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Asda... Chosen by who?
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confuddled
24-01-2014
Had to shop at Asda the other day, forced by time and circumstance, never again!
I assume they're chosen by you range is meant to represent big sellers and products picked by a panel?
Horrible, insipid and mostly poor quality fare.
Chosen by you Caesar salad I couldn't eat so binned it.
Chosen by you quiche had soggy pastry and a soapy taste.
Chosen by you pizza with salami that was quite possibly donkey meat
Who are the people that reckon these products are good enough to be singled out as a bit spesh ?
I did buy something called Jamey joeys......a little cake thing , that was lovely with a cuppa
diablo
24-01-2014
Soon after they started the 'chosen by you' thing I tried their fish pie and it was pretty good. I'd expect a panel of the public to have agreed.

Though after a few months the quality seemed to decline and I stopped buying it.

I think they change their suppliers, or force the the existing ones to cut costs - so the quality goes down.

Never been keen on Asda stuff anyway.
Isambard Brunel
24-01-2014
Originally Posted by confuddled:
“Who are the people that reckon these products are good enough to be singled out as a bit spesh ?”

You!

You chose it from a selection of similar products on the shelf at various prices. It was therefore quite literally chosen by you.

They make no claims it's special - unlike their "extra special" range, which is affiliated with Prue Leith from The Great British Menu.
sarahj1986
24-01-2014
I find the chosen by you range abit hit and miss, some items are nice and others are rank.
confuddled
24-01-2014
Originally Posted by Isambard Brunel:
“You!

You chose it from a selection of similar products on the shelf at various prices. It was therefore quite literally chosen by you.

They make no claims it's special - unlike their "extra special" range, which is affiliated with Prue Leith from The Great British Menu.”

Nonsense... People have already chosen the product to be labeled as thus before it hits the shelves.
I think they do " make a claim" certainly that it's popular and worth buying... In my experience it wasnt
Hypnodisc
24-01-2014
Originally Posted by confuddled:
“Nonsense... People have already chosen the product to be labeled as thus before it hits the shelves.
I think they do " make a claim" certainly that it's popular and worth buying... In my experience it wasnt”

'Chosen by you' is just indicative of a best-selling line AFAIK.

It'd be done purely on the sale volumes.. if one pizza sells much better than the others it might get this sticker.

That's my impression anyway, as opposed to the 'extra special' range.

The phrase 'chosen by you' isn't making an extraordinary claim and is just a way of saying more people chose this one than any of the others.. doesn't mean it's any good.. people are idiots.
degsyhufc
24-01-2014
Quote:
“Hundreds of thousands of blind taste tests have been carried out by an independent company. Products are blind tested by the public – that's Asda customers as well as customers of other major supermarkets. Products do not become part of the range unless they meet customers' high standards. That way whenever you see 'Chosen By You' you can be confident you are buying great tasting products every time you shop.
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Well it's either true or they can be done for false advertising.
ScottishPancake
24-01-2014
Originally Posted by sarahj1986:
“I find the chosen by you range abit hit and miss, some items are nice and others are rank.”

9 times out of 10, I have found the chosen by you range to be of lovely quality, but then I don't shop at Asda anymore.
confuddled
24-01-2014
Originally Posted by degsyhufc:
“Well it's either true or they can be done for false advertising.”

Well it's definitely not true so must be the latter!

EDIT: sorry that didn't make sense.... What I meant is I saw no evidence of any high standard
confuddled
24-01-2014
Originally Posted by Hypnodisc:
“'Chosen by you' is just indicative of a best-selling line AFAIK.

It'd be done purely on the sale volumes.. if one pizza sells much better than the others it might get this sticker.

That's my impression anyway, as opposed to the 'extra special' range.

The phrase 'chosen by you' isn't making an extraordinary claim and is just a way of saying more people chose this one than any of the others.. doesn't mean it's any good.. people are idiots.”

