Visit no 126 - Binley, Coventry

On a journey from Luton Airport to Chester (after a holiday in Copenhagen) I was lucky enough to stop off at a new Morrisons.  

Lorry en route to the new Morrisons!

Not far from the M6 is a business park where this Morrisons store is located with both a petrol station and a café.   As we were travelling near dinner time we decided to stop off for some food. 

Me standing next to the standard store sign!  Gutted there were no 'foot long' sausages rolls left though (See table to the right!)

After having the standard photo by the store name, we headed over to the cafe.  I'd originally decided to have a pie however we were told that they had sold out of these.  This always amazes me how in a supermarket cafe (adjoined to the supermarket) the cafe can run out of food - surely we can just go to the pie section and get a pie to cook?!  

Chicken Burger, chips & coleslaw followed by Chocolate fudge cake

This Morrisons store also had a barista style bar where before or after your shopping you can grab a drink - what a great idea! 












Currently the topic of waste and being environmentally friendly is a hot topic (as right it should be) and it was great to see Morrisons getting on board with this. Most noticeable was the removal of plastic straws with their drinks as well as offering to fill up water bottles.

We were there near to closing and the cakes and sandwiches were being reduced to sell off, although I am intrigued to know what happens if not all of these are sold... are these binned or are there charities who you work with to take the food to those in need? 

What else should Morrisons be doing to help the environment and the impact they have? 


Ideas

• Bottled sauces in the Café rather than in the small plastic sachets
• Discount offered to customers who bring their own reusable cup for takeaway drinks
• No plastic wrapped fruit and vegetables (although Morrisons is already very good at this with their 'greengrocer' style set up)
• Cardboard boxes from produce available at check-outs for packing your shopping into instead of carrier bags 
• Customers to bring own tubs for items such as pasta, rice, cereal etc where produce could be stored in containers and is priced based on weight. 

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Next time: Cadbury world and a visit to Small Heath