Joojoo Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 (edited) After watching Jamie tonight, it would be interesting to see who has changed their opinions of where they will buy their food whether it be meat, eggs or just general stuff. Edited January 12, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 I havent shopped at Tesco's since Feb 06. We shop at Sainburys and will continue to do so. Since having my own chooks i have done and will always buy free range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 I am increasingly impressed with our local Waitrose. It is expensive....but I buy my meat from an excellent local butcher whose meat is raised on a local farm and the chickens are free range. I also use a local greengrocer very often, and mainly bake my own bread. It also sells Free Range Chicken Stock Cubes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 I've shopped at Waitrose for a long time now I do also use Tesco but mostly just to get clubcard points - I have more baby talc and moisturiser upstairs than they have on the shelves in a week. If anyone sees me at the boot sale in the summer - you know what I'll be selling! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 unfortunately we only have an asda and a morrisons near us. You tell me, who is better!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joojoo Posted January 11, 2008 Author Share Posted January 11, 2008 Definitely Morrisons. I'll try to find the link that I mentioned earlier. Although I don't think it specifically mentions Morrisons on the link, on the programme earlier I think the statement from Morrisons re battery eggs said that they would only be stocking free range eggs by 2010. Unless I'm mistaken (which is always possible) Here it is http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article3215859.ece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 does anybody have the statement from both? Just to refresh my memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 You could always boycott supermarkets altogether Poet and shop at your local butcher, greengrocer and corner shop etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joojoo Posted January 11, 2008 Author Share Posted January 11, 2008 does anybody have the statement from both? Just to refresh my memory. Is there anything on Jamie's website. Or perhaps someone who hasn't yet watched it could keep an ear out for it and let us know. Egluntine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 You could always boycott supermarkets altogether Poet and shop at your local butcher, greengrocer and corner shop etc. i don't live near any shops so that would be really difficult, I'll do what I can but will probably continue using a supermarket i'm afraid but only for non meat items and hopefully not for veg soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Try **Ocado** They might deliver in your area. It's a super website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 I will continue to shop Co-op, but with occasional deliveries from Ocado instead of Tesco in future. Plus bigger effort at veg growing this year and farm shops where possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Try **Ocado** They might deliver in your area. It's a super website. i thought they were expensive? I go to the supermarket to get the reduced stuff mainly, the whoops etc I hate to use the "i'm on a budget" card but we are we get dented tins etc so that we can use the pennies saved for more expensive meat. If you go late in the evening you can get some really good stuff a lot cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyBoo Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 You could always boycott supermarkets altogether Poet and shop at your local butcher, greengrocer and corner shop etc. which I would love to do but the local butchers are either rubbish or SOOO expensive (and not worth the money either) there is no greengrocers unless I drive to Weybridge 12 miles away, nearest fishmongers is 18 miles away (!) so what do you do? I can't afford to shop at a corner shop even if we had one, and don't say that I should then go without as there will be mutiny in my house if my youngsters don't get coco pops in the morning and I don't know anywhere other than a supermarket to get them. That said, I'm trying the local farmers market next Thursday, I've shopped there before but normally for all the fancy extras, this time I'm setting a budget and planning to get all our monthly meat from there. In the summer I'll def get on top of the veggie growing which was a disaster last year, meantime will try and source organic veg that's not too expensive, but where do you buy your loo rolls and kitchen towels, and cleaning stuff on a weekly basis if you don't go to a supermarket? I really want to know because HFW has given me a real shove and I'm making huge changes at home but having to do it a lot more slowly than I would perhaps like as I simply haven't got a clue where to shop - what a sad indictment - I'm nearly 40 and I don't know of anywhere to get stuff unless it's Sainsburys or similar. Mrs Bertie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 our local farmers market is where i discovered the farm where we get our organic meat http://www.forsterorganicmeats.com/ they are brilliant. I love farmers markets, the dented tins help to pay for the treats we buy from there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I will continue to use Tesco for my storecupboard staples. All dried goods like rice, pasta and cereals and all home baking stuff is Tesco, they are the cheapest, and most convenient to me, simple as that. Most fruit, veg and meat comes from the market, although I am now sourcing other areas for the meat (where I can guarantee it is free range) and anything with hidden eggs in, but what a challenge 'hunt the hidden egg' is . Good farmers market site here www.farmersmarkets.