Should we all shop at Asda for the next few months?

Curtaintwitcher

Do some research on the people who own Asda and ask yourself what their motives are.

Flogging stuff and making a profit I should assume.

We have an Asda with a cafe near to us.
I certainly want to be on OAP Soup Duty. As YorkLady says, it’s going to be packed.
And how are you going to move the blighters on?

Unfortunately I’m too ‘young’ to partake.
I’d have to leave DH there while I did my shopping.
A sort of OAP Soup Crèche.

Can’t imagine anything worse than sitting in a garishly lit, noisy supermarket at a wobbly plastic table with an ultra processed watery soup and slice of pappy white bread for an afternoon.

Some people like that fine *veganrock". Some have no choice. No need to be quite so superior about it.

I’m glad I don’t need to, but it’s a piece in the survival jigsaw for some - food and drink, a few hours in the warm, and in the company of others in the same boat will be a welcome respite from the misery of a cold house and being home alone for them. I expect they can get brown bread too vegansrock. Well done for helping, Asda.

Everyone has a choice. Some people must like it, I just said I wouldn’t. I have actually been in an Asda cafe and found it as I described. I had beans on toast, I think it cost £4.50. I wouldn’t choose to go there again. I’d rather go to the library or museum or sit in the park with a thermos, that would be my choice.

vegansrock

Everyone has a choice. Some people must like it, I just said I wouldn’t. I have actually been in an Asda cafe and found it as I described. I had beans on toast, I think it cost £4.50. I wouldn’t choose to go there again. I’d rather go to the library or museum or sit in the park with a thermos, that would be my choice.

Your choices are just other pieces in the survival jigsaw vegansrock, but don’t offer food and drink for £1. Each to their own.

I can’t get on with Asda either but good on them for this initiative. I wonder if other supermarkets will do something similar?

Greyduster

I can’t get on with Asda either but good on them for this initiative. I wonder if other supermarkets will do something similar?

I think other supermarket cafes do have offers? Kids eat free at Morrisons?

Each to their own - exactly, Casdon, but I am not being superior, as I have eaten at said establishment and can’t imagine sitting there for an afternoon in the noise and ultra bright lighting. I doubt if Asda actually want loads of pensioners taking up tables for hours, it’s not conducive to long stays. There are alternatives, so to say “no choice” is inaccurate. There are various lunch clubs near me, and I’m sure elsewhere, where an older person can get cheap and even free food, so Asda aren’t being particularly philanthropic. I bet they are making a profit on the £1 soup offer as well.

I very much doubt they are making a profit in the £1 offer. They will be making a profit on the excess business they attract because of this offer.

If you don't want to do it, fine. Don't do it. Maybe try not to make derogatory comments about something harmless that other people want to do.

vegansrock

Can’t imagine anything worse than sitting in a garishly lit, noisy supermarket at a wobbly plastic table with an ultra processed watery soup and slice of pappy white bread for an afternoon.

I can. Where shall we start?
Because of disability not being able to get to this awful place ?
Some of the bloody attitudes on here really really piss me off ?

It is no doubt a marketing strategy to draw customers in store. I'm not a fan of Asda despite it being my nearest Supermarket. I did shop there sometimes a couple of years ago, on one occasion I wanted a bag of frozen Yorkshire puddings - I know, they're easy to make so don't slate me - reached into the freezer cabinet and the whole batch was defrosted. I picked one bag out and took it to Customers services explaining what I had discovered and they weren't interested. Stopped shopping there after that.

Couldn't agree more. Just not necessary to be so harsh. If it helps others why does it bother you?

Whilst it's a "no" from me, they already do over 60s discount and give free Ella's baby food pouches to infants under 18 months old and have a children eat for £1 offer.
This is just another offer.

It will suit lots of people I've no doubt - and as someone said earlier, it's likely to be warm and somewhere to go to simply change the scenery for an hour or two. I don't despise people for wanting to try it.
Anything that helps some people feel more human can't be all bad in .y opinion.

Asda do an over 60’s discount??
I never knew this. How do you get it?

vegansrock

Can’t imagine anything worse than sitting in a garishly lit, noisy supermarket at a wobbly plastic table with an ultra processed watery soup and slice of pappy white bread for an afternoon.

That’s as harsh as supermarket lighting vegansrock

And you also have a rather poor imagination.
Let’s try this scenario for starters:
Freezing cold house;
no company whatsoever;
nothing in the house to eat, or nothing that will warm you up.

Oh, I see that I’ve repeated other’s comments.
Good

I’ll certainly be giving it a go in our nearest Asda cafe. I think it will be in big demand. The only niggle I have is that by Nov/Dec , if covid numbers continue to rise, it might not be a healthy environment for large groups of seniors to congregate for a few hours.

Excellent point Gnw
I know that we actually won’t be going anywhere.

Our Asda café (sadly now a Costa) is actually quite pleasant and the coffee etc used to be a bargain there.

Our nearest asdaz doesn't have a cafe and I'm not over 60 but is it worth pointing out their essentials range? Even their normal soup is only 50p a tin but

groceries.asda.com/product/tinned-soup/just-essentials-by-asda-vegetable-soup/1000383113774

groceries.asda.com/product/wholemeal-seeded-rolls/just-essentials-by-asda-6-wholemeal-rolls/1000383106098?&cmpid=ppc-_-ghs-_--_-google-_--_-dskwid-92700072428828020_dc&s_kwcid=AL!11432!3!614369220175!!!u!295481011413!&gclid=Cj0KCQjw4omaBhDqARIsADXULuXnVIvI74sIR-_IeeEejHLlikTmR0B58fHHs5K-CjJEEBL8fUuXglwaAsfaEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

groceries.asda.com/search/just%20essentials

YorkLady

Asda do an over 60’s discount??
I never knew this. How do you get it?

Go on a Wednesday.

I used to live not far from an Asda with a cafe, but I've moved!!!
I unlike many on this thread found their customer services wonderful. They changed goods, refunded money and used to give you a gift card if you'd had something faulty. When I did an on-line Christmas order one year (far too heavy for me to carry) the bags it came in smelt terrible. Two men came round to see them, took one smell and apologised. They took away the shopping and returned a little while later with replacements, gave me my shopping free, and had some flowers for me. They said they had hired extra vans to cope with Christmas deliveries and the one with mine must have been faulty.
The clothes at George are good as well.

They’re also running a ‘Community Cuppa’ scheme with reserved areas between 2 and 6 for community groups to meet, free tea and coffee.

It will be taken up by the comfortably-off, like my neighbours, (ex-vice chancellor) who deliberately did some shopping at Waitrose specially to collect their free copy of the Guardian and their free coffee, bringing their very own insulated mugs, (no cafe) so they could take it away.