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Supermarket pain seems to be amplified when in the UK. At least in NZ the staff usually at least try to be helpful.
I very quickly learned that most of the pain could be removed using an online supermarket. Lucky for us the distribution centre was not far so if you booked an early morning delivery slot 99% of the time you were first delivery and didn't have to wonder when they were turning up.
Found I spent less as well as you don't trawl the aisles or make impulse purchases as easy. Just check and adjust your usual items and hit go.I couldn't believe the cost in London last year for a cart full of groceries and booze. When the price came up I exclaimed "Really?!?" and the checkout operator thought I was saying it was expensive.
It's sooooo much cheaper than a cart full in NZ.
really depends on what you buy and/or the quality level you are happy with. Some items I used to do a double take on how expensive they were. Some were same price in £s as $s.
Of course there is also no such thing as seasonal pricing on fruit and veg. You pay the same all year and the supermarkets source it from cheap suppliers around the world. I tend to buy seasonally in NZ and don't waste money on buying stuff in scarce supply.
The other thing is the availability of what would be an imported or boutique product in NZ at a high price whereby in the UK you can get it cheap e.g. fish mozzarella or real Parmesan. Then again something like a tasty cheddar is equiv of $16 for a kg block.
Food prices in general are kept down a lot by being part of a massive EU market. One of the reasons I couldn't understand why anyone would vote Brexit. The local products are higher priced than the EU imported for sure.As I said, a cart of groceries, generally speaking, not specifically.
Heaps cheaper in London than NZ.... generally
What is a 'general' cart of groceries though?
Buying the cheapest in the UK is cheaper than NZ, I agree. I could go to Lidl and fill a trolley full of shite for under a £100. Even buying the cheapest shite at Pak'N'Save would be well over that.
Heaps cheaper though? Nah, not for me and I am the shopper in our house and currently working out prices etc and adjusting back to things here.I can't remember dammit. It was the main supermarket in Loughton
Compared to New Worlds in the Waikato.Even buying a large multi bone ribeye. They were a bargain in comparison.
You must have been buying Albanian Horse! Almost equal £ for $ for steak. Just looked on Ocado and £25-£35 per kg for bone in RibEye depending on age and quality.
New World has similar for $37 -
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Supermarket pain seems to be amplified when in the UK. At least in NZ the staff usually at least try to be helpful.
I very quickly learned that most of the pain could be removed using an online supermarket. Lucky for us the distribution centre was not far so if you booked an early morning delivery slot 99% of the time you were first delivery and didn't have to wonder when they were turning up.
Found I spent less as well as you don't trawl the aisles or make impulse purchases as easy. Just check and adjust your usual items and hit go.I couldn't believe the cost in London last year for a cart full of groceries and booze. When the price came up I exclaimed "Really?!?" and the checkout operator thought I was saying it was expensive.
It's sooooo much cheaper than a cart full in NZ.
really depends on what you buy and/or the quality level you are happy with. Some items I used to do a double take on how expensive they were. Some were same price in £s as $s.
Of course there is also no such thing as seasonal pricing on fruit and veg. You pay the same all year and the supermarkets source it from cheap suppliers around the world. I tend to buy seasonally in NZ and don't waste money on buying stuff in scarce supply.
The other thing is the availability of what would be an imported or boutique product in NZ at a high price whereby in the UK you can get it cheap e.g. fish mozzarella or real Parmesan. Then again something like a tasty cheddar is equiv of $16 for a kg block.
Food prices in general are kept down a lot by being part of a massive EU market. One of the reasons I couldn't understand why anyone would vote Brexit. The local products are higher priced than the EU imported for sure.As I said, a cart of groceries, generally speaking, not specifically.
Heaps cheaper in London than NZ.... generally
What is a 'general' cart of groceries though?
Buying the cheapest in the UK is cheaper than NZ, I agree. I could go to Lidl and fill a trolley full of shite for under a £100. Even buying the cheapest shite at Pak'N'Save would be well over that.
Heaps cheaper though? Nah, not for me and I am the shopper in our house and currently working out prices etc and adjusting back to things here.I can't remember dammit. It was the main supermarket in Loughton
Compared to New Worlds in the Waikato.Even buying a large multi bone ribeye. They were a bargain in comparison.
You must have been buying Albanian Horse! Almost equal £ for $ for steak. Just looked on Ocado and £25-£35 per kg for bone in RibEye depending on age and quality.
New World has similar for $37Weird. How times change in a year. (Or maybe it was the season?)
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Supermarket pain seems to be amplified when in the UK. At least in NZ the staff usually at least try to be helpful.
I very quickly learned that most of the pain could be removed using an online supermarket. Lucky for us the distribution centre was not far so if you booked an early morning delivery slot 99% of the time you were first delivery and didn't have to wonder when they were turning up.
Found I spent less as well as you don't trawl the aisles or make impulse purchases as easy. Just check and adjust your usual items and hit go.I couldn't believe the cost in London last year for a cart full of groceries and booze. When the price came up I exclaimed "Really?!?" and the checkout operator thought I was saying it was expensive.
