Co-op Food - London Road

One star for the two staff whos actually smiley and decent. Two asian workers who I will name and shame, are RACIST!! ALWAYSSSSS follows only BLACK PEOPLE in the shop to see if they will steal. One is talk skinny male asian, the other is a short asian with glasses and brown hair. As soon as you enter shop if your black only gets will pretend to work on the shelf where you are and keep following you around the shop. This is because his daughter is a thief she has been caught stealing many times and the tall Asians wife is currently is locked up for stealing. These two are the ONLY ones who will follow only black people in the shop. Also they close at 9pm sometimes, sometimes 10pm, they are always in rush to go home. Co op time is supposed to close at 11pm but they are always ready and out the shop before11pm!!! Tescos across the road has great customer service, the Close at 23:00 on the dot, not one minute earlier!! And NEVER follow only black peoples , Ive never been followed in tescos or any shops in reading apart from the RASCIST MAN from co op! ( will upload photos)
Feb 27th, 2023

Much better layout in there lately but they seem to take forever to restock shelves and most notably the staff have ZERO customer service skills aside from one irish lady. I went in yesterday evening and there was this young (asian?) girl with glasses and I swear, she was so grumpy it made me uncomfortable. And when they have to come over to the self service machine, you say thanks, and they dont even look at you. I try to make sure i dont buy anything i need age verification for, just to avoid dealing with the staff lol
Oct 6th, 2022

I sense Security officers racially profile. We just moved to Reading, and as a Black woman when I go to this shop Im never followed, but when Im with my partner, a Black male we are constantly followed by the security officer even during busy periods. Its a shame to experience this in 2022.
Mar 15th, 2022

Not as wide a selection as larger Co-ops, but they have the important stuff. Prices are average but great if the "Any 3 for 7" kind of deals aren't sold out.
Jan 6th, 2022

Dec 2nd, 2021