Iceland Foods

You know what? I might not love Iceland, but on a street with options like Waitrose, Tesco, M&S and Sainsbury’s it’s still here and it seems to be here to stay, so it must be doing something right.
I think it’s just easy to overlook. It’s a strong budget supermarket with a focus on frozen foods and yes, everything is really cheap. It might not have the highest quality options, or the greatest range, but if you want ingredients for inexpensive meals you could do a lot worse. This is especially true if you have a huge freezer and can therefore stock up on stuff, or if you share your meals with enough people that you don’t need to store things for long.
I tend to drop in for big boxes of snacks (look out for their multipack crisps) and juices or cans of fizzy drinks. My freezer space is limited but I can still get a bargain if I buy dried or canned goods so that works out pretty well for me. Even so, whenever I visit I find myself fascinated by the freezer section and it’s only a matter of time before I end up making a few frozen purchases.

I really don’t have a problem with Iceland Foods. When I’m at Uni and know I need a few random ingredients for a dinner or a quick cheap frozen pizza for lunch, I know I can stop in here and get pretty decent quality stuff at an affordable price. It’s conveniently located next to the Hillhead Subway stop so if I do manage to buy a bit more than I stopped in for, I know I don’t have far to go as far as transportation is concerned.
They’ve moved everything around as far as where things are placed in the store, so it took me a bit of wandering around to find what I was in for, but in the end, I found what I needed and was out of there in a flash.
The staff are friendly and tills are opened when the queues are backed up which is helpful. I have an iceland rewards card, but I’m not really sure how it works as I never accumulate points and when I’ve received emails saying I’ve won things, I never seem to be able to collect said won items. Ah, no big deal. I have mega points at my regular shopped food stores, so no worries there.
All in all, not a bad place. I know I can get a huge jar of palm oil free peanut butter for a fraction of what a small jar costs in the big stores so I’ll always be back at least for that!

An underrated hero of Byres Road. I shop here all the time and want to draw particular attention to the unbeatable prices of frozen superfoods!
Fantastic frozen quinoa and vegetables, sweet potato burgers, frozen cous cous and an awesome range of Quorn could be so easily overlooked!
It’s also possible to buy everything from a wee pack of After Eights for a mere pound to some really excellent mixed chilli olives which would set you back a fortune in a nearby deli or M & S. This is a brilliant shop for those with an eye for a hidden gem or for indeed a junk food devotee. Things like cereals are so cheap it seems wrong to buy them elsewhere– also a great selection of fresh fruit juices.
The service is efficient and with contactless payment you can whizz through the checkouts in record time.
Supremely located next door to Hillhead underground station and really near to so many specialist and mainstream shops it’s worth getting a list together of things Iceland can offer much cheaper than the competition without having to go far out of your way.

Iceland is a good ‘top up’ shop for when you need freezer staples, but it also sells fresh veg and a selection of bakery and household goods. A limited range of alcohol is sold, and also fizzy drinks and sweets.
Not a store I visit all that often, but I like browsing the seasonal ranges (some spectacular and elaborate Christmas/​Hogmanay things are in just now).

I’m not going to give this place a bad review. It’s a great place to get scoobie snacks at a cheap price. Iceland has come a long way since childhood, when it was compared to farmfoods. Layout good. Staff polite, and best of all you get your monies worth. Thumbs up guys

Iceland is for Byres Road inhabitants who can’t be bothered with the queues or don’t fancy shelling out for Waitrose or Marks and Spencer.
More fool them because the extremely limited stock Iceland offer makes it much more worthwhile spending an extra pound or two for a wider selection and better quality elsewhere.
One rung above Farmfoods in the pikey supermarket ladder, it doesn’t even have the ironic popularity Aldi and Lidl enjoy.
The last time I visited here, the checkout operator berated an Asian customer for his confused expression after she barked «cashback» at him before turning to the queue to roll her eyes and sigh dramatically. A typical example of why this place really is best avoided.

There are no surprises about this shop. It’s Iceland by numbers — frozen food and weirdos.
The only surprise for me is that so few people take advantage of its cheap alcohol. With a wide selection of beers and wines, it’s considerably more cost effective than a trip to one of the many over-​priced West End off licenses.
Perhaps some Westenders need to learn that buying Tennent’s from Oddbins doesn’t bank you any more respect.

Don’t be fooled by their £1 stickers! It’s all lies! It’s physcological manipulation… ahh!
I don’t know why, or how, anyone could do a weekly shop here. When you add it all up, the £1 per item thing is absolute nonsense — £5 on 5 items… c’mon people! That’s not a bargain. AND, what’s more, the food isn’t even of a high quality — unless you’ve grown up on frozen foods, which yes, ok, alot of people have, and yes, Iceland actually do have quite a large range of frozen foods, (apparently it’s their speciality), it’s just not that good. Their fresh fruit/​veg is expensive for what it is — I’d avoid the prepackaged salads, that’s all I’m saying.
So, as said before, unless you’re needing cheap booze, milk, eggs, frozen pizzas or Fahjita kits, I’d go elsewhere.

Iceland. Hmmmm. I try to avoid this place for most things. The shop has a poor selection of groceries and they try to confuse you with giant, yellow ‘£1′ stickers when in actual fact you can buy the same product for 89p in the nearest supermarket. The fruit and veg are usually of poor quality– you’re much better going to Andersons a few doors down. The cereal is overpriced, they don’t stock sour cream, you can only buy sweets in giant packets and sometimes the queue is so long I want to cry.
To their credit, Iceland does stock cheap booze. They also have good deals on those Old Elpaso fahita kits (you’ll just have to go somewhere else for the sour cream!). Milk is also cheap at only £1 for 4 pints. So if you’re after alcohol, milk and fahitas –it’s yes, everything else-​maybe not.