It's sooooo much cheaper than a cart full in NZ.
really depends on what you buy and/or the quality level you are happy with. Some items I used to do a double take on how expensive they were. Some were same price in £s as $s.
Of course there is also no such thing as seasonal pricing on fruit and veg. You pay the same all year and the supermarkets source it from cheap suppliers around the world. I tend to buy seasonally in NZ and don't waste money on buying stuff in scarce supply.
The other thing is the availability of what would be an imported or boutique product in NZ at a high price whereby in the UK you can get it cheap e.g. fish mozzarella or real Parmesan. Then again something like a tasty cheddar is equiv of $16 for a kg block.
Food prices in general are kept down a lot by being part of a massive EU market. One of the reasons I couldn't understand why anyone would vote Brexit. The local products are higher priced than the EU imported for sure.As I said, a cart of groceries, generally speaking, not specifically.
Heaps cheaper in London than NZ.... generally
What is a 'general' cart of groceries though?
Buying the cheapest in the UK is cheaper than NZ, I agree. I could go to Lidl and fill a trolley full of shite for under a £100. Even buying the cheapest shite at Pak'N'Save would be well over that.
Heaps cheaper though? Nah, not for me and I am the shopper in our house and currently working out prices etc and adjusting back to things here.I can't remember dammit. It was the main supermarket in Loughton
Compared to New Worlds in the Waikato.Even buying a large multi bone ribeye. They were a bargain in comparison.
If it's the one down beside the station that's a Sainsburys. Hardly ever went there myself - Waitrose in South Woodford for me even if it was more expensive. The nearest to my London place is a Tesco Metro which is just dire. It is the exemplar for every type of bad experience mariner mentioned. Mind you in many parts of the UK people are old and decrepit by 50.
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Supermarket pain seems to be amplified when in the UK. At least in NZ the staff usually at least try to be helpful.
I very quickly learned that most of the pain could be removed using an online supermarket. Lucky for us the distribution centre was not far so if you booked an early morning delivery slot 99% of the time you were first delivery and didn't have to wonder when they were turning up.
Found I spent less as well as you don't trawl the aisles or make impulse purchases as easy. Just check and adjust your usual items and hit go.I couldn't believe the cost in London last year for a cart full of groceries and booze. When the price came up I exclaimed "Really?!?" and the checkout operator thought I was saying it was expensive.
It's sooooo much cheaper than a cart full in NZ.
really depends on what you buy and/or the quality level you are happy with. Some items I used to do a double take on how expensive they were. Some were same price in £s as $s.
Of course there is also no such thing as seasonal pricing on fruit and veg. You pay the same all year and the supermarkets source it from cheap suppliers around the world. I tend to buy seasonally in NZ and don't waste money on buying stuff in scarce supply.
The other thing is the availability of what would be an imported or boutique product in NZ at a high price whereby in the UK you can get it cheap e.g. fish mozzarella or real Parmesan. Then again something like a tasty cheddar is equiv of $16 for a kg block.
Food prices in general are kept down a lot by being part of a massive EU market. One of the reasons I couldn't understand why anyone would vote Brexit. The local products are higher priced than the EU imported for sure.As I said, a cart of groceries, generally speaking, not specifically.
Heaps cheaper in London than NZ.... generally
What is a 'general' cart of groceries though?
Buying the cheapest in the UK is cheaper than NZ, I agree. I could go to Lidl and fill a trolley full of shite for under a £100. Even buying the cheapest shite at Pak'N'Save would be well over that.
Heaps cheaper though? Nah, not for me and I am the shopper in our house and currently working out prices etc and adjusting back to things here.I can't remember dammit. It was the main supermarket in Loughton
Compared to New Worlds in the Waikato.Even buying a large multi bone ribeye. They were a bargain in comparison.
If it's the one down beside the station that's a Sainsburys. Hardly ever went there myself - Waitrose in South Woodford for me even if it was more expensive. The nearest to my London place is a Tesco Metro which is just dire. It is the exemplar for every type of bad experience mariner mentioned. Mind you in many parts of the UK people are old and decrepit by 50.
It was the one in the middle of town opposite Pizza Express(It was only July last year so I am stuffed why I can't remember it... must be an age thing....)
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we moved from grumpy to alzheimers very quickly
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Supermarket pain seems to be amplified when in the UK. At least in NZ the staff usually at least try to be helpful.
I very quickly learned that most of the pain could be removed using an online supermarket. Lucky for us the distribution centre was not far so if you booked an early morning delivery slot 99% of the time you were first delivery and didn't have to wonder when they were turning up.
Found I spent less as well as you don't trawl the aisles or make impulse purchases as easy. Just check and adjust your usual items and hit go.I couldn't believe the cost in London last year for a cart full of groceries and booze. When the price came up I exclaimed "Really?!?" and the checkout operator thought I was saying it was expensive.
It's sooooo much cheaper than a cart full in NZ.
really depends on what you buy and/or the quality level you are happy with. Some items I used to do a double take on how expensive they were. Some were same price in £s as $s.
