Tesco Express

This Tesco Express is no doubt a godsend to the thousands of students living around the Salisbury Road area of Cathays, perfectly located to give them a convenient alternative to the many smaller ‘corner shops’ dotted about.
A lot of the corner shops in Cathays have historically stocked a very limited range of non-​premium brands at fairly expensive prices — knowing full well that most students don’t have their own transport and aren’t willing to walk a long way to do supermarket shops. Tesco Express, however, was probably a shock to their system — giving many local shopkeepers a bit of an incentive to lower their prices and really think about what their customers want. So while few people want to see Tesco push out local shops, it has probably made them offer a better and more competitive service.
This Tesco is inevitably very popular, not only with local student residents but also with workers in the area at lunchtimes, so it gets really heaving at times. It’s often difficult to park outside, and inside the queues often snake right down the middle of the shop.

I might not be a Scout anymore but I still have to get my Unilocal fix! While I was wandering around this site I realised that I had got this review entirely wrong because I was thinking of the wrong Tesco!
Right, so talk about THIS Tesco:
The main problem with this place is how busy it gets. The middle aisle is impossible to shop in during busy times because that it where the queue stretches down. I recommend doing the first and third aisles first then joining the queue and shopping as you queue. It’s sneaky but it’ll save you time!
My favourite thing about this otherwise generic store is that the man who served me was basically ignoring me. That sounds weird, doesn’t it? But he was ignoring me because he was having a little flirt with the server next to him, and it was the cutest thing.
I will keep coming back to see this story unfold.