Is it a mumsnet faux pas to say you shop at ASDA??

[Dabbles]

Is it? Beacause...

I refer to This THREAD in which people are perilessly ignoring my warnings???

Mum used to buy them for dinner parties!! Think that was when our Asda was a Gateway!!

ROFL

that sounds tasty.

I have my own personal ratings of supermarkets

For the very poor (with a local supermarket) - Farmfoods, quicksave. With no local market usually corner shop (which costs more but no choice)

NExt level (not well off, but can't cook) - Iceland

Next (not well off but some can cook) - Asda, Morrisons, Lidl, ALdi, Netto

NExt (well off but can't afford waitrose/has no local waitrose or has no other supermarket close) - Sainsburys, Tesco.

Then (well off) = Waitrose adn CO-op. More eco/politically friendly for those that have the choice. M&S for those who can't be bothered to cook.

Top = fresh and wild. For those that don't need to take out a new mortgage to shop there.

Of course this all depends on what you have locally.

It is an ethcial decision.
I dont buy clothes in Asda or Tesco because they come straight from the sweatshop where little children sew till their eyes bleed and the pain in their eyes make their hunger pangs pale into insignificance.

Armadillo I feel so good!! By your ratings I am well off if I go to Tesco!!(though not sure a monthly budget of £120 comes under the well-off badge!) Unfortunately it's easier for me to get to Asda cos it's only a half hour walk or I can borrow a car if it's a 'run out of everything' shop!

Making an ethical descision on where to shop depends on having a certain level of income.

TheArmadillo true, but OP wanted reasons as to why so few were heading her warnings regarding item from Asda, and I gave her mine.

I shop mainly at Tesco because my next closest supermarket is 17 miles away! I would go to Asda if we had one closer as I can't afford to be ethical!!! ROFL

glad I've made you feel better CL

fair enough scary.

Actually Easton in Bristol (basically the poorest area of the city) has a few initiatives that benefit the very poor and are ethical.

They have a cooperative thing going that sells pulses/flour/oats/dried things and I think now local veg at wholesale prices. You have to join and it has conditions, such as you have to live locally (I think) and I think you may have to prove low income, but you can join and not only get foodstuffs cheaper, but they are ethically produced as well. Benefits all. V. good idea in my opinion.

by custy
asda - multi national take over the worldy conglomorate - stipping the poor of its resources so you can have a tea towel for 25p

EXACTLY!!!

waitrose may be seen as snobby but I do think it is fairer to it's suppliers than tescos and asda

I agree that ethical is not always possible! All of them are guilty to a certain extent, M&S and Waitrose are as guilty of 'unfair trade' as Asda Tesco and Sainsbury. Not sure about Morrisons but we havent got one within 100 or so miles of us so not a problem for me to be ethical with that one.

If I decide not to shop in a particular store because of them exploiting people then I would be unable to buy my food and clothes anywhere!! Though I do buy most clothing from Matalan and to date I havent heard anything bad about their practices but I won't be surprised when I do!

I agree with you there CL - buying ethically involves having the income to do so. Not everyone does.

Well done to those that can and do choose ethically, but not everyone can.

Here here Armadillo!

Also you have to have enough money to go eco, though it is often cheaper in the long run e.g. reusuable nappies are cheaper in teh long run, but involve an bigger initial outlay to buy them. Therefore not everyone can afford to use them, even though they work out cheaper (IYSWIM).

IT's like the Sam Vimes thing about the rich spending less on shoes cos they buy one expensive pair that last practically forever, whereas the poor have to spend more over the years buying lots of cheap pairs because they cannot afford the initial outlay.

Agree once again!! I try very hard to be 'eco' in everything but sometimes you don't have that choice!

My first 2 kids were in nothing but terry nappies and yes it's expensive to buy initially (which is why Grandma kitted us out) but I have to admit to dd3 being a disposable nappy kinda gal cos it was better for me not having the inital layout this time round.

I love the enormous Asda in Milton Keynes. The staff are really helpful, unlike Tesco. ("I don't know what risotto rice is and if I don't know what it is, it means we don't sell it, got that?")

I also like Lidl as they sell a lot of the brands and stuff we used to buy in Belgium and Germany.

Asda MK also has a good range of Polish food as well.

ethical shopping is attainable if you can afoed to do so.i know when skint i shopped multinationals/High Street conglomerates - economic necessity dictates use of (any) disposable income.