Supermarkets - Do they make you feel unwell?

[Scotched]

I hate the impersonal nature of supermarkets but I have been known to loiter near the Whisky section. It is cheaper but I always feel faintly dirty after making a purchase... I'd actually prefer paying a little extra at an independent retailer...

How about you?

[Wave]

Well naturally I go to the Independent Whisky/Wine shops mainly because the average supermarkets here have a pitiful selection at most.


Cheers!

[Frodo]

I'm too cheap to feel guilty...

[Deactivated Member]

It's good for the soul to have a bit of rough now and again
I have a slight difficulty with supermarkets driving down the real price.

I applaud Sprinbank for refusing to supply Sainsbury or any other supermarket anymore over a dispute of an invoice. Evidently the conglomerate tried to throw its weight about and Springbank gave them the two fingers. Nice one.
J & A Mitchell products are now a permanent fixture in my cupboard

[Paul A Jellis]

Your going to the wrong supermarkets - try Waitrose.

Cheers, Paul

[kildalton]

Uhm...I find massive stores very "dehumanizating...(Fear Factory quoting? )" and because I see whisky as tradition, I prefer spend a bit more and go to independents.
Besides they've large selection with whiskys you probably never find in super market(I would be very surprised in seeing a Ben Nevis at supermarket...)

[les taylor]

I find the more posh the area the better the selection. It varies within a chain of supermarkets. I think we can't resist a deal but prefer going to an independent retailer whether it is in person or online.

[Deactivated Member]

I voted Tesco. Whenever I first lived in Northern Ireland, there were no major UK supermarkets (only Wellworths and Stewarts/Crazy Prices/Westside Stores) - and didn't know of any serious independent off licences - I had not discovered the Vineyard at that point.

When Tesco and Sainsburys came, the quality of my life improved immeasurably. We suddnely got good quality fruit and veg (I had to buy two onions for every one I needed before because of the high chance an onion would be rotten), and we got a whole range of interesting, quality foods. Wellworths and Stewarts had stocked nothing that was vaguely ethnic or vaguely expensive.

When I discovered the Vineyard (and now in Edinburgh I have RMW, etc) I had access to some great drinks. But man cannot live on great drink alone.

I found the step change in my happiness was greater when I got access to good food than when I got access to good drink. Therefore, I'd go for Tesco (or pref. Sainsburys) rather than RMW any day of the week. But for total life quality, come to Edinburgh and get both!

[jimidrammer]

I don't have a choice. Supermarkets in this state can only sell beer and some local wines, no hard liquor and groceries in the same establishment. Also internet shipping is illegal as well. So I get to do alot of traveling to fill my cupboard.

[Spirit of Islay]

I applaud Sprinbank for refusing to supply Sainsbury or any other supermarket anymore over a dispute of an invoice. Evidently the conglomerate tried to throw its weight about and Springbank gave them the two fingers. Nice one.
J & A Mitchell products are now a permanent fixture in my cupboard

Aye long gone are the days when Springbank hawked it's 21yo for 30 odd quid in Tescos........

[Lawrence]

Also internet shipping is illegal as well.

How would they ever know???

[Muskrat Portage]

I vote for"other" (aka Independant retailer) , being any Duty Free shop that carries what I want as I'm passing through. I generally drink what I find while in Scotland and then pick something up, that I can't get in Canada, for when I get home.
Muskrat Portage

[Scotty Mc]

If I can save myself a few quid buying at a supermarket, I'm happy. After all, it's my hard-earned cash and the cheaper something is the better