I feel sorry for the older people who shop at supermarkets, sometimes they only get to talk the checkout operator all week. The automated tills wouldn't provide that interaction. Littlewoods used to do a nice cafe but unfortunately they've gone now.

It's not just the cafes that are closing. In Bedford all the Tesco's and sainsbury's have closed their deli's, fish counters and bakeries. Only Morrison's in Bedford still other these

Excellent vlog. A 31.58 film about breakfast in Sainsbury's, and you get on the car park with about 9 minutes left. What an amazing review. This is very helpful Lee, and don't let anyone tell you any different.

We should all refuse to use the self service checkouts they have caused the loss of so many jobs

I've been in hospitality since the age of 7, my parents had a guest house in Blackpool and I have worked in the industry ever since, I agree with you customer service is nothing like it was in the 70's, 80's and 90's. It's a shame

unfortunately saadiq khan is not that nostalgic about british history or our freedoms. hes making us pay back as punishment for his own low self esteem. and punish this country

Never mind bring back the eighties, I can remember the fifties when you got a full bag of Smith’s plain crisps with a blue bag of salt in the packet.

My local Sainsburys (Halifax) did a lovely breakfast, sadly the café closed shortly after....I agree that we are getting less for our money too!

I happen to round down my age to an even number. Makes me feel so much younger. 😂😂😂

I agree with everything you're saying i do not like the self service machines always seem to go wrong when you use them

Next thing you know the supermarkets will be asking customers to unload the lorry and stack the shelves!

Where have you been Lee? All Sainsburys cafe's closed months ago. But because I thought that maybe, just maybe, you knew something I didn't, I sat though all that waffle just to find out that yep,, the cafes were closed. Good job you're entertaining! Keep up the great work pal.

In the netherlands it's called "greed-flation", spot on description! 😮

Two vids in one day you're spoiling us Lee 😂

For the last few months my daily ritual….get home from work, put KZfaq on, see what MacMaster has been up to. Keep up the videos look forward to them every day after work. ❤❤❤

Two videos in a day that’s what we like!

I absolutely totally and utterally agree with everything you’ve just said Lee. I literally mourn for the 80s. It was like a magical land that is now a fantasy 🥹🥰

Very well said about the self service tills, I've yet to use one where the red light doesn't flash

When you pulled into the leisure centre car park I was thinking Tea room 😂

Sainsbury's have closed their cafes and made staff redundant. My daughter works for them. 😮

Take me back to the 50s and 60s

They not a supermarket since they closed the deli/ meat and fish counters , now they just soulless warehouses , staff re just robots filling shelves and packing for Internet shoppers ( not staff fault ) , sad times

Couldn’t agree more with you about self check out ! No customer service anymore !

Thanks for highlighting the issue with Sainsbury Lee. We used to have a great breakfast in the one in Stoke but now it’s gone to pre packaged stuff and not nearly as good as it used to be.

Next time you scan your shopping at the self checkout ask if you can use the staff toilet

It's cash only to fiddle with the books and escape tax. Thought this was common knowledge

Regarding cash only, i do believe we should have the choice, but i fully understand why small local businesses don't offer card payments, it's purely down to cost. Above all, we need to keep cash and keep our transactions private.

Woolworths in Blackpool had a great cafe tasty food lovely staff and a great sea side view

Lee, it's about time you realised that nostalgia is a thing of the past.

We used go and get the chips in bread when at school, in the 70s, the bakers would cut a loaf in half tor you then pop along to the chip shop. We called it chippy loaf. Lovely.

Have just bought a pack of Bounty bars and what's happened they are twin packs the size of the ones in a celebration tin. Have you done a trip around Matlock Baths restaurants

Mostly is a fallacy created to sell cereal!

LEE. MAGNUM is WALLS and YES the SIZE has BEEN REDUCED and I think IT’S UNILEVER who are RESPONSIBLE.The way to TAKE ACTION is to RESIST BUYING THIS BRAND as you have the POWER and we need to FIGHT THEM. REMEMBER WITHOUT SALES THEY DON’T EXIST.

Lee,If you feel that you are being RIPPED OFF RESIST BUYING THE PRODUCT or SERVICE and if everybody did this the COMPANY would end up BANKRUPT or STOP RIPPING US OFF.

