Sainsburys at Penzance, downhill at pace!
Sainsburys at Penzance, Cornwall, has completely "messed up" the placing of items in the store recently. It has moved the aisles of products around, so there is no longer any logic, or progression through the store. Clothing has been placed with Toiletries, cosmetics, bath shower and dental. Alcohol has moved to the centre of the store, where children more easily wander, rather than the var end of the store as it used to be, with freezer items. Lower stock of ready meals, with a clear lower stock of Vegetarian at each theme of food, which is not in the Non meat section either. I passed several people really annoyed, i overheard others saying "it was a mess", and i just got fed up with it. This is not about change, it is about the order of foods being found related, and simply cannot be found. It lacks common sense, and having spoken to several others, they were simply annoyed and are buying less as they leave earlier. I also found the bakery reduced in size, mainly lower quality white breads repeated, poor stock. I also found individual baskets of pastries, that were open rather than packed, and flies on them! there were several large bluebottle flies around the section. In other stores, people pick them up with their hands, or children and put them back. I found no covers or utensils to pick them up! So i would not be buying these items, and i would urge other customers to check very clearly before you do also! The hygiene levels have plummeted there. Additionally, the trolleys outside and inside the store are dirty, full of rust, and i would certainly not be putting open food anywhere near any of these. If wet, the rust and dirt would even run onto contents like non packaged fruit and vegetables. The store standards have dropped, cafe closed also, then it was cheap and badly stocked going downhill for a long time. Prices are put up almost every week on items i may order for delivery, or when i go in, 10p on a fresh items that costs 60p, completely unwarranted. Some products have doubled in price, and you can see they are left on the shelves with few people buying these falsely over-increased prices. Shopping at higher end stores such as Waitrose, at least you have better quality, and pay more. These are base foods with no excuse for such rapid price increases, and famers and producers are getting just as low for their work. I will be altering my store and shopping elsewhere, this store has gone seriously downhill. Many have noticed.