Harry Bloomfield <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> IMHO most of the rest of Europe take their food much more seriously
> than they generally tend to do in the UK.

They spend a much higher percentage of their disposable income on it,
that's for sure.


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"Simon Wilson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On 13/03/2010 13:09, Beav wrote:
>
>>>
>>> Live and learn. Quite handily it cleared today allowing the purchase of
>>> a 40D.
>>
>> I wouldn't mind a couple of them.
>>
>>
>
> Bit of a handful I gather.

Not many of them to a pound.


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R C Nesbit posted:
>Catman spoke:
>> I was merely wondering aloud if the food from Aldi and Lidl etc are
>> actually better *quality*
>
>A quick peruse of the ingredients indicates not.
>
>the Black Forest Ham and the Chorizo, e.g. both claim 135% pork per
>100% product !?

135g of pork produces 100g of cured/dried product. Not rocket science.


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"Harry Bloomfield" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Catman wrote on 13/03/2010 :
>> I was merely wondering aloud if the food from Aldi and Lidl etc are
>> actually better *quality*
>
> IMHO most of the rest of Europe take their food much more seriously than
> they generally tend to do in the UK. Lidl / Aldi sell much the same food
> here as they do in the EU. There is nothing at all pikey about our local
> stores, they are new, scrupulously clean, well lit and well laid out with
> the usual cross-section of customers you see in any supermarket.
>
> A similar distance away we have a Netto. I have only been in there once
> out of curiosity, but never, ever again. A not very nice experience at
> all. Whether this applies to all of them or just our local one I don't
> know - shopping is not something I do.

I once went to meet a bloke and he said "On the Netto car park", so that's
where I went. When he arrived, we went in there to get some ciggies and it
was quite an experience. It really *was* the worst shithole I've ever seen
that sells food.

I'm just glad that cigs come wrapped in cellophane.


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"ogden" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> A Chorizo sausage £1,49
>> A very nice Monetpulciano D'Abruzzo £3.29
>> I resisted the 3-bird-roast @£9.99

>How empty must your life be if buying a chorizo sausage seems like
>something worth shouting about?

Have you ever tasted Richmond sausages?


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"Harry Bloomfield" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> on 13/03/2010, Beav supposed :
>> I've got a mesh reinforced version and it's probably the most hardy but
>> inflexible airline I've ever used. It's defied all attempts to break it
>> or even puncture it too.
>
> These are nylon mesh reinforced, but I guess the mesh just wasn't strong
> enough for 125PSI.

They should be capable of handling much more than that.


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On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:17:11 -0000, "Beav"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>"ogden" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
>>> A Chorizo sausage £1,49
>>> A very nice Monetpulciano D'Abruzzo £3.29
>>> I resisted the 3-bird-roast @£9.99
>
>>How empty must your life be if buying a chorizo sausage seems like
>>something worth shouting about?
>
>Have you ever tasted Richmond sausages?

I don't think he goes that far south of the river.

The Older Gentleman <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Harry Bloomfield <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > IMHO most of the rest of Europe take their food much more seriously
> > than they generally tend to do in the UK.
>
> They spend a much higher percentage of their disposable income on it,
> that's for sure.

What's the difference in spend?

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> The Older Gentleman <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > Harry Bloomfield <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >
> > > IMHO most of the rest of Europe take their food much more seriously
> > > than they generally tend to do in the UK.
> >
> > They spend a much higher percentage of their disposable income on it,
> > that's for sure.
>
> What's the difference in spend?

It's been some time since I looked at it. Last time I looked, the
average UK spend on food and beverages (not counting alcohol, takle-away
food or eating out - just grocery bills) ) was something silly like £20
per head per week. Average French spend, IIRC, represented something
like 15% of disposable income.

Googling gives an official figure (Office of National Statistics) of
£17.64 in 2000, so £20 a few years later sounds right.

<fx: more Googling>

OK, USDA stats suggest 8.5% of UK disposable income in 2008, and 12.6% -
so 50% higher - in France.


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Harry Bloomfield wrote:
> Catman wrote on 13/03/2010 :
>> I was merely wondering aloud if the food from Aldi and Lidl etc are
>> actually better *quality*
>
> IMHO most of the rest of Europe take their food much more seriously than
> they generally tend to do in the UK.

Like Stella Artois and Heineken, you mean?

Lidl / Aldi sell much the same food
> here as they do in the EU. There is nothing at all pikey about our local
> stores, they are new, scrupulously clean, well lit and well laid out
> with the usual cross-section of customers you see in any supermarket.

They aren't round here[1]. YMMV obviously. I suspect SteveH will have
something to say about the demographics of the target market in question.

>
> A similar distance away we have a Netto. I have only been in there once
> out of curiosity, but never, ever again. A not very nice experience at
> all. Whether this applies to all of them or just our local one I don't
> know - shopping is not something I do.
>

You seem to profess to know quite a lot about it, for something you
don't do.

[1] TBF you don't get the normal cross section of 'normal' people round
here.


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