Another non-story?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.guardian.c...ption-poorer-families

So poorer families are cutting their '5 a day' are they?

Couldn't be they have never been particularly interested in '5 a day' diet could it?

[anotheoldgit]

Baldric

/// A Supermarket is a Supermarket is a Supermarket, you are yet again clutching at straws to make a point. ///

It is you who is clutching at straws, and it was you who questioned my remark regarding Gromit falsifying something that I typed.

EG. /// Gromit

/// AOG has seen someone eating crisps in Tescos, so that proves the report is rubbish. ///

To him and you I stated that I did not mention Tescos.

So please stop digging any further because you are proving to be rather silly.

[ummmm]

I thought cooking was more popular than ever!!

[sp1814]

There's something else that should be considered - supermarkets are probablu the worse places to go to, if you want quality veg at reasonable prices.

I know that there are not many left, but street markets (like the excellent East Street market in Walworth, south London) is the place to go to, to get your fruit 'n' veg.

The problem is - people are now used to jumping in their car, and doing all their shopping in one fell swoop.

We're paying over the odds for potatoes which have been washed clean of mud, for clementines that come in nice plastic netting bags, and by carrots which are all exactly the same time.

I prefer to buy my fruit from one of the many Turkish supermarkets in Islington who tend to stock fruit which have been genetically modified (pomegranets the size of watermelons...)

[d9f1c7]

They always seem to be able to afford tobacco, I guess it's a question of priorities.

[sp1814]

"which are all exactly the same time."

should read:

"which are all exactly the same size"

[emmie]

cookery programmes are, not so much the actual cooking, going on the people i see lugging their all in one dinners, or friday night takeaways.

[d9f1c7]

Well Tobacco is organic, does it count towards "5 a day"?

[ummmm]

I don't know people like that. I also don't pay attention to what other people put in their shopping trolley.

[emmie]

well you can't help noticing when standing in an endless queue.

[ummmm]

What's tobacco got to do with anything? Not all poor people smoke! Neither do all benefit claimants smoke!

[emmie]

that some would rather spend a fortune on cigs, than buy a handful of fruit a day, nothing to do with benefits or those responsible.

[jackthehat]

d9f1c7 is the sort of Geezer who believes that all people on benefits smoke and have 52" plasma TV screens....

[giveup]

I don't take a lot of notice of peoples trolleys unless they are in front of me in the 10 items or less queue, then I count every item Sad or what?

[sp1814]

giveup

You're missing out on hours of fun. It's great fun clambering up onto one's high horse when one notices trashy foodstuffs in other people's trolleys (Walls Vienetta, peanut M&ms or Sunny Delight for example).

[d9f1c7]

I've just noticed that many of them would think nothing of spending £60 on 200 cigs and moan about £1.50 for a bag of apples.

[pdust]

aww oldgit is sooooo cute when hes rattled... or when he appears to be rattled (just in case he claims he isnt)

[pdust]

and how many did ya survey d9f1c7?

[sp1814]

I think we should steer clear of comparing food with cigarettes.

People smoke because they are both physically and psychologically addicted to nicotine.

I bet if you surveyed 100,000 smokers and asked them "If you could take a pill that would stop your craving for cigarettes over night" the vast majority would say 'Yes'.

[Baldric]

It appears, allegedly, that if you do not submit to the word of the OP, to the letter, you prove to be rather silly, and no doubt put your membership of his fan-club at risk. I have a vision of the OP, sat in his kitchen, in his underpants and maybe a vest to top it off, with a pot of vitriol steaming away by his side as he bangs away at his keyboard in an effort to browbeat anyone and everyone into becoming a believer.

[rowanwitch]

I agree with the cooking thing ...a fair number of the younger people I know have only basic cooking skills although they watch cookery programmes.. and I have noticed a lot more trollies lately loaded with cheap fillers. Its ok if you have a cheaper store like Aldi or a market nearby to get salad veg and fruit etc but TBH while on a decent income I think twice about buying anything but the basics ranges from Sainsburys as I think they are very expensive for fresh produce.