To want to boycott coop after seeing their stupid new advert..?

[blindassasin]

What a knob that guy is..! What does he suggest, that instead of doing a weekly shop hi swife should go to the coop every day and by that day's food... for the family to live of almost out of date fruit and veg and a questionable chicken pie?!

Who wants to shop every day?

What's wrong with Ocado anyway?

[stoatie]

Its awful - and "the wife" version is equally crap

[WhereTheWildThingsWere]

I do do a daily shop at the co-op, since I started doing that instead on a weekly 'big shop' I have saved about £60 a week on food.

[DurhamDurham]

I probably spend too much money there. I call in to buy some milk and end up with two carrier bags full of bargain fruit and veg, chocolate and BOGOF items. When we were snowed into our village I walked to the Co-op everyday and ended up with cupborads full of biscuits and crisps. Had to go somewhere to get out of the house to stop cabin-fever setting in.

[Ephiny]

We do shopping as and when needed, not a weekly shop, it works fine and do think it reduces waste as you're just buying what you need for a couple of days, not having to predict what you might be doing or feel like eating in a week's time.

Maybe it's different if you have a very set routine, or don't care about having fresh bread!

[blindassasin]

Oh god... there's a wife version..... vomit.

I make my bread ephiny

[Earthymama]

When I go to my favourite Market town I love the local Co-op, it sells locally produced cider and ale food and I don't think the prices are horrendous.
I have been too busy to go to local supermarket here at home, it's a 20 min bus journey away so I have not been able to buy any fresh vegetables apart from potatoes. I would think I was in heaven if I lived near a Co-op.

[susiedaisy]

just saw that advert and it is utter horseshit, so crap, then i remembered this post so had to put my 10 pence worth in,

[MadameCastafiore]

Our local co op is good for bits and bobs you have run out of but doesn't have evrything you need and their kids food which I rely on sometimes on swimming nights etc is shite - at least at Waitrose the nuggets are actual chicken rather than minced up shite!

Woou;d cost a small fortune to do weekly shop in their too - unless we all lived on potato waffles and shite sausages.

[HerBeatitude]

I already boycott them because they keep on displaying the Daily Sport with its porny front page pictures at my local co-op.

They pretend they don't anymore, but they do. They moved it from toddler eye level to adult eye level, but that's not good enough IMO.

If Morrisons, Tesco etc., can remove this shit and display it elsewhere or covered, then why can't the co-op?

Pity because I'd like to shop there - on lots of other issues they're as ethical as a supermarket can be and if you've got one in walking distance, it does make sense not to do a weekly shop. It cuts down on wastage so although prices may not be as cheap as some of the others, you probably save money in the long run as you don't throw things away.

[AitchTwoOh]

there's one near us, it's much better for baking flour etc than the local ponceterias. i really like it, and don't find it too expensive. haven't seen the ad, though.

[MrsThisIsTheCadillacOfNailguns]

Not seen the ad but boycott the Coop for various reasons,the main one being their only stocking Danish bacon.They also wanted to build a so called 'eco town' on greenfied farmland that they owned and when the plans were released there was nothing 'eco' about it at all.