Tuesday, 23 March 2010

sainsburys vs. morrisons

In the last few weeks I've been with my mum shopping to Sainsburys and to Morrisons, both of them have some good points and some bad for disabled people.

Parking
Sainsburys: their were several blue badge holder spaces and I didn't see any cars parked there without a blue badge although as we got a space nearest the door we didn't have to go past many cars so I only got the chance to check the 2 nearest cars. The spaces were near the door and they were extra wide with extra space at the back of the car aswell. However the markings weren't as clear as they could and should've been. Overall rating 4/5

Morrisons: Their were several blue badge holder only spaces here too but I did see a couple who were not clearly disabled parked in one of these spaces and soon discovered they didn't have a blue badge. The spaces are fairly near the door but could've been closer. The markings weren't very clear but the space was extra wide and gave enough space behind the car for safely getting a wheelchair in and out of the car. Overall rating: 2/5

Where the trolleys that clip onto wheelchairs are

Sainsburys: no sign of trolleys to clip onto a wheelchair so had to ask a member of staff. Were told they should be near the disabled toilets so looked round the corner where the toilets were and couldn't see any. So went down to where the disabled toilet was and found one trolley hidden round the corner.
Overall rating: 2/5

Morrisons: no sign of trolleys to clip onto wheelchair but when we asked a member of staff she was very helpful and went looking for one. she did have to ask someone else where they were though and no one seemed sure where they were. It turned out they were half way across the carpark although their were normal trolleys right outside the door!
Overall rating: 2/5

Ease of use of trolley

Sainsburys: the trolley clipped onto the arm rests. it was apparently a little difficult to steer but mum managed not to run into anyone or anything. I could reach to put things in the trolley almost to the end of the trolley. However we did have problems with the wheelchair wheels and trolley wheels getting tangled up and mum had to kick a wheel round to be able to move again at times. For someone in a self propelled wheelchair this would've been a big problem. Overall rating: 3/5

Morrisons: the trolley clipped on down at the bottom of the wheelchair near the footrests. The trolley was very difficult to steer as it could move a few inches to each side. It would move a few inches to one side then that would be as far as it could go and it would jolt the wheelchair and my legs, I soon had very unhappy knees.
The trolley was too far away from me for me to be able to reach very far at all, I could only reach to about 1/4 of the length of the trolley so if I'd been alone would've been able to buy more using a basket! Overall rating: 1/5

Morrisons vs. sainsburys overall score
Morrisons: 5/15
Sainsburys:9/15

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