With both my Dad and Uncle quite poorly at the moment I haven’t had much time to do much of anything. But needs must and tonight I needed to do some shopping. For time and reasons of proximity I went to Sainsbury’s and half an hour later, and a lot lighter than when I arrived, I returned to the care with a newly acquired knowledge. I know why Sainsbury’s is quieter than Asda, Morrison’s or Tesco…. It’s bl**dy expensive!
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.
Regards,
kev35
By: Moggy C - 15th March 2011 at 08:10
Aldi is surprisingly good. I say surprising because they tend to have a section in the centre where all sorts of odd things appear. I bought a trolley jack for the car from there. The food is OK, but could get a bit boring after a while, nothing like the variety of the majors. But the prices are astonishingly low. (Note the £1.99 for a pack of rechargeable AA batteries. I use nothing else in camera or GPS these days.}
My personal preference is for Waitrose. OK the prices are high, but the experience is relaxed and uncrowded, it depends what your priorities are for the day.
Stephen Fry once said “I like Sainsbury. It keeps the riff-raff out of Waitrose”
On cat food? Our two younger cats love Asda own-brand Tiger tinned meat. I am a bit worried about the consumption of endangered species by household moggies, but figure since they are already dead anyway I might as well put them to some use.
Moggy
Wishing Kev’s Dad and Uncle a speedy recovery too.
By: Flygirl - 15th March 2011 at 07:25
Our cats eat at Lidls now, well not literally, but you get the gist!
Poor Cats 😀
By: Denis - 14th March 2011 at 22:29
We have quite a choice of supermarkets in this town..not!
Three tescos, yes three!, one Asda one Sainsbury, and a Lidl.
I wouldnt give Tesco a penny of my money-period.
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.
Lidl is not an option.
There is no longer a high street Butcher, Greengrocer or Fishmonger in the town.
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:))
By: pagen01 - 14th March 2011 at 22:24
Our cats eat at Lidls now, well not literally, but you get the gist!
By: BumbleBee - 14th March 2011 at 22:19
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.
That’s not as daft as it sounds.
Mum and I have been watching a series called Extraordinary Dogs on Channel 5 on Tuesday evenings. It’s amazing the various ways dogs can be trained to assist people,it doesn’t just end with guide dogs.
I hope the older gentlemen make a quick recovery.
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