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how are you all getting on

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jenk1 · 14/08/2005 21:49

with not buying food from supermarket anymore? i did the weekly shop but only bought dried goods nappies etc and we are really enjoying fresh veg,fruit and meat from local farmers,markets

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frannyf · 16/08/2005 11:36

Another thought...I know this is not possible for everyone, but I did find it helped to stop thinking about food as something that is ideally cheap. We spend much much less of a proportion of our income on food now in the UK than we did say 40 years ago, and the quality of what we are eating has decreased correspondingly. If you are on a very tight budget already this is obviously not going to work for you, but I made a conscious decision to invest more on getting good, fresh food and not to begrudge the money. Food should not be cheap - it is the most important thing we buy for ourselves and our families, not something to economise on. It should be affordable, high quality produce. Buy cheaper shoes, or have one week's holiday instead of two, but don't scrimp on spending when we are talking about the stuff that quite literally gives us life.

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jenk1 · 16/08/2005 13:21

quite agree franny and i have just placed a big order with goodness direct, have u tried their vine leaves wiyh rice and bubble and squeak?

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frannyf · 16/08/2005 15:31

I have some vine leaves in the fridge but haven't yet tried them! Never saw the bubble and squeak but sounds yummy

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jenk1 · 18/08/2005 13:33

just got a delivery this morning, unfortunately there was a big hole in the frozen box and some stuff was defrosted-but they are sending me some more. well impressed with what ive got,even found dairy and egg free little sweets for DD, me and dd have just eaten the "tatties"for dinner-she loved them as did i,will definately be ordering from them again, if you have any things which are really good from this company can u let me know thanks

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trefusis · 18/08/2005 17:36

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frannyf · 19/08/2005 09:04

Hi Jenk, pleased you liked the stuff and sorry to hear about the hole in the box! Thinking about it, the delivery people are sometimes a bit rubbish, they have left stuff round the back of my house (in soaring temperatures) without knocking to see if I was in, when I was sitting indoors waiting for it. Goodness direct seem pretty good at sorting out problems though. Occasionally they have sent the wrong thing by mistake and they just refund the money with no questions. Will have a think about what we especially like from there, depends what you like to eat really!

frannyf · 19/08/2005 09:06

Trefusis you seem to have got it sorted, let us know how it goes.

flashingnose · 19/08/2005 09:15

frannyf, that's a really good point you make about trying get away from thinking about food as being "ideally cheap". As a country, we seem to have lost the plot in this respect - e.g. we'd rather eat tasteless, cheap (but beautiful) fruit and veg than pay a bit more for stuff that is a pleasure to eat.

An interesting by-product of non-supermarket shopping is we're down to one bin bag of rubbish a week for a family of five because of the lack of plastic packaging!

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jenk1 · 19/08/2005 10:06

yes when u think about what franny f says it makes sense, the rest of europe eat good and healthy food in fact the meditteranean diet is considered to be one of the best in the world,they also make an event out of a meal time,especially in italy the whole family sits down together in this country we settle for tv dinners in front of the tv! and bland tasteless food thats also very expensive compared to other countries

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Klara · 19/08/2005 10:54

Sorry to butt in on this thread. We have a wondefful market near us and when I have a day off from work I do love to go and buy fruit and veg and meat there too. I have noticed it is cheaper, and have wondered that if I was able to do my shopping like that - how much could i save...you know - just buyin the essentials in teh supermarket.

will be on maternity leave next year, so may try it then...and would be interested to hear how much it has cut off your weekly food/shopping bills. At the moment we spend about 100 a week for a family of 3 adults and 1 child...

klara

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jenk1 · 19/08/2005 12:57

well i now spend £15 a week on veg and fruit,roughly £10 a week on meat and other things like tins and toiletries i must spend about £30-£40 a week-maybe not even that much im just guessing, because im not in the supermarket as much now im not buying food that we dont need and not being tempted by buy 1 get 1 free offers, i am going to keep a note on the weekly money spent on shopping next week and will let u know

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