Farmfoods Reviews 

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TrustScore 2.5 out of 5

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Considering 145 reviews, most reviewers were unhappy with their experience overall. People frequently reported frustrating encounters with rude staff members who displayed completely unhelpful attitudes and very unprofessional behavior at the tills. Customers also highlighted serious concerns regarding poor product quality, mentioning specific issues with spoiled items, unpleasant chemical smells, and unexpected package size reductions. Some reviewers were happy with the exceptionally friendly employees who consistently went out of their way to warmly assist shoppers. Consumers additionally appreciated the great variety of affordable items available, noting that low prices provided wonderful financial value during tough economic times.

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Farmfoods is a good store but if Gravesend is anything to go by then it desperately needs to give staff training on customer relations. One almost took my head off oprning a freezer but on acknowledge... See more

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Farm foods offer very good value for money items, however stocks always seem to be low, no matter what time I go - more visits than not, everything I'm looking for is sold out or not enough on the she... See more

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

The deals are usually ok, but the service at the Canterbury branch can be quite bad. Some employees are attentive and helpful while others have poor attitudes and are very snarky at the tills. Prefer... See more

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I don’t recognise many of the negative reviews posted here. My local Farmfoods in Blyth, Northumberland is usually very well stocked and the staff very professional. Sometimes they might run out of Sp... See more

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Company details

  1. Supermarket
  2. Food Products Supplier
  3. Grocery Store

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Farmfoods, a Scottish family business, has served Great Britain for over 60 years. From a butcher shop in Aberdeen we have grown to more than 300 stores and four distribution centres nationwide. We work hard to bring you the best value on the food your family enjoys and on the household essentials your family needs. In addition to frozen food we sell groceries, chilled foods, bread, milk, fresh fruit and vegetables along with a range of household items. Across our ranges you will find the brands you know and trust at prices you will love. Our specialism is frozen food and we believe passionately that frozen food is the best solution for most family meals. Our exclusive label chicken, beef, turkey, lamb, pork, fish and vegetables are all as fresh as the day they were frozen and because there is almost zero waste, great value too. We are a family business and our owners work in and lead our business every day. We think, particularly in today’s corporate world, this is a real strength. We are a diverse team of around 4,000 people who share a passion for getting a great job done. Whether they work in a distribution centre, a retail shop or an office, Farmfoods people are trusted to take responsibility for their work and to have control of delivering a great value, simple and friendly operation.


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Farm foods spare ribs

Farm foods spare ribs, absolutely useless, firstly they do not fit in the microwave, even though this is the first suggestion of how to cook them. Then cook them to their instructions, sit down to eat them and they are still half frozen, and after reheating them, they taste a bit like cardboard !! AVOID !!

20 June 2026
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Reply from Farmfoods

Hi Mr Morris

I am disappointed to hear that you have had issues with the Spare Ribs you have purchased from one of our shops. If you could contact our Customer Services team, quoting your reference number (1016558JC), we would be happy to look into this further for you.

Kind regards

James Curran

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Wisbech store

The wisbech store is incredible. The safe are always happy, helpful and caring. I was at the till with a big shop me and staff members start talking about football. He was happy, chill and just a joy to be around. Who ever is the store manager of wisbech needs a reward. Its well run, plenty of stock, happy staff, clean. Keep up the hard work

13 June 2026
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Reply from Farmfoods

Hi Joshua

Thank you for those lovely commetns about the shop manager and team in Wisbech! I have this morning passed these comments over to the team so that they're aware also!

Kind regards

James Curran

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Farmfoods don't seem to carry much in…

UPDATE
Farmfoods CS (via email with Emma) said she would be in touch, at my registered address (supplied by me when I contacted them YESTERDAY via the online form, followed up by a call) and she has been, TODAY, via RM 1st class.

The actions (of Emma) were both unexpected, and MUCH appreciated, hence the upgraded star rating.
Cheers medears.
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Farmfoods don't seem to carry much in the way of stock, at least not in its Aylesbury branch, and yet it would seem to be very popular with BULK BUYERS, possibly local shop owners?.

I just got off the phone with Farmfoods CS, and suggested Farmfoods could draw up a list of "customers" (local shop owners?) who favour bulk buying, and try to take into account their requirements when receiving deliveries? what you might call a WIN WIN for Farmfoods, the bulk buying local businesses AND US, the everyday shoppers.

