This is a standard convenience store and stocks all of the usual items that you would expect; some…read morefood, snacks, a few household items, newspapers, alcohol and tobacco. I have been in a couple of times when I have been in Harborne. The chap who works there or who owns it seems really friendly and chatty. Several times he has made small talk with me, which is nice as it makes me want to pop back in here. I have always found what I needed in here, which is usually just some chocolate and something like milk to take back home. The prices are fairly reasonable for a convenience store and I have been to more expensive stores in the area. Overall, I like this store because the service is great and it has been convenient for me.

The old motto of writing about what you know rings true here (and for the next few reviews) as…read moreHarborne Convenience is very much my local shop. Open from early morning until at least 10pm every night this isn't somewhere you'd travel miles to visit but if you live nearby it's a great place to purchase things like compost or barbeque briquettes. They are also notable for stocking a good range of real-ales, an extensive selection of doggie treats (which get the seal of approval from Dave the greyhound) and the man who runs it is a really nice chap who often compliments us on how well Dave is looking and very much lives by the adage 'the show must go on'. Not only does the shop stay open at Christmas and New Year but perhaps most memorably of all through a recent power cut where thanks to a torch-lit fetching service the people of Northfield Road were able to continue to make their essential purchases of booze, fags and Monster Munch.

The shop has great selection of fresh fruits and veg and good choice of groceries and chilled food,…read moreflowers : always clean with really friendly staff - a great centre for the neighbourhood. The gaffer has been there a number of years and runs a good place.

Without doubt the worst experience I have ever had in a shop!…read more There milk split in my pushchair in the shop I mopped it up never said anything regarding the very thin cartons etc. Collected a replacement and left. Never mind I thought! I returned to the shop today on one of my twice weekly visits, only to be approached by the very rude and clearly gready owner asking me for £1 yes you read that correctly the owner of the shop felt it fit to ask me for the money for the split milk that he believed to be my fault. I won't be shopping there again!!

The student area of Selly Oak is a veritable hotbed of convenience stores, so Lifestyle Express,…read morelocated on the upper end of Bristol Road in the area, has its work cut out to distinguish itself from its numerous, extremely well priced competitors. It does this in a few ways. Firstly, their service goes above and beyond. I've been in a couple of dozen times and the service has never been anything less than fantastic, always friendly, and they can't ask if you need any help quickly enough it seems. The second way is by a great range of products, going much further than usual shops, selling cards (although admittedly this section is sometimes sparsely populated) and an above average selection of frozen goods (these are often mysteriously missing from small shops such as this). The best (in my humble opinion) is their low canned drinks prices, with some available from as little as 30p, a price you rarely see in this day and age.

This shop definitely beats any other local convenience store. It's more like a small super market…read moreand they're open for twenty four hours! They sell everything from fresh fruit and vegetables to cereals and pens to scratch cards. They go the extra mile by giving good customer service, having a cash point and photocopying and faxing service (even though nobody uses fax much these days) The Items are well priced and I think in many cases they beat the supermarket prices. This is more common in the fruit and veg section. However they don't have a wide choice of products as their products are just the basic. If Select Xpress was closer to where I live I'd definitely be going here more often.

No air once Again sort it out not good enough ! Every time i go you have no air for a petrol…read morestation this is not good enough ..

Manual scales in place. Funny that the store in Telfiord still uses the electronic scales. 17/11/11…read moreStill no sign of the scales returning. They have supposed to have ordered manual scales rather than the previous electronic ones that kept failing. Add to the fact that twice now I have encountered goods wrongly priced: Flowers in a bucket for £5 turned out to be £10 Excuse: Customers putting things in the wrong place. Unfortunately, the argument didn't hold as there was no bucket marked £10. Half priced batteries was 13.99 for 18, sale price: 6.99. At the till they were 7.99. Excuse: Offer must have ended, but shelf price not updated. If the offer had ended then the price should have come up at 13.99!!!! One bonus is that the staff are really helpful and friendly, even if sometimes the excuses used by some are not quite right. Now dropping to to two star. 23/8/11 I go away for a couple of weeks' holiday and return and find that the scales have disappeared at the Redditch store. I am not sure if this is across the whole chain. This is ridiculous. How am I now supposed to get the right loose quantities for a recipe? I have been to customer services and they have said I could get them weighed there, but this would mean getting in a queue each time. Alternatively, bring the whole amount in one go and go backwards and forwards to either return items or get extra items to meet the weight I require. I'm not looking for fancy scales that will print the price and weight, and connect to the store's database. I just need to be able to put things on a scale and ascertain the weight of the goods. Is that too much to ask? What next? Remove the scales at the deli, fish and meat counters? It was interesting to note that the cashier I asked today didn't even know that the scales had been removed. So there seems to have been little consultation with the staff. There wasn't even a notice to explain why they have been moved. I then found out from customer services that they kept breaking down. What this now means that they have reduced the customer service by not providing an obvious tool to the shopper. I think that this may be the start of a trend within supermarket in general.

This store is a real asset to Knowle, as it really does do what it says over the door. There is a…read morefriendly and helpful Post Office counter at the back of the store. The staff are very efficient, as well as being friendly, and queues move fast. There is a good selection of newspapers and magazines, cold drinks, ice creams, sweets and assorted grocery items. You could picnic from this shop alone, although I'd recommend a sandwich from the French bakery over the road topped up with drinks and snacks here. In addition to the varied stock here, there are usually some bargains: 1.5 litre bottles of Diet Pepsi for 99p last time we visited. Highly recommended. It says something about the range and diversity of goods here that the entire village seemed to be in the store when Tesco was closed for refurbishment.

They have UPS access Point and I tried to drop m parcel there: the guy at the cashier is impolite…read moreand ill-mannered. All I asked him is my right to have a drop off receipt and the date of collection which is automatically shown after scanning the bar code. He started saying bad word : f word and started cursing and threatening... what tempered, ill-mannered and rude. If he is an employee, then the business owner should evaluate his behaviour and attitude with customers. DO NOT USE THEM as you could be the next person whom he will threat and insult. He should consult a psycho therapy specialist