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Alexia wrote:

Martin Phillp wrote:My local Sainsburys has finally got wifi installed. No idea who's providing their service, but I had no problem accessing websites and media streams with routers on the ceiling.

Is this what the world's coming to? Can you not do a weekly shop without being detached from your phone for five minutes?

Perhaps it's intended more for use in the café. Either that, or they're expecting shoppers to come in with shopping lists on Google Docs, the Nectar app loaded, and music streaming to make up for the lack of store music.

For B&Q it's because people like to do research on the phones. One of the reasons (apart from cost cutting and lack of enthusiasm from the new CEO) that the DIY classes were ditched was because people now look on their phones for advice.

They also trust online advice better than the staff knowledge.

Read into that what you will.

Also the (moronic) idea of head office was to fill the stores with Windows 8 tablets for people to order from any point, so given the wifi was installed for that you might as well latch on a customer wifi at pittance extra cost.

Please feel free to prod the wasps nest of rage I have for B&Q's new computer revolution.

Alexia wrote:

Martin Phillp wrote:My local Sainsburys has finally got wifi installed. No idea who's providing their service, but I had no problem accessing websites and media streams with routers on the ceiling.

Is this what the world's coming to? Can you not do a weekly shop without being detached from your phone for five minutes?

The supermarket also has a Starbucks inside. People also use the wi-fi to do price comparisons.

Sainsbury's Wifi has been installed with Mobile Scan & Go in mind.

I did wonder why they sent me an email saying the 'Sainsbury's offers' mobile app, which they were running in conjunction with Nectar had been discontinued. Presumably their own in-house app will be launching with all sorts of features.

My Tesco has WiFi, presumably for the café. It's a pain to connect to though, because you have to tap 'Get Online' every time you join it and, as far as I can tell, this webpage is loaded using your mobile data, so it takes forever because the signal is abysmal even on 2G due to the location of the store. Now that I think of it, perhaps I should connect to WiFi first and see if I can make a decent quality call over Skype or FaceTime Audio (MouthTime?) since it always breaks up on a normal mobile call.

Philip wrote:My Tesco has WiFi, presumably for the café.

My Tesco has wifi with no cafe/restaurant facilities. However it does have an home electronics section.

Tesco in Elstree had a big F+F branded sign advertising the free wifi and that you could use it to browse their full range.

Pete wrote:Please feel free to prod the wasps nest of rage I have for B&Q's new computer revolution.

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Alexia wrote:Is this what the world's coming to? Can you not do a weekly shop without being detached from your phone for five minutes?

My phone's an integral part of my weekly shop - I use the Shopitize and CheckoutSmart apps for cashback and freebies, and the MySupermarket app for instant price comparisons. Those 3 apps have saved me a ruddy fortune over the last 12 months.

At the start of the school holidays in England and Wales, Tesco and Morrisons already have their back to school displays.