Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Cost of living

Stretching your budget? Share tips and advice to discuss budgeting and energy saving here. For the latest deals and discounts, sign up for Mumsnet Moneysaver emails.

Original poster

Guess the price of 3 sausages 6 eggs and one black pudding local butcher nice area ( not london)

153 replies

Metabigot · 14/01/2023 19:22

Let's just say I won't be returning
Unfortunately nothing had a price on and it was too late to back out once it was rung through

OP posts:
Flapjackquack · 17/01/2023 16:09

FancyFanny · 17/01/2023 16:03

Why would a butcher think someone was odd for using imperial measurements? Surely it's very common in shops that sell by weight to use lbs or ounces.

Not here, they use grams. It is quite a hipster butcher though so maybe that’s why. I thought most shops used grams and kilograms these days 🤷‍♀️

MotherOfHouseplants · 17/01/2023 16:12

FancyFanny · 17/01/2023 16:03

Why would a butcher think someone was odd for using imperial measurements? Surely it's very common in shops that sell by weight to use lbs or ounces.

They've only just very recently come back. Shops were required by law to sell in metric weights from 2000 to 2022. It was one of the things people got Brexity about. IIRC exceptions were made to allow the selling of beer and cider by the pint.

shivawn · 17/01/2023 16:28

FancyFanny · 17/01/2023 16:03

Why would a butcher think someone was odd for using imperial measurements? Surely it's very common in shops that sell by weight to use lbs or ounces.

It's unlikely they would bat an eye at anyone using imperial measurements. They'll be used to mostly older people ordering in lbs and (mostly) younger people ordering in kg. Asking for a fixed number of sausages is unlikely to phase any butchers either.

New posts on this thread. Refresh page
Swipe left for the next trending thread