supermarkets

[stevewool]

bloody tescos they are everywhere , how many do we really need, seems to be on every bloody corner now:NoNo:

[Notavirusalso]

Yep, Its like they have cloned milton keynes and implanted it every where, Most towns are virtually identical now with the main shops and outta town shopping areas, Still pepole vote with thier wallets and if there wasnt money to be made they wouldnt be there, Its making me all emotional now, think i will go and by some flowers to cheer myself up and have alittle cry..! !:bigcry:

[stevewool]

sorry to have upset you , bhut buying flowers is a great thought anyway,what got my goat up was the local farmfoods shop is to close, tesco has brought the land and building there shop there instead, so no more cheap prices, :bigcry::bigcry::bigcry:

[Arthur Little]

bloody tescos they are everywhere , how many do we really need, seems to be on every bloody corner now:NoNo:

Know what you mean, Steve :rolleyes: ... we have two huge Tesco 'Extra' Stores [one of them open 24 hrs!] at opposite ends of the town - plus a Tesco Metro in Perth Town Centre.

[Arthur Little]

Still ... :anerikke: ... I suppose I ought to be thankful that the open all hours store is located close to where WE live!

[stevewool]

what would we have done a few years ago, and sundays wow we must all have been so bored before the birth of sunday shopping:)

[Arthur Little]

the local farmfoods shop is to close :bigcry:

Shame about that :rolleyes: ... we've 2 'Farmfoods' branches ... and used to have an *'Iceland' as well ... but *it's long gone and been replaced by a third Lloyds Pharmacy.

[Tawi2]

Every little helps :xxgrinning--00xx3: Thank goodness for 24 hour Tesco :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Arthur Little]

what would we have done a few years ago, and sundays wow we must all have been so bored before the birth of sunday shopping:)

:yeahthat: ... talking of "goats" #3 ... when I was a kid :rolleyes: ... the only shops you ever saw open for business on Sundays, were Newsagents (and only during the forenoon ... to buy your 'Sunday Post') and Italian-owned cafe's selling their delicious ice cream.:foudamour: Changed days!! :doh

[mikey73]

bloody tescos they are everywhere , how many do we really need, seems to be on every bloody corner now:NoNo:

yeah they are everywhere now, i have 4 tescos next to me, all within a 10 min walk of my flat.

[Arthur Little]

So ... :anerikke: ... basically, back then - unless you were the type of person who liked a "long lie" :NEW5: on Sunday mornings - your most likely form of "entertainment" was to go to Church and watch the minister/vicar banging on his pulpit :23_116_6[1]: as he harangued the congregation with his weekly sermon ...

[Arthur Little]

... and thence back home, suitably chastised ;) ... perchance to swap the "glad rags" for your more comfortable old togs, partake of Sunday Lunch ... and settle down to *reading the 'News of The World' - *alas no longer possible! :bigcry: - as you listened to 'Two-Way' Family Favourites' on BBC Radio's 'Light Programme'.

[grahamw48]

In York (100,000 pop.) we have TWO large Tescos....one close to my home, an Asda, a Morrisons and two Sainburys. That's apart from the Tesco Expresses.

Oh, and two M & S.

Glad I hate shopping.

[Dedworth]

I guess the profusion of Tesco's is because they are a caring company and don't want people to travel long distances to be ripped off :angry:

[stevewool]

here in derby we have,1 morrisons soon to be 2,sainburys 4, co op 4, poxy tescos well just loads if you count the 24hours and the tesco express and so on , well the pak shop and aldi are going to be my shops to spend my hard earned money in:angry:

[Moy]

save:yikes: you money everyday:D:xxaction-smiley-047

[Ako Si Jamie]

There's five Tesco's within a 5 minute drive from mine, 2 big stores and 3 of the small ones. None of which I've been in since before Xmas!


I guess the profusion of Tesco's is because they are a caring company and don't want people to travel long distances to be ripped off :angry: :icon_lol::xxgrinning--00xx3:

[stevewool]

well i will not use tesco at all:NoNo::NoNo:

[Terpe]

I guess the profusion of Tesco's is because they are a caring company and don't want people to travel long distances to be ripped off :angry:

:laugher::laugher::laugher:

:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Terpe]

well i will not use tesco at all:NoNo::NoNo:

We also never use Tesco.
But I can't tell anyone why. :NoNo:

[stevewool]

my reason is two fold, 1st i am atight git and 2nd it was one of the reasons the divorce came along, live to work thing, a up i should be thanking tesco other wise i may never be here and my new life being so brill too:laugher::laugher:, may even write to tesco to thank them:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[grahamw48]

I always shop at Tesco (just been) because it is just up the road, and I'm lazy.

It is getting harder and harder to stay within my £30 a week food budget for me and my boy though. :cwm3:

[Terpe]

I always shop at Tesco (just been) because it is just up the road, and I'm lazy.

