Queues in Somerfield

[lenk]

Does anywhere sum up middle-aged, middle-class mundanity better than Waitrose?

(This is Rhetorical. Our panel would also accept 'New Yorker subscription and a refusal to set foot in a McDonalds, even if you needed the toilet')

[AlfieNoakes]

lenk Wrote:

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> Does anywhere sum up middle-aged, middle-class

> mundanity better than Waitrose?

I dunno... Dulwich Village, Surbiton?

[JetSetWilly]

aicardo Wrote:

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> wise words.

>

> After a previous stint in Putney I suffered

> similiar frustrations with Somerfield.

>

> Long queues and over priced, as well as a pants

> product range. I just don't think Somerfield

> 'gets' East Dulwich.

> When can we get a Sainsbury's Local, M&S or even

> heaven forbid Waitrose wher ethey tailor their

> offer to the local populus!?

>

> yours in food snobery.

somerfield doesn,t get east dulwich. how does one "get" east dulwich.

[RosieH]

Without meaning to be precious about it, I just don't think ED needs any more chains - we've got supermarkets aplenty, not to mention excellent grocers such as the aforementioned next-to-Chener one.

I have managed, on occasions where nothing else would suffice, to walk up to Sainsburys of an evening and my legs didn't fall off. I have also managed to rustle up delicious dinners with ingredients sourced from any of the various late night grocers.

Perhaps ED needs less gastroporn and more delia

[lilly123]

somerfields in lordship lane is going to be a co-op soon

[Sherwick]

lilly123 Wrote:

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> somerfields in lordship lane is going to be a

> co-op soon

geez

[reetpetite]

Does that mean we wont have to queue then ?

[lilly123]

dont know about he qsssssssssssss, but it will defo be a co-op, and sommerfields in camberwell butterfly walk will again become a morrisons, dont know why morrisons sold it in the first place, need to make up their minds.

[HonaloochieB]

Actually I like the Somerfield fine enough. I find the staff pleasant, and have never had to wait 40 minutes to get served. Referring to a previous poster. 10-12 minutes maximum.

I enjoy finding bargains in the Gallery Of Cheapness, mostly ready meals and 14p desserts that you wouldn't usually pick up.

But heck it's 14p, I'll have five.

That's my two penn'orth on the matter.

[reetpetite]

lilly123 Wrote:

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> dont know about he qsssssssssssss, but it will

> defo be a co-op, and sommerfields in camberwell

> butterfly walk will again become a morrisons, dont

> know why morrisons sold it in the first place,

> need to make up their minds.

I'm really confused about all this Somerfield talk cos I thought Co-op had bought them all out so why would it change back to Morrisons ?

[marigolds]

Rosie H - Don't think anyone disputes that there are good local independant shops but they can't cater for the numbers that pass through a supermarket. Lovely as it may be to hark back to days unlived by most of us ie.pre-supermarket days when peole had time to go from shop to shop on a high street, the reality of living in a suburb of a capital city is that supermarkets are a necessary evil. We'd get pretty fed up waiting to pay in the lovely Andreas' (next to Chener books) as local residents bought their milk, bread and loo roll. Guess the owners would be happy though !

Yes most of us (let's not be smug, not all !) can get to Sainsbury's but why can't we have a more efficient small supermarket on the main road? Supermarkets aplenty ? Not sure about where they are and not asking for more. Just better service than the one enjoying pole position on LL.

[RosieH]

You've got Somerfield (where I've never had a problem with queues - long, yes on occasion, but fast moving) and Iceland a few doors down (where I don't think I've ever had more than 1 or 2 people ahead of me), one of Sainsburys flagship stores 5 minutes up the road, a Tesco Metro (or is it Express) round the corner on East Dulwich Road. There are doubtless various other similar smaller ones that I haven't mentioned because I don't head that way.

I maintain that the area is well-served by supermarkets and that we have no need of a different one to cater to a 10pm+ crowd (exactly how many people are you expecting to pile into these places at that time? If as aircado was saying, it's about picking something up to eat at 10 at night, then I think that any of the grocers can cater quite well for that.)

My reference to the good independent shops was in response to aircado's assertion that the need for an M&S or Waitrose was from food snobbery. A ready meal's a ready meal (albeit arguably better quality in one of those places than in Somerfield). If it's not about ready meals, buy your ingredients from any of the independents. I don't subscribe to the notion that none of us has the time to shop for food on an ongoing basis - you're right, we do live in an age of convenience and that's why we have a 24 hour supermaarket and online shopping. It's about priorities.

[cate]

Anyone suffering withdrawal symptoms from not having a Waitrose here should go to Beckenham. There is a Waitrose next to the station. There is also an M&S. Both have good parking. I love the Waitrose free range ready cooked chicken for a fast meal.

[Sue]

reetpetite Wrote:

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> lilly123 Wrote:

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> > dont know about he qsssssssssssss, but it will

> > defo be a co-op, and sommerfields in camberwell

> > butterfly walk will again become a morrisons,

> dont

> > know why morrisons sold it in the first place,

> > need to make up their minds.

>

>

> I'm really confused about all this Somerfield talk

> cos I thought Co-op had bought them all out so why

> would it change back to Morrisons ?

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I believe the Co-op have bought Somerfield but don't intend to change all the stores to Co-ops and will sell the ones they don't, so maybe Morrisons will buy that one back from the Co-op