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Is Waitrose woth the money?

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Pruni · 30/10/2005 14:50

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SoupDragon · 31/10/2005 11:30

Snafu, I discovered that after that Waitrose Incident.

Although I did have to remove the scanner from him when he wanted Golden Nuggets and I said no. Cue huge tantrum... He's started school now so it's not a problem any more!

princesspeahead · 31/10/2005 11:34

I never shop in Tesco, after learning that 1 in every 7 retail pound spent in britain gets spent in Tesco. That isn't supermarket pounds, that is RETAIL pounds!!!! I figure they don't need mine. If I spend £20 a year in desperation shops in Tesco Express that is the sum total of it.

I buy meat mainly from my local butcher, what I can from the local deli, produce a lot of my own fruit and veg and otherwise shop at waitrose or sainsburys.

Enid · 31/10/2005 11:37

ditto pph

Enid · 31/10/2005 11:38

also, ranting on about Tesco, our new one is sooooo vast it is overwhelming and now has retail space above it - so bang goes the town centre. Bastards.

princesspeahead · 31/10/2005 11:45

horse poo is good if it is rotted down a bit. Are you rotting down your leaves? Leaf mulch is great too.
but you aren't meant to manure all of it = I think it is beans that do better on ground that HASN'T been manured? Can't remember. It is why you are meant to rotate crops anyway. Have a look on the web, it will tell you so you can do a lovely colour coordinated map of what you are going to plant where next year and what needs to be manured and not

MrsDoolittle · 31/10/2005 12:04

PPH I have the same ethos and it does make me feel like such a huge hypocrite. I'm pregnant with our second and cutting my hours, so can't afford to increase our current outlay on food.
There must be a btter way than spending it all in Tescos though. I don't want to give the supermarkets my hard earned cash for shipping food all over the country and squeezing farmers. Much better if I give him the money straight way and cut out the supermarket infact.

CountessDracula · 31/10/2005 12:07

We were at a party yesterday (at Sophable's!) and dh was having a convo with someone about how he hates Tesco, how he thinks they are evil and vile and would rather eat dog food than buy anything from them. I was amazed. I pointed out that their food was crap too and everyone else agreed. think there is a Tesco backlash starting

MrsDoolittle · 31/10/2005 12:12

I agree Countess. I just wonder when people will actually put their money where their mouth is, that's the hard part.

Enid · 31/10/2005 12:13
CountessDracula · 31/10/2005 13:34

No enid, why? Am going out with P later this week though

bossykate · 31/10/2005 13:50

mrsdoolittle, i'm with you. our situation over the last few months has meant that i am very reluctant to pay almost double at waitrose for nappies and other household essentials, compared to evil tesco. i don't feel i have the time to source my food from four or five different places atm either.

Heathcliffscathy · 31/10/2005 14:18

some of the food at my party came from ASDA.

leaves to get coat.

Batters · 31/10/2005 14:20

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bossykate · 31/10/2005 14:22

i haven't found a huge difference in quality of meat, fruit, veg etc from tesco since we switched...

having said that, if i were feeling richer atm, i would switch back to ocado for the ethical reasons already mentioned.

Enid · 31/10/2005 14:23

tescos apples are grimola! and their meat is inedible (IMO)

JanH · 31/10/2005 14:24

Sainsburys food quality much better than Tesco's and not a lot dearer.

bossykate · 31/10/2005 14:25

i suppose it depends what you buy - i really haven't found a huge difference - note i didn't say it was the same... apples, surely it depends which variety you buy anyway?

bossykate · 31/10/2005 14:27

oh, i think sainsbury's is much dearer and not as good as ocado/waitrose - if you're going to shop at sainsburys you might as well just buy waitrose stuff. imho, sainsburys does have the best on-line range though.

Batters · 31/10/2005 14:27

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bossykate · 31/10/2005 14:29

ah, yes, batter, that is right, imho. i meant i hadn't found a vast taste difference. maybe i've got so used to tesco's now! was thinking i might switch back now that my job situation has resolved itself

iota · 31/10/2005 14:31

I buy from Tesco, Waitrose, Sainsburys and M&S - -hadn't noticed much of a difference in quality, just price

new Asda opening soon - -will add them to my repetoire

JanH · 31/10/2005 14:31

No Waitrose for 30+ miles No Ocado

Have got Booths (who have suddenly changed their livery since Waitrose moved onto their patch) but they are v v v dear.

iota · 31/10/2005 14:32

what I do like about Waitrose is that they put the organic products alongside teh ordinary ones - -in Tescos you have to hunt for it on a separate shelf

bossykate · 31/10/2005 14:33

my shopping lifecycle

  1. get fed up with useless customer service from big supermarkets
  2. hear how great ocado/waitrose is
  3. start shopping at ocado
  4. so impressed - wow!
  5. novelty wears off
  6. move house, have baby, job under threat - my god those ocado prices!
  7. get addicted to low tesco prices
  8. get fed up with useless customer service
  9. hear how great ocado is...
cod · 31/10/2005 15:06

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