Aldi
Aldi is our recommended option for your main grocery shop. It is about a 15-minute walk from Highcross Corner and has a large car park. The prices are excellent and it stocks a good range of own-brand and branded products. The only thing it lacks is a proper in-store bakery for fresh bread.
To drive there from Highcross Corner, head along Hardhorn Road towards the one-way system, follow it round past the railway station, and Aldi is on the left on Garstang Road East.
Lidl
Lidl is about a 5-minute drive away and has an in-store bakery, which is its main advantage over Aldi. Otherwise, Aldi has a better range. To get there, head along Garstang Road towards Blackpool.
Booth’s
Booth’s is the “Waitrose of the North”. It is clean and attractive, but has a curious layout. It is pricier than the discounters, with okay quality. Its immensely convenient location next to the Teanlowe car park is its main selling point — you can park for free and walk straight in.
The speed of service is astonishingly slow. They removed the self-checkouts. The café upstairs is similar — we once waited 20 minutes for four hot chocolates. Nice bread, though.
Booth’s is about a 10–15 minute walk from Highcross Corner.
Strong’s Fruit and Veg
Useful in an emergency. Expensive and poor quality.
Spar and Tesco Express
Both are on Garstang Road. The Spar is surprisingly well-stocked and generally cheaper than Tesco, especially for tobacco. Tesco has parking and a convenient cash machine.
Farther Afield — Morrisons, Cleveleys
Morrisons in Cleveleys is about a 20-minute drive. It has a petrol station and a McDonalds.
Cleveleys town centre also has a good greengrocer (Rogerson’s) and a butcher (Grime J and Sons, which does superb pork scratchings). To get to the town centre, continue past the Morrisons roundabout.