Egluntyne 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 And who can blame you!! You have to live according to the circumstances that surround you. Just a thought.....would Ocado or similar deliver to you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Just a thought.....would Ocado or similar deliver to you? I've checked Ocado out for myself (they don't deliver up here but Waitrose would - no point as it's only 3 miles from me anyway) and for my brother's postcode in Nairn (not far from Ali-s). Computer says no . Ali, do you use that massive Tesco in Inverness? That's where my brother goes - it's huuuuuuge (am I right that it's the biggest in Europe or something? ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 The Tesco in Inverness is enormous. The one I use in Elgin is large as well and sells everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 ALi I am the same - small co-op in the local town but not got the range as so small so I also use Tesco Elgin - I dont use Asda at all if I can help it but would love a sainsburys here too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s 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! Go on then, lets do a swap I love Devon and Cornwall and keep meaning to take the children down for a holiday. We have friends who live in Devon and had our honeymoon in Cornwall. 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! Go on then, lets do a swap I love Devon and Cornwall and keep meaning to take the children down for a holiday. We have friends who live in Devon and had our honeymoon in Cornwall. !! Mmmm, I would love too! How on earth would I get the chooks up there, I suppose we would have to make regular stops! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Good farmers market site here www.farmersmarkets.net thanks Clare- that link has been really helpful to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I'd love to be able to try and boycott supermarkets but it's just not possible. We do buy most of our groceries from Tesco, but we buy meat and vegetables from the butchers and the veg shop down the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourfinches Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Like many others we do shopping in a variety of places. We buy most of our fruit and veg at the farm shop but buy fairly traded bananas at Sainsbury's. I use Marks & Spencer for things like mayonaise, egg noodles and the occassional cake . When we buy meat we buy it from the organic farm butcher. If I visit my friend in Southend I come home via Waitrose. I have used Ocado and they're really good but I just don't seem to have the time to place an order or find that the green delivery slots are at times I'm out. Very eclectic - I only use Tesco's when I realise I've run out of something at 10 o'clock at night & I always come home saying "I hate Tesco's, you can't get round the aisles for all the trollies out for stacking the shelves" "I'm never going back" (and I don't until the next time!) Morag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lailapet Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I feel more than a little overwhelmed by the fact that I have to find all this out for myself here in Denmark. We don't have Jamie and Hugh to help us unless you watch satellite TV... The supermarkets - especially the Danish Co-op - do stock a lot of organic stuff of all kinds. More expensive than the bargain places. My little town has no less than 4 supermarkets but animal welfare is not top of the political agenda here. Of course thre was a huge outcry at pig transports last year, but people tend to forget these incidents and think it's only confined to transports. Farm shops are virtually nonexistant in my area. Greengrocers, butcers etc have all shut up shop and I'm just waiting for the big surge. Denmark doesn't have such a wide gap between the classes as the UK, but it's getting there . But in my area poor people who can't afford quality food are thankfully few and far between. That people choose to spend their money on cars and expensive fitness centre subscriptions rather than the nice food is so far still their choice... We'll see. I have to do my shopping in the supermarket but try to make an informed decision every time I shop. Sometimes my wallet wins but usually it's my conscience. Laila Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joojoo Posted January 12, 2008 Author Share Posted January 12, 2008 For information ASDA and Tesco are the only 2 supermarkets who are refusing to go cage-free. See below http://www.thegoodeggawards.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 We shop at Waitrose a lot of the time simply because it is a pleasant shopping experience and their butchers and fish counters are good. We also use Morrisons because it is pretty much our corner shop and they also have a good meat and fish counter, but the shopping experience in there is awful, it is crowded and the queues are beyond belief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Waitrose all the way!! I love it! I do pay more but I feel that Tesco is not getting my money! I haven't shopped there for 12 months! We get meat (rarely) from the local butcher, try to grow lots of our own veggies and occasionally go to Somerfield (tiny local shop) if we are desperate for milk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I use Tesco for basics & clubcard points -can use them for cheap holidays - quadruple the points - so I get some good deals - we are lucky that we have a really good local butcher & farm shop, but I put up my poly tunnel last autumn & got an electric propagator for christmas so hopefully will have lots of home grown fruit & veg. I have just discovered a local milkman who can deliver organic milk, juice, bacon & free range eggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 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. My village butcher has a poster in the shop window saying that he is proud to only sell freerange chicken. good on him Maybe I should put in an order with him at work, get it delivered there and then take it home with me It is a shame as the only meat he doesn't supply the school with is Chicken. That comes from a large distributor and is not free range I do not eat chicken at work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 My village butcher has a poster in the shop window saying that he is proud to only sell freerange chicken. good on him That reminds me of a butcher we saw in Mahyncleth, (spelling, it's where CAT is) and there was a sign in is window saying that 'Our beef is vegetarian as our cows are!'