Asda Eastbourne, East Sussex



0 The Asda store at Sovereign Harbour in Eastbourne, East Sussex, did very well on availability, considering that it was going through a major refit and the roof of the building was leaking after heavy rainfall. Our mystery shopper was able to find every single one of the items on her shopping list there.

We visited on 22 September 2006 at 13:50. Our shop lasted 56 minutes. Time spent at the checkout was 7 minutes.

morrisons Ecclesfield, Sheffield



0 There were no items on our shopping list that were out of stock at the Morrisons store at the Common, in Ecclesfield, Sheffield. However, our shopper was told that the store no longer stocked the Gillette Mach 3 Turbo razor, although it did have the refill blades available.

We visited on 22 September 2006 at 10:48. Our shop lasted 70 minutes. Time spent at the checkout was 9 minutes.

sainsbury's Forestside, Belfast



8 When our mystery shopper arrived late on a Friday evening, this store was sold out of Doritos corn chips, Schweppes tonic water, Evian mineral water, Andrex, own label frozen mixed vegetables, own label French baguette and fresh whole cucumbers. It did not stock Warburtons white bread and Wall thick pork sausages.

We visited on 22 September 2006 at 21:20. Our shop lasted 88 minutes. Time spent at the checkout was 8 minutes.

somerfield Claygate, Surrey



0 Our mystery shopper was not able to find four items when he visited the Somerfield store at The Parade in Claygate, Surrey. However all were products the store did not carry, rather than stockouts. The store does not sell Schweppes tonic water 1 litre bottle, McCain hash browns 750g, Gillette Mach 3 Turbo razors or white grapefruit.

We visited on 22 September 2006 at 10:05. Our shop lasted 25 minutes. Time spent at the checkout was 3 minutes.

tesco Dunfermline, Scotland



1 There were several items our shopper could not find at the Duloch Park Tesco in Dunfermline, Scotland. The store was sold out of own label Brussels pâté. It also did not stock the Gillette Mach 3 Turbo razor and Doritos corn chips in cool or original flavor. However, it did carry other flavours of the Doritos chips.

We visited on 22 September 2006 at 12:15. Our shop lasted 65 minutes. Time spent at the checkout was 3 minutes.

waitrose Portishead, Bristol



4 Our mystery shopper was not able to find five items at the Waitrose store on Harbour Road in Portishead, Bristol. The store was sold out of Ambrosia creamed rice, own label Scotch eggs, own label breaded cod and white grapefruit. It did not stock McCain hash browns.

We visited on 22 September 2006 at 09:01. Our shop lasted 48 minutes. Time spent at the checkout was 3 minutes.


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