Wagon wheels appear to have shrunk. Crisps. You get 6 or 8 decent sized then the rest is scraps.😊

😂when I were a lad, if you bought a wagon wheel at yon tuck shop, yer needed 2 mates to help carry it 😂 Last week I went in Tesco, and noticed the price of my favourite ham had gone up by around 8%. And the Farquhars had also STOLEN a slice. That’s not inflation. That is being bent over and shafted at the deli counter 😂

I agree with the shrinkflation bs. You pay 5 quid for something and you get almost nothing. If that bloke in blackpool can still sell burgers for a quid then none of these multi billion pound companies have any excuse.

One off the Sainsburys near me had a cafe but when C0vid hit in 2019 it closed. The shop reopened but the cafe closed for good.

Seeing you drive on those motorways, that’s a rare thing my way here in Norfolk. The main road into Great Yarmouth is a single carriageway A47 “Acle Straight” as it’s locally known and sometimes the traffic into town can be right the way along especially in the summer months. I recall when Wagon Wheels were as big as tea plates. Now one bite and it’s practically gone. We used to call ‘em sawdust biscuits as a kid. Mars bars used to be thick and chunky and as for Yorkie bars, they were meant for truck drivers. thick and chunky chocolate now thin super slim bars. My Sainsburys has closed their cafe and it’s now an Argos outlet.

My partner bought a pack of 6 mini magnums today....when he opened the box, there were 7 inside! It made us ridiculously giddy!! Felt like wed had a small victory over the greedy food manufacturers and retailers.....mind you there's a long way to go on that track......

Sainsbury’s cafe in Matlock has closed. My mother used to meet her friends in there on a Saturday morning after she had done her shopping. She is 75 and looked forward to a chat with her mates.

Yes you are definitely right we are not checkout assistants

Lee, here in the US, most merchants accept cash or card. The advantage of not accepting card is that the income often goes unreported because there is no paper trail. A lot of merchants don't have that policy here because they know it can trigger an audit by the IRS. You much have a similar thing there in the UK. If not, maybe they should be cracking down on these merchants so that it would encourage them to accept both forms of payment but also collect more income for the country.

Not been in a Sainsbury’s café for 10 years but I loved the fresh sandwiches and I got a side of chips but I did enjoy it….love your vlogs thanks for sharing

My Sainsbury's at Moortown Leeds has closed!

LEE. My life Philosophy is to treat other people as I would expect to be treated. And do you know IT WORKS.

Downsizing has been a common practice in the consumer goods industries for decades. And, I've participated in it. Less crisps (potato chips) in the bag. Less Doritos in the bag. Less nappies in the bag, etc. It"s sort of a game that the big competitors play. If your competition downsized. Then you're pretty much forced to follow suit. It is an instant way to boost profit margins. It's not the best way to increase margins, but usually the quickest.

Lee, I live in a little mountain town in California. You are spot on with the crips and cereal!! Oreo cookies were much bigger! A certain brand of bagel I won’t mention, has shrunk!! My husband said, we’re is the rest of my bagel! It’s that noticeable! I feel your pain. I can remember when my mom would say, be careful not to spill the cereal when you pour it out. No problem now! It’s half AIR!!! We love your videos, food, EV’s and anything you dish out. We also park our Porsche in the north 40!!! Hilarious!!

I remember when people would tape some coins inside a Christmas or birthday card. 1988, That was the time when they switch from notes to coins.

LEE. The RIGHT way to EAT is LITTLE and OFTEN so I am told by my doctor.

I agree completely with you on shrinkflation and it literally infuriates me. I have started a ‘ban list’ of products doing this ‘rip off’ practice and also companies with nefarious tactics like phone companies with contracts that increase by RPI (cos its higher, even though a redundant measure for years) PLUS 3.9%, on a service that actually has no increase in delivery costs! Will only do non increasing phone contracts now and we should all vote with our feet! Good to agree with you for a change 🤣

Totally unrelated to the context but i thought id share childhood memories of a cooked breakfast. My mum added some fried left over potatoes from the previous nights dinner. An extra few potatoes were boiled and then kept in the fridge to be fried the next morning they are amazing!!!

Next time your passing worksop, come give my smashed burgers a try, I'm on Google maps , the smashed burger bar.

Remember after swimming when I was a kid I used to go to Sainsbury's to get fish and chips and after college used to go there for chips and soup went down hill as they rebrand it

Hi Lee, I used to work at Sainsburys cafe for years they’re getting rid of them all nationwide and either off sourcing them to Starbucks or turning that space into an Argos .