. It did make us laugh- lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krysia Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I have never really bothered about where I shop as long as I look at what I'm buying. You can't blame the supermarkets if people want value eggs, it is after all their business, HOWEVER I am not prepared to buy said items and will be very careful in future regarding hidden eggs, I used to make lots of quiches but being a busy mum I have fallen for the two for £3 in Asda on many an occasion, Not any more we have chickens and usually more eggs than we know what to do with so I am determined to put them to good use. I will still shop in Tesco when the voucher comes through (Hubby has a tesco credit card for the work expenses and you earn club card points every time you spend) BUT I won't buy anything that disagrees with my conscience. I have just binned some hot dogs as it clearly states the meat is 'mechanically reclaimed' I do love a good hot dog but I am not eating that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little chickadee Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 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. That's my mum's cousin's farm (the pig farm) We've been on a guided tour and it looks like an advert for free range pig production! We were so incredibly impressed. He sells to waitrose too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 HOWEVER I am not prepared to buy said items and will be very careful in future regarding hidden eggs, I used to make lots of quiches but being a busy mum I have fallen for the two for £3 in Asda on many an occasion The Tesco deep fill quiches at two for £4 and sold in the brown cardboard boxes contain free range eggs (and they are really filling). I'm not eating the really cheap stuff anymore either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I always used to shop at Tesco or Morrisons as they are most convenient but on Sunday I went to Sainsbury's. I was quite disappointed to find that the fresh poultry shelves were all full of cruelty standard chicken with just a few RSPCA freedom legs and one organic free-range bird but it was ready stuffed and covered with bacon strips so very expensive. They also had a very limited choice of dairy alternatives. Waitrose is a good bit further away but they deliver to this area so I will try using them in future. I went online and price checked about a dozen items we regularly use against Tesco prices. Everything was a penny or two more expensive in Waitrose so overall it will cost about £5 a week more but on the plus side they had a much better choice of dairy free products. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheilaz Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 .... You can't blame the supermarkets if people want value eggs, it is after all their business,....... But, I do blame those supermarkets! They manipulate the consumer to buy what they want to shift, and tempt them in with offers which are too cheap to support the supply chain. Just looking at chickens & eggs; if the big supermarkets only sold a minimum Freedom food standard, with no cheapo standard below it, the consumer would pay more than now but it wouldn't be a high price for the product. I think it's an insult to people on a budget to assume that they should be happy with water filled, tasteless, inferior "value foods". It's hard to resist a bargain, but many bargains are not saving us anything. An example; Buying a family 3 multipacks of crisps for £2.50 is a bargain. Hold on, every week, that's £130 a year! Solution; no crisps, save money, pay a decent price for decent food. 30 years ago, crisps were a food for treats, birthday parties or on holiday. Chicken was about £2.20 a kilo, similar to now! Why? It's shocking. Why? Because the supermarkets decide what we need & what we should pay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 I agree with you completely Sheila. It's like the conjurer's trick, pick any card but you always end up with the card they want you to take. Same with the supermarkets, they mentioned in a letter posted in another thread that they will continue to offer a choice to all customers in varying price brackets. But over the last few weeks how many people here have considered just how much of a sucker we are as consumers in getting a bargain. At the end of the day they sell the products on their shelves to make a profit. They couldn't give a stuff about it really and only would if it wasn't making them money. Yet the power they have over agriculture and the like means that they have driven out smaller independent shops, or in the case of where I live the Tesco IS the corner shop, these supermarkets take a hold of the consumer. For every reason they arrive at for supermarkets being good you can read something else into it. eg: you can get everything under one roof = you'll spend all your money here and not spend it anywhere else! A xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little chickadee Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 We shop at Waitrose as it's much nicer shopping experience. If you take out the loss leaders that other supermarkets sell it's also not that much more expensive. As I mentioned in reply to Janty's post (she eats my cousin's pork!) my cousin supplies Waitrose with Free Range pork, and I know from speaking to him that they are a very good supermarket to produce for. We don't buy our fruit and veg from there though as we are very lucky to have a truely excellent farm shop about 2 miles away which sells all local stuff where possible (obviously not for oranges and bananas!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 I agree as well Sheila, especially where you've said that it is an insult to those on a budget to expect them to accept the lowest possible in value for money. It isn't necessary to buy everything that a supermarket sells - being selective when on a tight budget means that a family can eat well and, often, more healthily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 I wish I had some of the choices you guys down south have I live in an incredibly rural area but have little or no access to farm shops and the couple of local (loose use of the word) butchers we have are dubious My choices for supermarkets are Sainsburys in Edinburgh which I use sometimes:shock: Tiny Sainsburys in Peebles which is useless Somerfield in Peebles which is even more useless and dirty Asda in Galashiels which I won't use Tesco in Galashiels which I use sometimes I know it is a cliche but life is so busy when you work full time including some weekends both days and I haven't the time to try to find farmers markets etc the omleteers who came up for the farmers market meet in the spring saw how far I had to travel to that there is one in Peebles once a month it is no blessed use once a month and usually coincides with the weekends I have to work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