Of course there is also no such thing as seasonal pricing on fruit and veg. You pay the same all year and the supermarkets source it from cheap suppliers around the world. I tend to buy seasonally in NZ and don't waste money on buying stuff in scarce supply.
The other thing is the availability of what would be an imported or boutique product in NZ at a high price whereby in the UK you can get it cheap e.g. fish mozzarella or real Parmesan. Then again something like a tasty cheddar is equiv of $16 for a kg block.
Food prices in general are kept down a lot by being part of a massive EU market. One of the reasons I couldn't understand why anyone would vote Brexit. The local products are higher priced than the EU imported for sure.As I said, a cart of groceries, generally speaking, not specifically.
Heaps cheaper in London than NZ.... generally
What is a 'general' cart of groceries though?
Buying the cheapest in the UK is cheaper than NZ, I agree. I could go to Lidl and fill a trolley full of shite for under a £100. Even buying the cheapest shite at Pak'N'Save would be well over that.
Heaps cheaper though? Nah, not for me and I am the shopper in our house and currently working out prices etc and adjusting back to things here.I can't remember dammit. It was the main supermarket in Loughton
Compared to New Worlds in the Waikato.Even buying a large multi bone ribeye. They were a bargain in comparison.
If it's the one down beside the station that's a Sainsburys. Hardly ever went there myself - Waitrose in South Woodford for me even if it was more expensive. The nearest to my London place is a Tesco Metro which is just dire. It is the exemplar for every type of bad experience mariner mentioned. Mind you in many parts of the UK people are old and decrepit by 50.
It was the one in the middle of town opposite Pizza Express(It was only July last year so I am stuffed why I can't remember it... must be an age thing....)
Looks like it was a Morrisons. The supermarket of desperation.
We might not be comparing the same thing though. They are the type of place they would sell a cheap beef roast of forerib.
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I'm going to ramp up the angry old man stakes.
AMERICAN SPELLINGS
Americanisms in general. Millennials using "like" in every sentence.
I give my 8 yr old niece plenty of shit about rolling her Rs and she lives in Auckland. The reason? Mimicking accents from American youtubers.
My 6 year old boy starting misusing the world 'literally' the past couple of weeks. I've come down hard on him over that, he sounds like a fucking Kardashian.
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@Crucial and that is the part of it, in NZ, Pak'n'Save is your 'cheaper' option, but they arent significantly cheaper, unlike the UK, where you have Morrisons, Iceland (is that still a thing?) Aldies, ASDA, Cocso etc
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@taniwharugby said in Aging:
@Crucial and that is the part of it, in NZ, Pak'n'Save is your 'cheaper' option, but they arent significantly cheaper, unlike the UK, where you have Morrisons, Iceland (is that still a thing?) Aldies, ASDA, Cocso etc
Not all Pak N Saves are equal. E.G. in Auckland I found Mt Albert to be significantly cheaper than Sylvia Park.
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@Crucial Yeah, That's a Morrisons. I've never darkened its door. @Hooroo is dead to me.
Is that better or worse the Lidl/Iceland?? On Par?
It was the only one I noticed until I actually walked to the station.
My Bro lives near there. Quite a cool little area that I was unaware of when I lived in Chislehurst
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Why do old people move so goddamn slowly? You'd think with the little time they have left they'd be in a rush.
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@antipodean said in Aging:
Why do old people move so goddamn slowly? You'd think with the little time they have left they'd be in a rush.
slow movers of all ages annoy the ever-loving piss out of me
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@mariner4life said in Aging:
@antipodean said in Aging:
Why do old people move so goddamn slowly? You'd think with the little time they have left they'd be in a rush.
slow movers of all ages annoy the ever-loving piss out of me
Heard a great term for them once.
Meanderthals.
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I assume when you reach retirement, they give you a handbook that tells you the things you should do to piss the younger folk off...like get your haircut, go to the supermarket, postoffice or anywhere really between 12.30-1.30 when most un-retired folk are on thier lunch break!!
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@Crucial Yeah, That's a Morrisons. I've never darkened its door. @Hooroo is dead to me.
Is that better or worse the Lidl/Iceland?? On Par?
It was the only one I noticed until I actually walked to the station.
My Bro lives near there. Quite a cool little area that I was unaware of when I lived in Chislehurst
To be fair it's better than Lidl or Iceland. Iceland is just unspeakably sad.
I lived in Chigwell then Wanstead for many years. Essex gets a bad rap.
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@Crucial Yeah, That's a Morrisons. I've never darkened its door. @Hooroo is dead to me.
Is that better or worse the Lidl/Iceland?? On Par?
It was the only one I noticed until I actually walked to the station.
My Bro lives near there. Quite a cool little area that I was unaware of when I lived in Chislehurst
To be fair it's better than Lidl or Iceland. Iceland is just unspeakably sad.
I lived in Chigwell then Wanstead for many years. Essex gets a bad rap.
Absolutely. The country type pubs and bistros looking over Epping(?) Forest are really cool.
