Advantages: cheap branded fodd Disadvantages: cramped, dismal, no good for a full shop
Being on a tight budget is not easy and it is great when you find ways to get more for your money. Heron Frozen Foods helps me a little bit by being able to buy food at bargain prices.
Heron Frozen Foods is a little known chain of freezer shops. Apparently it has 117 branches with it head office in Hull but I had never heard of it until I came across their branch in Stretford mall in Greater Manchester. They are a down market version of Iceland and Farmfoods (I bet you did not believe that was possible). They sell a range of well known frozen food brands such as Ross, Dalepack and Walls alongside not so well known ones. They do not seem to have their own brand as Iceland and Farmfood s does. They also sell a limited range of dry goods, cleaning goods and dairy goods.
APPEARANCE
The first thing you notice is how cheap ...
duskmaiden 23.06.2005 (24.06.2005)
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Heron (Sheffield) is on a par with Jack fulton and Iceland. Heron is the cheaper version of all of them. Aisles are ridducolouslly small. The staff have no room to let customers pass when they are stacking shelves. On the plus side their prices are cheap, and reciepts are given which is handy for me as I have to claim back the money for milk. 2 pints of milk is only 66p which had to be said is cheap. There is no way you could do a weekly shop inside, as the range isn't that brilliant. If your going past though I would pick your milk up as it around twenty pence cheaper than the supermarket and have a quick look around, you may find a bargain or two. Just don't expect miracles. and if you get a smile, well done you! ...
johnnyhaupt 25.11.2008
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Advantages: Branded Goods at Low Prices Disadvantages: Small Stores, High Shelves
This medium sized chain of stores is an absolute godsend for any one living on their own or to a tight budget. Branded goods at lower than most supermarkets.
My main gripe is that the stores are very cramped. I have visited at least six stores and all seem to have been built on plots no bigger than the penalty box of a football pitch!
Identifying a Heron Shop
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They seem to be undergoing a slight re-branding as they have dropped Frozen Foods from their title and the front of the stores are turning more yellow than before. Once you make your way through the slightler smaller than usual and heavy door, you are met with a block of freezers and high shelves. The decor isn't anything to write home about and it totally gives you the impression of a company who dos not care or spend lots on its image ...
Wheelie2 30.10.2005
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