Supermarkets

[Lex]

I try to buy a lot of meat from Barry the Butcher in Stratford. It's always competitive compared to Tesco, and the quality is a hell of a lot better too. The majority of Barry's products are locally sourced as well.

[Leofric]

Originally Posted by skydakini

Yes it is not the greatest in the world - seems to be so many tescos around and not much else really !!!

Now kwik save has all but closed on ball hill and somerfields on binley road is now knocked down has meant i have been wandering around quite a few of the local shops to find goods....may take longer but have found a greater variety of goods that i would not normally have tried and the prices are not always more expensive than tescos etc as perceived...ok so i still do an on line big tescos shop each month to stock up on big bulk but that is purely laziness as no need to really as amazing amount of goods available locally - plus you get to speak to people in your local area and exercise by walking and carrying goods home !!


local shopping with local businesses - win win me thinks!!

I was talking more about the city centre. My local retail in Earlsdon is excellent. I'd never shop in Kwik Save or Somerfield if you paid me, horrible store. Good riddance!

The city centre is not very good for a city of its size... Seems to be too many bargain stores & not a lot else. We've started to go elsewhere.