, and has almost everything you could want. read more

One of the best Tesco stores in the country now that it's had a recent huge overhaul and extension. The new 'World Foods' area is particularly impressive. It also has a cafe, a salon, a Timpson dry cleaner/key cutter, and a petrol station, as well as an on-site recycle centre. As it is quite a large and busy store, there can be quite a problem with queuing at the tills, and due to being a 24 hour store, late night shopping can see many internal lights turned off, as well as lots of cages of stock all over the place down most aisles, making access tricky. NOTE: On Bolton Wanderers match days, there is a three hour limit to be parked in their car park, after which, you can receive a £70 fine. read more

There adding an extension at the moment

this could be a very good shop, if only the management would look at it from the customers point of view. i shop weekly on a saturday as i work all week, so if an item is out of stock i do without for a week. sometimes the fruit and veg is low coded, so i don't buy. recently the store has been altered to bring in franchises, which may replace low sales per square metre with rental income, but has resulted in discontinuing some lines. don't visit while its raining as the walk from your car to the entrance can be daunting, in all the time i have been coming here every time it rains you have to walk through two to four inches of floodwater to get in the door. this is not just a recent problem with the current bad weather. the staff are good the shop is clean and tidy the problem is they don't listen to feedback and react. read more