tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406782.post1304537269496907527..comments2023-09-08T11:04:40.215+00:00Comments on The Sunday Roaster: The shameless supermarket rip off ... and the numbers to prove itRichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08843667207795418256noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406782.post-88194610095421115472010-08-17T07:31:37.656+00:002010-08-17T07:31:37.656+00:00In truth Velva some of the individual prices at th...In truth Velva some of the individual prices at the Farm Shop were a little higher - I went back and had a closer look at them the day after. Onions, for example, were a few pence more per pound. But then the onions from the farm shop were very fresh local ones. What struck me was where I made the savings - things like potatoes, for example, which I guess I'd always assumed were a cheap food, but apparently not at the supermarket! The cynic in me might suggest that they artificially inflate the prices of some things in order that people don't notice to improve profits.<br /><br />What bugs me most is that supermarkets were invented more for convenience shopping, a product of improved freight and storage together with more personal mobility, but they've somehow managed to convince us all here in the UK that they're also doing us a favour and selling us food cheaply. In reality they're making huge amounts of money from our gullibility, and whilst they do sell us some cheap food they manage that by reducing the quality levels to the very bare minimum - and in my mind threatening the nations health by doing so.<br /><br />Interesting about the beef - love to do the same myself, maybe when the families larger I'll get a chance. I had chicken Sunday as it happened, a local free range bird but not organic. That was about £8 for a 5lb bird, so a fair bit cheaper than yours - though organic might have been more comparable in price. Cooked it with wet garlic that I'd just dug up and chives from the garden, made into a herb butter and pushed under the skin - interesting experiment! If I get a chance I might even blog about it :-)Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08843667207795418256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406782.post-24376675580495346432010-08-17T02:27:26.710+00:002010-08-17T02:27:26.710+00:00I wish I could say that eating locally is less exp...I wish I could say that eating locally is less expensive across the pond. Unfortunately for us, we have to make a decision to shop and eat locally.<br /><br />Recently, I purchased with friends an organic grass fed organic steer for our beef. I have just put in my order for organic poultry raised on a local farm (it costs $20 for 4-5 lb hen). I shop at the local farmer's market each Saturday, it's not cheaper for us but for the principle it is well worth the extra cash.<br /><br />Great post!Velvahttp://www.tomatoesonthevine-velva.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406782.post-32452858748494730192010-08-09T12:34:03.800+00:002010-08-09T12:34:03.800+00:00Farm shops to tend to be a bit rural Helen, it'...Farm shops to tend to be a bit rural Helen, it's true - though with the kind of savings I found on Sunday you could probably afford to buy a car after not too long!Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08843667207795418256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406782.post-81913807711460261432010-08-08T20:51:54.675+00:002010-08-08T20:51:54.675+00:00hi rich,
we're in the car and have been all da...hi rich,<br />we're in the car and have been all day travelling south and i've lost your mobile #. can you text it? cheers R&C<br /><br />by the way on the theme of roasts ate most of a home reared 8kg leg of pork last night. you'd have been impressed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7406782.post-21647512976487903782010-08-08T16:46:58.845+00:002010-08-08T16:46:58.845+00:00That's all very well rich and i know where you...That's all very well rich and i know where you're coming from but how does your average pauper get to the Exe Valley farm shop without a car - it's in the middle of nowhere! I can walk to the supermarket.helen connolenoreply@blogger.com