The UK Supermarket Rip-off

[adycav]

We buy our fruit n' veg at our local city centre market when we can. It looks and tastes better than the supermarket products and is usually a lot cheaper.

[Bullett]

We get a delivery from Riverford every other week plus I use a local farmshop and occasionally top up with supermarket. Milk is via the milkman and meat from a butcher and sometime the supermarket if I have to.

Not too worried about paying for quality but I don't like to pay supermarket permiums for poor quality.

Just meed a good baker now (and a fishmonger).

[dreamer75]

Mark Benson said:

Give the guy a break, he drove from Doncaster to Richmond (N. Yorks.) to buy a quarter of my slow reared, free range pig - He was the first PHer to do so and in my opinion is committed to the idea of properly raised meat.

Edited by Mark Benson on Sunday 17th January 01:17

On that note maybe we can get some from you in April after Croft !

[lingus75]

Bonefish Blues said:

i want an aero said:

lingus75 said:

I Agee about. It being a rip off. We try and get as much food as possible from local market in cheltenham. Amazing value (3 cAuli for a pound, usually 7 peppers same price and if u go later on day almost half a bag of bananas same price) a meat seller is there also and recentley we bought 5 pounds of pork loin for ten pounds and they were fantastic. Tin stiff notusually too bad but fresh produce a rip off
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where's this then?

10lbs of pork for a fiver?

I don't know as much as I probably should about the economics of meat production, but I can't see how that could be done outside of an industrial process?

Perhaps others could comment.

It was 5lbs for a tenner, not ten pounds for a fiver! And to the chap who asked where the market in Cheltenham is, its at the bottom end of town on the street and in the car park where beneficial finance used to be. Its there on thursdays.

[Bonefish Blues]

lingus75 said:

Bonefish Blues said:

i want an aero said:

lingus75 said:

I Agee about. It being a rip off. We try and get as much food as possible from local market in cheltenham. Amazing value (3 cAuli for a pound, usually 7 peppers same price and if u go later on day almost half a bag of bananas same price) a meat seller is there also and recentley we bought 5 pounds of pork loin for ten pounds and they were fantastic. Tin stiff notusually too bad but fresh produce a rip off
P

where's this then?

10lbs of pork for a fiver?

I don't know as much as I probably should about the economics of meat production, but I can't see how that could be done outside of an industrial process?

Perhaps others could comment.

It was 5lbs for a tenner, not ten pounds for a fiver! And to the chap who asked where the market in Cheltenham is, its at the bottom end of town on the street and in the car park where beneficial finance used to be. Its there on thursdays.

My mistake - I had meant to type 5lb for ten quid.

Still seems remarkably cheap for a prime cut?

[kiteless]

Your local butcher for meat.

You local farm shop for veg.

Your food will be cheaper and tastier.

Not preaching; it's just what mrs k & I do.

[Slyjoe]

Get yourself a breadmaker too! Buy the basic ingredients - or some specials too, preparation takes less time than it would to go to the shop and buy a ste loaf, and you know EXACTLY what went into it - nothing wasted and mine always last much longer than shop loaves if they are not eaten instantly.

[scorp]

Pferdestarke said:

Next were peppers. 80pence each or 3 small ones for £1.60. Are they now a luxury item or am I missing something?

I'm always buying these from my local wet market (In HK). Cost me 2HKD each (about 15p)

Edited by scorp on Monday 18th January 00:43

[Mark Benson]

dreamer75 said:

Mark Benson said:

Give the guy a break, he drove from Doncaster to Richmond (N. Yorks.) to buy a quarter of my slow reared, free range pig - He was the first PHer to do so and in my opinion is committed to the idea of properly raised meat.

Edited by Mark Benson on Sunday 17th January 01:17

On that note maybe we can get some from you in April after Croft !

Course you can Jo - I'll mail you.

[paulmurr]

We buy our veg from the local farm shop, it's dirt cheap and lasts MUCH longer than the supermarket equivalent. Meat gets delivered by our local butcher and if we fancy something on the spur of the moment there is another excellent butcher a few miles away. Bulk goods like juice and st tickets get bought from Makro.

[pacman1]

kiteless said:

Your local butcher for meat.

