Iceland (Shop)

...new area for me. Iceland is the supermarket whose tagline is "…so that's why mums go to Iceland"! They have those annoying adverts, the most recent of which feature Kerry Katona who I think used to be in a girl band some years ago. Did you know that Iceland was set up in November 1970 by Malcolm Walker and another retailer with an initial capital of just £60 for the first month's rent with a store in Shropshire. Initially Iceland sold loose frozen ...
...then they concentrated on their Iceland venture full-time. By 1975 they had opened 15 stores in the North West and North Wales. Gradually they moved away from selling loose frozen food, opening freezer centres to sell their good and started branding their own goods by 1978. In 1980 they had 37 stores and 4 years later they had 81! By this time they floated on the London Stock Exchange and their £8 million worth of stock was 113 times oversubscribed! ...

anonymili 17.03.2008 · Read full review
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...--------------------- History. ---------------- Iceland first opened its doors in 1970 when Malcolm Walker raised £60 to pay one months rent to start his idea in motion. The doors first opened to the first Iceland branch in Oswestry, Shropshire in November 1970. Although his venture Malcolm Walker continued working in his day job at Woolworths for several years. Iceland really took off though when Malcolm Walker was able to devote all his time ...
...1975. The original concept of Iceland was to sell loose frozen food at affordable prices, however they decided to progress from this idea in 1978 when they opened there first purpose-built freezer centre in Stretford, Manchester. This was followed in 1979 by another purpose-built freezer centre and head office being built in Deeside and the head office has remained based there ever since. By the early 1980, Iceland was currently running 37 stores ...

welshwickedone 09.11.2006 · Read full review
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...freezer needs restocking. You see, Iceland specialises in selling frozen food, although they do sell a limited number of fresh and dried food the range of these products is small with limited choice. I always find there are plenty of trollies, but we're not trusted to return them and a pound coin is needed to use them. I've never liked the idea of having to have a pound coin handy before I go shopping, I don't like carrying change around and normally ...
...with actual foods, my local Iceland sells a range of fridges and freezers, which are a reasonable price, but I can't say I've ever bought one from here, because I haven't. On getting to the checkout, I always find that there are queues, no matter what time of day I'm shopping. And out of the very few (three or four I think) tills there's always at least one shut. This can get very frustrating, remember they specialise in selling frozen food, and ...

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...of shopping with Iceland? Iceland isn't my main supermarket. Usually it’s Asda. But lately my shopping habits have changed, simply because I now have a boyfriend and seem to alternate between spending time at his and time at mine, often not returning to my own house for up to a week at a time. So it made a lot more sense to stock up on frozen stuff that would last if I wasn’t home for a few days, rather than fresh foods that would inevitably be ...
...to the bright orangey red Iceland logo. As you enter the store, there’s a small area where you can get trolleys, baskets, and suchlike. It’s a minor disappointment that Iceland still have the trolleys that take pound coins when so many major supermarkets are dropping them, but I expect this has something to do with not having their own car park. The tills also back out onto this area, so you come out at this end when you finish your shopping, and ...

Thehonesttruth 11.06.2007 · Read full review
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...never heard of them. Iceland first started in the early seventies and it became so popular that it spread nationwide. I like this shop as they have their beliefs and they are not afraid to speak out on things. In 1997 they started their home delivery and again this first started out in the store and then became accessible via the store or the internet. Now lets get this straight as this does cause some confusion. You can go into the store and do ...
...home delivery. You can also shop on line and have home delivery. In 1998 they spoke out against the government who were at the time going on about gm food. They banned this from their own brands and also do not have artificial colourings or flavours in their foods. They are also supportive of many charities and each year they pick one. This year it is the Breast Cancer Charity, in previous years it has been the Northern Ireland Chest and Heart and ...

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...never really been a regular Iceland shopper until recently, usually prefering to just drop in to larger supermarkets that happen to be near home / work or whatever. Being a student though, means being more careful with money, and I've fallen in love with Iceland. This review speaks mostly of the one Iceland that I frequent most often, although there are two others close by and they are all pretty similar, even in layout. I'm a bit of a snob. If ...
...I'll buy their food. Iceland used to be (and still are) a good company ethics wise. Their home appliance range includes some great energy efficient appliances. Their own brand food range is also good - they were, a few years back, one of the only supermarkets that were showing concern over GM ingredients in foods. Unfortunately they went back on their complete ban of GM ingredients in their foods, but at least they were honest about their policy ...

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I first found the Iceland home delivery service last year. I had been using there online shopping service, but found it somewhat lacking (I havent actually used this since last November so I cant comment on the improvements they were making). I noticed online that if I went into the store and purchased over £25 worth of shopping they would deliver free, so I decided to check it out and havent looked back since. The store I go to in Alvaston, Derby ...
...the only down side to iceland is the fact that the stores are generally alot smaller than the 'out of town' supermarkets many people are used to, which limits choice to a named brand and the own brand, or sometimes just their own brand, however because there own brand offers great value for money, is advertised as GM free, and the vegetables are all organic (at no extra cost!) the smallness actually makes the shopping experience much more intimate ...

angel316 10.04.2001 · Read full review
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...and been horrified, and assumed Iceland was similarly unfit for human consumption. A friend of mine was a great fan of Iceland, but I used to sniff with derision and remain in the car while she nipped in, saying it just wasn’t my type of place. But I was wrong! Three months ago I moved house and there is now an Iceland 2 minutes walk from my home. I visited it tentatively at first, just for the odd top up of milk and bread, but soon found I was ...
...car parking facilities. My Iceland has a large free car park with plenty of disabled spaces right next to the entrance. The store layout is also disabled-friendly, as someone in a wheelchair could easily move between the aisles and reach into the freezers. This also means that two people with trolleys can pass each other without any trouble, which is always a big plus in my book. I enjoy shopping and do not like to be made to get flustered by narrow ...

