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Jonnyboy

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Posted: Thu Oct 19, 06 9:50 am Post subject:

cab wrote:

bagpuss wrote:

The tescos at milton generally has plenty of free range and organic meat both british and otherwise ...

Not when I've gone in it hasn't

All the major supers now sell a wide selection of free range and organic products. From some of the advertising I've seen recently they are starting to push their local suppliers as well.

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
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Posted: Thu Oct 19, 06 9:57 am Post subject:

Jonnyboy wrote:

All the major supers now sell a wide selection of free range and organic products. From some of the advertising I've seen recently they are starting to push their local suppliers as well.

All true of course. Some of it has even filtered through and is having an impact. Doesn't mean that Tescos has had chickens I'd be willing to buy any time I've been in lately.

Thank heavens we've got a good butcher

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Sat Oct 21, 06 5:15 pm Post subject:
Well my local one had plenty of Organic chickens in and I'm happy to report UK organic beef rather than Argentinian. Plenty of UK fruit 'n veg, much more than a local farm shop I visited last week. How on earth though do they manage to sell perfectly reasonable jeans for �3 - that's the full price.

Bernie66

Joined: 14 Jan 2005
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Posted: Sat Oct 21, 06 5:21 pm Post subject:

Treacodactyl wrote:

How on earth though do they manage to sell perfectly reasonable jeans for �3 - that's the full price.

Buy in bulk and keep the wholesale costs down. Can't see that they will be paying too much to the suppliers for them.

Northern_Lad

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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 06 7:44 am Post subject:

Treacodactyl wrote:

How on earth though do they manage to sell perfectly reasonable jeans for �3 - that's the full price.

Because the quality's total carp. My mum bought a pair and after a couple of wares and washes they were mishappen and waring quite obviously.

Bernie66

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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 06 7:49 am Post subject:
I wear them for work and I must be mishapen too because i haven't noticed that with them, or don't care enough what they look like to notice, one of the two anyway.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 06 7:50 am Post subject:

Northern_Lad wrote:

Treacodactyl wrote:

How on earth though do they manage to sell perfectly reasonable jeans for �3 - that's the full price.

Because the quality's total carp. My mum bought a pair and after a couple of wares and washes they were mishappen and waring quite obviously.

The pair I have had several months have been fine though. What worries me is how they are made but I can't see that they have been made in conditions worse than other items costing �50 or more.

The material is thinner than some other jeans I have but not by much.

Bernie66

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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 06 7:51 am Post subject:
You pay �50 for a pair of jeans?

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 06 7:53 am Post subject:

Bernie66 wrote:

You pay �50 for a pair of jeans?

No but I know what ones do. �6 was the price of the last pair.

Bernie66

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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 06 7:54 am Post subject:
If you want posh you can get it from a charity shop for about a �5, either that or I have lost all sense of "fashion".

Penny Outskirts

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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 06 8:00 am Post subject:
I have some too - they're about a year old now, and still OK. I cut the bottoms off and roll them up a bit - trendy me

jamsam

Joined: 21 Oct 2005
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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 06 9:35 am Post subject:

Treacodactyl wrote:

cab wrote:

things you want in bulk but couldn't conceivably cycle home carrying

Don't worry, they can be used online for home delivery.

my issue with that is that they will deliver along the main road but will not drive 500yds up it to the village...its really annoying as all the other online shops deliver (argos, wollies etc).

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 06 9:09 am Post subject:
I've been sent another load of vouchers, first one �10 off a �70 spend. Even with Christmas approaching I'm not sure I need to spend that much.

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 06 10:24 am Post subject:
Have you finished all that malt already?

2steps

Joined: 05 Sep 2005
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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 06 11:27 am Post subject:

dougal wrote:

They really don't care if you take it away in a wheelbarrow...

when I bought my wheelbarrow I pushed my daughter home in it

she loved it.

I tend to go to the supermarket once every month, maybe a bit less and stock up. As I can't drive I either buy online or use a local cab service to bring it home. ordering online most likely keeps cars of the road and the van will be driving about whether it come to my house or not so what extra miles are there anyway?

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