You local farm shop for veg.

Your food will be cheaper and tastier.

Not preaching; it's just what mrs k & I do.

^^ Wot they do.

[Hugo a Gogo]

am I the only one not surprised that fresh fruit and vegetables were more expensive in the midst of the worst winter in europe for 30 years (tm)?

you want fresh peppers in january shipped from christ knows where for 15p?

Edited by Hugo a Gogo on Tuesday 19th January 09:02

[richieboy3008]

I now find Waitrose cheaper for fruit and veg, and usually better quality.

Edited by richieboy3008 on Tuesday 19th January 12:49

[Matt_N]

kiteless said:

Your local butcher for meat.

You local farm shop for veg.

Your food will be cheaper and tastier.

Not preaching; it's just what mrs k & I do.

Same here, I finish at mid day on a Friday so go down to Chipping Sodbury for the butchers, bakers and green grocer. The quality is so much better, I tend to buy large quantities of steak mince, sausages, chicken breasts, stewing steak etc, then seperate it up and freeze it.

I also notice that our fruit and veg stays fresh for so much longer.

Only thing were missing is a fish monger, Id love to be able to get proper fresh fish.

Edited by Matt_N on Tuesday 19th January 09:13

[pacman1]

Matt_N said:

kiteless said:

Your local butcher for meat.

You local farm shop for veg.

Your food will be cheaper and tastier.

Not preaching; it's just what mrs k & I do.

Same here, I finish at mid day on a Friday so go down to Chipping Sodbury for the butchers, bakers and green grocer. The quality is so much better, I tend to buy large quantities of steak mince, sausages, chicken breasts, stewing steak etc, then seperate it up and freeze it.

I also notice that our fruit and veg stays fresh for so much longer.

Only thing were missing is a fish monger, Id love to be able to get proper fresh fish.

Nelsons or Artinstalls?

There's a fish van from Grimsby that parks in the street once a week.

Edited by pacman1 on Tuesday 19th January 17:25

[kiteless]

Matt_N said:

Only thing were missing is a fish monger, Id love to be able to get proper fresh fish.

Well. We live in rural Shropshire, and we use this lot:

http://www.fishinabox.co.uk/

Local to us, but their sources are exceptional and the quality of the fish / shellfish is just as good.

[Papoo]

It is a sad state of affairs. It would seem that over the last 10 years, supermarkets have really been trying to see what they can get away with. You're absolutely right, it's convenient. It's also downright unpleasant.

I went to the farmers market on Saturday, which was as always a pleasant experience. Naturally, I purchased some things that I didn't need, but I like to support the local vendors. Despite this, I paid $22 for a veritable stload of wonderful, organic fruit and veg which would have set me back $50 at a minimum, not to mention the incredible difference in taste.

As I've mentioned before, the farmers market, atop being wonderful in quality, means that the savings made allow us to shop at our local butcher, (who also offers wonderful quality, organic, un-enhanced meat) and our total groceries bill is about the same as having gone and purchased the same amount of detritus from our local supermarket.

[mybrainhurts]

What triggered price rises about a year ago..?

Soup that was 34p not so very long ago is now 56p...

[Matt_N]

pacman1 said:

Matt_N said:

kiteless said:

Your local butcher for meat.

You local farm shop for veg.

Your food will be cheaper and tastier.

Not preaching; it's just what mrs k & I do.

Same here, I finish at mid day on a Friday so go down to Chipping Sodbury for the butchers, bakers and green grocer. The quality is so much better, I tend to buy large quantities of steak mince, sausages, chicken breasts, stewing steak etc, then seperate it up and freeze it.

I also notice that our fruit and veg stays fresh for so much longer.

Only thing were missing is a fish monger, Id love to be able to get proper fresh fish.

Nelsons or Artinstalls?

There's a fish van from Grimsby that parks in the street once a week.

Edited by pacman1 on Tuesday 19th January 17:25

Artinstalls for me.

When does the fish van come down? Saturday?

Shoppoing at the street also has its benefits, can pop in to the Squire for a sneaky pint.

[Hugo a Gogo]

mybrainhurts said:

What triggered price rises about a year ago..?

fall of the pound against the euro