BBC Inside the Supermarket, Series 1, Episode 1

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3 жыл бұрын

Six-part series following 12 months in the life of Sainsbury's. Last year CEO Mike Coupe announced that Sainsbury's were trying to merge with Asda to compete more aggressively with the discounters Aldi and Lidl. Will the industry regulators give the go ahead for them to become the biggest supermarket in the country? Or will stores need to be sold?
Meanwhile, after a challenging Christmas, Sainsbury's go all out to maximize profits with their flower sales over the Mother's Day weekend. And to mark the company's 150th year of trading, they are creating a very special birthday cake to sell in store cafes across the country. The creator of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding cake has been asked to come up with a bespoke recipe. With obscure ingredients like orange blossom and rose water, can the company deliver such a complex cake on a mass scale and in time for the celebration itself?

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@thegreypenguin5097 2 жыл бұрын

The poor lady that made the cake's face when the woman hated it 😭💀

@RetroJack 2 жыл бұрын

Wait - who made a cake's face?

@elizabethelliott3175 Жыл бұрын

These employees are so NERVOUS! If I were meant to examine such small details that can have such a large impact, I'd be dead in half a day or less.

@bonnieroggensees6003 10 ай бұрын

I also never knew just how many flowers go out on mother's day in the UK. Its big in the US but nowhere near the the amount of flowers sold. Love how that very pricey arrangement with the plain vase didn't go over at all and she was just clueless as to why.

@voicezful 2 жыл бұрын

I could almost guarantee the first cake was deliciously tasting, but all others- factory produced - therafter would have been highly sweetened palm oil with a wet cardboard consistency, drizzled with arificial colourings leaving one bloated after one slice.

@tracik1277 Жыл бұрын

Not in my experience. I love cake 😋

@originalunoriginal4055 Жыл бұрын

Corporate don't give a toss about the opinions of store colleagues (customer assistant, till operators, shelve stockers)! Store operation strategies are implemented based on the influence of market/industry behaviour, matching or staying one step ahead of the competition and being relevant with the time. Corporate only come in to see whether store staff are displaying the tasks which they are responsible for. Store colleagues sitting in meetings with corporate.... That's just a formality and give the false impression of " your views matter" 😷😷😷

@MrMRW14 10 ай бұрын

Which dimwit out the expensive flowers at a height where you can’t even see them.

@monacophotographyevents2384 Жыл бұрын

The different supermarket customers reflect the socio-economic structure of the UK, with Aldi and Lidl being at the bottom and Waitrose and Marks being the peak.

@victoriaivankovasmith872 Жыл бұрын

This is real. I met 2 of the most horrible persons in my life in Lidl. They were at the bottom materially and spiritually.

@monacophotographyevents2384 2 жыл бұрын

Merge to drive down price?? Nonsense, it would have been more likely to increase prices due to less competition. Sainsbury, after Waitrose and M&S food, is the most expensive supermarket.

@RealShadowfiend180x Жыл бұрын

Aye to that even Aldi doesn't seem like a discount store

@monacophotographyevents2384 Жыл бұрын

@@RealShadowfiend180x Aldi seems to depend on customers not doing their arithmetic for price comparison...For instance, in comparison to Tesco, the weight is less, but the price per Kilo is the same, if not more. Also, in Aldi, the quality is lower. Sure, the minced beef is cheaper, but one has to look at the fat content...20% as compared to 5 to 12% in Tesco. Btw, I stopped listening to Which magazine reports when the claimed that Sainsbury was the cheapest supermarket.

@ah3865 2 жыл бұрын

I have 0% of the thoughts they think the average consumer thinks walking into their stores..

@moaningpheromones Жыл бұрын

This is comedy that writes itself. I've got the sound off and skipping through it or I'd wee myself cringelaughing.

@bonnieroggensees6003 10 ай бұрын

Watching in 2023 when the grocery chain is defending giving company head getting what, $4 million salary or bonus, while employees getting just $11 an hour.

@alibol2343 2 ай бұрын

I think the more expensive flowers are not selling because that's not what you expect in a supermarket. If you are going to get more expensive flowers than you will go to see a florist. Also as someone who lives on the French Riviera that bouquet does not evoke for me the French Riviera.

@harmoneyreilly4225 6 ай бұрын

Am so happy Sainsbury's didn't get there way as asda is so different from Sainsbury's asda is a lot cheaper my heart would bleed if we lost asda

@ndrose 5 ай бұрын

This is from the before times. Before covid

@kristinesharp6286 Ай бұрын

Watching Affer COVID and honestly glad celery in plastic bag. Hygiene.

@adielstephenson2929 2 жыл бұрын

The factory produced cakes are a disaster in most supermarkets, even in the cafeteria. They just can't seem to get them right.

@aloluk Жыл бұрын

Sainsburys isn't really on the HighSt though is it? They are in retail, but mainly retail parks.

@LivvyAlexW 3 ай бұрын

“It’s important to stay connected to people on the ground. Know what’s going on in the organization”. Typical ceo. “I’m one of you!. I visit stores. “. Ok. You make $4 million a year. You have no idea what goes on on the floor of the store.

@ndrose 5 ай бұрын

The baker is quite a pretentious jerk. She is getting paid lots of money maybe be kind & helpful.

@MrMRW14 10 ай бұрын

Cake woman is so pretentious. Obviously you can’t mass produce a hand made cake! What did she expect

@bonnieroggensees6003 10 ай бұрын

I agree. It's kind of silly but I know the UK is very serious about their sponge.

@LivvyAlexW 3 ай бұрын

Well, she did design Megan and Harry’s cake. Not surprised they chose her

@tvted6160 2 жыл бұрын

Quality at sainsburys has drastically dropped in the last 10 years….SAD. Also, they’re very greedy with profit margins…very SAD

@kayleighturnerwoking6539 Жыл бұрын

Ghe worse company to ever work gor

@tvted6160 Жыл бұрын

@@kayleighturnerwoking6539 Asda is even worse but that’s the state of the world….greedy corporations

@SRParsonage Жыл бұрын

Before the Pandemic, Sainsburys margins were declining and even went negative. You're lucky to get above 2% in this hyper competitive market.

@johnkelly1083 Жыл бұрын

I've always thought Sainsbury's is poor value for money. It's expensive, but not great quality. At least with somewhere like M&S, you're getting good quality.

@darrennorniron 2 ай бұрын

They ruined Argos, I'm glad they didn't get asda

@silenusut 8 ай бұрын

Well, last night I watched ITVX’s ‘Inside M&S Ep 1’ and the Lakeside store’s manager, “Dior” (actual name) who, though she told us “My standards are pretty high” was NOT an M&S advertisement! Her wardrobe/s consisting of tight-tight, shiny jeans and short tops - both squeezed over a generous (NOT statuesque)… figure; topped off by hair in a terrible state - dry, split ended to the nth degree wrecked havoc by, at least two, Ill-advised tints, the colours of which were unfortunately close kin to her make-up… ouch!