WE'RE CHEAPER

Farm shops are definitely cheaper than the likes of Tesco-a-no-no

Good grief! $7 !!!!! Is that Canadian dollars or US dollars?
Maybe there is a higher demand for it there than here?
I know there were news items a year or two ago stating how cauliflower was out of fashion over here
Yet, for those who are "slimming", it is a slimmer's best friend! Cauli "rice", anyone?

 

Our local fruit and veggie shop/butcher is selling huge ones for 79p. Even in the fresh food dep of Iceland they're only 99p.

Only rich or foolish people shop in chain supermarkets nowadays.

 

Ok, so it's not the across the pond cost issue then, it's the local Supermarket vs farmer issue? This is a global issue (one which, when highlighted in the 3rd world countries, lead to the Fair Trade movement, I believe?).

Personally, I will use local farm shops whenever I am able. OK, I do accept that may make me a niche shopper (although in Blighty, that shouldn't make it impossible for many of us) but I can see that it could be another ball game in Canada and the USA where distance can make a huge difference in choices available.

As I stated in an earlier post, I view Tesco as a no-go area for me. I dislike their accounting practices and their inflated pricing policies and their unethical treatment of their suppliers. Hence: I simply do not *go* there!

 

Yes, our dollar suffered, big time. But there are always opportunitists ready to justify their greed..

It also means that my coming to UK is perhaps not feasable. All of our travel arrangements are based on the US buck. Who can afford 145% on their travel dollar?

I will get there, just not this minute

 

Canadas economy is heading south due to the oil price crash. All that Alberta oil is costing toomuch to get out now,many loosing jobs,exchange rate pain as a result. Could all reverse in a year or two quite easily.
I tend to try and grow the expensive to buy veggies and dont bother with spuds,onions,carrots etc etc .

 

And I can eat less to make up for the copious amounts of christmas cake, cookies and other delightful rubbish I have been eating

 

And I can eat less to make up for the copious amounts of christmas cake, cookies and other delightful rubbish I have been eating

 

Wouldn't let me finish witout posting twice. Sorry for the repeat.

 

I only buy them when supermarkets have them on special offer for 49p, then the farmers get a much better percentage. Even better when Lidl sell them for 39p as the farmers would be getting a whopping 46%.

 

We used our local Aldis at the weekend for the first time and although prices were a lot cheaper than Tescos there just wasn't enough variety of the products we eat.I tried the soap powder when we went to Lidl but it was such rubbish stuff for the price it didn't even wash our clothes properly,they didn't smell clean,give me Bold or Persil any day There was only one type of cat food and it is too late in the day for me to buy it and hope that my cat will convert to it so we ended up having to drive to a pet food wholesalers to stock up on what we normally buy which luckily for us was on our way home

Also we couldn't even buy the Benecol or Proactive butter that we use to lower cholesterol levels and I like Semi Skimmed Cravendale milk as it has a long shelf life as I don't like the milk out of cartons that Mr Kandy likes

We do use the farm shops for the fruit and veggies we can't grow ourselves but they are a bit of a distance to get to and we find them more expensive because the more people use them the more they charge for stuff because they have cottoned on that if people want fresh fruit and veg then they are willing to pay more for it so not a saving there.

The cauliflowers that Tescos sell for £1.85 are usually the ones the size of footballs whereas they will sell smaller ones for 45p etc.

Also with the likes of Aldi and Lidl they don't have a petrol station attached to their shops so we then have to trek to the nearest fuel station to fill up whereas at Tescos we can do it all at the same time.

I also can buy my slippers and socks and other bits from Tescos whereas the stuff in Aldis and Lidls looked a bit,...well cheap as in not good quality plus Tescos sell books,cards,DVDs stationery etc so I think at the moment I will stick to Tescos at least we get points and then vouchers to use and then when we win the lottery that we don't do we will be able to shop at the likes of Waitrose and M&S

 

I've not read all of this thread but I have to say Tesco for me is a last resort, I cannot bare the place! Kev will do a top up shop in there during the week but for me I'd travel the extra mile or so & go to sainsburys! We are quite lucky here we have Tesco, sainsburys, asda, Aldi, waitrose, Iceland & a reasonable M&S, we also have 2 farm shops. I don't have a habit of going to one supermarket but I generally use waitrose or sainsburys depending on what I want & who has the best offers. I buy plants from Aldi, they are very reasonable. As for the cost of fruit & veg I think both are over priced, the farmers don't get enough money to produce them & in turn the supermarkets charge whatever they want for them & we seem to pay for them without really complaining. On principle I will only buy organic milk I was told by a dairy farmer that was the best milk to buy for both me & the cow!
I wish I had more land so I could grow more of my own veg & have more fruit trees etc. If I ran the country I'd ban supermarkets & have greengrocers, bakeries, fishmongers, more butchers etc etc just like the good old days!

 

That'll be down to all the copious amounts of Christmas cake, cookies and other delightful rubbish you've been scoffing
(could you open a window, please)

 

You can get cauliflowers (and lots of other stuff) from Tesco for pennies if you go one hour before closing on Sundays for "the scrum", when staff bring out trays/trollies of stuff reduced to clear marked down to 90% off.

It's easy to find out where to wait for it, just search for a group of people looking like Big Issue sellers, rough sleepers, or they're from the local rehab clinic. When the staff bring it out you'll know why it's called the scrum.

Go on, don't be shy!