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Which Supermarket?
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We have been trying to use local farm shops for our shopping, I was amazed to find out that the tastes and flavours I remember as a child didn't die out because my tastebuds had rotted away; it was because we were eating crappy supermarket fruit veg and meat which was so bland all semblance of taste had been frozen, chilled or packaged away!0
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tr3mor wrote:
They pay their staff more than a lot of places, I think their general staff have a starting wage of around £5.20, which I'm sure is more than most other supermarkets and local businesses.
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Not if you've heard of the minimum wage its not!0 -
HGLTsuperstar wrote:tr3mor wrote:
They pay their staff more than a lot of places, I think their general staff have a starting wage of around £5.20, which I'm sure is more than most other supermarkets and local businesses.
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Not if you've heard of the minimum wage its not!
The minimum wage is lower than that if you're under a certain age.#145 Save £12k in 2016 Challenge: £12,062.62/£12,000.00 Beginning Balance: £5,027.78 CHALLENGE MET
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My local Lidl, here in Norfolk, pay £7.50 an hour, but you have to do any job and do relief at other stores, so also you have to be able to drive.
It's quite a small town, yet we have Sainsbury,Tesco and Somerfield as well as Lidl. It speaks for itself.
Lidl is also where OAP's are queuing up for store opening on bargain days.
I would guess that the goods are being sourced from cheap countries like China, where wages are low anyway.
Have heard they operate on a 2% margin, so they can't be accused of profiteering, and many other stores operate a 'no cash on your person' staff policy.0 -
HGLTsuperstar wrote:Not if you've heard of the minimum wage its not!
The Nat Min Wage is £4.25 for 18-22 year olds and £5.05 for everyone else.0 -
The taste probably is as well! That won't show up on the nutrition listings; the longer cheese is matured, the better it tastes, but the more it costs because of the investment and the storage facilities.SusanCarter wrote:I compared the Sainsbury's Basics cheese with the standard stuff and the nutritional information was identical. I therefore concluded that it's just the packaging that's different.Time is an illusion - lunch time doubly so.0 -
Rackstar, your link to riverford doesnt work!!!wading through the treacle of life!
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the thing with lidl/aldi is that they dont give you 10 types of jam, 8 types of tea, they give you 2 types of tea, 2 kinds of jam, by doing this it saves money for the companyNo Links in Signature by site rules - MSE Forum Team 20
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