Morrisons

For many in Leeds a mention of shopping at Morrisons will instantly revive memories of the yellow-​hued, promotional-​basket-​strewn nightmare that is the Morrisons of the city centre.
Thankfully the Morrisons on Kirkstall Road is altogether better. In many respects it’s just another Morrisons, albeit it spacious and not too crowded. The real selling point however is their fresh produce, seafood and cheese sections. On entering you are hit with a row of salads doused by water misters. It’s what a 1986 edition of Tomorrows World would likely have shown as the future of vegetable shopping.
The array of fruit and vegetables is formidable. They have a wide range of Asian ingredients, lemongrass via galangal and so on. The fruits are varied and exotic and the variety of salad leaves boggles the mind.
This variety extends throughout their cheese and fish sections and it’s hard to even associate the yellow Morrisons of old with this place. Apparently it’s the branch which they use to test new products in the market, so I hope the variety will be ongoing.
If you are food obsessed and find yourself happy to pay three times the normal price for a beetroot that has a yellow middle this will be right up your street.
I never thought I would write a review like this about Morrisons, but I’m happy to be so pleasantly surprised.

I like this Morrisons more than the one near my work (but then, that might be because I work in Hunslet, which is officially a sh*thole).
Good selection of fresh fruit and veg (still prefer the greengrocers in Headingley though) and I like that I can ask the fishmonger man for stuff. I also like that the baker people will slice the loaf of your choice for you. And the butcher will do butchery stuff for you. It’s nice, that.
I always end up buying DVDs from here by accident though. Ooh, and the new Kings of Leon album, which was only £6.99. Bargainous.
Loving the new self-​serve checkouts, which seem to work, and are a bit of a relief because some of the till staff are a little bit slow and/​or special.
On the whole, a triumph for W M Morrison Esquire. Bong.
PS The pies and pork are good too.