EVER wondered how hygienic your favourite supermarket is?
Reading has a wide variety of food shops of offer, from Aldi to Waitrose, and we have rounded up each of the most recent food standard inspections.
Every establishment which deals with the handling of food is rated by food hygiene inspectors employed by the council.
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They are given an overall score as well as three separate rankings based on food hygiene and safety, structural compliance and confidence in management.
Here are some of Reading's recent scores:
Tesco, Bath Road
Inspected December 2019
Overall rating: 4/5
Food Hygiene and Safety: Good
Structural Compliance: Fair
Confidence in Management: Good
Tesco, Napier Road
Inspected September 2019
Overall rating: 5/5
Food Hygiene and Safety: Good
Structural Compliance: Good
Confidence in Management: High
Tesco, Whitley Street
Inspected 2018
Overall rating: 4/5
Food Hygiene and Safety: Fair
Structural Compliance: Very good
Confidence in Management: High
Tesco, Portman Road
Inspected 2018
Overall rating: 5/5
Food Hygiene and Safety: Very Good
Structural Compliance: Very good
Confidence in Management: High
Tesco, 211 Oxford Road
Inspected 2018
Overall rating: 4/5
Food Hygiene and Safety: Very Good
Structural Compliance: Good
Confidence in Management: Some
Morrisons, Basingstoke Road
Inspected September 2019
Overall rating: 5/5
Food Hygiene and Safety: Good
Structural Compliance: Good
Confidence in Management: Good
Waitrose, Oxford Road, Tilehurst
Inspected January 2020
Overall rating: 5/5
Food Hygiene and Safety: Very good
Structural Compliance: Good
Confidence in Management: High
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Waitrose, Caversham
Inspected 2019
Overall rating: 5/5
Food Hygiene and Safety: Very good
Structural Compliance: Very good
Confidence in Management: High
Mark and Spencer, Broad Street
Inspected 2018
Overall rating: 5/5
Food Hygiene and Safety: Very good
Structural Compliance: Very good
Confidence in Management: High
Marks and Spencer, Reading Station
Inspected 2019
Overall rating: 5/5
Food Hygiene and Safety: Very good
Structural Compliance: Very good
Confidence in Management: High
Sainsbury's, Broad Street
Inspected 2019
Overall rating: 5/5
Food Hygiene and Safety: Very good
Structural Compliance: Good
Confidence in Management: High
Sainsbury's, Shinfield Road
Inspected 2018
Overall rating: 5/5
Food Hygiene and Safety: Very good
Structural Compliance: Good
Confidence in Management: Good
Sainsbury's, Friar Street
Inspected 2017
Overall rating: 5/5
Food Hygiene and Safety: Very good
Structural Compliance: Good
Confidence in Management: High
Aldi, Basingstoke Road
Inspected 2018
Overall rating: 5/5
Food Hygiene and Safety: Very good
Structural Compliance: Very good
Confidence in Management: High
Aldi, Caversham
Inspected 2017
Overall rating: 5/5
Food Hygiene and Safety: Very good
Structural Compliance: Very good
Confidence in Management: High
Lidl, Oxford Road
Inspected November 2019
Overall rating: 5/5
Food Hygiene and Safety: Very good
Structural Compliance: Very good
Confidence in Management: Good
Lidl, Basingstoke Road
Inspected 2017
Overall rating: 5/5
Food Hygiene and Safety: Very good
Structural Compliance: Good
Confidence in Management: High
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