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Considering 112 reviews, most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Shoppers expressed deep frustration with customer support, mentioning unhelpful staff members, difficult communication barriers, and long waiting times when trying to reach someone for assistance. Additionally, buyers frequently encountered major issues with product quality, such as extremely short expiry dates, damaged items, and missing goods from their deliveries. However, some customers also noted that the delivery drivers were exceptionally polite, friendly, and very helpful during their home drop-offs. A few reviewers additionally mentioned being fully satisfied with certain grocery products and experiencing a smooth process on their very first online orders.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Just found out staff in a Sainsburys store in Pembrokeshire were required to work a full day to get Christmas Day off! They had to take it as holiday basically. What kind of corporation doesn’t give... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

My eyesight is failing so I trusted the assistant was giving me the correct vape pods. The tiny boxes are feet away from the otherside of the counter. I specially asked for SKE Crystal Vape Pods (2 se... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I would like to have an opportunity to leave feedback to Sainsbury's on specific items instead of a tick box exercise in a "lettuce -know" survey. Basically, changes in product quality and a lack of... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Pulborough. Got a response asking me to private message on Facebook or twitter. Wanted to appear sympathetic . Didnt work Angela because I am not on either and you asked i use detail "below" but f... See more


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Richmond Manor Circus. Dreadful Service.

EMPLOY MORE STAFF!! As ever, long wait to pay for items. Floor staff there are good, just not enough of them. Sainsburys seem to have very little consideration for their customers time, rather than their own profits.

January 4, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Stale Turkey ruined Christmas Day meal

I purchased a ‘fresh’ Turkey from my local store on 21/12/2024 with ‘use by date’ of 26/12/2024.
I removed from the fridge on Christmas Day by which time it had actually gone off and the smell was dreadful.
Attempting to contact Sainsbury’s Customer Service is an absolute joke. The email address for SCS no longer exists and is not monitored.
I completed a complaints contact form online immediately on 25/12/2024. On Saturday 28/12/2024 I received an email requesting more information. I responded instantly providing photos of receipt, packaging for Turkey showing barcode etc and my Nectar card.
Since then, I have received fifteen emails from ‘our reply’ and not one of them acknowledges the fact I submitted what was requested.
Today I tried phoning the 0800 number as the web page advises phoning the ‘Careline’ number resolves matters more quickly. Oh no it doesn’t!
As it’s the festive period, I wasn’t expecting miracles but a decent response, an actual apology for spoiling Christmas dinner would have been appreciated.
Basically, the ‘Careline’ doesn’t care….

December 25, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Sainsbury's Xmas Taste The Difference - Grinched

All I can say is - Sainsbury's need to take a step back and refrain from creating and/or changing the recipes for their range of Xmas food. Where on earth have all these totally overpriced bits and bobs come from?

Your traditional Xmas food used to be beautiful!!!

As for the Taste the Difference Xmas Dinner costing £45.00, it contained the smallest piece of turkey and tons of sealed plastic bags of veg. It was NOT a meal for TWO never mind FOUR!

Worse still, you charged customers £45.00 per box and then dropped the price to £11.99 then £8.99 before selling off at £4.99 all within the one day of Xmas Eve. You also sold a wide range of fresh turkeys and crown with a 75% discount.

An absolute disgrace!

Just get back to what you do best, selling good quality, traditional foods at a fair price to ALL.

We will not be going back next Xmas.

December 25, 2024
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

not really good value anymore,

not really good value anymore,even the cheap stamford st stuff has sneaked up in price,stamford st chocolate bars 45p beginning of year,now 70p,no longer worth it.sainsburys own instant mash potatoes used to be very good,better than more expensive smash etc but now its one sachet,used to be 2,and new flaky recipe,and it just produces mush,the older powder recipe made more solid mash

December 6, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Rugby Branch appalling customer services

An M&S voucher purchased at Rugby branch has not had the money applied and activated. The staff at Rugby were absolutely clueless and horrible, making out the customer was too blame. Turns out that M&S have confirmed that Sainsburys have taken the money but not processed the card so it can not be used. We now have to revisit Rugby and be prepared to call the police for theft if it is not resolved properly. What a circus.

