a month without supermarket - new challenge for 2011 starts at post 1013

halloweenqueen_2

Logo?? TESCO Customers Revolt Against Purchasing?

lil_me

Not just Tescos tho is it, I used ASDA mainly as they delivered here and accepted my card.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

halloweenqueen wrote:

Logo?? TESCO Customers Revolt Against Purchasing?

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halloweenqueen_2

I haven't been in tesco for a few weeks now and I really don't miss it. I'm still using netto/lidl at the moment, but most meat is from the butcher and a lot of veg and eggs are farm shopped, so I'm getting there! Every little helps!

kscour

CTC

Is your OH going to the Cardiff Makro? I was wondering if they do cheap white vinegar there - I go to swansea and they only do sarsons and it doesn't work out cheaper than buying smaller bottles. I may be able to hitch a lift to cardiff makros in the week if it's worth going.

competitionscafe

For a view from the small producer/farmer side of the fence there is a blog post comment by a small producer (Jan from Northfield Farm) here:

<" Supermarkets & Other Evils

If you are a small food producer and retailer, supermarkets in general represent the devil, and the biggest devil of all is perceived to be Tesco. One exception to this sweeping characterisation must be Waitrose which is generally perceived by the likes of me to be a cut above the others in terms of its apparent genuine care for quality and those responsible for producing quality. There was a time when M&S & Sainsbury might have been viewed in a similar way. Maybe just maybe, they will be viewed in a better light if they continue to rebuild their emphasis on that magic element of QUALITY.">
full post: http://blog.myspace.com/janmccourt

edit: sorry, i forgot it's the entry dated 01 Feb 2007.

bonnie_2

I started this challenge yesterday, as i got back from holiday on friday.
I spent the same ammount of money in the high street, but i got better quality goods and i enjoyed talking to all the shopkeepers.
Will deffo do it again, the only drawback was 2 kids moaning along the way.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

kscour wrote:

CTC

Is your OH going to the Cardiff Makro? I was wondering if they do cheap white vinegar there - I go to swansea and they only do sarsons and it doesn't work out cheaper than buying smaller bottles. I may be able to hitch a lift to cardiff makros in the week if it's worth going.

no its the swansea one that we have started using.. as we live in the swansea valley......we used to use batleys in cardiff when we had the shop......even though we havent used them for over 2 years...... i could phone them and find out if they do it....

have you tried...... leys fruit/veg wholesalers in swansea.. for their 1 gal white pickling vinegar...i am alsmost sure i have seen it in a fruit and veg place on the way to ammanford ?

where are you from then?

kscour

Hi CTC
Sunny Pembrokeshire! Splat between Tenby and Pembroke - seems funny that I haven't mentioned town names because it didn't seem relevant but the town I used to work in is Narberth and between when I was working there approx 11 years ago and now they have turned it from death valley into a thriving high street. I saw them mentioned as an example "what did they do that we can copy" article and I felt like screaming "well they didn't give in they got off their backsides and started fighting" and there's me going to tescos:o
OH is dropping some stuff off for work round Newport way - he's got a trailer so can't join me but has offered to drop me off and pick me up. I haven't been to Cardiff Makros for years so quite fancied it (if only to try out the escalators with the trolley again!)
But you live in the Swansea Valley and can't get milk??!! I bet Gren would have drawn you a couple of sheep delivering the daily pint!:D

kimnhol

For the pet lovers among us i have talked to a local wood shop who will now provide my rabbits shavings for free. :T

I shred our paper which also provides them with bedding.

On visiting the market I got a whole bag full of greens for the rabbits for free and the butcher sells huge bags of bones for the dogs for a chariety donation of 20p. :j