Supermarkets pull items off shelves over meat fears

gailey_2

I remember it well showing my age here think we only had 1child then.

It did inspire us least for that month to look elsewhere:)

we tried our nearest shopping suberb that offered the most independants.

we got eggs-free rage and lentils from health shop.
2butchers cant remember what we brought in main one but he waset that freindly so never returned other one did sliced meats which were nice but not sure locally reared maybe revisit that one.
we got veg in greengrocer and anything else couldent get in co-op as figured its not one of big 4.

We also took trip to city centre farmers market which hubby deemed very expensive to which it was.

Tried 3farmshops

big one on outskirts chippenham but was dissapointed so much brought in not much locally from local farms.

Found small 1 in bristol where woman was rude and miserable so dident go back shame as very close to us.

3rd is gem which we still go to as has butchers, farmshop, cafe and kids get feed pigs and pick own stawberries but more of a day out but we never brough huge volume of stuff from them.

We dont really have just ordinary food markets.

we did use mobile butcher bristol meat machine last few years and although they lovley they buy from meat traders in london market who I dont trust so sadly will be giving them a miss shame as they so nice we been loyal customers.

When i went shopping in farmshops with nan they resembled nothing like farmshops look like now and prices wwre much lower people wanted local not organic. Its the organic movement thats driven up prices and made it hard for customers to buy local non organic its all just become so commercialised .

Did I give up the supermarkets nope:(
But we have moved away from big 4 used to be loyal tesco, chaged saisnburys got fed up of them occasionally try morrisions every few months.

We shop at smaller shops farm foods although think buying bird eye i just been kidding myself that they better. Other people on mse said why dident I buy cheaper own brand although farm foods not listed as one of retailers hit, iceland has.We mainly get b.e, milk, bread and frozen veg from them few biscuit deals.

We then shop between aldis and lidls.
I get my fresh meat poultry lidls as chickens free range and good price and the meat has british tractor logo on it.Myabe im being duped there I hope not.

We get odd bits from poundshops if we in one not huge volume.

Also since now have 3kids joined the online revolution and order waitrose ad ocado mostly discount codes so think if have to buy supermarket will buy from them and organic mince only.

Also to be fair to morrisions as I like their fish counter hate my local store . They slaughter their onw meat in house so much shorter supply chain so havent been caught up in this so far neither has m&s.
have found new butchers in nearby village want to check out as says all local farms organic and non organic wondering if he make mince in front of me.

Also open to trying abel and cole and riverford and few other box schemes.

Like i say dairy independent and veg box is local non organic.

I am trying to try and add few organic things to our shop when we can afford it.

I hope that what comes from this is people think a bit more support indpendants farmers and high street and supermarket loses its grip.
As if everyone was honest most could make the time.

When lived in cardiff as student veg shop was open until 8pm.
Think high street needs a rethink and farmers marley need to showcase local produce not just organic.

After growing up in small rural market town with cattlemarket i miss some elements of it.

Does anyone remember river cottage the group of small holders in bristol wonder where they took their piggies to be killed?

Also on topic of farms cant remember what show was might have been dispatches. m&s have oakham chickens yet they visited the town and they had no poultryv farms. Tesco I remember as I brought it used to have willow farm which was highre welfare but not free range or orgaic and charged quite high price, Co-op have elmwood farms and maybe i kids myself that co-op have few more morals apart from price they extortortionate.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Gailey the main/good thing about that challenge it made people think, and show them that they dont have to be brainwashed into shopping for everything in the bi supermarkets..

Its all about finding the right balance..


yep with th slaughter house you can def tell the difference when the animal carcas is hanging up... Its when things start getting cut up/processed that there is room for some things being added..which has happened now, and with sooooo many companies involved in the supply chain.. you can see there is soooo many opertunities for things to go wrong/added etc

Fire_Fox

gailey wrote: »

Also on topic of farms cant remember what show was might have been dispatches. m&s have oakham chickens yet they visited the town and they had no poultryv farms. Tesco I remember as I brought it used to have willow farm which was highre welfare but not free range or orgaic and charged quite high price, Co-op have elmwood farms and maybe i kids myself that co-op have few more morals apart from price they extortortionate.

As I *vaguely* understand it (hopefully someone more knowledgeable will correct any errors ) part of the issue is the amount of time it takes to rear a chicken which obviously has massive implications for overheads. Often the higher welfare birds are slower growing breeds or use fewer/ no growth promoters; I read some years back now a battery chicken takes about six weeks to reach full size and an organic one a year, I guess higher welfare is in between.

I used to get organic but cannot afford that now, either don't eat them or buy corn fed meat and free range eggs (eat far more eggs than chicken). Interestingly looking online Asda state the corn fed meat is from a slow growing breed and from the UK, Tesco claim free range British, Sainsburys say Freedom Food and slower growing (all allegedly, if you can trust supermarket packaging :rotfl:).

Lynsey

Less salt and Shergar. lol

Thanks for the giggle. :T

Lynsey

A._Badger

Check your freezers, folks. Tesco has just admitted its 'Everyday Value Bolognese' is 100 per cent gee-gee.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2277093/BREAKING-NEWS-Tesco-confirm-Everyday-Value-Bolognese-contained-60-horsemeat.html#axzz2KcYF60jL

Fire_Fox

Wonder how long until a company or two go bust?

gailey_2

It looked like tinned stuff on the news not frozen.-tescovalue bol.

whos their supplier for that?

A._Badger

gailey wrote: »

It looked like tinned stuff on the news not frozen.-tescovalue bol.

whos their supplier for that?

The Mail made the same mistake and showed a picture of a can on their front page.

Apparently, the product in question is Tesco's frozen variety, which came from Comigel - the French firm also implicated in the Findus scam.

Sources vary as to how much horsemeat was onboard - the Telegraph suggesting it was 'only' 60 per cent.

Edwardia

Makes me wonder !!!!!! is in the dog food I feed my ailing labrador if humans get horsemeat.

Oakham chicken is just a M&S brand just like Lochmuir which doesn't exist either. M&S can be more expensive than organic in Waitrose as well.

I do feel that many of products in these premium own brands eg Chosen By You, Butcher's Selection, Finest, Taste The Difference, Totally Irresistible etc cannot possibly taste better than a lower priced one.

One variety of tomato might have a different taste, but one wild Alaskan salmon fillet is really no different to the next.

alinwales

my question is what's happening to all the recalled food? will it just go on sale in france, or get binned? Whilst I don't like buying something expecting one thing but getting another, if they had a freezer full of 'could be horsemeat' for a knocked down price, I probably wouldn't say no. I've probably been eating it for a few years now.

(all puns avoided, hopefully!)