NO, it's not based on sales volumes as far as I believe.
They ran an ad campaign a couple of years ago pushing the " chosen by you " range on the merits that if it wasn't passed by a group of tasters it didn't make it onto the range ....... Surely it must differ from the regular stuff otherwise what's the point of it and the point of the cost of special packaging etc.
Simon_More
24-01-2014
I am a big Asda fan and can count on one hand the Asda own brand products that I have not liked but the "chosen by you Gala Pork pie" is vile lol. I love pork pie and normally choose the small Melton Mowbray ones but fancied one with egg in it. I chose the chosen by you one because I thought it would be good. How wrong I was. Saying this I will still eat it as it's £2.50 and I a tight wad
CaptainObvious_
24-01-2014
I like the chosen for you big pink and white marshmallows
ScottishPancake
24-01-2014
Originally Posted by Simon_More:
“I am a big Asda fan and can count on one hand the Asda own brand products that I have not liked but the "chosen by you Gala Pork pie" is vile lol. I love pork pie and normally choose the small Melton Mowbray ones but fancied one with egg in it. I chose the chosen by you one because I thought it would be good. How wrong I was. Saying this I will still eat it as it's £2.50 and I a tight wad”

What exactly did it taste like for you to consider it to be "vile"?
Simon_More
24-01-2014
Originally Posted by ScottishPancake:
“What exactly did it taste like for you to consider it to be "vile"? ”

It was the pastry more than anything. Perhaps I was a but over the top with the vile word. The pork bit and egg was ok.
ScottishPancake
24-01-2014
Originally Posted by Simon_More:
“It was the pastry more than anything. Perhaps I was a but over the top with the vile word. The pork bit and egg was ok.”

Maybe they have improved a bit since then?
confuddled
24-01-2014
Originally Posted by ScottishPancake:
“Maybe they have improved a bit since then? ”

The pastry on the quiche was vile
ScottishPancake
24-01-2014
Originally Posted by confuddled:
“The pastry on the quiche was vile”

Similar to the pork pie, I take it?
Simon_More
24-01-2014
Originally Posted by ScottishPancake:
“Maybe they have improved a bit since then? ”

I have just had another slice. I only bought it yesterday lol.
Peter_CJ
24-01-2014
I shopped weekly at ASDA in various parts of the country for over 25 years before switching to cherry-picking (shopping around) a few years ago.

The veg never was that good, but has improved to what it once was.

The effects of the Walmart take-over took quite a few years to show up, but when it set in with all the roll forward/ roll back nonsense, shopping at ASDA became a bit of a rip-off.

Aldi and Lidl have taken a lot of their customers, and it's easy to save 20% on ASDA prices without dropping in quality, so hardly surprising.

I still drop into ASDA occasionally for a few choice items, and I am always surprised by the difference between their prices and the German discount stores.

I hope Aldi and Lidl continue to thrive because they are really giving the greedy supermarkets a run for their money.
ScottishPancake
24-01-2014
Originally Posted by Simon_More:
“I have just had another slice. I only bought it yesterday lol.”

You never know what the next lot might be like though.
henrywilliams58
25-01-2014
I have an ASDA Credit Card which provides a discount on the already cheap petrol.

My TV is a Polaroid from ASDA.
jazzyjazzy
25-01-2014
And yet another "lets bash Asda" thread.
venusinflares
25-01-2014
Originally Posted by jazzyjazzy:
“And yet another "lets bash Asda" thread.”

Indeed!

Personally I haven't any complaints about the products I've tried from the 'Chosen By You' range. In general I find Asda own brand products to be good in both quality and value. There are a couple of Smart Price products I wouldn't buy again but I wouldn't go as far as saying they were 'vile'.
confuddled
25-01-2014
Originally Posted by jazzyjazzy:
“And yet another "lets bash Asda" thread.”

Were there others? I didn't comment in them because I didn't see them.
Personally, I feel entering a thread to say the above is a waste of your time but hey ho!
venusinflares
25-01-2014
Originally Posted by confuddled:
“Were there others? I didn't comment in them because I didn't see them.
Personally, I feel entering a thread to say the above is a waste of your time but hey ho!”

There seems to be a lot of Asda bashing in General Discussion. There was a thread just this week entitled 'I hate ASDA'.

To be honest it's Tesco I can't stand, I've nothing against Asda and shop there quite happily!
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