Waitrose telling me how many calories I can have!

NotAGran55 please read my post carefully as that is exactly my point! Pie and chips was not on the menu. To all the others who think this is a joke, well that’s your prerogative. It is true. This happened in the Waitrose restaurant, Salisbury.

Ohmother which branch if Waitrose was this ?
I have shopped and had coffee in many Waitrose branches and have never seen pie & chips on any menu ?
Also I have never had to take a cup to have a drink in the cafe !?
Jane10 . You have to provide your own for a take-away one .

I don’t have a sweet tooth either Monica hence my choice of cheese scone.

You are really not missing anything from their savoury offerings. Somewhat surprising when there is a plentiful supply of very tasty pastries on offer elsewhere in the store. Why not in the cafe??

I love plain boiled potatoes, love them even more when there is butter with them. Most places where I eat out it is boiled potatoes or chips.

The cafe in our local Waitrose just does beverages and cakes!! I do not have a sweet tooth and when I asked if they did anything savoury, cheesestraws or something like that, they told me 'no'.

Thank you so much Maw how awfully kind of you to,point that out

Please report back annodomini - I am fascinated by this story! There’s nothing coming up in google about it, it’s v strange

an-20 18:46:28
I’m sorry OP if this is true but my general rule is a)does it sound likely and b) can I collaborate it elsewhere. The answer to a and b at the moment is no

How does “collaboration” come into this?
Did you mean corroborate ?

I'll be checking out this story with one of the family who knows the Waitrose ropes better than most!

How did this actually happen? How were you stopped from ordering these food combinations? More details needed please!

I am taking this story with a very large pinch of salt!

Call us old-fashioned.

Oh yes, we do
As long as there is lovely gravy.

No one eats just plain boiled nowadays do they? Used to years ago.

Sounds like Waitrose café and anywhere else which starts this malarkey should considered for boycotting, if this is truly the case. They'll have lots of caloried food left over then to worry about!

Perhaps they should weigh customers on their way into the cafe, or take their BMI.

I don't much like chips so I would choose mashed potatoes every time.
I acknowledge pie and chips is a staple choice, although Waitrose does not seem to have realised that.

It's not up to Waitrose to police what people eat!

Latte anyone? Or does it have to be black coffee if you order chips?

When our local Waitrose first opened a large note book was put in place for customer’s suggestions. I think the suggestion book lasted a month as they were being filled rapidly?

My first visit to the cafe, I ordered coffee and a cheese scone. Drank the coffee but left most of the scone. My entry in the book, scone was dry and tasteless, would have been nice to actually taste any cheese!

Why don't they just sell healthy options. No pie. No chips. Just salad. And err something else that I can't think of right now!

Ohmother , did you ask to see the store manager?

I left our local Waitrose as you have to bring your own cup for coffee. I'd have paid a bit extra for a paper one or even washed a china one if necessary. I was just doing my shopping, met a friend and decided to have a coffee and catch up. Needless to say we went elsewhere.

No, it’s not you OhMother. I find this equally bizarre and infuriating..

Should this crazy idea reach my local Waitrose in Scotland (I notice this one is Public Health England), my first strong complaint will be, the vast amount of sugar laden shelves need attention, of which choice I could purchase a trolley load of calories so defeating the purpose of a ‘nanny’ cafe/restaurant

Also, with their idea of a ‘healthy’ diet dictat my BP would be through the roof. You really couldn’t make this up!?

It seems to be a local plan pilot scheme then. I'm so sorry that I didn't believe it Ohmother. I'm sure that you understand why!

I hope you both walked away without buying anything!

I find this hard to swallow!

Hetty58, I think you might be right, they are still proposals and maybe someones jumping the gun.

I am sure it would not be long before customers will find ways of getting round them. You could order the sausages pay for them go out and walk in again and order the chips, claiming it is a separate meal. I am sure others will come up with other much more ingenius ideas.

The next thing will be ration cards where restaurants are meant to tick the number of portions of fruit and veg we have consumed (marks deducted if you leave them on the plate).