Co-op Food - Baildon - Northgate — Local services in Bradford

Disastrous supermarket.

Considering it is a Co-op it looks like a second hand shop.

On entry there is a wierd lean to that you walk through full of teens just hanging out and sneering at you as you walk in and out.

At the end of your shop there are two exciting games to play. First one is checkout lotto where you try to pay for your good using the self checkouts which dislike most items and generally have a lot of bad days.

Or you can try to find a member of staff at a till. Now this is harder than it seems as the staff here AVOID AT ALL COSTS the opportunity to interact with us buyers aka the ones paying for their salaries, and will go to extraordinary lengths to dart into stockrooms etc if a queue builds.

I subscribe to supporting local. In the case of this shop I'd rather...

For whatever reason, their self service tills shout at 85 decibels. Not good for the millions of people who have tinnitus, mental health problems, nervousness, Alzheimer's, Asperger's, autism etc etc. Especially when 5 or 6 of them are shouting all at once when it is a cacophony of noise like you've never heard. Nowhere else does this and no good reason to do it although they quote ' it is for deaf people' which is a ludicrous answer in itself. It's been like this for years so despite its good range of stuff and ultra convenience I only go in there if desperate or just for a paper. ...

Small co-op. Suitable for locals. Don't expect lots os different products. There's enough for daily basis living. 3 stars because of the poor maintenance. The store is always dirt. From pieces of paper on the floor, messy tills with shopping baskets and plastic bags all over, to the products on the shelves. The presentation is poor. The price is good when you get the offers. The staff is (most of them ) helpful. Just don't expect a 5 stars store. It's not good taken care of, visually speaking . Staff could work on being more proactive towards shop maintenance and visual...