Depends on what you want.
In terms of food/grocery shopping:
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Spar/Central on campus are mini-markets, with a little bit of everything - including veg, hot food, frozen/fresh items, alcohol, basic household items like toilet roll. Can be quite expensive and are very busy at peak times.
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Sainsbury's in Lancaster - reasonable sized supermarket, with a cafe. It is located next to the bus station, so it is pretty easy to access and they even provide free buses to the place on a Wednesday.
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Booth's in Hala - half way between campus and Lancaster, situated on the X1, 2, 2A and 3 bus routes. A medium sized supermarket, again with lots of counters including fresh meats and hot food. Tend to stock more expensive items, but can have some good offers.
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Asda online delivery - the van is on campus all the time, coming from Morecambe. The delivery costs can be as little as £2.50/£3, if you time it right, or you could order with other people to split the cost. [
Sainsbury's also do online delivery.]
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Tesco Metro/Express in Lancaster - small store but offers all the basics. It is very close to Chancellor's Wharf, so it is good for grabbing a few items if you live there.
Local less obvious choices [where I did most of my shopping lol]:
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Co-Op in Lancaster. It is next to the bus station [literally]. Small/medium in size. Often have good reductions.
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Mung Mee and the Chinese store in the market - both sell oriental goods. Great for things like tofu, spices, inported goods.
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Holland & Barrett in Lancaster - stocks various dried food items and has a fridge and frezer of decent vegan and vegetarian items.
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The Single Step Cooperative - vegetarian store, offering a great range of things. Large dried food section [eg, tvp, soya chunks, dried fruits], lots of different grains, huge spice selection [you can buy it in little paper bags - just the amount you need] along with some other items like vegan chocolate, organic vegetables etc.
Further afield:
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Asda Morecambe - two buses or a bus and walk from campus. Large store, but often very busy.
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Sainsbury's Morecambe - on the 2/2A bus route [you just stay on the bus through Lancaster]. Large store with electrical items, clothing, homeware items, counters for hot food, fish, meat, deli etc. [Groovy store with some great people - and I'm not just saying that because I worked there for a year lol
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Morrison's Morecambe - on the sea front. Another large store, which can get quite busy.
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Tesco Metro Morecambe - larger than the Lancaster store, with a good range of booze etc.
Obviously, you also have the
bi-weekly market, the
indoor market, various
butchers and
bakers in Lancaster itself. Plus, you can often pick up branded [but cheap] food items in places like
Home Bargains. Oh, and
Marks & Spencers in Lancaster as a food hall.
So, the options are endless.