Your bog standard Aldi. Great for getting food at a discounted price…read more Staff are actually pretty friendly here compared to other branches and the specials offers are always a great place to find great bargains. Remember to bring your own bags!

always a great selection of good fresh food and at prices that other supermarket shops can't match…read morelike the fruit and veg staff very friendly and helpful

Bells were a well known chain of north east based local shops which were taken over by the big…read moreSainsburys a couple of years ago now. I must admit that as this is my local shop I dreaded the change, the place was okay as it was, served most peoples needs. However the change has been greatly accepted the addition of Sainsburys value ranges and special offers have made the place come alive. Now I don't just nip in for a pint of milk I actually take time to look at what is available and have picked up some bargains along the way. Only complaint is that they run out of newspapers far too early on a Sunday morning!

This is a handy mini Sainsburys on Corporation Road in Darlington. It has a good range of goods and…read moreI find this store really helpful if I should be going to the supermarket for some bits and bobs on the way home from work but can't really be bothered! It has a selection of most of the ranges and you can often grab a special offer or well reduced item. Also I can pick up Nectar points from a local shop!

This is a really small Asda but it's conveniently located on the main street and it's attached to a…read moregarage. It's good for grabbing a few bits and pieces that you have forgotten or to compliment your Aldi shop next door but it isn't great for range of products or stock. Plus, staff here are minimally helpful and completely indifferent. It isn't too expensive compared to other supermarkets but it isn't a very good place to do a substantial food shop. Also, remember kids, small convenience stores are more expensive than their big brothers (but not always so check!). Convenience is a luxury!

Great Price. Good, clean and tidy place. If you want ask help they never have staff lady but…read moresecurity on there can be help you :D. you need plastic bag and you will need £1 for got trolley otherwise you must pay for plastic bag, 10p for a bag.

Wilst others seem to think that it's better to go to the Morton Park branch I prefer this…read moreMorrisons. It has the feeling of a corner shop which you can just nip into for a few bits with the stock of a larger supermarket where youc an do the weekly shopping. Always find a bargain in the reduced sections and the staff are willing to help you find what you need for a certain recipe or if you've got special dietry requirements. Are good at putting more people on checkouts at busy times and the staff do try to make things run smoothly. Have often been given free samples and special offers without being asked!

Sitiated on Morton Park Retail Park, Morrison's is a large supermarket with an indoor mini market…read moretype section (has a card shop, watch repair centre etc) - Morrison's is usually quite well stocked and has a good range of offers, such as Buy One Get One Free. Be warned though, as its always busy!!!

Tesco Express at Trinity Gardens is in a good location, it's off a side street from Quayside and a…read moreshort walk away from many of the city's hotels - including the Hilton, Inside by Melia and The Vermont, this makes it a good location for tourists to head to grab some essentials to take back to their room, while also being close enough to the city, locals and commuters can also find it handy. It is a little hidden on a side street, although I had no problem finding the store with Apple Maps on my phone. It's pretty much your typical Tesco Express - the layout felt familiar even though I have never visited this store before, I instantly knew where everything was. I could find the small number of items I came in for. There is also a Costa Express coffee machine at the front of the store. The staff seemed friendly enough, and the store was clear of clutter making it easy to get around. Prices are a little inflated - but again it's what you pay for in a "convenience" store. 4*

Aah my local Tesco express-feeding my late night cravings and denting my bank balance! Slightly…read moremore expensive than the bigger stores but you are paying for the convenience and I love the fact it is open until 11pm every night. All the usual selections you would expect from a local convenience store. The fruit and veg took a hit when they shuffled things around last year so there seems to be a focus on less healthy options including ready meals,sweets and chocolates. Not somewhere where you would do a full weekly shop but for those items you've forgotten or last minute grabs it's ideal. The layout of the store isn't great with narrow aisles and often there are cages to be unloaded blocking the way. Similarly there are only two self service tills with the main tills not often manned until a massive queue forms. Staff are hit and miss....some are polite but others see it as a huge hassle that you might not want to use self service! Overall it does the job!!

The Tesco store in the Bridges is always packed. Fortunately this is not my local, so I only tend…read moreto pop in for a few bits and pieces when I have vouchers. Like all Tesco stores it has its good points but also drawbacks. The beauty of Tesco is that they accept any retail coupons, even if you are not buying the product. I believe this particular Tesco accepts up to 50% of the value of your shopping, which is fab, though they only accept one of the same coupon. I tend to just use about 50p-£1 per transaction as I think that when people get greedy they are less likely to be so generous! I think the prices are about the same as other leading supermarkets, but they do have some good bogofs and also if you have a clubcard you sometimes get 'till spits' - these are vouchers that are printed by the tills, they are offers targeted at the customer depending on their previous purchases. They usually give you X amount of extra clubcards points if you buy a product, though I have heard some people getting completely free items so it is definitely worth signing up for the card even if you don't shop there regularly. All in all Tesco are a pretty average supermarket, pricewise. If there was a branch more local to me, I would definitely switch to them as their clubcard offers great perks if you know how to use it properly to take advantage of the numerous special offers.

Tescos is located in the Bridges shopping centre sunderland. It is a store that i only ever tend to…read morevisit if i am in town and need afew fresh items. This store is always packed, proberly for the convenience and it is a really cheap shop. It has everything you would need for a full weekly shop, but the car parks are not situated very close so this would mean that you would have to carry your bags quite away. You can often pick up some good offers and Tesco also has a clubcard system where you can earn points to redeem on items at a later date. The store is nice and layed out well with helpful staff available if you need them.

Me and my Uncle Billy spawned in to this establishment. We were instantaneously gobsmacked by the…read morevast quantity of purchasable goods. We were as spoiled for choice as a group of fifty year old builders indecisively looking through a lunchtime chip shop menu. We ended up buying some bread, some butter, the largest cucumber we could get our grubby hands on, the cashier's left ear, and a WW2 German standard issue Karabiner 98 Kurz that we found in the fresh produce isle. We then strolled into the defecation facilities to unearth an elderly gentleman, standing abrace with his right leg on the counter, gently trimming his long, luscious locks of genital hair into the sink with a WW2 German standard issue Seitengewehr 84/98 rifle bayonet that he too found in the fresh produce section. "Are you in need of any assistance?" Billy kindly asked with a look of pure intrigued hope in his eyes. The man confirmed and we got to work. After grooming the man's fantastical follicles, we made our way to the till where we exchanged currency, a total of 16 Great British Pound Sterling, for the goods and services that we had acquired on that particular shopping visit. We then proceeded to leave the store and head home to utilise the items we had purchased.

The usual fill up your car and buy your essentials. This is located on a very busy road whihc is…read moreone of the main roads into Middlesbrough centre. Ideal for a fill up on the way to work/shop and eaqually on the way home for those things you have forgotten. There are approximately 10 pumps and they are always busy. Sometimes I find it quite frustrating when I am waitin behind my chosen pump for someone to finish walking round the isles. The garage stocks a good supply of essentials and often has special prices on items.You can pop in for your newspapers and there is a small selection of fresh breakfast items to accompany it. Outside is parking if you just want to shop. There are 2 cash points and an air line and hoover.The fuel prices are always reasonable against other places in the area.