Tesco - Full of dozy Sun readers, half asleep and either stopping dead in the middle of the aisle to gawp at 5p off baked beans, or bashing into your trolley and not realising that you're actually a solid object that they can't just pass through.
Produce seems to go off very quickly, even if it's still in date.
Checkout staff regularly got shouted at for carelessly flinging my shopping into the people before me who are still packing theirs.
Asda - The lowest of the low, a wretched hive of scum and villainy.
Produce is often off before it hits the shelves... as are some staff.
Worse than Tesco, people actually bash you/your trolley out the way *on purpose*... usually in the desperate committee-of-vultures rush to descend upon the Discount section and seize the semi-rotting doughnuts before any of their foul brethren. Some have tried to start fights over the fact that I happened to be passing and lost them a bargain.
I am actually banned from going there as I refuse to back down from such fights!!
Morrisons - Standard fare supermarket, really. Nothing special, nothing bad. Very run-of-the-mill. Shoppers and staff just want to do their thing and get home.
Sainsburys - Slightly posher version of Morrisons, but likes to pretend it's up there with M&S.
Lidl/Aldi - Funky, weird, fashionable, basic, with some interesting finds if you're a dedicated follower of their newsletter. Shoppers range from confused, to savvy and purposeful, but are mindful of your toes. Staff expect you to know how everything works, even if it's your first time there.
M&S - Thinks it's really posh and fancy and well-to-do, so prices stuff accordingly. Thinks its St Michael brand is something special, but truthfully it's just the same stuff at elevated prices. Depending on area, can be full of snooty, pretentious people who, if they actually had the cash/peerage to justify being up their own backside, would really be doing all their shopping at a farm shop. Staff pleasant, but aloof.
Farm Shops - Quite variable in terms of quality stock versus overpriced 'Free-Range Organic' frippery, with a shopper (and staff) population to match. Small local places more likely to have decent quality, while larger ones tend to stock packets of pointless hand made biscuits priced at £9 for a packet of 12.
Good for niche market gluten-free, lactose-free, additive-free, anything-free specialist variant foods, but again you may have to sell your Range Rover by the time you reach the checkout.
Waitrose - The epitome of reasonable quality done with good taste and (mostly) lacking any pretentions. Fine stuff is as fine as you can get without going to specialist shops (wine, especially). Shoppers are courteous and have good manners. Staff seem to have shares in the company so actually care about their image, and are absolutely lovely people who can manage to chat with customers at the checkout, without holding anyone else up... some weird Jedi mind thing, I expect. Most have pretty young girls on Saturday.
I use Waitrose and farm shops when I can afford it, but Morrisons is my usual local.