19 June 2026
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Reply from Farmfoods

Hi Gary

I am sorry to hear about the availability issues in our Aylesbury shop. I have passed your comments onto our senior management team for them to look into this further.

Kind regards

James Curran

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The staff so helpful at the Newport…

The staff so helpful at the Newport gwent shop, took me to what I was looking for and also helped carry my stuff to my car, 10 out of 10 for service guys.

17 June 2026
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Reply from Farmfoods

Hi Glyn

I am delighted to hear about the service you received at our Newport shop and I have passed your kind comments onto the Area Manager, and to the team to discuss this further.

Kind regards

James Curran

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Is what it is. Good deals

Is what it is. No frills. Good prices. 👍

14 June 2026
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Reply from Farmfoods

Hi Rob

Thank you for your recent review!

I am glad to hear that you are happy with the prices that we have in our shops and thank you again for taking the time to contact us!

Kind regards

James Curran

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Rude staff

You need to train your staff to say hello, please and thank you! Just been to Chester branch and a young girl on till with long hair didn't even look at me. She said nothing apart from barking £10.48 to me. No eye contact, please, or thank you, the basic manners anybody should have let along someone serving the public! She also looked so miserable. Poor service Farmfoods.

6 June 2026
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Reply from Farmfoods

Hi Lottie

I am really sorry to hear about this recent experience at our Chester shop. Please accept my sincere apologies for this experience and rest assured your comments have been raised with the Area Manager responsible for the shop.

Kind regards

James Curran

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Farmfoods is HORRENDOUS

I went into store. Dead man on FLOOR. Please remove dead man from store. I wanted chicken not rotten flesh. This is not minecraft. I will be sure to tell my dead grandpa that Farmfoods is not the place to pop your clogs. I deeply apologise for my grandfathers passing. I will make sure to teach him a lesson in purgatory. Will you please start selling gravlax. I travelled over to the dairy section and the door had been left open. Milk was on the floor and there was greek natural yoghurt on the wall! Your workers deserve to get a pay fall. They asked me to get out the store when I asked for AA batteries. They said 'this ain't cosco pal' and walked off. I will never shop here again. Farmfoods is for losers and people with no street credibility. Farmfoods should be shut down.

4 June 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Slug infested potatoes!!!!!!!!

Slug infested potatoes!!!!!!!!
I don't usually buy fresh fruit and veg from my local farmfoods as the quality is usually sketchy but we needed some that day to make shepherd's pie. When I opened the bag there were loads of little black slugs all over them.... needless to say they went straight in the bin and we had something else for tea.. put me right off potatoes for the forseeable future....

5 May 2026
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Reply from Farmfoods

Hi Julia

I am sorry to hear about the poor quality you had relating to our potatoes. If you could contact our Customer Services team on 0121 700 7160, quoting your reference number (1015412JC), we would like to look into this further.

Kind regards

James Curran

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Customer service can be lacking in Canterbury

The deals are usually ok, but the service at the Canterbury branch can be quite bad. Some employees are attentive and helpful while others have poor attitudes and are very snarky at the tills. Prefer to go to Iceland, where the customer service is generally quite better.

2 June 2026
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Reply from Farmfoods

Hi Sir/Madam

I am sorry to hear about these recent issues in our Canterbury shop. If you could contact our Customer Services team with your reference number (1015297JC) so that we can obtain some examples, this will aid us in being able to investigate this further.

Kind regards

James Curran

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

I have three areas to raise in this…

UPDATE

I have read Julian's response below and really it does nothing to address the concerns that I raised. Stating that your are going to raise them with the Area Manager just means your are fobbing me off as there will be no follow up.

In light of Julian's response and taking into consideration the points that I have raised, which have not been addressed, appear to be a common pattern in these reviews, I feel it's better to write to Eric Herd setting out my complaint.

Also, I will be writing to Paynes Dairies to ascertain why the milk they provide for Farmfoods has such a short life span.

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I have three areas to raise in this concerns.

