the peoples supermarket - channel 4

misskaytee

Anguk ~ Yes i agree, i too thought that it was rather convienent how all the bins/skips were so easily accessable.
The back of our local supermarket is surrounded by a massive brick wall with thick barbed wire on top. :cool:

LilacLillie

I caught the end of the programme and felt sorry for everyone that was trying to make the project work. I got fed-up of people saying that they could get things cheaper elsewhere, at the same time as moaning that they didn't want the big supermarkets.

Since just before Christmas my DH & I have been attending a local 'Foodcycle' meal, once a week, on a Sunday.
At first we went along to support the new venture, but enjoyed it so much that we now look forward to it every week.
I love the idea and our group in Bow, East London, is really working well.
We have made new friends, have begun poetry readings, bring and shows and have learnt loads about food waste.
The project is, I believe, a Canadian idea and is now nationwide here in UK.
Check it out to see if you have one nearby or can help start one in your area.

http://www.foodcycle.org.uk/

LL

foxgloves

I felt so sorry for the diary farmer. How dare the big supermarkets treat hard-working people like this just so they & their millionnaire shareholders can make more profit on milk? For him to be paid 15p a litre when it cost him 29p a litre actually to keep the cows & produce it was just appalling. I am intending to write to my supermarket (The Co-operative) and ask if they pay their farmers a fair price. I would definitely buy milk where I know the farmer had been guaranteed a fair price even if it cost more. I don't expect it would need to cost a lot more.....just for the greedy supermarket & middlemen to take less. We have chosen to shop at (& bank with) the Co-op because of their more ethical stance on various things, so it will be interesting to see what their milk policy is. Have decided to raise more issues rather than just remain silently complicit in corrupt practices.

avinabacca

Bet you a fiver those two moany old dears towards the end of the show were plants put there by the producers (remember the moany old dinnerlady in that Jamie Oliver series?) to make it seem like there were more obstacles in the owner's way......

getmore4less

THe thing that occured to me was the deal for members.

In the US you got 40% off your shopping

Here they got 10% for 2hours work.

A guide for 1 person shopping is around £100pm so the saving is equivilent to £5ph, less than minimum wage, OK you save some time if you shop the day you do the work.

kazmc

getmore4less wrote: »

THe thing that occured to me was the deal for members.

In the US you got 40% off your shopping

Here they got 10% for 2hours work.

A guide for 1 person shopping is around £100pm so the saving is equivilent to £5ph, less than minimum wage, OK you save some time if you shop the day you do the work.

It was actually for 4 hours unpaid work here, its was 2 hours in the USA.
So that makes it £2.50 an hour.:(
I think it is a fantastic idea and would love for one to open near me, even if it worked out I was paying the same for food from Tescos with my discount I would stick with it as I'm sure as more people become involved higher discounts would be given.

angela110660

Worst image we ever saw was last August in York city centre. We were sat in a cafe opposite Marks and Sparks and they were literally shoving all the out of date food off the shelves into large waste bins - and not just one or two items either. We couldn't believe our eyes - obviously too expensive in the first place and not reduced enough to get people to take it as it became past sell by date. Absolutely shocking.

raphanius

thanks for posting. i had forgot this programme was on last night so i'm watching it on catchup. i love the idea of a peoples supermarket and hope they catch on in the UK. its not just the monetary saving that matters to me, its the idea that i could shop without the harsh lighting (because a lemon doesn't look good in the shade) the piped smells and the useless staff who don't know where their own products are located within the store. i would happily give up some of my free time volunteering to wor there in order to to shop in a warm friedly environment without the pressure of a hundred top psychologists wheighing down on me when i dither over whether i want seeded bread or wholemeal or white.

FelinePrincess

getmore4less wrote: »

THe thing that occured to me was the deal for members.

In the US you got 40% off your shopping

Here they got 10% for 2hours work.

A guide for 1 person shopping is around £100pm so the saving is equivilent to £5ph, less than minimum wage, OK you save some time if you shop the day you do the work.

I was a little surprised at how little discount they got too, especially with having to pay a joining fee aswell as working there.

Hadley

It's about time British farmers were protected and got a fair price for their food, we have fair trade for other countries why not our farmers.