December 27, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Sainsbury's portswood awful times now

I have been shopping in Sainsbury's portswood Southampton since 2012 when the old bus station was demolished and a Sainsbury's store was built
The store was absolutely amazing so efficiently run it's just across the road from me so ideal over the past few years or more I have seen this Sainsbury's store slowly deteriorating in respect of poor staff and management I know a fair few staff in many Sainsbury's establishments and quite a few staff have also the change of the store going down the cleaness of all the store hasn't been to bad but saying that I have nothing to complain about the staff they work extremely hard under sometimes bad management recently I was a victim of management and also rude security being that the fact I had decided that I will never ever do any further shopping in Sainsbury's portswood I wish the the staff well and the best under stressful conditions

December 26, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Is this a con?Based on Hereford branch and concerning…

Based on Hereford branch and concerning fruit and veg.
Most items have no sell by date. Most pkt items have at least one defunct item. Most items go off within a few days of purchase. Why?
BE CAREFUL OF PRICE COMPARE ITEMS PLACED SO YOU SEE THEM WHEN YOU APPROACH SECTION! Why? They are inferior goods. Need I say more? Work it out for yourselves!

December 21, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

SADLY SAINSBURY'S CHIEF EXECUTIVES ARE…

SADLY SAINSBURY'S CHIEF EXECUTIVES ARE CONTINUING TO BEHAVE LIKE CHASTISED CHILDREN AS THEY CONTINUE TO IGNORE MY EMAILS EXPRESSING MY DISGUST AND DISMAY AT THEIR TREATMENT !
THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT I WILL CONTINUE TO EMAIL THEM AND CONTINUE TO POST ON THIS PLATFORM UNTIL I RECEIVE A FAIR RECONCILIATION TO MY PLIGHT !
SAINSBURY'S ARE STILL IN A STATE OF DENIAL......NON-EXISTENT CUSTOMER SERVICES.....VERY VERY POOR !!!
NO RESPONSE STILL FROM SAINSBURY'S CEO'S OFFICE.......THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY HOPING THAT I SHALL BECOME FED UP PLACING NEGATIVE TRUSTPILOT RESPONSES.......THEY ARE TOTALLY WRONG !!
SAINSBURY'S CEO'S OFFERED AN INSULTING GESTURE OF GOODWILL OF £10......TBH I AM TOTALLY SHOCKED AND AMAZED AT THEIR NON-EXISTENT CONFRONTATIONAL ABRASIVE MIS-UNDERSTANDING OF HOW PENSIONERS SUFFER OVER THE FESTIVE SEASON !!
UNFORTUNATLE SAINSBURY'S CEO'S OFFICE DO NOT LIVE IN THE REAL WORLD......AS THEY APPEAR TO HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA OF THE PLIGHT THAT MILLIONS OF VULNERABLE PENSIONERS SUFFER, ESPECIALLY OVER THE FESTIVE SEASON, TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE !
I SAW AN AD ONLINE ADMITTEDLY POSTED BY 'AI' STATING THAT 'YES SAINSBURY'S WOULD BE OFFERING THE SAME CHRISTMAS DEAL FOR 6 PEOPLE THEY OFFERED IN 2023', THAT OF 'DINNER FOR 6 FOR UNDER £20' !
I WAS INFORMED BY THE CEO'S OFFICE THAT THIS STATEMENT HAD NOT BEEN GENERATED BY SAINSBURY'S AND THE PERSON WENT ON TO MENTION INSTEAD PRICES OF SOME EXPENSIVE 'TASTE THE FIFFERENCE FOOD' AS NO, SAINSBURY'S WOULD NOT BE OFFERING THIS DEAL IN 2024 !!
APPALLING ABRASIVE, CONFRONTATIONAL AND UNACCEPTABLE RESPONSE FROM YOU.
YOU SHOW ABSOLUTELY NO UNDERSTANDING TOWARDS PENSIONERS AND OTHERS FOR WHOM ECONOMISING IS AN EVERYDAY ACTION NOT A CHOICE !!!!
I SHALL POST AGAIN IN 48 HOURS.