Firstly, I would be very interested to know exactly where Farmfoods obtains its milk from. Whilst I fully appreciate that Farmfoods sells a number of products with short shelf lives, I am rather concerned about the shelf life of its milk. As part of my fitness routine, I use milk instead of water in my protein shake which means I can get through quite a bit of milk each week. So when I saw that you can buy three 2L bottles for £3, I thought that would be ideal. However, the shelf life date is so short by the time I get to the third bottle, its usually out of date and gone off. I went in on Friday and the staff were stacking the fridge with milk but each bottle had a shelf life of 6 days. All major supermarkets brands have at least 14 days. I recall speaking to a member of staff about it a while ago and they had said that they would never by milk from the store - which begs the question, where does it come from ? Is it excess milk that other retailers no longer want?

Secondly, I receive the promotional leaflet via email with the latest offers but when you go to the Wood Green store, which is the nearest to me, they tend not to have half of the products available. When I raised it with customer services over the phone, they advised me to call up in advance and they would be able to tell me whether the items were in store before going there. What's the point of having promotions if the items aren't in the store?

Finally, does Farmfoods not limit the number of promotional items a customer can purchase at one time. For example, the butter promotion of 10 for £10. I have seem people picking up several boxes of 10 thereby leaving none on the shelf. The same thing happened with cheese, cereal, magnum ice lollies and Tetley tea bags. How are other customers supposed to buy these items if the store allows people to bulk buy in large quantities. Other supermarkets limit the number that can be bought so why doesn't Farmfoods.

30 May 2026
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Reply from Farmfoods

Hi Sir/Madam

Thank you for taking the time to write to us!

Our milk is provided by Paynes' Dairies, and please accept my apologies that you've been unable to find longer dated milk. We rely on all customer feedback and I have passed these comments on.

Additionally, your comments relating to our promotional email stock has also been passed on to the Area Manager responsible for our Wood Green shop.

Kind regards

James Curran

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I am writing to make a formal complaint…

I am writing to make a formal complaint regarding an upsetting experience I had at the Farmfoods Oldbury store involving a staff member named Lee.
During my visit, Lee behaved in a rude and inappropriate manner towards my 2-year-old child. I found the interaction completely unacceptable and very upsetting as a parent. My child threw some body sprays whilst my mom was there which she was going to pick up but before she even could pick it up he made a comment to my 2 year old saying this is disrespectful are you going to pick it up? I’m sorry but I work in retail myself and his issue was that his faced that section. Your store closes at 9pm and you’ve faced that section for half 6, you’re clearly going to get customers pick stuff up so why make an issue and disrespect your customers like that. Customers should be able to shop without feeling uncomfortable or concerned about how staff speak to their children. There’s children out there with autism and a child shouldn’t feel like there not allowed to go out.
When I told the sales advisor on the tills to call the manager, apparently Lee was the supervisor in charge today, which he should know better as a supervisor. He came to the tills spelling like cigarettes which is highly unprofessional and instead of telling my child how to be respectful, he should focus on his appearance in front of customers. He still didn’t apologise to me or my child and was getting more rude. He then refused to serve me saying I will refuse your sale. I come to that store every other week and never had this kind of experience, he told the sales advisor to not serve me and walked off. She asked him again but he had already walked away and still served me. If your job is too much or you can’t deal with customers you should be working in a retail work environment,
I would appreciate it if this matter could be investigated properly and addressed with the staff member involved. I also ask that you respond to let me know what action will be taken following this complaint.

28 May 2026
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Reply from Farmfoods

Hi Kiran

Thank you for taking the time to contact us about this recent experience. I have today contacted our Area Manager who is responsible for our Oldbury shop, and this incident will be looked into accordingly.

Kind regards

James Curran

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Poor service and unhelpful staff

Poor service and unhelpful staff. Visited today 11am, fridges were empty, staff around very unhelpful when asked if the produce was in the rear, yes they said. Ill fill the fridge up later. When asked if they could get them now, no come back later was the reply. Poor that the freezers were empty at 11am when clearly stock was there.

26 May 2026
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Reply from Farmfoods

Hi Jim

I am sorry to hear that you were unable to get the goods you wanted from one of our shops. If you could contact us and let us know the name of the shop your comments relate to, quoting your reference number (1014793JC), this will enable us to look into it further.

