Somerfield

oxfordian1

Useful if the Co-op doesn't do it. 6th January 2009

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What is there to say other than its another supermarket, in Headington. I used to Somerfield it regularly. Now I go there if the Co-op doesn't have it, but normally I am feverishly building my Co-op dividend, like the shameless penny pincher I am.

If you go in at the very end of the day the yellow labels on some of the bakery products come down pretty low.

Somerfield is sometimes useful on Sundays when it is open from 11 til 5 whilst the Co-op does 10 til 4. Somerfield has got a car-park but unlike the Co-op, you have to pay and display at this one.

It doesn't stock anything unusual. It has one of those 'deli' counters which doesn't seem to do anything remotely unusual except, randomly, a cooked chicken counter. I tend not to use this counter because I was once given a large lump of brie instead of the cambozola I asked for. Unfortunately I didn't check and was at someone's house for dinner before I noticed. I thought the deli staff might have known the difference. That was over a year ago so maybe they have had 'cheese spotter' training since then.

Occasionally it will have a good special offer on, like half price pizza, so its worth keeping an eye on. However its also worth keeping an eye on your til receipt to make sure that these actually come through into your final bill because they sometimes don't.

1butterfly1

Somerfield - Headington 3rd September 2008

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This is a great supermarket for variety of food and drink. The only real competition is the Co-op which has limited stock and usually is more expensive in general. Somerfield Headington stocks the Tchibo range and this is regularly rotated with some brilliant sale bargains on occasions. There is a deli counter with fresh roasted chicken which can be bought whole or wings, legs, breast etc as you like. A nice deli range covering cheeses, samosas, different cold meats which I have always found to be very fresh. Lots of good quality fresh vegetables and fruit there also. A reasonable freezer section at the back of the shop with most foods covered there. You can almost all you need there, even toys and gifts, chocolates and barbecue equipment. Sometimes larger items such as televisions can be bought in store, it all depends. Nearer to Christmas lots more gifts and electrical items such as dvd players seem to appear and all at reasonable prices. Somerfield Headington does not do the membership scheme anymore to get points like Tesco and Sainsburys do but they say they have passed the savings down to the customer so that's okay. The staff there are all helpful and they seem to keep their staff there for quite a long time so something must be right.

Oaktree

Biggest supermarket inside the ringroad 26th August 2008

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The Headington Somerfield is probably the biggest supermarket inside the ring road, with much sought-after parking in mostly-resident-permitted Headington. It's close to the JR hospital, and convenient if you happen to be in the area.

Inside, there's the usual vast selection of foodstuffs and otherstuffs that you'd usually find in a supermarket. Things to watch out for (in a good way) are the reduced proce stickered products - often salads that have to be sold that day - which are of good quality.

I've mostly bought sandwiches there - apart from the day when I splashed out on a new toaster following an unfortunate melting incident with our landlord's toaster.