is it really a bargain? (Safeway)

Member Name: sunflower.76

Product:	Safeway
Date:	27/05/02 (43 review reads)
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Advantages: special offers, refund and replace service, helpfull staff

Disadvantages: overpriced essentials

I do not do my shopping at safeway for one reason and that is that it is so much dearer than its nearest rival.

I noticed a while back that everyday items are a few pence dearer with milk being 4p dearer for a four pinter, and own brand bread being 2p dearer. When you add these small price diffences up I'm sure that it must cost a few pounds more each week.
I was totally disgusted though when I went to redeem a coupon for a free pack of 16 tampons. The cashier scanned them through the machine, I handed over my coupon and she told me that I had to pay 43 pence. I told her that the coupon said FREE, and that I wasn't satisfied that I should have to pay this and she contacted the store manager who said that because Tampax put on a RRP, they could only claim this amount back from them and because they were sold for 43 pence above the recommended retail price I would have to pay the difference, which I begrudingly did assuming that the same price would be charged in all the supermarkets. Not the case, upon visiting Tesco, I found that they were selling the same pack for 45 pence less than Safeway. A disgusting price difference if ever I saw one!

However the weekly offers that Safeway have are absolutely unbeatable, selling Persil Washing up liquid for 39p (89p usually) and chicken fillets for £2.99 (£5.99 usually) but why can you buy only three of each item? As a cat owner I get through several tins of Felix a week, but when they have it on offer I'm ony allowed to put three tins in my basket, and unless I'm prepared to starve poor Tommy I have to trek round the supermarket three times. Not a very good option if you have to lug your shopping round on all three occasions!

I must say that the aftersales service is particularly good though, they operate a refund and replace on unsatisfactory goods if they are Safeways own brand and I've used this before after buying some chicken that was smelling none too healthy.
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br>A shop to go to for bargains, but there is no way I could afford to shop there for all my groceries

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