Help! My OH's a food snob!

Littlemiss-lotsofdebt

I moved in with the OH 2 years ago and took over the food shopping - thank heavens cos all that was in the house were a few sausage rolls and a fridge full of beer :doh:.

Anyway, I soon found out that OH is a terrible food snob. He moans if I buy Supermarket own brands and kicked up a terrible fuss when I dared to come home with Value things! I've gradually been buying things like biscuits, fruit etc from the basics/value range as I can take off the packaging and he won't know what I've bought!

Nightmare - does anyone else have this problem?? and how do you deal with it?

System

I had this problem before, what I did, was put the cheapo foodstuff in the brand name box.

Honestly, they didn't know the difference, these are adults I am talking about.

Obviously this wont work with all foods tho.

Ms-Money-Penny

Do a taste the difference test on him. Buy a couple of items brand name and their value equivilant see if he can the difference then show him the receipt

penrhyn

There are some things that to me have to be the proper brand:
HP Sauce, Heinz Beans, Kelloggs Cornflakes and Mc Vities Chocolate Digestives most other stuff can be own brand...... apart from Lee and Perrins Worcester Sauce, Mornflake Porridge Oats and Golden Shred Marmalade.... and given time I'll think of some more, O yes Fairy Liquid!
I've found that Tescos Value Basmati rice is pretty good, but its hard to beat Gettas Mango Chutney.

PS You could always send him out with the shopping budget and see how he gets on!

ceegee

Absolutely no offence intended here, whatsoever. Please don't shoot me! :eek:

I reckon he's messing you about....men! Honestly! :rolleyes:

When you moved in there was a fridge full of sausage rolls and beer. So what's happened to turn him into a food snob? Nothing! Men get these funny ideas into their heads. It was alright to have cheap rubbishy food when he was doing the shopping (sausage rolls and beer), but now that you are doing the shopping, it has to be brand names etc. How come it didn't matter before you came along?

I'm not being funny here.....it's just a trait in some men that I have observed/noticed during my long life! Some of 'em want pandering to. Then there's the do as I say and not as I do thing! Another example.....you iron his shirts, for instance. If there's the slightest crease out of place he would say something like "if I had ironed it, I would have made sure there wasn't a crease there". Oh yes? sez I, I don't think so!!!!! Left to his own devices, the shirt probably wouldn't have got ironed at all!!

Anyway, as I said, don't shoot me and I have said "some men" !

Time to take cover, I think. :eek:

Men! Honestly!

Littlemiss-lotsofdebt

LOL Ceegee - very good point! I probably do pander to him as I am 'anally retentive' and have Monica from Friends like cleaning and organisation habits!

He's actually got better since I moved in, as the little food he did buy was all 'Extra Special', 'Finest' and 'Taste the Difference'!!!!!

weaver

Seven wrote:

I had this problem before, what I did, was put the cheapo foodstuff in the brand name box.

Honestly, they didn't know the difference, these are adults I am talking about.

Obviously this wont work with all foods tho.

This brings back memories - my OH would only drink Perrier water, so I used to buy sparkling tesco water and pour it into the perrier bottles. was ok till he caught me out - pointed out price difference and he was amazed - he hadnt noticed difference and was so impressed with saving that hes now actually worse than me. He will not go shopping unless he was coupons and always checks reduced item shelving.

People chance their minds once the difference is pointed out - and if you point out what the saving could mean over a few months or a year its amazing what it adds up to - holiday money, sky sports etc

Liverbird

I agree with Ceegee....there are certain branded items that taste far nicer than the others. Some of Lidl's and Aldi's stuff is lovely.

xlt_hunter

For someone like me working in the food industry and the same will the electricals, what your paying for is the Brand and the packagaing (up to 75% of the costs can be for the box). The food themselves are just the same.

Mike

ceegee

xlt_hunter wrote:

what your paying for is the Brand and the packagaing (up to 75% of the costs can be for the box).
Mike

It's the same for cosmetics and suchlike, too.Yet despite the evidence of this, some women still get taken in!

Women, eh??

That's better....I've now had a go at women and men, all in the same thread!! :rotfl:

Better go and have a lie down

mjenn5

xlt_hunter wrote:

For someone like me working in the food industry and the same will the electricals, what your paying for is the Brand and the packagaing (up to 75% of the costs can be for the box). The food themselves are just the same.

Mike

Yes totally agree.

Womanly wiles need to be played here. Time to get clever.

I too think that some items need to be brands but I purchase shop own at all other times.

Actually I much prefer shop own in a lot of cases and could not tell the difference most of the time.

I think toting up the savings over a year and tell him that would pay for his hobby/ holiday. Money sense usually wins out in the end.