Shopping Guide: B&M Home Store with Garden Centre
B&M Shopping Guide: An Informed Visitor's Perspective
Why You Should Visit
- Wide Variety of Products: You'll find a vast selection of items, encompassing everything from food and drink to cleaning supplies, toiletries, home décor, and much more. Be prepared to leave with more than you initially intended to purchase.
- Excellent Value: Shoppers can expect awesome prices, especially on items like laundry powder, fabric conditioner, energy drinks (with a large selection of Monster flavors), and phone chargers. You'll also discover bargains throughout the store.
- Helpful and Friendly Staff: The staff are generally lovely, helpful, courteous, and knowledgeable. Many reviewers highlight the excellent customer service, with staff members like Kim and Raymond specifically mentioned for their assistance. They are happy to pack your items, even into your rucksack on the back of an electric wheelchair.
- Convenient for Everyday Essentials: The location offers a lifeline for essential items. You can purchase basic necessities, including food and drink, cleaning supplies, and even household items.
- Well-Organized and Clean Store: The store is described as clean and well-organized, contributing to a relaxing atmosphere.
- Specific Product Availability: You'll find items like Grey sets of 3 floating shelves for bathrooms, which are easy to install, with all tools included (requiring only a 6mm drill bit). You can also find spiral hair bobbles in various colors and Ariana Grande perfumes, as well as perfume spritz dupes. They also sell Lucozade Blue isotonics at a reasonable price.
- Convenient Location: The location is handy, easily accessible, and often situated near other stores, allowing you to combine your shopping trips.
Why You Might Consider Alternatives
- Stock Control Issues: Be aware that there may be issues with stock control, particularly with items advertised on the app or website. You might arrive to find an item out of stock, even if the app indicates availability. This is specifically a problem with their grill.
- Potential for Long Queues: Especially on busy days like Fridays or Saturdays (payday), you might encounter long queues at the tills, with only one open at times.
- Inconsistent Pricing and Potential for Mistakes: You might pick up items at the wrong price. Ensure to check the price and receipt.
- Limited Selection in Some Departments: The makeup section may be small and not fully stocked, with potentially limited choices, for instance, in lip products like lip oils and lip balms.
- Poor Experience with Staff: Be aware that there may be issues with staff behavior. In one instance, a member of staff was witnessed being abusive and racist towards another member of staff.
- Garden Centre Issues: If you plan to visit the garden center, be aware that the patio sets aren't always priced, and the plants may not be well-maintained. The store may not be the best option for patio sets, with plants described as dying.