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I have to be honest. I can't say that I will be boycotting the supermarkets. I would prefer to go to Waitrose or Sainsburys but we do not have one in the area. However, we buy most of our meat from a local butcher who sells only Blythburgh free range pork, we buy only free range organic chicken and our lamb comes from a family friend who owns a farm and has a small flock of slow growing Welsh breed sheep. His animals are so well treated. Our fish comes from the fishmonger in town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I've added Somerfield to your poll, Joojoo. Hope you don't mind but we do our grocery shopping there since abandoning Tesco a couple of years ago. We buy our basic groceries such as flour, sugar, butter, washing powder etc from Somerfield but get all our meat from our local butcher who is absolutely wonderful and where the meat is all from local farms. We rarely buy chicken now unless it is free range but the butcher has organic free range and we also have a very good stall on the farmers market for free range poultry. Our vegetables and fruit come from the market in town and we always buy our eggs from the Farmers Market because I know the farmer well and know that his hens are well looked after, free range, organic and very happy indeed. We only use the supermarket for ingredients really as I make everything I can myself - bread, cakes, biscuits, jams, pasta sauces etc etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Mrs. B - you can bulk buy stuff .like toilet roll if you have the space to store it? (you canof course just buy one pack!) I buy Cotton Soft toilet roll from www.goodnessdirect.co.uk . The Cotton Soft range is made from 100% organic cotton which is a renewable resource as opposed to other tissue which is made from wood pulp. I wasn't overly impressed with their kitchen paper, which was a bit thin and I'm still looking for a good one as I've found it impossible to cut it out completely. We use the Co-op as much as possible for all the non-food items. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I already shop at Waitrose, and in honesty that's partly because it's nearest, before I moved near one I used to use Ocado and their service is excellent. They're not cheap, it's true, but they do a good range of organic and free-range food and I think their ethical stance is the best of all the supermarkets, though of course it could still be improved. I will still use other supermarkets, when it's convenient, for the basics, I always buy recycled loo-roll and kitchen towel - the trouble with online ordering is that I am hardly ever at home to take delivery. The reality for most of is time + location + convenience! I do use the farm shop when I can get there. I wish I had a local butcher, greengrocer and baker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I haven't watched Jamie's programme yet (we'll all watch it tonight) but I've already decided to stop using Tesco. I'm very lucky in that I have the choice of any supermarket within easy reach so I'll be using Sainsburys for the big shop and Waitrose sometimes. I'm interested in the thought of buying loopaper online - hadn't ever thought of that. Only if they will leave it in the back garden though, I don't want to have to go and collect it if I've not been in . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Goodness Direct do not usually require a signature unless you order chilled foods. I order all my Ecover, tissue products and canned goods like tomatoes and baked beans,flour, cous-cous, sugar, baking ingredients etc.from them (as well as 3kg bags of oats and rice when I hit the wrong key - I only wanted 1kg bags ) They give a box for delivery instructions and will leave them where you ask them to. You can also choose a delivery day if you want to. If you choose any of the chilled or frozen items, then they contact you about delivery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I'm much the same as Kate, in that my meat comes from my fantastic butcher, my vegetables from a local farm shop or the Saturday market in the town centre (great bargains to be had at 4pm as well, they all but give away their produce rather than take it home ), milk I get delivered by my milkman, and of course I make as much as I can myself, (cakes, biscuits, jams etc), although I've never really mastered the art of breadmaking, even with my breadmaker. I often use Holland & Barrett for rice, tea, soup mix, lentils and so on, it's practically next door to my local library so I'm there pretty regularly anyway. But I do use supermarkets for loo rolls, tinned stuff, and fish sadly, since our fishmonger closed down , and I tend to alternate between Sainsbury's and Waitrose, but probably Sainsbury's a little more often, it has longer opening hours and easier parking at busy times of day. I'm going to have a good look at Lesley's link though, see if that might a better alternative. Oh, and I'll wipe the dust of the breadmaker and give it another go............the number of times I end up going to the supermarket simply because I need bread for packed lunches . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Afraid I will still be shopping at tesco we have Tesco, Asda, Lidl and Aldi in town. there is a small Co-op in the next town along the coast but it very expensive. There is a farmers market once a month but to be honest it is not very good, a lot of jewellery, leather goods that sort of thing. I do buy free range eggs there sometimes. The farm shop is about 10 miles away and only sells their own grown Beef, a few veggies and lots of childrens play equipment No veg schemes in this area either. We actually have a butchers in the village, about a minutes walk away. the meat looks nice and he provides most of the meat to the school where I work. Not sure if the meat sold there is organic or free range. Trouble is it doesn't open until after I have gone to work and is closed before I get home. Saturdays the shop closes at noon and I work until 3pm. We had a milkman for a while, but he kept forgetting to deliver and delivered when we had cancelled because of holidays If I lived in a highly populated area which had a good choice of shops, markets etc I would definately stop using supermarkets. If I could do some of my unperrishable shopping online without having to pay exagerated postage charges because I live at the end of the world I would do that too. I'm not moving away from this lovely place just so I can do my shopping more ethically Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 . I'm not moving away from this lovely place just so I can do my shopping more ethically I dont blame you one bit Ali, I would love to swap places with you and be up there living! I know how difficult it is up there, when we go to the highlands ever year there is only one supermarket for miles and miles and then they dont have a big vast selection like the big superstores. You have to make best with what you have got, even by buying free range eggs you are doing your bit to add to the bigger picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
