Asda, Oldbury - 5th February 2014

Whilst having dinner with the legendary Skillz in Oldbury, I decided to have a late trip to Asda in Oldbury.
So, what is it like? The criteria is as follows.

1. Clean - yes, in general.
2. Friendly staff - they are okay. They kindly offered to pack but I decided that I wanted to pack.
3. Aisle width - wide and you can fit at least two trolleys in each aisle. However, as I was shopping at around 9pm, the aisles can be quite narrow when you have all the loading trolleys in place.
4. Everything I was looking for was in stock - Pretty much. The staff were restocking items so what looked empty became full in no time. As I was there at 9pm, the hot food and fishmongers were not open. However, I'm sure they've got a good range during the daytime. There's also clothes and electrical items as well. It also has clotted cream at £1.98 which is quite expensive. Nevertheless, if you want to buy something for Churchcentral Forward, clotted cream is available!
5. Extras: pharmacy/opticians/specialist food/petrol station - There is a petrol station with unleaded at 126.7p per litre. It also boast a cafe but obviously that's closed. There's some specialist food available but could do better. A pharmacy is also available.
6. Fresh produce with long sell-by dates - Yes
7. Opening Hours - 8am Monday to 10pm Saturday meaning that it does open 24 hours. On Sundays, it opens from 10am to 4pm.
8. Speed of till-processing - only one or two manned tills available. Nevertheless, I still went there and till processing was of a good speed.
9. Self-service tills available - yes, though as the manned tills were not busy, it's better to head there.
10. Parking facilities - yes and plenty available at 9pm.
11. Value for money - part of the big four supermarkets, they do have quite a lot of special offers. Obviously, some items are more expensive in Asda than in other supermarkets so you need to shop around!
12. Organic produce - available if you want them.
13. Cash machine or cash back - Barclays cash machines are available and they do offer cash back.
14. Pedestrian access - yes and are step free.

  Overall, this Asda is better than the one in Barnes Hill though not my favourite. It's also situated near the M5 motorway and can be used as a short cut on your way to work - that's if your name is called Skillz.

Rating: 6 out of 10 (though probably more if I reviewed it during the daytime)