Sainsburys

I’ve now visited –another– Sainsbury’s in the Reading Town Center area. I’m surprised by the quantity of supermarkets located in Reading, but they’re all pretty busy, so there is clearly enough business to support them all.
As is the expected case with an urban location, the aisles are a little narrow. The store itself is deceptively large as it only has a single-​wide storefront, but it goes back quite a way. The produce section is good and there is a large series of coolers with prepared meals that only need unpackaging and heating to be ready. The booze aisle had more spirits than lagers and ales. Uh, I didn’t really shop much more than that.
The queue (‘line’ in American) for the tills (‘registers’) was long but it was orderly and well managed, even if it did extend into the shopping area. Once I made it to the check-​out clerk, she was efficient and friendly. Sainsbury’s has a frequent shopper program — you get bonus points if you bring or recycle bags, as I did. My Asda bag (a competitor) received no second glances.

I love sainsburys and this store is no different.
it is very large for a town centre supermarket store — this being achieved by having a long L-​shaped building layout.
It’s main advantage over the competitors is locality and therefore convenience.
There are many bus routes that stop outside it also.
I’ve noticed that many of the employees are people with learning difficulties or special needs and i think it is great that they are given equal opportunities at this store.
My only gripe about this shop is that there is no rotisserie.
It is just not big enough for this i suppose.

Has all the basics, but the shop is hopelessly overcrowded all the time and the tills are overloaded — there just aren’t enough, and so the queue can stretch for ages.

The staff are always very friendly, however sometimes there is not enough of them at the tills. I find the fruit and veg to always be of a high standard, and the layout is mostly good (it can be hard finding table sauces though).
There are always plenty of baskets