It is getting harder and harder to stay within my £30 a week food budget for me and my boy though. :cwm3:

Better start shopping at Asda:D

[stevewool]

try shopping somewhere differant , pakshop and aldi are great and as i have said farmfoods too

[Terpe]

try shopping somewhere differant , pakshop and aldi are great and as i have said farmfoods too

Plus, walking helps to supress hunger and that extra mile will do wonders for maintaining bodily flexibility. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[grahamw48]

Walk ? :yikes:

My local Pakshop is only an off-licence. :Erm:

We do have a Farmfoods even closer than Tesco, but of course they don't have the variety of marked down past its sell by date stuff, which is my mainstay. :)

I refuse to pay more than £1.50 for ANY item. :D

[stevewool]

[QUOTE=grahamw48;305585]Walk ? :yikes:

My local Pakshop is only an off-licence.

tut tut tut, graham, i ment the supermarker chain pakfoods:laugher::laugher::laugher::laugher:

[grahamw48]

Oh, sorrrrry. :doh

[imagine]

It is getting harder and harder to stay within my £30 a week food budget for me and my boy though. :cwm3:

i hope thats a joke :laugher: you sure your not a :Kilt: :laugher::laugher:

[grahamw48]

DO YOU MIND ? :yikes:

Yorkshireman ! :D

Ok, I'll admit to having spent £35 this week....not much on the bargains shelf. :bigcry:

Nowt wasted in my house, but we do eat an awful lot of cheap spuds it seems, and we eat very little ready-prepared food, 90% all home-cooked to my own recipes. :)

[imagine]

DO YOU MIND ? :yikes:

Yorkshireman ! :D

Ok, I'll admit to having spent £35 this week....not much on the bargains shelf. :bigcry:

Nowt wasted in my house, but we do eat an awful lot of cheap spuds it seems, and we eat very little ready-prepared food, 90% all home-cooked to my own recipes. :)

well thats impressive, have you thought about publishing a recipe book :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[Arthur Little]

I refuse to pay more than £1.50 for ANY item. :D

... and I used to think I was kuripot! :doh ...

[Arthur Little]

... :cwm24: ... you Yorkshire lads are WORSE than the :Kilt:s!!

[Arthur Little]

DO YOU MIND ? :yikes:

Yorkshireman ! :D

Oops ... :icon_sorry:, Graham ... our respective posts must've crossed!

"Nowt" IS a Yorkshire expression though, is it not?

:omg: ... looks like I'm the second person tonight to make you "cross".:angry:

[les_taxi]

... :cwm24: ... you Yorkshire lads are WORSE than the :Kilt:s!!

:cwm23::D

[stevewool]

nothing is wasted here too, but i would struggle to spend £30 a week:)

[malditako]

there's one coming in sandiacre soon....i love tesco though :)

[Englishman2010]

I've got huge 24 hour Asda's, Tesco's and Sainsbury's within 5 minutes of my house. It doesn't matter what time of day or night I go, they are always busy. I do find Asda to be cheaper than the other two though. There's also an Aldi in the next village. A few years ago I would never have shopped at Aldi (me being a snob:doh), but my opinion has changed and I frequently shop there as it is convenient, the food is good quality despite the stereotypical negative comments people used to make about Aldi (if it's good enough for our German neighbours, it's good enough for us:xxgrinning--00xx3:). Something else I've noticed about my local Aldi is that their car park is usually full of brand new BMW's, Audi's, Mercs, Jags and Range Rover's which is not the type of car those who've never been would associate with a typical Aldi shopper. Time to forget those stereotypes and save a few quid:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[grahamw48]

Blimey....who's that handsome bloke on your new avatar Arthur ? :D

[stevewool]

Blimey....who's that handsome bloke on your new avatar Arthur ? :D

its jimmy hill

[scott&ligaya]

I use Aldi to get some German food I miss from living in Regensburg for six months way back in the early 90ties. but have found more and more things I lke there including their croissants.. nice

[grahamw48]

its jimmy hill

:laugher::laugher::laugher:

[Ako Si Jamie]

You look better with a beard Arthur. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

And Les, you remind of a cross between Les Battersby & Louis Walsh. :D

I hope I've not offended anyone.

[Arthur Little]

Blimey....who's that handsome bloke on your new avatar Arthur ? :D

C'est Moi, Graham ... honest! Now, anyone here - visiting one or other of the *'Fair City's' numerous [*for its size] supermarkets - will recognise me on sight, and ... :Bolt:

[fred]

Aurthur..Dayley?!! well I be buggered..
Hows her in doors Arthur me ole mucker?? !!

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[sparky]

i know what you mean about tescos but when i was in Thailand they were a godsend

tesco lotus out there is a big brand and its a bit strange to see tesco tins on the shelves out there but for many expats a nice bit of home!!

quite funny cos the locals all called it lotus and we all called it tescos

mind you i dont think they have got packs of frogs in the tescos freezers here yet:Erm: