Fill yer boots. Waitrose Chocolate Truffles are lovely too. http://img.michaeljacksonspictures.c...08/popcorn.gif

I don't often get there. Nearest store is miles away.

I shop in Waitrose, M & S, Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Aldi and Lidl. It all depends on what I want. I like the organic range from Sainsbury and Waitrose. Luxury items from Waitrose and M & S. Salmon from Morrison. House hold items from Aldi and Lidl and sometimes pound plus. It also depends on where I am too. If I am nearer a Waitrose I will buy more things from there. On boxing day bought loads of clothes in the sale and luxury food products from M & S. Cant stand Tesco or Asda. Food never looks good IMO.

So at the end of the day, it all depends on what I want and where I am.

Personally, I don't think there's really any discernible difference between Waitrose and the other big supermarkets.

According to the Waitrose web site...

Waitrose beef


Let's hope their lawyers don't read DS, eh?

The chicken is all hand-reared by Prince Charles.

Camilla does that. He makes the Buttery Shortbread.

Oh no - another illusion shattered.

Yeah buying a packet of chewing gum to get that free coffee.

We have a Morrisons, Sainsbury's and a Waitrose near to us and if I was given the choice of having to go to Morrisons for Jackson's bread and then trapsing off to Sainsburys for Moma's porridge, or getting them both from Waitrose I know what I'd be doing... Going to Waitrose.

Of course other shops sell the same beanded products as Waitrose, that would be true of any supermarket unless they had an exclusivity deal with them.

however Waitrose are often more likely to have a wider range of those products under the same roof.

For example we do most of our shopping in Morrisons, simply because they are the closest supermarket. It is small and the range is somewhat limited but for 90% of what we buy they are fine. But, for example, I have Jordan's Crunchy Oat Granola for breakfast at the weekend, my local Morisons only stock one variety, Raisin & Almond, whereas Waitrose stock all three varieties.

It is the same with ingredients. For example is we decide to do a chicken recipe for Sunday lunch we really like which requires fresh tarragon, I know Waitrose will sell it and I also know Morrisons won't.

Just downloaded the Ocado app after reading this thread. Quite fancy checking out some of the products and we don't have a Waitrose near me.

So what is going in my basket for my first shop then ladies and gents?

Same here. There isn't a Waitrose in the town where I live, but I get quite a few things from their Essential range from Ocado, and agree with you about their baked beans. I also get their Essential cannellini beans, kidney beans and tomatoes for cooking, as well as their muesli, yoghurt and things like rice, couscous, pasta etc. Almost all my cleaning materials, bin liners and bleach are Essential as well.

It's trendy, darling. Be in with the crowd, claim you shop at Waitrose and sneak off to Lidl.

Or take your Waitrose bag for life into Lidl.

I agree their Essential range is usually very good but sometimes they go a little too far. "Essential" ironing water?!

https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/2142...ely-essential/

http://www.waitrose.com/shop/Product...angalca+Salami

Lovely evening snack with some beer.

Aw, Waitrose not in your town?

What amazes me about all these food and supermarket threads is the snobbery about better quality and better variety.
I must confess that in my mind food is the second most overrated thing on the planet. It is just fuel to nourish your body and keep you going. I cook everything from fresh and we eat fairly well but I really couldn't be bothered with anything that requires more than an hour a day from fridge to dishwasher with preparation, cooking and eating in between.
I sometimes read recipes in the passing whilst looking at a magazine and I have to confess that I have no idea what half of the ingredients even are, never mind what you do with them.

There are two supermarkets where I live, Tesco and Lidl. Neither is perfect but they are both adequate and save me a 24 mile return journey to find the same food in different wrapping from another supermarket.

In theory by this time next year we should also have and Aldi, But they said that last year as well so I am not holding my breath.

Came back for a family xmas...will be back on Gran Canaria after the new year

Jam? I do make my own but if you need to buy it pay more, there is a massive difference in quality between cheap tat and the good preserves.

I love Booths. Much better than Waitrose (although sadly just as pricey). We used to shop at Waitrose when we lived in Henley but I always found it overrated. Us ordinary folk were delighted when Tesco opened a shop on the Reading Road!

Booth's baker is as you say - quite awesome. Their pies are to die for. I can recommend the butter pie if you are a vegetarian.