Sainsburys are shutting all their cafes. Some are reopening as Costa Coffee.

I used to work on a nightshift in a sainsbury's many moons ago and used to enjoy a good English breakfast in the mornings just before going home after my shift. The breakfast's back then were awesome, yet nowadays a full English breakfast in a few supermarket's ain't upto scratch. Prices go up yet products are shrinking, I loved the 80s because you always got your money's worth, nowadays you pay for absolutely nothing but shinked products. Great Vlog Lee and you speak absolutely sense about products of today that are a complete rip off lol. 10/10 for this vlog 😁😁😁

We don't buy Magnums now because of their greed-we buy the Iceland ones 4 for £1.50 😉

Hi Lee When our Cambridge sainsburys closed i found out by accident that all cafes will now turn into argos in store , just thought id let you know.

Fruit Clubs were my favourite. The thick chocolate and the raisen biscuits were glorious. I swear Curly Wurlies used to be like yard sticks, back in the 70s.

I remember shrinking crisp bags. I wonder if you can still do them with today's packaging on crisps. Woolworths use to do Breakfast, fish n chips. Difference between self checkout and being dealt with by a person. Self checkout you go at your own pace putting stuff through. If you have scan as you go even better. With waiting at a check out it takes forever and the cashier is wizzing your food through, you don't have time to pack it in a good order so your getting stressed because your still packing and cashiers " Cash or Card" and your well let me put this in my bags.

You also used to get 6 bags in a multipack of walkers, now you only get 5, and they are more expensive

I agree, the pound coin felt/feels less than a note. However, it doesn’t really matter as the UK will eventually be using the Euro, anyway. Once the UK begs to re-join and the EU makes the Euro a stipulation of re-joining. Watch this space and tell me I was wrong in 5 years.

you know something this has been one of the best videos you have done, you went from moaning to Sainsburys to a crap bacon butty, could your day go any worse, it was like a comedy sketch.

No cafe at my local Sainsbury's. They closed it a while back

Got to admit I miss the cafe in my local Sainsburys here in Telford as it also is permanently closed. The only ones still with a cafe is Asda and Morrisons. Both are good but Morrisons is better than Asda imo for their breakfast. We also have a Wetherspoons in Telford Town centre and I enjoy the choices on their breakfast menu and they are slightly cheaper than the supermarkets and they also serve unlimited tea or coffee at just over a pound. I always go to Wetherspoons for the better value for money. Great video again and I am sorry you had disappointment at me pound bakery and you should have gone for the pastries which are really good and cheaper than Greggs. The only one I went to was in Llandudno when I was a weekend break there, it was never empty and you could sit down in there also to eat your food in comfort if you got there early enough to find a seat.

Hi Lee. When you have to pay cash, could it be because card machine not working ?? Went into Greggs today and it was cash only but they said card machine broken

Sainsburys are replacing a lot of their instore spaces (where the cafés once were) with either an Argos or a Habitat. They've bought both brands.

Anchor Butter has gone from 250 gms to now 200gms !! But costs the same drives me mad!!

I remember when they abolished the 10/- notes so yes I agree with you. We played Decimal Bingo back in 1971 to prepare us for the change from Sterling or £sd to decimal currency.

i was thinking bloody hell hes doing alot of moaning but then realised i agree on everything he said 🤣

LEE. KEEP POSITIVE give YOUR FACE A JOYRIDE YOU WILL FEEL BETTER. SOD SELF SCAN CHECKOUTS. REMEMBER YOU HAVE THE POWER JUST RESIST DOING OR BUYING. YOUR DESTINY IS IN YOUR HANDS.

And yes a big pet hate of mine someone walking around B&Q talking into their phone away from their ear telling everyone what colour they are going to decorate their living room in.. personally I don't want to know and no one else does either

I read about that today .. it's a cheaper Greggs .. funny thing about check outs .. my neighbour is nearly 80 .. collects change takes it to Asda when doing shopping .. said girl on till loves me taking bag full of change .. tried to tell her. She sits counting it .🙈

You should go to the Cannel Islands, Jersey and Guernsey still have pound notes.

