Don't shop in supermarkets.
They're not actually as cheap as they'd like you to think, and you always end up coming out with bags full of stuff you don't really need instead of the one or two things you went in there for.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 19:32, 29 replies)

Good plan,
assuming you can afford the £½million+ to buy a house in a village filled with thriving, local shops.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 19:42, closed)

What are there no grocers or butchers in cities now?
Well blow me. They must have all closed quick, I was in one only the other day.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 19:48, closed)

Butchers are being obsoleted by supermarkets,
and their numbers have dwindled. Both the town where I live and the town where I work have lost theirs, but the posh village down the road still has theirs (unsurprisingly).

Not everyone lives in a city.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 20:01, closed)

Most people live in or near cities.
The London Metropolitan Area alone is home to almost a fifth of the UK's population.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 20:04, closed)

There is only one city in Cornwall
and that has only one butcher and I'm not driving a 40 mile rounds trip to get some pork chops when they are cheaper at aldi.
( Peej, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 20:15, closed)

Most people don't live in Cornwall,
well I'm sorry I spoke if what I said doesn't apply to absolutely everybody.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 20:17, closed)

Its ok the half a million of us don't really count for much

( Peej, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 20:20, closed)

sorry for thinking the other 60 million counted for something.

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 20:20, closed)

By that logic most people don't live in London either
or anywhere, or Liverpool or Rome cos Rotterdam is anywhere anywhere alone.
( Peej, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 20:25, closed)

Most people live in urban areas.
Very few people live 40 miles from their nearest butcher.

If you don't believe me, look it up. Or here, let me do it for you:
www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2009/aug/18/percentage-population-living-cities

UK urban population: 90.1%
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 20:31, closed)

Butchers meat is still more expensive than supermarkets

( Peej, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 20:34, closed)

Unless it's a halal butcher.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 20:36, closed)

It is if you don't mind buying crap meat,
but it's not just about meat. Plenty of things are cheaper elsewhere, not just veg but also seafood.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 20:37, closed)

Yeh and once you've travelled around everywhere and worked out time and fuel
You're probably better off sticking to your list at tesco. I don't know about the whole country but round here veg is cheap in tesco cos its all grown round here and fish is cheap because loads is caught round here. Fishmongers, green grocers and butchers can't compete. People are broke so they are going to shop at the cheapest place and thats the supermarket
( Peej, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 20:41, closed)

Oh and Urban doesn't mean city
I live in the largest urban area in Cornwall, it's not a city and there's still fuck all cheaper than Aldi and Tesco
( Peej, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 20:42, closed)

A google search reveals a total of 10 butchers in Redruth and Camborne
so I don't know how there is only one within 40 miles.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 20:48, closed)

I never said there was only one butchers within 40 miles
I said my nearest city only had one butchers. I can also guarantee you that all 10 of them are more expensive than the supermarket.

I think its more accurate to say "don't shop at the supermarket, it might cost you a bit more overall but what you get isn't so shit."
( Peej, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 20:58, closed)

well this is where it went off on a tangent, isn't it.
I never suggested everyone should go to a city to do their shopping. Monster Munch started by supposing I thought everyone should do their shopping in a village. I live in a suburban council estate and I still manage to get by without going into supermarkets.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 21:04, closed)

That's it. Blame me for your poorly thought out, unworkable suggestion,
that's incompatible with many people's lifestyles/living conditions.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 22:19, closed)

no I'm blaming you for your bizarre assumption
that non-supermarket food shops only exist in twee little villages.

I know it's workable, because I've personally been working it for the last five years, and I don't live in an especially unusual place. Granted it might not suit everybody (such as people who do live in unusual places), but it's a "money saving tip" not a fucking order. Get a grip you people. Jeez.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 22:50, closed)

Yeah, all my fault.
Are you my wife?
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 22:59, closed)

+now Dave

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 23:00, closed)

*dons blackface*
*gets hounded off the board for unacceptable behaviour*
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 23:09, closed)

have you actually checked?
I can't argue with you about the fuel use if you have to drive to loads of different places, but that's Cornwall for you.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 20:43, closed)

Yes, and there is are 3 butchers, a greengrocers,and a fishmongers within 5 minutes walk of our local tesco,
guess which one is loads cheaper. As for herbs and spices we have a Julian Graves and it costs a bomb.
( Peej, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 20:48, closed)

hang on you said it was a 40 mile round trip,
you've lost me now. Can't help it if Redruth and Camborne are shit though. Move somewhere else if you don't like it, no point getting all grumpy at me.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 20:50, closed)

It's 40 mile round trip to my nearest city
Oh and I never said I didn't like it, I said most stuff is still cheaper at a supermarket.
( Peej, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 20:50, closed)

There's quite a few of them in the Heavy Woolen District.
The fact it's crammed into the gaps between three large urban areas may have something to do with this.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 11 Nov 2011, 19:59, closed)

Totally agree.. not only that but I find that stuff bought at supermarkets goes off quicker too.
(Freakmandu, Sat 12 Nov 2011, 4:55, closed)