Used to be tesco chuck outs, now tesco rip offs.

chuckley

dervish wrote: »

hardly...:rolleyes:

In these times we need cheaper food than ever.

Most people couldnt care less about animals conditions before they eat them. Cost is the key criterion.

i agree but when the quality is reduced, i cant do it, its a waste of money and not in the slightest satisfying.

cheap n rubbish chicken = pumped full of water... in effect less chicken, but still at high cost, a la tesco.

quality chicken = m&s, e,g, pack of 8 drumsticks - 99p, everyday price now it seems. not pumped full of water and quality meat.

u would NEVER get that in tesco.

u can source cheap quality food if you look/compare and shop at the right times.

DevonGirl

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Originally Posted by dervish
hardly...:rolleyes:

In these times we need cheaper food than ever.

Most people couldnt care less about animals conditions before they eat them. Cost is the key criterion.
i agree but when the quality is reduced, i cant do it, its a waste of money and not in the slightest satisfying.

cheap n rubbish chicken = pumped full of water... in effect less chicken, but still at high cost, a la tesco.

quality chicken = m&s, e,g, pack of 8 drumsticks - 99p, everyday price now it seems. not pumped full of water and quality meat.

u would NEVER get that in tesco.

u can source cheap quality food if you look/compare and shop at the right times.

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Sorry guys, but IMOH more and more people do care about animal welfare over and above the cost. I'm on a debt management plan so, believe me, every penny counts, but I can't look at the rows of cheap chickens in supermarkets without thinking about some of the issues raised by Hugh Fearnley-Wittingstall and Jamie Oliver. Say what you like about these 2, but they have led to huge increases in the demand for free-range/freedom/organic (whatever) meat. Personally, as I can't afford (for example) 4 organic chicken breasts for £8 or whatever, I'm just buying 2 at a time and bulking meals out with veggies and lentils etc. Is anyone else out there with me on this one?

1carminestocky

Whilst I am sympathetic to the argument regarding chicken welfare, I always feel as though you spoil your argument somewhat by going on to say you eat them. Maybe it's just me, though...

DevonGirl

Not sure what you mean there - It's perfectly possibly to enjoy eating chicken and be concerned about their welfare too. I try to buy mine from a local source where I know that the chickens have had decent lives and humane deaths. No, not nice to think about the killing side of things of course but I've been assured it's pretty quick and also something you have to accept if you want to eat meat. Why should we put up with animals, in this case chickens, being shut away from daylight with gross deformities as they cannot even stand up and move around, just for the sake of a bl**dy £2.99 chicken! I really advise trying organic/free range chicken - and eggs for that matter - it really is worth the extra money.

1carminestocky

What I'm saying is if you were so concerned about its welfare you wouldn't eat it at all . Like I say, maybe it's a view that is unique to me.

milliemonster

Getting back to the topic regarding tesco's, I have shopped there a lot, go to asda too and sainsburys occasionalyy and tbh don't really notice much of a difference between any of them, however, after Tesco's announcing their massive record profits this week in the midst of a recession, I doubt it does their 'cause' any favours (helping the consumer and all that?) and I am now refusing to shop there anymore. But, unfortunately, it seems despite thoughts on here, the masses continue to shop there and slowly it seems Tesco are taking over the country!

DCFC79

fairyfaye4 wrote: »

does anyone agree with me about tescos, everyweek the prices go up with out fail. lets all boycott them for a day, they may see sense.if not the bargains at the end of the day may be good! lol

fairyfaye do you mean the prices of the reductions are going up

MickMun

Kilty wrote: »

Petrol however, no. Double clubcard points maybe but they're consistently 1p/L more than others (even Shell) since that offer started and are definitely the very first to increase prices when they go up. Wish they'd go back to single clubcard points and keep the pump price lower, tbh. (first person to say "supermarket fuel is rubbish" can go die - its the same)

Still works out a saving at Tesco if you use your clubcard points, especially for deals! Say for example 30L of fuel, my Tesco is ~94p/L so say shell is 93p/L:

Shell = £27.90

Tesco = £28.20 + 56 cc points = £2.24 in deals
Relative cost = £25.96!

Almost £2 cheaper

puddings_2

i was a regular tesco shopper - my attitude was that they were the most popular so they must be the cheapest.... then one day i put a few items that i regularly bought into mysupermarket.com "just to see" and it showed me what i would pay if i shopped elsewhere.

Tesco were more expensive than asda on 15 out of the 19 items that i entered and were almost double the price on one item (babybel).
I've been loyal without question for years and now almost feel like they have stabbedme in the back!

puddings_2

Devongirl... you aren't the only person with that viewpoint on chicken welfare. I cant afford free range so I choose to buy no chicken at all.

However, if I went out for dinner and somebody gave me battery chicken then I would always rather eat it.
I wouldnt pick it if there was a choice, but whats the benefit in seeing the dead bird get thrown into the bin?

At least the poor little thing wouldnt have died in vain!