December 2, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

High prices poor quality and dated

High prices, a dreadful outdated app, poor telephone customer service line that kicks you out after 30 seconds, fresh items constantly chosen that have two days date so not counted with their short life policy, no way to give additional info to picker, items bashed, vegetables have chunks out, quality of fresh produce is poor and high priced, hardly any free range or/& organic meat, especially chicken. Awful that they still sell battery chicken. No instant checkout button. I only use it when desperate and Waitrose or Tesco have no slots. Surprised they are still trading as 10 years behind others. Nice driver today but others have been barely pleasant.

December 19, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Shocking way to treat customers - Where are my refunds from 2 orders you cancelled on me?

Odered a Ninja Air Fryer as they had such a good deal. On the day of 0700~0800 delivery (that I had stayed home for), I had an email that was sent at 5:36am saying the order was cancelled. I enquired as to why and received a reply days later saying it was out of stock. Meantime I went back onto their website where it was still shown as available, and ordered another. I again chose and paid for a timed delivery slot a few days later and guess what, at 5:36am on the delivery day, the exact same thing happened. They do lije taking orders and payment and then cancelling and are slow to refund. I am now waiting for 2 refunds and have bought elswhere. Shocking way to treat customers

December 12, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great local Sainsbury Silksworth SR3

Great local Sainsbury Silksworth SR3. We shop here all year and find the store well managed and staff friendly. The car park has easy access and you can always find space to park. Great Argos attached which we use. Its hard work keeping a big store like this at such a high standard and we aways come away stress free. Well done Silksworth Sainsburys.

December 1, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Dreadful experience

Dreadful experience ! Ordered champagne . Order confirmed by email .Cancelked on day of delivery. Tried to reorder however price had escalated but in stock. Contacted customer service to be told product out of stock as to cancellation. Not true ! Told email would follow. Didn’t happen! Total dishonest practice! Not what I expect from Sainsbury’s.

November 24, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Click and collect, when ?

Item ordered on line and advised that delivery would be 24th Novenber and they would message to confirm click and collect time. Nothing received and trying to chase this up was impossible by phone, no help at all

November 25, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

No Show Delivery

My order of baby formula didn’t arrive at the time I had booked, nor did anybody contact me to tell me the item was out of stock. Phoned their customer service team and was left on hold for half an hour. I was then cut off and nobody bothered to ring me back. Absolutely disgraceful customer service.

November 23, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Dreadful Customer Service!

I could not turn up to collect my shopping (click and collect) as I had a problem with my car. I rang Sainsbury’s and the customer service was dreadful. Feigned sympathy for my car problem and said not to worry at all they would help me,(doubtless reading from a script) as I said I needed to change to a delivery. Then said they weren’t able to help I would have to have a refund, which would take 5 working days and I would get an email confirming this. Also said they would inform them that I could not attend for the C&C. No email received, and I get a call from the click and collect person asking why I had not picked up my shopping apparently no one had told them. I have now had to order more shopping on a delivery and will have
To sit in a long phone queue again, waiting to chase my refund as he obviously has done nothing about my problem, and just moved on to the next caller. I have been a customer for a long time and their service has become really really poor.

November 23, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

What's happening to Sainsburys service

I visited Sainsbury's Kidderminster yesterday and once again was overcharged. I was charged for 2 boxes of cereals and only bought 1. A few weeks ago I was overcharged £70.00 . I had bought 1 pack of green beans and was charged for 70 packs
Last week the Napolina spaghetti I bought was black and mouldy at the ends where the box had been in water.
I was reimbursed but I am sick of having to wait to see someone in customer services as there is always a queue. Only one person at counter. I shall not be shopping at Sainsburys again.

November 18, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I have had the most amazing help.

I am 84 and completely bemused by modern technology. I have just had an amazing, patient person from Sainsburys helping me sort out my order. She was so kind and helpful and hopefully things are now on an even keel.

November 19, 2024
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