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I don't shop at Iceland that often for three reasons. 1 is because it is not that local to me, 2 is that it is not that competitive with all its prices on items and thirdly you cannot buy everything you need from there. I was on my way home from work tonight and waiting for my partner to meet me at the tube station and I was board waiting for him and I knew we needed to go shopping. So I walked up the road to Iceland and had a look around whilst ...
...thing I find good at iceland and not at Tesco is their joints with all the extras for £6. This is only exclusive to Iceland and I am surprised that no other supermarket has tried to compete with this yet. Maybe one day ey. So then to sum up Iceland is good for somethings and not others. You will not be able to get your produce here like fresh fruit and vegetables. Apart from this you can get most other items like fresh meats, pre packed meats, ...

coolchanty 10.06.2002 · Read full review
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Iceland is perhaps best known for its economical and wide range of frozen foods. Personally I am not a fan of frozen food and try to prepare and serve as much fresh food as I can. I tend to buy in a bit of frozen food just as a standby for emergencies etc. However, I do like to visit Iceland every 4-6 weeks or so. The reason I like Iceland is that it also sells a range of tinned and packaged foods and it always has some very good offers. In particular, ...
...per carton. The cheese from Iceland is also good value - especially the Red Leicester. The free range eggs are also very economical.. As far as the frozen food goes, I can heartily recommend Iceland's own deep pan pepperoni pizza. Other foodstuffs that are often on offer include biscuits, chocolates, bread, tinned tuna, baked beans, mayonnaise, cordials - all much cheaper than many of the main supermarkets. The only disdvantage of our Iceland ...

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...just as good aswell. Iceland sell a very large amount of things and not just food either, for instance they also sell: *Freezers. *Microwaves. *Fridges. *Cookers. *and a few other electrical/Gas appliances. They mainly sell frozen food such as: *Pizza's. *Ready-meals. *Sausages. *Burgers. *Chips. *Frozen veg. *Frozen fish. *Frozen joints of meat. *Icecream and desserts. *and a whole lot more.. Not only do they sell frozen food but ...
...more.. Pricewise I found Iceland pretty cheap, which was kind of a surprise as I was expecting to go way over what I normally spend at asda, but in fact I ended up spending about 5 pounds less, which was even better. Some products were a bit more expensive than Asda such as: Crisps. I can usually get a big bag of mixed walkers crisps containing 20 packs from asda for 2.30, but I couldnt find any of these big bags at Iceland, instead I had to ...

cuddlybear2002 05.03.2002 (18.04.2002) · Read full review
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...for the 2 (Yes 2!!!) Iceland stores in my town. One is situated on an out-of-town shopping complex which I have to drive to get to, but then there is a fantastic pine shop nearby, so it’s no real effort to visit both at the same time! The other store is actually in the town centre and has a multi storey car park atop of it. I find this very convenient as I can park, go into town to partake in a bit of retail therapy, and then on my way back ...
...on. So what has Iceland to offer? Well first off there are the hot springs …oops sorry I was off dreaming again!!! Well heaps of bargains really. Years ago when I first started to shop there they only really sold frozen foods, so if you had non frozen stuff to buy as well then you had to get the rest of your shopping from another shop, I am happy to announce that this is no longer the case. Iceland stock everything from fruit and veg to milk ...

kazziebears 12.05.2001 · Read full review
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...Norwich where we have 2 Iceland stores - one big and one smaller. Up until I moved in with my now hubbie quite a few years ago, I had assumed that all Iceland sold was frozen goods. This was from memories of the past when my Mum and Dad had taken me on shopping trips to "Bejams" to acquire all of their frozen items - Iceland bought out Bejams in 1989. Oh how wrong I was. Out of the two stores in Norwich, I tend to use the smaller one, so this is ...
...****ICELAND'S HISTORY**** The Iceland chain of stores was founded in 1970 with the opening of just one shop in Oswestry, which sold loose frozen goods. By only 1973 there was already 18 shops in the chain, so the word was growing. In 1997 they became one of the first stores to introduce a home delivery service, and the following year they importantly and vocally became the first chain in the UK to ban all GM (genetically modified) ingredients from ...

TeenyB 07.08.2003 · Read full review
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...I used to work for Iceland as an Appliance Sales Manager between 2000-2001 and before that i hardly new anything about them. But for everybody's benefit a little history. Iceland had it's beginning with it's founder Malcolm Walker, who has just been reapponted as Chairman, selling loose frozen food in the early seventies-the time when chest freezers started making an impact in the minds of the British public. Now back in those days, frozen food ...
...seen an awful lot of Iceland stores but for the purpose of this review, I will stick with my local store in Wolverhampton. The store occupies an older Sainsbury's premesis and is the size of a traditional supermarket with three aisles and six main checkouts-not exactly a world record but adequate for the customer base Iceland aim at. It is well lit, generally well stocked, products are clearly priced and combitainers are few-so good access to the ...

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In the past few years, Iceland has undergone a major makeover and now offers home delivery, has redesigned some of their stores and introduced online shopping from their website: www.iceland.co.uk But is the "Iceland Shopping Experience" as good as they would like us to believe? ~~~~~~~~~~ I have to admit that I found it quite difficult to write this review as I used to work for Iceland a few years ago when I was a struggling student and needed ...
...view of the high street Iceland stores, I hope my own work experience may provide an interesting insight from the other side of the tills. Many people are not too interested in the history of companies but Iceland started off with one man selling strawberries at the side of the road in the 1960s and he turned his part time job into the frozen food chain that we all know as Iceland. Whether this story is entirely true or not, I don’t know but that’s ...

starry 08.04.2001 (21.03.2003) · Read full review
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