An amazing discovery.

After paying more than 10p per can extra on a 12 tray of dog food I returned home and broke the bad news to the dog. If he wants to carry on living here he is going to have to go and get himself a job.

Simply give him a tin a bowl and a can opener, if he is hungry he will help himself…….. :p

I use the Coop superstore as we have one here, and they are pretty damn good, though their grapes used to come in all the shapes you could ever want, that was if you wanted squashed, split, brown or flat..

Other one I use is M and S, we have a small one in the local motorway services and I stock up there every couple of weeks…… love there prepped mixed fruit containers with mellon grapes straws passionfriut type selections, but at a fiver a pop for 2 quite expensive…… love their ready meals, curries, paella (spelling) Shepards pies and the stew and dumplings being favourites ….. often have them knocked down on price as last day, if it freezes I buy 6 odd and chuck them in the freezer, then just put out in fridge to defrost night before use.

cannot abide driving 10 miles plus to go shopping.

With respect T64 I can guarantee your wrong on this one!!

Lincoln. 7

i can’t see it for one minuite happenning for starters in the main stock turnaround is too fast for those kind of tricks

however i would question the actual quality of the crap they buy in in the first place !!

I am sorry Pete, but times have moved on, and the likes of you and I have not in all entirety.
I can assure you, they have all the equipment needed to do the job, even bar code markers. Trust me on this one Pete, it’s true.

Lincoln .7

Barcode readers, of course, but do you mean barcode printers? I still maintain some involvement so, although I cannot disagree with what you have been told, I equally cannot take it at face value. Please PM me with more info on the kit these stores have “backstage”. Thanks.:)

most deffinately you would need two store rooms one for the products and one for the packaging so cant see that happening unless on the fruit and veg

there are some stores that sell out of date ex supermarket foods at huge discount from warehouses if you search them out !!

but having said that in the last week i have even thrown fruit out baught in tescos even though it was refrigerated and after only 3 days

With respect T64 I can guarantee your wrong on this one!!

Lincoln. 7

I do not doubt your sources, of course:). However it surprises me, having spent a good few years in retail packaging, because the majority of items on the shelves come in packaging applied and ink jet printed by the manufacturer and the supermarket would not have the packaging equipment to repack and redate, and most certainly not by the night shift!

I am sorry Pete, but times have moved on, and the likes of you and I have not in all entirety.
I can assure you, they have all the equipment needed to do the job, even bar code markers. Trust me on this one Pete, it’s true.

Lincoln .7

I do not doubt your sources, of course:). However it surprises me, having spent a good few years in retail packaging, because the majority of items on the shelves come in packaging applied and ink jet printed by the manufacturer and the supermarket would not have the packaging equipment to repack and redate, and most certainly not by the night shift!

most deffinately you would need two store rooms one for the products and one for the packaging so cant see that happening unless on the fruit and veg

there are some stores that sell out of date ex supermarket foods at huge discount from warehouses if you search them out !!

but having said that in the last week i have even thrown fruit out baught in tescos even though it was refrigerated and after only 3 days

I do not doubt your sources, of course:). However it surprises me, having spent a good few years in retail packaging, because the majority of items on the shelves come in packaging applied and ink jet printed by the manufacturer and the supermarket would not have the packaging equipment to repack and redate, and most certainly not by the night shift!

I generally ignore sell-by-dates on food; I think it is a marketing strategy to get us to throw-out perfectly good food!

I cannot divulge how I know this information, but know for a FACT that one Supermarkets night staff, have as one of their jobs is to look on all their shelves, and if any item is due it’s last sell by date the next day, it’s unwrapped, re wrapped and a new date label applied.
Lincoln. 7

I don’t think I could ever persuade Mrs SH to shop for groceries on-line. She has to see and touch what she buys.;) It will be interesting to see how the future pans out now that Waitrose have gone head to head against Ocado in the on-line shopping market.

my friends use practicaly nothing but home delivery sure they charge to deliver

but they have saved fuel , done other jobs in the time saved , not had the extra expense of kids throwing things in the trolley , saved potential trolley dings to car bodywork , missed out traffic jams

they actualy say ” there are so many positives , you have to be an idiot to actualy enjoy supermarket shopping nowadays !!

I wouldnt give Tesco a penny of my money-period.

well done , ill walk 5 miles to somewhere else if i was stood at tescos door !!

In Asda you have to practically climb over empty cardboard packaging to get to anything, plus the store is laid out in a weird way. The vegetables seem third rate and the meat always seems on the fatty side.

our asda doesn’t seem to have that problem

Lidl is not an option.

it’s not so much it isn’t an option ( as netto where i live ) they have some superb buys , some better quality than the large boys , i’m sellective and splitt between the two ..

There is no longer a high street Butcher, Greengrocer or Fishmonger in the town.

we’re lucky i have 2 superb butchers within walking distance , i won’t buy s**t supermarket meat as there is a huge difrence between localy reared animals and correctly treated/ aged meat
i also have the local market for proper veg and occasionaly a farmers market

That leaves Sainsbury, who by far, have the best meat and veg quality of any store I have been in. We have never had a bad bit of meat or ever had poor quality fruit or vegetables A tad dearer yes, but also the staff are really friendly and the store is clean.
Denis.
(Main hunter gatherer for the family:))

i can’t vouch for sainsburys as they’re not in my area but like any supermarket there will be price considerations governing the real quality of the food

but i’ll part with this thaught , i baught a fresh chicken from tesco the other day ( have to shop there for my client ) it was baught on thurs and kept refrigerated it was rancid by sun , a problem i have never encountered when i buy my own from netto !!

Sorry, that was badly phrased and I think you misunderstood. I meant that were I in your position I would feel differently about it than I do now, and probably be able to persuade Mrs SH of the merits of on-line shopping to save time and diesel.:)

In your position I would probably feel differently.

How so?

In your position I would probably feel differently. We also tried to support our village shop when we lived in ther country, just buying selectively but at least patronising it so that others could benefit. There was still a sizable population of old people most of whom had no transport and there was no bus to anywhere.

I don’t think I could ever persuade Mrs SH to shop for groceries on-line. She has to see and touch what she buys.;)

I suppose that it is a generational thing; I come from a generation that likes food in packaging.

The main deciding factor for online shopping (for us) is time; it is about a forty-five minute round-trip to the nearest supermarket or over an hour round-trip to the nearest Waitrose, Tesco or Aldi (never mind the hours it takes to get round the size of them these days).

Fortunately we live walking-distance from the (last) village shop which nowadays (to survive) has gone all organic and local-produce; it is eye-wateringly expensive but so is the diesel used to get anywhere cheaper.

I actually quite like Aldi and Lidl, but different stores are better for different things.

When I lived in Leicester I found the market and other independent retailers were able to provide fresh produce of good quality as cheap as anywhere else.

I don’t think I could ever persuade Mrs SH to shop for groceries on-line. She has to see and touch what she buys.;) It will be interesting to see how the future pans out now that Waitrose have gone head to head against Ocado in the on-line shopping market.

We very rarely ‘shop’ for groceries anymore because the best supermarket is…..Ocado! 😉

I’ll use them if I have to but I have an in-built reaction against multiple retailers, with the possible exceptions of M&S and Waitrose. We are very lucky and have greengrocers and butchers in town and very close by as well as a cheese shop, 4 bakers and a couple of good delis.

Aldi seems to be good for beer and chocolate.