Address: 1 Western Approach, Stanway, Colchester CO3 8AA, United Kingdom
Phone: +441206203805
Rating: 4.2
based on 360 reviews.
Store Layout and Facilities
Pros:
"A massive store containing everything you need."
"The car park is reasonably large."
"Upstairs can be accessed by a travelator where you will find the cafe and large selection of clothing for all the family."
"Biggest sainsbury's I have ever visited. Plenty of parking spaces."
"Everything under one roof."
"The superstore at Tollgate is huge."
"Big one with massive parking, plenty of spaces for parents and disable badge holders."
Cons:
"Parking was a slight issue but then if you drive a large land rover that's generally the situation."
"If you have young children, you probably will not be lucky enough to find a free child/parent parking space."
"Most of the shelves were empty!!"
"The aisles in this sainsburys are huge which makes it feel very spacious. They are always clean too which is nice."
"Shelves are only half stocked."
"Poorly stocked shelves for a Friday, illogical positioning of products and worse still, big checkout queues."
"However the car park layout, including the vehicle entrance/exit needs more attention."
Customer Service
Pros:
"The staff are superb."
"The staff are always polite and helpful."
"Every one we came across went out of their way to be helpful and pleasant."
"Staff friendly and helpful."
"Excellent customer service from Anne on checkout who was very chatty and friendly."
"Outstanding Customer Service."
"Very helpful staff, doing more than required of them to help a customer, amazing service!"
Cons:
"Customer service advisors can tell customers whatever they want."
"The cafe upstairs was as terrible as always, the serving staff did not seem interested at all."
"Store managers just don't want to engage with customers."
"In store customer services are the worst I've ever come across!"
"At the counter where you buy the lottery the staff are very rude."
"Very disappointed with staff members and manager's attuned not very helpful at all click and collect is a joke."
"Rude staff at scan and shop, make you wait ages every time for approval and then again to remove security tags."
Value and Convenience
Pros:
"We can usually feed all three of us for £12 which is rare!"
"All In all I give this store a 10/10 and is cheap so helps if you're on a budget."
"Wow I love my local Sainsburys but this store in stanway is fantastic there is nothing there you can't get I poped in for tea. Bags and ended up spending £65 now I shop there all the time the quality and quantity is amazing and of course the staff are always polite and helpful"
"Prices are very reasonable and a lot of items lower than most nearby stores."
"Sainsbury's has value for money from fresh vegetables, fresh meat, frozen foods."
"They have this loyalthy rewards and voucer which is very helpful for us economically."
"I saved at least 25% on my shopping and guess what the Nescafe was 4.50 and not 7.00 pounds."
Cons:
"Just one item- Lagunitas IPA was 50pence a bottle cheaper in Tesco's."
"Usual Sainsburys but I have noticed they are getting greedy and costs are going up."
"Everything is very good quality but prices are a bit higher then say in Tesco or Co-op."
"Very disappointed should have been told straight away that my hundreds of points were no longer valid."
"What a horrible experience and an unneccessary expense this has been, 'Live Well For Less' I think not!!"
"The only negative is the adult clothes have gone down hill and the fashion is not great."
"Whilst normally my go to supermarket, recently their fresh produce has been of poor quality."