Tesco Value Range rebrand...

KxMx

Doc_N wrote: »

Just had some awful green seedless ones from Tesco - really bitter skins. Not even the 'value' ones either.

I'd agree with the comments two posts above about the poor quality of supermarket grapes now. Compared with a few years back, they're frequently of very poor quality, and they don't even keep more than a day or two before they start to go bad.

Waitrose are a lot better than Tesco, though, as usual.

I maintain it's a variety issue, and not a quality one. There are more than one type of green grape, one type of red etc.

Had M&S and Tesco Value lately, same variety (Crimson) and a similar quality, not much between them at all, both lovely.

ljaybrad

Edwardia wrote: »

I can't believe people actually bought Frankenstein food ..that's scary that Tesco even put it in value stuff in the first place.

OH bought me everyday value peanuts today in Tesco Express and I keep looking at them dubiously..

GM food is not as bad as most people think... I really don't see the issue

3010 wrote: »

Surely, that would break Sunday trading hours. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Perhaps it was scotland?

thriftymanc

prettyflamingo wrote: »

dont know if anyone has mentioned this before in this thread but i thoroughly recommend avoiding the new Tomato Ketchup value version, it is without a doubt the most disgusting ketchup I have ever tasted.

I had my freebie bottle of Heinz Indian Spices ketchup and a bottle of the new Tesco Value ketchup in the fridge. Put some on my plate, went off to eat my fish and chips, wondered why on earth I'd put the Indian Spices sauce on my plate as it didn't go with the fish at all! Went back in the kitchen, scraped the sauce off into the bin and put more of the Tesco sauce on my plate. Back at the dining table, ate another bite - same thing! It doesn't taste like regular ketchup at all. It tastes like a weird version of the Indian Spices sauce! I'll stick to the Aldi sauce, it's a bit more expensive but still much cheaper than Heinz and tastes lovely.

Chris25

apparently the sandwich pickle isn't bad - 24p a jar, was expected to be vinegary but surprisingly not.

5555tt

In response to balibali293 shrinkin fruit Tesco are reducing a hell of a lot of stuff but not the price on Brand matching ,other supermarkets ;Not the price though They are using the value brand re-design to complicate the process & trick consumers

grandadsmith

ljaybrad wrote: »

GM food is not as bad as most people think... I really don't see the issue



"In the early 1990s, Dr. Pusztai was awarded a $3 million grant by the UK government to design the system for safety testing genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

His team included more than 20 scientists working at three facilities, including the Rowett Institute in Aberdeen, Scotland, the top nutritional research lab in the UK, and his employer for the previous 35 years.

The results of Pusztai's work were supposed to become the required testing protocols for all of Europe. But when he fed supposedly harmless GM potatoes to rats, things didn't go as planned.

Within just 10 days, the animals developed potentially pre-cancerous cell growth, smaller brains, livers, and testicles, partially atrophied livers, and damaged immune systems. Moreover, the cause was almost certainly side effects from the process of genetic engineering itself. In other words, the GM foods on the market, which are created from the same process, might have similar affects on humans.

With permission from his director, Pusztai was interviewed on TV and expressed his concerns about GM foods. He became a hero at his institute -- for two days.

Then came the phone calls from the pro-GMO prime minister's office to the institute's director. The next morning, Pusztai was fired. He was silenced with threats of a lawsuit, his team was dismantled, and the protocols never implemented. His Institute, the biotech industry, and the UK government, together launched a smear campaign to destroy Pusztai's reputation.

Eventually, an invitation to speak before Parliament lifted his gag order
and his research was published in the prestigious Lancet.

Lots more here:
watch-out-there-are-more-problems-with-genetically-modified-foods-than-youre-allowed-to-know

:eek:

matty17r

Just had some everyday value sweetcorn for tea. BETTER than the previous value one because it didn't have salt and sugar added.