Now I had to go to my freezer and get a Magnum, which I would otherwise never have eaten ;-)

You want to try the supermarket restaurants in Switzerland Lee, Coop & Migros-fabulous Mike

Work for one of well mentioned supermarkets. Things were good about 14 years ago, our store was bought out and we transferred from Somerfield. Got sent out to another store to be trained up, plenty of time for us, paperwork training, fuel expenses were paid for the extra distance and also time, so left home when my shift started and left work to be home in time for finishing time. Now new colleagues get plonked in front of a computer mostly for training My training store had a subsidised staff canteen and never had the same meal twice in 7 weeks, lovely food cooked from shop floor goods by as you say dinner style ladies. Dinner like pie and chips or sausage and mash and veg was £1-1.50 so was for nothing. Over the years, more and more self scan, less and less staff, more pressure, stress and end up burned out. CEO’s bonuses are nice and generous tho 🤔

I love your idea of a discount at self checkouts. 9/10 times you have to call a staff member, especially for alcohol.

Too much shrinkage and more expensive to buy on everything these days . All the companies are doing it . Plus they change the recipe by using cheaper ingredients and never tastes the same

LEE. NEVER EAT CATERING SAUSAGES your STOMACH WILL THANK YOU.IF YOU BUY ANYTHING and it’s not acceptable get your money back I DO.

That Mansfield Sainsbury's cafe closed a year ago mate. Was never busy.

Before moving to Spain I was a service engineer and we used to breakfast in all sorts of places all over the Uk. Gone are the days when the supermarkets (out of town ones) on industrial estates, did a good breakfast... Im not a fried bread fan, but I do like tinned tomatoes and black pud.....Next time you are back in Benidorm, for a decent breakfast I can recommend a couple of places you could try. And if you fancy going inland I know a great place for a good value one as well, I might even offer to collect you in my 88 Mini Moke as well (and no I dont own the bar, just the car).. Keep up the good work..

Hi Lee I live in hull there closing a argos store down and it's moving into sainsburys maybe that's what they're doing around the country. All the best lee keep up the good work cheers Derrick

Yeah me and my friend used to do exactly the same as you cut half of milk loaf and then fill it chips thanks for the great video good to see the town centre again not quite sure what happened to the market but anyway all' the best Andy

Our Sainsbury’s cafe near us closed ages ago shame did lovely bacon sandwiches and omelettes ☹️

Cameron Toll Shopping Centre Sainsbury's in Edinburgh area used to be a cracking cafe. Decent full Scottish breakfast that was ideal when staying in the Travelodge nearby

Great video Lee and i agree with everything you say. I used to love the old Lion Bars. They were so big you'd break your jaw just to get around them. Now theyre almost as thin as CurlyWhurlys. As for crisps, we don't buy Walkers anymore. You pay a fortune for basically a bag of air. Aldi's Snackrite versions are much nicer, cheaper, and you get a full bag. I also agree with you about having choice of card or cash. I know businesses get charges for taking card but on the flip side, they must lose more money in customers walking away because they don't have cash on them. I think certain companies refuse to take card to save on tax in my opinion. Great vlog again mate and thanks for sharing.

Great video by the way 😎😊

You absolutely right ✅️

Remember how big Wagon Wheels used to be.

I remember when I was a young child we could buy half penny sweets lol

Lee, you were taking about the names of towns there in the UK, but in the state of Arkansas there is a town called Toad Suck.

Yes we should have the choice of cash and card Lee good advice

Agree with everything you said, also hate self checkouts and avoid.

Absolutely spot on every single word ❤

Chinese takeaway by us is "Cash only" - no cash machines nearby. Saw someone come in a couple of weeks ago and was told need to pay £70 cash....

Very cranky today arnt you fella 😂. I felt your frustration regarding cash only. Really grinds my gears that.

My local sainsburys in Didcot Oxfordshire has a cafe still

Sainsburys closed in my city during lockdown and never reopened. Then the store closed the bakery deli counter etc and never reopened. Staff said it was due to covid, and people's shopping habits changed. 🙄 apparently they don't have time to sit have eat breakfast etc, they like to eat and drink on the go 🙄 I can go in sainsburys shopping and no one talks, its all self serve checkouts and staff don't communicate. My Mum only spoke to a member of staff when she was accused of not paying for strawberries 😒 yep strawberries event hough it was on the receipt. The staff member said it was on the receipt but didn't apologise for accusing her of stealing.