What type of store do you buy groceries at? Local chain, national chain, healthy, big box,

Capt Lightning said:
We don't have a wide range of supermarkets here so I would have to travel if I wanted to use, say, Sainsburys, Morrisons or ALDI. The nearest Waitrose is 175 miles away! We still have plenty of independent butchers and bakers.

As some will know from my posts, we grow quite a few vegetables and help raise pigs and sheep. Also since we live near some large fishing ports, fresh seafood is easily found. For other things, we use ASDA (part of Walmart), Tesco and Lidl.
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175 miles to Waitrose?.... do they deliver to your area... ? ;)

I would never use Asda, it's horrible food..and always when there's an outbreak of something nasty in meat etc..they're right at the centre of it. I;ve been told that although Asda, is owned by the American chain walmart..there's no comparison between the 2.. .
 

HollyDolly, down south I used to use ASDA (and occasionally Waitrose) because they were convenient. I don't use ASDA much here for food, but it's good for non-food things - eg. washing powder. Tesco is a bit inconsistent, so I'm quite selective about what I buy there. I have freezers full of our own pork, lamb and mutton and I buy beef and fish from independent shops.
 
Capt Lightning said:
HollyDolly, down south I used to use ASDA (and occasionally Waitrose) because they were convenient. I don't use ASDA much here for food, but it's good for non-food things - eg. washing powder. Tesco is a bit inconsistent, so I'm quite selective about what I buy there. I have freezers full of our own pork, lamb and mutton and I buy beef and fish from independent shops.
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I'd love to have my own livestock, I envy you that...... We have an independent Fishmongers about 3 miles from the house and a butchers close by, and we're surrounded by farms so we're lucky to be able to get the meat and the eggs and bread from there.. Nothing nicer than a Duck egg for breakfast.. :D
 

Be careful what you wish for... keeping livestock can be a lot of work. Fortunately our friends with the farm took early retirement and take care of most of the day to day stuff. Mrs.L helps more on the horticulture side and I to a lot of odd jobs - maintaining lawnmowers, mending fences etc.. To be honest, I don't miss the years when I got up early on Saturday morning, walked across a wet field, fed the pigs, cleaned out their pen, gave them fresh straw etc... and then went home and made my breakfast!

Yesterday (hardly had time to unpack) we were given a tonne of compost that we had to unload and barrow into our polytunnel and tomorrow we're off to the farm again to help to convert an oak whisky hogshead into a meat smoker.
Retirement - what's that:confused:
 
Capt Lightning said:
We don't have a wide range of supermarkets here so I would have to travel if I wanted to use, say, Sainsburys, Morrisons or ALDI. The nearest Waitrose is 175 miles away! We still have plenty of independent butchers and bakers.

As some will know from my posts, we grow quite a few vegetables and help raise pigs and sheep. Also since we live near some large fishing ports, fresh seafood is easily found. For other things, we use ASDA (part of Walmart), Tesco and Lidl.
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That's why I shop on line. Nearest Sainsbury; Morrison, Tesco etc are 100 miles or so but some of them deliver, usually free. Waitrose is 130 miles, but they've now started deliveries here, £5 which is reasonable. Had an order from them last week.

Ocado have also started deliveries here so I'll try them next month. No wonder M&S are haemorrhaging business; I used to spend £100 a week there. That's moneybthat's now going to their competitors.
 
Hollydolly, when it comes to wanting your own livestock, think again. Up at the farm this morning, one of our friends said, "what a morning. I went to see the sheep and had to repair two prolapses before I'd had my first cup of coffee." Lambing should be next month.
 
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