Bristolians Discuss: When you do your food shopping, what makes you choose one supermarket over another

Today we ask locals: When you do your food shopping, what makes you choose one supermarket over another — and has that changed lately?

Transcript

00:00Again, as a non-driver, you're more limited to your choice.

00:04You have to go to the one that's closest because you're carrying heavy stuff like potatoes and beans.

00:09I think at the moment, because of where I live, I go to a Sainsbury's, which is all right.

00:16Pleasant enough. I would really like something more like the big Asda in Bedminster.

00:21I get quite excited by it. Everyone hates it. I like it.

00:25But I don't have a, you know, as long as I can afford it, it's all right.

00:29I think I can afford it. I'm doing all right.

00:31Supermarkets, again, just use them when I want to buy them, when I want to buy stuff.

00:36But that's another hard question for me because I just buy when I need stuff.

00:41Yeah, well, I have quite a big family. So if one family is going to get something

00:46and they see an item in such a store, they say, oh, they've got a deal on.

00:50I just told the rest of the family, they just go up there because they've got a deal on.

00:54But obviously, these markets are always in competition themselves,

00:57so they keep up to date with that anyway.