Kind regards

James Curran

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Accusing people of shoplifting when…

Accusing people of shoplifting when there not even in the area shocking of 3 toblerones get a grip farm foods then watch innocent people has they shop disgraceful member of staff he knows who he is from morley store get a grip or you could be out of a job

24 May 2026
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Reply from Farmfoods

Hi Debbie

I am sorry to hear about your recent experience at our Morley shop. In order for us to look into this further, we would require some additional details. If you contact us at info@farmfoods.co.uk, quoting your reference number, (1014681JC), that would be appreciated.

Kind regards

James Curran

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Every time I go into Banbury retail…

Every time I go into Banbury retail park farmfoods it’s always a nice customer service and one of the staff ruby c has helped and been a lovely employee when looking for something or needing to know where something is i think she’s great and is very kind and got great customer service.

24 May 2026
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Reply from Farmfoods

Hi Taylor

Thank you for taking the time to contact us about the lovely service you've received from Ruby in our Banbury shop! I have this morning passed your kind comments onto the shop and to the senior management team for their information!

Kind regards

James Curran

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Your beefburgers are disgusting and…

Your beefburgers are disgusting and pure fat greasy nastyness, I cooked two and put the rest in the bin

24 May 2026
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Reply from Farmfoods

Hi Frank

I am sorry to hear that you are unhappy with the Beef Burgers you've purchased from our shops. In order for us to look into this with the supplier, we would require some further information. If you could contact our Customer Services team at info@farmfoods.co.uk, quoting your reference number (1014664JC) this will allow us to look into this further for you.

Kind regards

James Curran

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible customer service

I usually shop at farmfoods at chaucer in sheffield every month for my food shop, never had a problem before, staff are usually lovley, went in today and attitude with staff was disgusting and hostile, im not sure if it was because it was a saturday evening and close to closing or what but if i spoke to a customer the way i had been spoken to today at my job, id be sacked. There is no need to be so rude to your customers. I never write bad reviews about others service, i work in retail too, but today was disgusting. Do better, treat your customers with respect.

23 May 2026
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Reply from Farmfoods

Hi Kye

I'm really sorry to hear about your recent experience at our Sheffield shop. If you could contact our Customer Services team at info@farmfoods.co.uk, quoting your reference number, (1014660JC), this will enable us to look into this matter further.

Kind regards

James Curran

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

One staff member serving , long queues no self check out

The stock and prices are not great, cheaper at Sainsbury on some items, Lidl Aldi much cheaper ,no self service check outs, the queues can be large and they only EVER HAVE ONE MEMBER OF STAFF SERVING try to think about your customers docile management team WILL try to avoid this backward thinking trader, if you like wasting your day and money go to farm foods

22 May 2026
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Reply from Farmfoods

Hi Steve

I am sorry to hear that you're dissatisfied with your recent visit to one of our shops. If you could contact our Customer Services team and let them know which products you've found cheaper and what shop your comments relate to, we will look into this further for you.

Kind regards

James Curran

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Stores are basic no frills but prices…

Stores are basic no frills but prices are good 36l of semi skim UHT milk for £21 so many bargains mostly grocery and frozen, very little fresh, plus weekly coupons, need more stores like this especially in the cost of living crisis

6 May 2026
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Reply from Farmfoods

Hi Graham

Thank you for your kind comments in relation to our prices and weekly coupons. We do have a range of fresh fruit and vegetables available in our shop and we're always taking on board customer feedback! We have passed your kind comments onto our Commercial team for their information.

Kind regards

James Curran

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Such helpful staff.A credit to the store

I went into farmfoods Wolverhampton on Bilston Road wolverhampton and had a wonderful experience because l met two members of staff who went above and beyond to help me, Courtney and Alex, l was trying to save a little money but l was struggling to find the vouchers on my phone, honestly l could of cried , they were so patient and helpful. They are a credit to the company. Thank you so much ladies.

12 May 2026
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Reply from Farmfoods

Hi Patty

Thank you for taking the time to let us know about the lovely service you received by Patty and Alex! I have today passed these comments onto the shop team and our senior management team also!

Kind regards

James Curran

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

need to open more check out when busy…

need to open more check out when busy had to wait 15 minutes and also on receipt need a barcode printed Feltham Farmfoods 15:00 Hours

15 May 2026
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Reply from Farmfoods

Hi Yameen

I am sorry to hear about your recent experience at one of our shops. If you could confirm the name of the shop and the time and date of your visit, I would be happy to look into this further.

Kind regards

James Curran

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